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Behind the Screens episodes

November 12, 2024Heretic, Christmas Pageants, and end-of-year Release Schedules
In the quiet before Gladiator 2 and Wicked arrive, we’re looking to two specialist titles with the faith-based The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and A24’s new horror Heretic seeing Hugh Grant turned villain. Along with a peek at Gladiator 2 and Wicked pre-sales, join us for all the audience insights, the box office breakdown, and the question of how the end-of-year schedule stands this week on Behind the Screens.

Topics and times:
Red One opens internationally - 0:32

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever box office overview - 1:04

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever audience analysis - 2:31

Faith-based films growing in number - 5:00

Heretic box office and reception - 6:47

Heretic audience analysis - 8:30

Box office holdover strength - 10:41

Red One box office overview - 12:11

Gladiator 2 and Wicked pre-sales - 13:10

Next week - 14:10

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16 min
November 05, 2024AIMC highlights, Bollywood hits, and pre-sales for Gladiator 2, Wicked, and Moana 2
Simon and Matthew share their highlights from AIMC, and while it was mostly holdovers this week, we break down the box office and audiences for Tom Hanks’ new title, Here. Plus, we dive in to the pre-sales for Gladiator 2, Wicked, and Moana 2.
AIMC summary- 0:59

October box office YoY- 1:45

Here box office overview & audience analysis- 3:05

Box office overview: Venom: The Last Dance, The Wild Robot - 6:17

Bollywood box office - 8:58

Upcoming title releases - 10:30

Pre-sales for Gladiator 2, Wicked, and Moana 2 - 11:47

Next week - 14:08

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Box Office Overview:
October 2024 domestic box office -17% YoY ($462M vs $556M October 2023)

Year-to-date box office -12.2% at $6.6B vs $7.6B for the same period in 2023

Here opened in 5th position domestically with $4.88M in the domestic market.

Venom: The Last Dance took another $68.4M in its second weekend, bringing its cumulative total to $317M.

The Wild Robot in its sixth week grossed another $7.55M domestically (+11% WoW), bringing the global total to almost $270M.
14 min
October 29, 2024Venom: The Last Dance and Conclave live from AIMC
Matthew and Simon are coming to us live from AIMC on the gold coast, joined by Ryan as they break down Venom: The Last Dance and Conclave. Join us Behind the Screens as we explore the box office and the audience behind the latest movies to hit the big screen.

Topics and times:
Preparing for AIMC - 0:44

Venom: The Last Dance box office overview - 1:17

Venom: The Last Dance audience analysis - 2:06

Venom: The Last Dance reception - 4:40

Conclave impressions - 6:14

Conclave box office and audience analysis - 7:25

Marketing opportunities for Conclave - 10:32

Box office roundup - 11:31

Next week - 12:00

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Box Office Overview:
Venom: The Last Dance debuted with $51M in the domestic market, and a massive $124M internationally, making for a $175M global opening.

Smile 2 grossed $9.4M domestically, and a total of $22M worldwide for the weekend, bringing its global total to $84M.

The Wild Robot in week 5 took $6.5M domestically and now sits at $230M worldwide.

Terrifier 3 has now reached a global cumulative total of $53M, after adding just under $5M this weekend domestically.

Conclave grossed $6.5M for its domestic opening weekend.
14 min
October 22, 2024Horror, cannibalism, and Halloween: Smile 2 marketing recommendations
Horror continues to reign in the build-up to Halloween! This week we’re talking Smile 2, diving deep into the audience to see how it differs to the 2022 original, and what marketing opportunities there may be to entice wider audiences to attend. With a number of titles in the box office and coming up soon, there’s a lot to dive into on this week’s instalment of Behind the Screens.

Topics and times:
Smile 2 box office overview - 1:06

Smile 2 in-depth audience analysis - 2:46

Smile 2 marketing reccomendations - 5:36

Horror’s continued October run - 7:28

A24’s We Live In Time box office overview - 8:48

Box office overview: The Wild Robot, Joker, Terrifier 3 - 9:39

International break-ins - 12:33

Upcoming title excitement - 14:56

Next week - 17:54

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Box Office Overview:
Smile 2 took the number 1 spot globally with this weekend with $23M domestically and the same internationally for a worldwide debut of $46M.

