Simon joins us again as our hosts tackle the box office and audiences for Cocaine Bear and Jesus Revolution (two titles we can only imagine the crossover for). News from the box office highlights Quantumania’s growth in its first 10 days on the big screen, and Cocaine Bear’s fantastic domestic performance.

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Box Office Overview

Audience Insights Overview for Cocaine Bear

Audience Insights Overview for Jesus Revolution

We’re back with a brand-new season of Behind the Screens! This episode, Matthew and Ryan return from the quantum realm to break down the box office and audience analysis for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’s opening weekend. James Cameron finds Titanic and Avatar: The Way of Water toe-to-toe with success, and Puss in Boots shows a particularly long tail…

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Box Office Overview for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

- $225M US across 44 markets

Audience Insights Overview for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

- 39% of the audience were Infrequent moviegoers compared to 20% for the original Ant-Man

With a uniquely international-focused box office this week, Matthew and Ryan dive into the details of the Asia-led titles bringing in the biggest numbers, as well as what Oscars nominations mean for the impact of certain films, and what Pathan’s Bollywood audience looked like. Finally, we have Part 2 of Matthew’s interview with Juliet Yaa Asantewa Asante!

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https://africacinemasummit.com/

As Avatar soars past the $2B mark and into the 6th highest-grossing position, we cover all the latest news from the box office, examine the audience behind new release Missing, and Matthew speaks to Juliet Yaa Asantewa Asante of the National Film Authority in Ghana about the massive potential in the African cinema market, and how it is evolving.

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We’re bringing in the new year with a swath of titles from the holidays, kicking off with an audience evolution for Avatar: The Way of Water. Newer releases M3gan, Plane, Operation Fortune, and A Man Called Otto all vie for the box office, and we take a look at who turned up for each.

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We’re still on break but today we’re sharing an interesting episode of Future Shop Podcast with WSL, where our very own Matthew Liebmann joined their CEO, Wendy Liebmann to discuss the role of physical experiences in addressing the increasingly disturbing societal issues of loneliness, and how the theatrical experience creates a community, an antidote to isolation.

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It’s our final episode of the year! As the long-awaited Avatar: The Way of Water hits the big screens, we bring you the numbers and audience for its opening; who came out to see James Cameron’s latest blockbuster, and how well did it perform at the box office? We also take a look back at 2022, our highlights both to see on the screen and across the industry, as well as a special self-analysis of Behind the Screens, and you — our amazing listeners!

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Simon returns for a packed episode this week as we look at a quiet box office, but a looming storm with Avatar: The Way Of Water’s pre-sales audience, as well as our CineAsia Round Table with Vista Group’s attendees Tan Ngaronga, Bobby Bennet, and Richard Greenwood.

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What makes a Christmas movie? In the quiet post-Thanksgiving week, we talk about who turned up for the new Violent Night, Maverick’s latest run at the box office in the Top Gun: Maverick re-release, and turn our eyes to the horizon with Avatar: The Way Of Water, comparing the sequel’s pre-sales to those of Avatar’s recent re-release into theatres.

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This Thanksgiving weekend we’re diving into the box office and audiences for Disney’s Strange World’s strange results, Netflix’s short theatrical release for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, and the Korean War movie Devotion. Join us to see who turned out for each of this week’s rather unusual performances, and explore how Netflix’s model of theatrical release is taking shape.

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