Boxoffice Podcast

In this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Romeo Duchenne, and Rebecca Pahle discuss the weekend ahead for cinemas—with Bad Boys: Ride or Die and The Watchers hitting theaters—and the month ahead for specialty releases. In the feature segment, Pahle speaks with Kate Markham of Art House Convergence, Barbara Twist of Film Festival Alliance, and Spotlight Cinema Networks CEO Jerry Rakfeldt about the upcoming IND/EX conference, which will see the independent film community gather in Chicago from June 25-28 to discuss, share, and connect. 

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Episode Resources:

• IND/Ex

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:52 Upcoming Indie films 
• 07:13 Box office numbers
• 17:01 IND/Ex conference
• 21:42 Film festivals
• 26:01 Programmatic approach
• 31:18 Human resources
• 35:24 Shared passion

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk are joined by Jason Guerrasio to recap the lackluster Memorial Day Weekend box office performances of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and The Garfield Movie. The June movie preview tracks upcoming titles such as Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Inside Out 2, and Horizon: An American Saga. Then Jason shares insights on the impact and future of theatrical subscription programs. 

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What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:44 Furiosa, Garfield box office numbers
• 05:13 Impact of subscription
• 08:15 IF performance
• 10:47 Three new titles
• 11:48 Weekend let down
• 16:32 Bad Boys, The Watchers
• 18:56 Big risk for Disney
• 22:30 Specialty market film slate
• 31:59 MoviePass
• 36:11 Exhibition is a secretive group
• 39:22 What’s the next big innovation?
• 42:07 Another universal subscription scheme 

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle recap all the latest studio scheduling updates and look ahead to the Memorial Day weekend boxoffice. Then Rebecca chats with John Partilla, CEO of Screenvision Media, about Screenvision's annual Upfront presentation and the future of cinema advertising. 

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What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:14 What did you watch this week?
• 03:52 Schedule updates
• 12:00 Furiosa 3-day opening weekend 
• 14:32 Garfiled 3-day opening numbers
• 18:17 IF forecast
• 24:05 Advertising network efforts
• 27:12 Movie theater owner partners
• 30:00 Disney partnership
• 31:31 Pre-show
• 34:21 The product
• 36:53 What are you interested to see?
• 39:42 Watch out for each other 

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, Daniel Loria and Romeo Duchene share the latest box office forecast. Then, Russ Fischer joins Daniel for a Mad Max film history review in line with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’s upcoming release. 

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Episode Resources:

• Weekend Box Office Preview: IF Looks to Welcome Family Audiences Back to the Movies

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:28 John Krasinski’s IF
• 06:10 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• 08:35 Back to Black
• 09:53 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga forecast
• 14:53 Mad Max era
• 19:13 Car chase and stunt work
• 22:07 1979 - Mad Max 
• 34:51 1982 - Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior)
• 43:03 1985 - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
• 59:09 2015 - Mad Max: Fury Road

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk recap the weekend performance of The Fall Guy and the 25th Anniversary re-release of Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace. In the Boxoffice Pro weekend forecast segment, guest analyst Jeremy Wooster of The Wrap discusses 20th Century Studios’ upcoming release Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Then Rebecca chats with Alex DelVecchio, the general manager of Rutgers Cinema about his insights on the viewing habits of younger audiences.     

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On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, Daniel Loria and the Box Office Company’s Romeo Duchene discuss The Fall Guy box office forecast. In the feature segment, Daniel, Russ, Rebecca, and Chad give us a sneak peek of May movies preview.    

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Episode Resources:

• Weekend Preview: How High Will THE FALL GUY Rise?

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 03:41 Jerry Seinfeld
• 05:00 Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted
• 09:59 Movie release schedules
• 22:02 The Fall Guy
• 24:01 Tarot
• 26:51 Challengers 
• 29:49 Would you watch?
• 33:52 Star Wars re-release
• 38:35 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes re-release
• 39:25 Amy Winehouse biopic
• 41:15 The Strangers: Chapter 1
• 44:05 If
• 45:59 The Garfield Movie
• 48:41 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, Daniel Loria and the Box Office Company’s Romeo Duchene cover the latest insights and this weekend’s wide release,  director Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers, starring Zendaya. In the feature segment, Daniel speaks to Brett King, the CEO of CineTrain, a digital platform that facilitates employee training in the cinema industry.    

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Daniel and Rebecca recap the post-CinemaCon 2024 box office. In the feature segment, Daniel speaks with Greg Marcus, the CEO of the Marcus Theatres, from CinemaCon. Greg and Daniel discuss the Marcus Corporation's performance in 2023 and outlook for 2024, highlighting the circuit's strong finish despite concerns about a lack of big releases and the impact of strikes on the industry's momentum. Greg reacts to all the news coming out of CinemaCon 2024, including his thoughts on the panel session between Matthew Belloni and AMC Theatres’ Chairman and CEO Adam Aron.   

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What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:16 Back from CinemaCon
• 02:25 Warner Bros. hit $1B 
• 03:08 Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire opens at $20M
• 03:53 A24’s Civil War, other films 
• 10:36 Boxoffice weekend forecast
• 17:21 Marcus Theaters business update
• 19:53 Entertainment center
• 21:25 Movie theater pizza
• 22:40 PLF 
• 24:26 Back to pre-pandemic
• 26:30 Maximizing revenue
• 31:11 Keeping it interesting
• 32:23 Biggest takeaway from CinemaCon
• 34:37 What people want to see
• 36:53 TikTok

Daniel, Rebecca, and Chad bring insights and highlights from the Paramount and Disney presentations at CinemaCon 2024. In the feature segment, we bring you highlights from the CinemaCon 2024 panel on promoting mid-budget films, moderated by NATO’s Michael O’Leary and including insights from B&B Theatres’ Brock Bagby, Focus Features’ Lisa Bunnell, Neon’s Elissa Federoff, and Showcase Cinemas’ Rebecca Stein. 

Daniel, Rebecca, and Chad bring insights and highlights from the Angel Studios, Lionsgate, and Universal/Focus presentations at CinemaCon 2024. In the feature segment, Daniel is joined by Angel Studios EVP and Global Head of Theatrical Distribution at Angel Studios.