Behind the Screens

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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This week we dive into Disney’s management shift, the audience evolution of their current film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and pre-sales for Avatar: The Way of Water. In the second part of Matthew’s interview with Steve Knibbs, he gives us his views on the industry, particularly around Vue’s circuit in Europe.

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever shatters the box office with its debut this weekend; we recap the box office and examine the audience for the opening weekend. Steve Knibbs, Group MD and Deputy CEO of Vue, joins Matthew for part one of an interview diving into the technology of cinemas.

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This week, with the strength of holdovers on Smile and Black Adam continuing to impress, we examined the longevity of films and how films lifespans go under different theatrical and streaming releases. Box office highlights from Black Adam, Smile reaching $200M, and Crunchyroll’s One Piece Film: Red. We examine One Piece’s audience, and take a look ahead at pre-sales for Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever

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Matthew and Ryan break down the box office big hitters with Black Adam’s impressive hold and the high return on Prey for the Devil, as well as analysing the audience that came out for Prey for the Devil. With the big news of Twitter’s recent acquisition by Elon Musk, the boys talk through what this means for movie marketers in the initial reaction, as well as what it might mean as time goes on.

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Box office is back with the launch of Black Adam; we take you through all the numbers and the audience for The Rock’s latest blockbuster. Tess Manchester and Swade Geiger join us to give their impressions and takeaways from ShowEast, and to give us the lowdown on the markets in the US and Latin America, respectively.

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Ryan and Matthew tackle the rough box office results of this past weekend as horror titles Halloween Ends and Smile battle it out. How has Halloween Ends's simultaneous release affected its box office performance? And we take a look ahead at Black Adam, how The Rock might make a marketing push for his superhero film, and what our expectations are for its release in the coming days.

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With his co-hosts abandoning him this week, Matthew takes a solo mission to bring us through the box office numbers for Homecoming, Smile, Ticket to Paradise, and delves into new releases Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile and Amsterdam. Doctor Bryan Smith, VP of Research in Data Science at Movio, joins us to define just what data science is, how we use data at Movio, and the power behind Movio’s propensity algorithm.

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