Boxoffice Podcast

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins discuss Cinemark’s Q3 earnings call and the latest box office numbers with Black Adam staying in the top spot on its 3rd week. In the feature segment, Daniel interviews Mark Mylod on his upcoming film The Menu. 

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What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:50 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever forecast
• 04:03 Black Adam stays at #1 spot on its 3rd week
• 05:54 Daniel Radcliffe’s Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
• 08:40 Cinemark’s Q3 report
• 10:21 Favorite movie theater candy
• 12:14 AMC ‘s $5 discount promotion
• 14:16 AMC partners with Zoom to create Zoom rooms
• 18:11 The Menu
• 23:22 Adding an Altman touch  
• 26:45 Challenges of putting all characters together for 2 hours
• 30:34 Coming up with an original idea
• 33:17 Movie theaters you frequent
• 34:39 Expectations for The Menu

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins deliver box office forecasts for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Avatar: The Way of Water and the top films on the weekend release of Black Adam. In the feature segment, Rebecca interviews executives from NYC documentary mainstay DCTV on their new Firehouse Cinema.  

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Episode Resources:

• DCTV Firehouse Cinema

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:11 Weekend box office’s top 10
• 04:43 Wakanda Forever forecast
• 06:39 New films with a breakthrough potential
• 09:13 Avatar: The Way of Water forecast
• 11:41 What kinds of movies are we missing?
• 13:34 AMC to upgrade their laser projection
• 16:09 DCTV’s The Firehouse Cinema
• 17:54 Conception and completion took 20 years
• 24:39 Finding balance between meeting community needs and company resources
• 30:01 How do you approach inclusive curation?
• 33:29 We are a community center
• 35:04 Plans for the first year of operations
• 38:31 Enhancing the education and enhancing capacity 

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Rebecca Pahle, Shawn Robbins, and Jesse Rifkin recap the opening weekend success — and second weekend holdover potential — of Ticket to Paradise and Black Adam. In the feature segment, Rebecca interviews CEO Anthony LaVerde on Emagine Entertainment’s century-old Biringham 8 Theatre, which has been transformed into a haunted walkthrough experience for the month of October. 

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Episode Resources:

• Michigan’s Emagine Birmingham 8 Theatre Transforms Into Haunted House for October
• Weekend Box Office Forecast: Black Adam and Ticket to Paradise Look to Rejuvenate Fall Box Office

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:27 Ted Sarandos on Netflix investor interview 
• 03:44 Yellowstone season premiere coming to theaters
• 05:07 Weekend box office numbers
• 08:03 Box office forecast
• 11:43 Turning one location into a full Halloween attraction
• 18:57 Haunted theater F&B
• 19:31 Staffing, training, and operation
• 22:14 Customer reactions

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Russ Fischer, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins share updates on the latest batch of release date changes affecting the MCU and discuss the box office potential of new releases Black Adam and Ticket to Paradise. Later in the episode, host Daniel Loria provides an update on the conversations taking place at ShowEast; in our feature segment, Loria interviews NATO Chairman Rolando Rodriguez, being honored with the show's Dan Fellman Show “E” Award.

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Episode Resources:

• Weekend Box Office Forecast: Will the Finale Factor Help Halloween Ends Best Predecessor’s Hybrid Opening One Year Ago?
• Weekend Box Office Forecast: Black Adam and Ticket to Paradise Look to Rejuvenate Fall Box Office

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:09 MCU’s release date shake ups
• 04:21 Prediction for Halloween Ends’ second week
• 06:36 Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam
• 09:52 Ticket to Paradise performance
• 13:05 Industry revenue drops this year
• 15:18 Sufficient and uninterrupted theatrical releases
• 17:35 Cinema’s working with streamers
• 20:11 Theatrical release of Wakanda Forever in France
• 20:59 Viral marketing 
• 23:44 TikTok to integrate showtime and digital ticketing in stories
• 24:44 The success of National Cinema Day
• 29:15 The most iconic visit to a movie theater
• 31:18 Working at a theater in a new country
• 34:12 Years of experience as an executive
• 40:20 Making exhibition more inclusive in the executive ranks
• 44:47 Calls to action within the team
• 46:54 Never lost trust in the industry even with the pandemic   

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Russ Fischer and Daniel Loria discuss horror movies’ near-monopoly on the current domestic box office before turning to discussion of Netflix’s Glass Onion, which will be getting theatrical exclusivity before making its streaming debut. Also in the news this week: NATO  Executive Director and CEO is set to retire from the trade group in May of 2023. In the feature segment, Rebecca interviews Cameron Mitchell - Executive Director, National Association of Cinema Operators (NACO) - with regards to the status of the Australian and Middle Eastern theatrical markets.

