Boxoffice Podcast

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle deliver the latest news in the box office including new film schedule lineup, the return of Movie Pass, and several chief executive announcements from a few exhibitors. In the feature segment, Daniel talks to UK Cinema Association’s Phil Clapp and NATO’s Jackie Brenneman to discuss the upcoming National Cinema Day 2022, an all films, all screens, all day event on September 3, 2022. 

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Episode Resources:

• National Cinema Day
• National Cinema Day Brings $3 Tickets to US Movie Theaters on September 3
• Weekend Box Office Forecast: Top Gun: Maverick Chases More History, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Jaws Court Moviegoers for Slow Labor Day Frame
• National Cinema Day Coming to the UK on September 3 with £3 Tickets for All Films at Participating Theaters
• The Moviegoer’s Guide to Austin, Texas

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:34 Trade show sold out
• 04:51 Halloween Ends will go day-and-date
• 05:47 New films schedule changes
• 09:06 Movie Pass is coming back
• 11:19 New chief executive announcements
• 13:40 National Cinema Day 2022
• 18:42 NATO and UKCA working together
• 19:35 The National Cinema Day initiative
• 23:24 What’s in it for the moviegoers?
• 26:27 Exhibitors joining the event
• 28:14 Cinemas knows their audience best
• 31:06 Titles audiences can watch during the event  

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk pitch in the numbers of the Q2 earnings call while Daniel, Rebecca, and Jesse Rifkin discuss the weekend’s box office numbers with Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero taking the top spot. In the feature segment, Daniel talks to Jeff and Jamie Benson of Cinergy Entertainment about the theater’s history and present marketing strategies. 

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Episode Resources:

• Cinergy Entertainment
• CinéShow 2022: Visionary Award – Jeff & Jamie Benson, Cinergy Entertainment

What to Listen ForSynergy Entertainment

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:20 Welcome to the podcast, Chad!
• 03:56 2022 Q2 earnings call
• 14:27 Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero grabs top 1 spot
• 17:37 Amsterdam gets a new release date
• 19:21 How it started for Cinergy Entertainment
• 27:00 Learning from the ground up
• 29:35 Second phase in exhibition
• 32:47 Keeping things fresh and entertaining

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle provide insights on the Q2 earnings highlights and the premiere of Prey on Hulu. In the Indie Focus feature segment, Rebecca interviews Cinema Village owner Nicolas Nicolaou about his journey in the neighborhood cinema, working tirelessly to keep his cinemas operational even after the pandemic. 

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Episode Resources:

• Spotlight Cinema Networks
• Cinema Village
• Alpine Cinema
• Weekend Box Office Forecast: Beast and Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Aim to Prop Up Another Slow August Frame

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 03:20 Prey premieres on Hulu
• 04:15 One new opener in the box office this weekend
• 05:42 Netflix’s top 10 from the first week of August
• 08:11 Two new releases next weekend
• 10:33 Cineworld and IMAX expand their partnership
• 12:20 Cinépolis to upgrade all its movie theaters
• 13:44 Emagine Entertainment partners with a live events company
• 18:08 What drew you to the neighborhood theaters?
• 22:31 We lost a lot of neighborhood theaters
• 28:54 Doing renovations on Alpine Cinema
• 31:29 Future plans for the three cinemas

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Russ Fischer, Daniel Loria, and Rebecca Pahle present the Boxoffice Rewind, a new segment where they take us back to the top 10 highest grossing movies of 2009 with Avatar taking the number one spot. 

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Episode Resources:

• Weekend Box Office: Bullet Train Arrives at $30M in Domestic Debut

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:49 Discovery and WarnerMedia merger
• 10:44 #10: Robert Downey Jr.’s Sherlock Holmes
• 12:49 #9: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
• 14:03 #8: The Blindside 
• 18:32 #7: Star Trek 
• 29:10 #6: The Hangover
• 32:21 #5: Up
• 34:28 #4: The Twilight Saga: New Moon
• 38:59 #3: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• 41:52 #2: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
• 44:35 Movies that didn’t hit the top 10
• 48:47 #1: Avatar

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle provide highlights of the weekend box office, including the debut numbers of DC League of Super-Pets and Nope’s second-weekend holdover; the potential of this weekend’s upcoming films, Bullet Train and Easter Sunday, is also dissected. In the feature segment, Daniel speaks to entertainment executives Melanie Valera and Jeff Wilk, both of the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation affiliate Film Row, about that group’s efforts to mold new industry leaders.