The Wild Robot is staying strong in week 4, with an added $10.1M domestically taking the domestic total to $101.7M, and fast approaching the $200M mark worldwide with $196M so far.

Joker: Folie a Deux dropped a further 69% unfortunately, grossing only $2.2M in the domestic market, but $16.9M internationally, bringing the worldwide cume thus far to $192M.

Terrifier 3 grossed an additional $9.3M domestically, bringing the total to $36M, along with $3M inernationally for a global total of $44.8M.
20 min
October 15, 2024Send in the clowns: Joker, Terrifier, and the Apprentice
Our hosts aren’t the only ones clowning around this week, as we watched Terrifier 3 overtake Joker: Folie a Deux with an unfortunately dramatic 2nd week drop, and saw The Apprentice join the market. While Joker may not have been the box office boost we hoped to see, we’re looking ahead to promising pre-sales for Smile 2, Gladiator 2, and Wicked so join us Behind the Screens to see how the rest of 2024’s slate is shaping up.

Topics and times:
Box office overview: Joker, Terrifier 3 - 0:58

Terrifier 3 audience analysis - 2:30

Terrifier 3 budget, profitability, and reception - 5:22

Extended box office roundup - 6:27

The Apprentice reception - 7:20

Piece by Piece audience analysis - 8:15

Saturday Night - 11:14

Joker: Folie a Deux roundup - 11:53

The Wild Robot, and pre-sales for Smile 2, Gladiator 2, and Wicked - 14:00

Next week - 16:21

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Box Office Overview:
Terrifier 3 debuted at number 1 with $18.3M domestically and nearly $5M internationally. On a budget of only $2M, an opening weekend total of $23.1M makes Terrifier 3 likely to be the most profitable movie of the year.

The Wild Robot grossed another $13.5M domestically, keeping a strong momentum in its 3rd week.

Joker: Folie a Deux saw an unfortunate 81% drop in the domestic market with only $7M, making for the highest 2nd week drop of a comic book movie.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in its 6th week was only a hair behind, also with $7M in the domestic market, where its total has now passed $275M.

Piece by Piece, a lego documentary, debuted to $3.8M.

My Hero Academia the Movie: You’re Next debuted with just over $3M domestically.

And The Apprentice grossed $1.58M from 1740 screens.
18 min
October 08, 2024Joker fell flat, but can it be salvaged?
Joker: Folie a Deux had an unfortunate debut at the box office. Between poor audience and critical reception, and a box office result below expectations, it was a rough debut. Join Matthew for a solo deep-dive into the box office, reception, and audience analysis as we try to answer why Joker fell flat, and what can still come of it?

Topics and times:
Joker: Folie a Deux domestic box office analysis - 1:29

Joker: Folie a Deux international box office overview - 2:46

Joker: Folie a Deux audience reception and media reaction - 4:24

Joker: Folie a Deux audience analysis - 5:58

How can Joker be salvaged? - 8:18

Box office overview and other releases - 9:54

Next week and upcoming releases - 13:34

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Box Office Overview:
Joker: Folie a Deux underperformed compared to industry predictions, grossing $37.8M with its debut domestically, and $81.1M internationally for a total of $118.9M.

The Wild Robot added $18.7M domestically, and $13M internationally, which brought the total past $10M globally.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice grossed an additional $10.2M domestically, bringing the domestic total to $265M, and crossing $400M globally.

Transformers One grossed $5.4M domestically, coming in at 4th position, and is now close to reaching the $100M worldwide mark.

White Bird debuted this weekend to $1.5M in the domestic market.
16 min
October 01, 2024NATO, Wild Robot, and Joker pre-sales analysis
Fresh from NATO Fall Summit, Matthew is joined by Lauren Greene this week for box office, audience analysis, and marketing recommendations for The Wild Robot. With crossover potential between The Wild Robot and Transformers One, there’s a lot to cover!

Plus, with Joker: Folie a Deux debuting this weekend, we examine the pre-sales performance to see how it’s shaping up compared to the original, and how the audience for Phoenix and Gaga has evolved.