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Episode Resources:

• AMC Reaches Agreement with Netflix, Will Play Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery at Select US and European Locations
• Disney Announces Release Schedule Updates: Blade, Deadpool 3, Fantastic Four, Avengers: Secret Wars, & More

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 03:01 It’s time for horror films
• 07:59 Netflix films getting theatrical release
• 14:09 Black Panther not releasing in France?
• 15:45 Halloween Ends 
• 23:19 Australian content
• 25:18 Government support during the pandemic
• 27:17 Loyalty programs and premium cinema experience
• 31:16 International content is becoming popular
• 32:59 The Middle East market 

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Rebecca Pahle and Jesse Rifkin discuss potential second-weekend holds for overperformer Smile and underperformer Bros, as well as this weekend’s release of the first major family movie since July. The feature is an excerpt from a Geneva Convention panel, moderated by Pahle, at last week’s Geneva Convention. In that panel, Jackie Brenneman (NATO, The Cinema Foundation), Valerie Alexander (author/keynote speaker), and Stacy Babl (Marcus Theatres) discuss the changing realities of how to attract and retain employees in the cinema space. 

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What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:04 Update on Cineplex and Cineworld
• 03:20 Latest box office numbers
• 10:14 Next weekend title releases 
• 13:32 Is recent staffing difficulty going away soon?
• 14:43 Dealing with Gen Z applicants
• 16:56 Hiring and retention process since the pandemic
• 22:27 Sponsorship versus mentorship
• 29:42 Implementing changes in the industries
• 33:08 Keeping employees engaged

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Russ Fischer and Rebecca Pahle discuss the holdover potential of Don’t Worry Darling and what the demographics of Avatar’s 2022 re-release may indicate about its December sequel.. In the feature segment, Daniel and Rebecca talk to ICA Chairman Bill Campbell, Founding President Byron Berkeley, and ICA Director Joel Davis about the origin of the Cinema Buying Group and how it helped independent theaters survive the transition to digital projection.

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Episode Resources:

• Premiere Cinemas
• Cinema Buying Alliance

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:30 Weekend box office numbers  
• 09:53 Movie releases this weekend
• 16:07 What is the Cinema Buying Group?
• 22:44 Going digital poses a threat to small theaters
• 24:29 Premiere Cinemas joins CBG
• 27:07 Current plans and programs

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins discuss the last week’s film releases date changes and the strong holdover potential for The Woman King and Barbarian.  For the Vendor Segment, Daniel talks to Michael Giacinto, Director of Sales at Proctor Companies, about how the company’s visions are providing better service in the concessions space.

In the Indie Focus feature, Daniel moderates a panel discussion pulled from Boxoffice Pro’s recent webinar on the state of dine-in cinemas. Jerry Rakfeldt of Spotlight Cinema Networks introduces.

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Episode Resources:

• Proctor Companies
• Dine In Cinema Summit

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:57 What did you watch this week?
• 06:52 Expectations for Avatar re-release
• 09:22 Upcoming titles for the Halloween season
• 13:48 Return of the original Karate Kid franchise
• 15:10 Next installment of the Searching franchise
• 16:00 Some schedule shift
• 23:56 Innovations in theater concessions
• 25:19 Bars in theaters are money makers
• 26:54 Dine-in models
• 31:04 Macro overview of the dine-in space
• 32:29 Tackling supply chain issues
• 33:42 Most recent trends    
• 35:58 The the Dine-In Cinema Summit
• 38:00 Ensuring that dine-in stays a luxury experience
• 39:46 A lot focus is on content
• 41:19 Flexible operations matter
• 43:45 Giving local teams freedom and flexibility
• 45:13 Special-themed menu items 
• 46:38 The content is always the main feature
• 48:20 What would you change?

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria and Russ Fischer discuss Cineworld's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Disney’s new film announcements, and the highlights for the fall festival season. In the feature segment, Daniel talks to Brandon Jones (FILMFROG Marketing) and Rich Daughtridge (ICA President) about the preparations, strategies, and goals for Cinema Week on October 7-13, 2022. 

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Episode Resources:

• Disney Announces New Films, Debuts Trailers and Footage at D23 Convention
• Cinema Week 2022

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:30 Cineworld files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
• 04:46 Amazon and Apple going into the movie ticket business?
• 08:25 Disney announces new movie titles
• 15:39 What to expect from the upcoming festival season
• 20:49 More titles for the festival season
• 36:22 Cinema Week
• 38:45 How is Cinema Week different?
• 41:06 Cinema Week theme: Cinema Connects Us
• 45:32 Unlimited popcorn?

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins discuss the recently concluded National Cinema Day and the box office forecast for big title releases this year. In the feature segment, Daniel talks to Roberto Quintero,  the organizer of CineShow Mexico - an event that brings together independent exhibitors and alternative theaters from Mexico and Latin America - to help address the challenges faced by exhibitors during the pandemic, and now into its recovery phase. 

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Episode Resources:

• National Cinema Day
• CineShow Mexico
• Weekend Box Office Forecast: Barbarian and Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:32 National Cinema Day
• 06:57 Movie Pass is back!
• 08:07 Box office weekend numbers
• 13:40 Forecast for Q3
• 15:13 Delay in release of new films
• 16:49 What’s the next hundred million opener?
• 17:40 Cinema recovery in Mexico
• 20:22 CineShow Mexico
• 22:47 History of movie theaters in Puebla, Mexico
• 25:35 Struggles during the pandemic
• 29:34 Concessions in Mexico
• 31:15 Priorities in the Mexican exhibition   
• 35:00 Expectations for the Mexican exhibition in 2023
• 36:48 CineShow Mexico is a celebration