Behind the Screens

Thanksgiving weekend saw some impressive numbers from Zootopia 2 around the globe. Lauren Greene joins us from the UK to examine the audience that turned out for Zootopia 2 and what marketing opportunities it presents for exhibitors, before we turn our eyes to Five Nights at Freddy's 2.

Topics and times:

• Thanksgiving weekend box office overview - 0:59
• Zootopia 2 box office breakdown - 1:52
• Zootopia 2 audience analysis - 4:55
• Zootopia 2 marketing opportunities - 5:45
• Box office roundup - 9:13
• Hamnet impressions - 10:39
• Five Nights at Freddy's 2 pre-sales tracking - 12:34
• Five Nights at Freddy's 2 pre-release audience - 14:18
• Five Nights at Freddy's 2 marketing opportunities - 15:56
• Next week - 19:46

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Wicked: For Good hit the big screen this weekend, and our dynamic duo are tackling the box office, audience, and marketing opportunities for Part Two in-depth.

How did it shape up against Wicked Part One? How has the audience evolved? And how can exhibitors drive further repeat visitation to keep the momentum? We're answering all the burning questions and more this week on Behind the Screens.

Topics and times:

• Wicked: For Good opening weekend - 0:14
• Wicked: For Good global box office breakdown - 1:31
• Wicked: For Good in-depth audience analysis - 3:34
• Wicked: For Good audience and critical reception - 5:51
• Marketing opportunities for Wicked: For Good - 7:29
• Zootopia 2 pre-sales and audience comparisons - 8:22
• Next week - 12:54

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With Wicked: For Good on the horizon to debut this weekend, the box office anticipation is ramping up. We take a deep look at the audience and pre-sales comparisons with the original Wicked, as well as new releases Now You See Me: Now You Don't and Running Man this week on Behind the Screens.

Topics and times:

• Box office overview - 0:31
• Now You See Me: Now You Don't box office performance - 1:51
• Now You See Me: Now You Don't audience analysis - 2:40
• Running Man box office performance - 6:07
• Running Man audience analysis - 6:58
• Upcoming releases and Wicked: For Good pre-sales - 9:44
• Wicked: For Good pre-sales audience - 10:30
• Wicked: For Good marketing recommendations - 12:53
• Rental Family audience and marketing - 13:37
• Next week - 15:28

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With Predator: Badlands making a splash at the box office this weekend, the Behind the Screens hosts are diving into the audience, opportunities, and possible shifts in week two to take advantage of.

Pre-sales audiences for The Running Man and Now You See Me: Now You Don't show us a combined analysis of marketing opportunities for the coming weekend.

Topics and times:

• Predator: Badlands box office performance vs predictions - 0:49
• Predator: Badlands audience analysis - 1:46
• Marketing opportunities of Badlands' week two - 3:28
• Pre-sales for The Running Man - 5:24
• Pre-sales for Now You See Me: Now You Don't - 6:06
• Combined pre-sales audiences and marketing opportunities - 7:20
• Next week - 10:31

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With a rough Halloween weekend at the box office, we're looking forward to Predator: Badlands, analysing pre-sales, audiences, and marketing opportunities for the upcoming title this week Behind the Screens.

Topics and times:

• Back from AIMC - 0:18
• Box office overview - 2:29
• Bugonia box office and audience breakdown - 4:12
• Upcoming titles - 7:18
• Predator: Badlands pre-sales - 8:13
• Predator: Badlands pre-sales audience analysis - 8:52
• Predator: Badlands marketing opportunities - 10:43
• Next week - 11:29

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Between Chainsaw Man - The Movie, Regretting You, and Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere hitting the big screen, there's a wide variety of audiences to appeal to at the box office this weekend. With Matthew away at AIMC, Simon and Lauren give us all the details on the box office and audience breakdowns for each title.

Topics and times:

• Box office overview - 0:49
• Chainsaw Man - The Movie audience analysis - 1:35
• Chainsaw Man - The Movie critical and audience reception - 3:29
• Regretting You box office performance - 4:41
• Regretting You audience analysis - 5:20
• Regretting You critical and audience reception - 7:51
• Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere box office and audience - 8:17
• Next week - 10:11

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With Black Phone 2 finding its horror audience in the build-up to Halloween, we're taking a look at who turned out and the opportunities for the movie in the coming weeks. Looking ahead, Matthew and Simon break down the pre-sales tracking and audiences for Regretting You and Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere here on Behind the Screens.

Topics and times:

• One Battle After Another international box office - 0:14

• TRON: Ares week 2 box office drop - 1:10

• Black Phone 2 box office overview - 1:49

• Black Phone 2 reception and audience analysis - 2:29

• Upcoming titles — Regretting You, Springsteen, Bugonia - 4:35

• Regretting You pre-sales - 5:20

• Regretting You pre-sales audience analysis - 6:14

• Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere pre-sales audience analysis - 9:11

• Bugonia previews - 11:55

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The question this week: who was TRON: Ares for? We dive into the audience makeup and reception to understand the performance of the latest Tron film, then take a look ahead at how pre-sales are shaping up for the horror hit Black Phone 2 here on Behind the Screens.

Topics and times:

• Fall Summit - 0:20

• Taylor Swift's documentary series - 0:48

• TRON: Ares box office overview - 2:42

• Box office milestones - 3:39

• TRON: Ares audience analysis - 4:53

• TRON: Ares critical and audience reception - 7:31

• Roofman box office overview - 8:21

• Roofman audience analysis - 8:39

• Black Phone 2 pre-sales tracking - 11:02

• Black Phone 2 pre-sales opening audience trends - 11:48

• Next week - 13:10

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Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl delivered a boost for the box office this weekend, so Matthew and Simon are diving deep into the details to see how it measured up against The Eras Tour. Then with Tron: Ares on the horizon, we look at pre-sales comparisons for both the audience and box office here on Behind the Screens.

Topics and times:

• Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl box office performance - 0:25
• Weekend box office overview - 1:58
• Taylor Swift audience analysis - 2:59
• The Smashing Machine box office performance, audience, and reception - 6:07
• Upcoming titles: Roofman, Tron: Ares - 9:17
• Pre-release opening comparisons for Tron: Ares - 10:03
• Pre-release audience for Tron: Ares - 11:33
• Roofman pre-release audience - 13:48
• Next week - 14:45

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Tackling a wide range of releases this week, Matthew breaks down the audiences, box office, and marketing opportunities for One Battle After Another, Gabby's Dollhouse, and The Strangers: Chapter 2. With Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl on the horizon, join us for a Behind the Screens look at how the pre-sales audience compares to The Eras Tour.

Topics and times:

• New releases this weekend - 0:32
• Box office weekend roundup - 0:58
• One Battle After Another box office in-depth - 2:27
• One Battle After Another audience analysis - 3:07
• One Battle After Another critical reception and marketing opportunities - 5:24
• Gabby's Dollhouse box office performance - 7:08
• Gabby's Dollhouse audience analysis - 7:50
• The Strangers: Chapter 2 box office and audience analysis - 9:28
• Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl pre-release analysis and Eras Tour comparison - 11:30
• Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl pre-release audience - 13:07
• Smashing Machine pre-release audience analysis - 16:03
• Cinema United's Fall Summit next week - 18:56

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