Topics and times:
NATO Fall Summit - 0:40

The Wild Robot box office overview - 3:15

The Wild Robot audience analysis & marketing recommendations - 5:11

Overlap with Transformers One audience - 8:19

New release box office overview - 10:01

Megalopolis box office overview - 10:57

Holdovers roundup - 15:20

Joker: Folie a Deux pre-sales and audience analysis - 17:53

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Box Office Overview:
The Wild Robot debuted to $35M domestically, and $9.9M internationally for a global weekend of $44.9M. Releasing earlier in some markets, its total now sits at $53.1M from 30 territories globally.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice dropped to 2nd position with $16M domestically putting its domestic total over the 250M mark, now approaching $375M globally.

Transformers One grossed another $9.3M domestically, down 62%, and $16.6M internationally, reaching a global total of $72M.

Devara: Part 1 grossed over $5M domestically, and 27.8M internationally, placing it at $32.9M globally.

Megalopolis opened globally to a dismal $6.1M worldwide, below its already conservative forecasts.
24 min
September 24, 2024Transformers One: A kids movie for nostalgic adults?
Transformers One debuted behind Beetlejuice Beetlejuice at the domestic box office, and we analyse the film’s both young and nostalgic appeals. Matthew, Simon, and Ryan also dive into the box office and audiences of the latest releases, plus, we take a look at The Wild Robot and Megalopolis ahead of their domestic releases on this week’s Behind the Screens.
Topics and times:
Transformers One box office overview - 1:04

Transformers One audience analysis & marketing recommendations - 2:48

Never Let Go box office overview - 8:04

Never Let Go audience analysis - 8:23

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and The Wild Robot international opening – 9:53

Pre-sales for The Wild Robot - 11:45

Next week - Megalopolis- 12:10

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Box Office Overview:
Transformers One debuted in the US at $25M, and $14M International for a worldwide total of $39M.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice remained at the top spot with $26M domestically and $43 million worldwide in its third weekend. This brings its worldwide cumulative total of $330M.

Never Let Go opened to $4.5M domestically.

The Wild Robot opened at 8 international markets, taking the top spot in Australia with $2M.
15 min
September 17, 2024AI, Algorithms, and their future in Cinema with William Caicedo
We have a special expert guest this week with William Caicedo, Vista Group’s Global Head of Data Science and Analytics, joining us to talk all things AI, Algorithms, and Machine Learning in the cinema industry. We dive into the history and future of AI throughout the cinema industry, as well as tackling the latest box office and audience analysis for this week’s big releases on Behind the Screens.

Topics and times:
Moviepass news - 0:17

Speak No Evil box office overview - 2:37

Speak No Evil audience analysis - 3:20

Am I Racist? box office overview - 6:20

Am I Racist? audience analysis - 7:23

Box office roundup - 9:40

AI, Machine Learning, and Data Science with William Caicedo - 10:52

Transformers One pre-sales - 35:18

Next week - 36:26

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Box Office Overview:
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice remained at the number 1 spot, with $55M domestically, and $80.3M worldwide for the weekend, making for a $265M global cumulative total.

Speak No Evil grossed $11.5M domestically and $9.3M internationally for a global opening weekend of $20.8M.

Deadpool & Wolverine in its eighth week took 3d position with $5.2M domestically, and crossed $1.3B worldwide.

Am I Racist? opened to $4.8M domestically to its target audience.
38 min
September 10, 2024The Summer In Review & marketing Beetlejuice Beetlejuice with Lauren Greene
It’s the summer in review! With the conclusion of the season, we’re looking back across all the box office results compared against previous years, before diving into the exciting new season kickoff success of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Lauren Green joins us again to provide UK insights into the film’s audience, and we discuss how best to market Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to capitalize on its opening success.

Topics and times:
The Summer In Review - 0:40

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice box office overview - 5:15

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice audience analysis - 7:15

Opportunities in the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice audience - 9:31

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice marketing recommendations in the UK and Europe - 12:12

Comparable titles insights - 15:04

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice audience reception - 18:45

Next week - 19:36

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Box Office Overview:
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice debuted above expectations with $111M in the domestic market and $35M from 69 international markets for a global debut of $146M.

Across the overall summer season, the domestic market saw a gross of $3.63B, down 10% from last year’s enormous box office from Barbie and Oppenheimer.
22 min

About Behind the Screens

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Each week, Matthew Liebmann, Vista Group’s Chief Product, Innovation, & Marketing Officer, and Simon Burton, Vista Group's Chief Film Officer draw from their extensive industry experience to deliver box office and audience insights for major movie releases.