This week on the Boxoffice podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk recap the latest industry news, including the $70.6M debut of Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, which now holds the record as the highest-grossing anime title in North America. Daniel is joined in the feature segment by fifth-generation exhibitors Nathan and Jacob Schulman to discuss their family's 100-year history in the industry and Schulman Theatres’ entertainment center model, which integrates bowling and an arcade with a made from scratch menu.

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What to Listen For

00:00 Intro 

00:43 Baseball & Football Banter

02:13 Recent Screenings

03:28 Cine LatAm Recap Teaser

05:17 Box Office – Demon Slayer Record

07:58 Global Anime Performance

10:06 Conjuring & Anime Trends

12:05 Weekend Forecast

13:15 Jordan Peele’s Him

14:14 Remembering Robert Redford

16:41 Skydance–Warner Bros. Rumors

19:21 Schulman Theaters – Intro

21:01 Family Business & Legacy

25:01 Movie Entertainment Center Model

28:03 Small Market Strategy

29:21 COVID Recovery

30:55 Food & Beverage Expansion

32:11 Programming & Families

33:45 Premium Formats & Pricing

35:09 Audience Changes

37:08 Future Plans – Bowling, Arcades, Music

40:04 Industry Stability

42:11 Theater Design & Spaces

45:13 Arcades as Revenue

46:34 Growing Up in Theaters