A movie makes a profit when people watch it at the theater. Part of the profits from the theater will be sent to the people that made the movie. Any added income will be made from the physical and digital media releases by the movie producers. Those movies will then arrive at your local TV channels and you don’t need to pay for them other than cable fees but if you don’t have cable, some movies can still be showed. That being said, online streaming can be a platform where you can watch movies on the web. There are those that can ask you to pay for them or there are those that are free.

What you can expect from watching movies online for free

• The good thing about these free sites is that you can watch movies without paying for anything. There are a lot of sites out there that are free.
• This means that you can watch any movie as long as it is in their library. Then you can watch those movies as many times as you want. 
• Perhaps some free sites will show some ads during your streaming. That isn’t a bad thing because these sites need to make money when people are watching for free.
• Just don’t click on any of those ads on the side and if an ad pops up just close it right away to avoid any problems.
• Free sites may also have a limited library of movies. That’s not a bad thing because you can browse through other sites for a movie that they may have.

What you can expect from watching movies with payment

• A lot of paid streaming sites today have popped up. What you do is to pay for a subscription-based model for the site. Let’s say you pay $10 a month for the site and that will expire in the month.
• During the subscription, you can watch as many movies or TV shows as you want. That’s because these sites have original content that some other sites don’t have. That’s their hook when they want to lure in new customers to use their services. Plus for $10 a month, you can watch complete seasons of these shows and more.
• You don’t have to deal with adds as well when it comes to paid sites. No ads will pay while you’re streaming these movies and you’re guaranteed that the sites are safe to use compared to the free sites that may bombard you with ads and viruses.

It is up to you when you want to pay for streaming sites but you always have the option to watch them for free.