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Episode Resources:

• Film Row

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 03:44 Two movies opening this weekend
• 06:44 DC League of Super-Pets opens to $23M
• 09:17 Top 10 chain location with highest ticket sales
• 11:39 Weekend top 5 
• 14:32 Bullet Train expectations
• 21:25 How did you get started with Film Row?
• 25:01 Getting perspective from industry veterans
• 31:10 Launching the program before the pandemic
• 35:39 It started with a blank canvas

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Russ Fischer, Daniel Loria, and Rebecca Pahle discuss Nope’s opening weekend and Marvel’s new movie late at the ComicCon. In the feature segment, Daniel and Rebecca talk to Byron Berkley, President of Theatre Owners of Mid-America and Diane Feffer, CinéShow's Managing Director, about what the participants can expect during the 2-day event. 

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Episode Resources:

• CinéShow
• ICA Partners with CineShow for 24th Annual Conference

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:29 Marcus won’t open on new locations with no liquor license 
• 04:21 Nope opens to $44M domestically
• 11:27 DC League of Super-Pets to debut this weekend
• 13:27 Marvel announces new releases at ComicCon
• 23:11 Upcoming Warner Bros. releases
• 24:02 Warner Bros. has gone through a buyout
• 30:02 CineShow in Dallas
• 35:01 Expectations for the CineShow
• 37:39 4 Star Cinema survives the pandemic
• 40:08 Exhibition needs diversity of content
• 42:09 There is something for everyone 

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Russ Fischer, Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins chat about Jordan Peele’s mystery box movie Nope. In the feature segment, Daniel and Rebecca are joined by Malco’s Larry Etter to discuss the growing market of food and beverage in theaters and the upcoming NAC Expo.

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Episode Resources:

• National Association of Concessionaires (NAC)
• Malco Theatres
• Weekend Box Office Forecast: Jordan Peele’s Nope

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:37 Jordan Peele’s new horror film, Nope
• 04:43 What was the opening weekend of Get Out like?
• 07:39 A look back at Get Out and Us
• 09:04 Is a mystery box movie sustainable?
• 13:35 Trends in foods and beverage
• 15:58 Cinemas scaling their menus
• 17:55 Can’t find these things in cinemas right now
• 19:54 Theater food service continues to compete with neighboring restaurants
• 21:36 The key role alcoholic beverages plays
• 24:17 F&B concession prices 
• 27:58 The NAC Concession & Hospitality Expo
• 31:23 F&B on cinema revenue growth 

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria and Jesse Rifkin cover Thor: Love and Thunder’s opening weekend as well as the latest box office numbers, including Minions: Rise of Gru significantly dropping on its second week.

In the feature segment, Daniel talks to Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation (WRMPPF) Executive Director, Christina Blumer, about the organization’s latest activities to continuously help the industry including an upcoming major event - the Pioneer of the Year Dinner.

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Episode Resources:

• Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation
• Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation Promotes Christina Blumer to Executive Director

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:09 Thor: Love and Thunder opens at $302M globally
• 03:37 Minions: Rise of Gru drops in its second week
• 05:16 2022 box office numbers are getting better by the week
• 08:00 What’s going on for Disney?
• 09:09 Big release schedule changes
• 15:32 When did you first join Will Rogers?
• 16:26 Traditional Walk with Will
• 19:51 Will Rogers Foundation operates 3 distinct program
• 25:10 Years spent working for the charity
• 27:16 The Pioneer of the Year Dinner
• 30:19 Continue serving the people in the industry

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins cover the latest box office numbers with Minions: The Rise of Gru opening at $125M and predictions for Thor: Love and Thunder’s weekend release. Next, Russ Fischer joins Daniel and Rebecca to talk about where MCU is heading after the Avengers: Endgame. In the feature segment, April Wright, director of Back to the Drive-In documentary shares the resiliency of drive-in owners and how the industry is fighting to stay open.

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Episode Resources:

• Weekend Box Office: Minions: The Rise of Gru Earns Best Animated Opening of Pandemic Era
• The Biggest Movies Coming to Theaters in July 2022

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 03:05 Cinépolis USA announces the first IMAX dine-in cinema
• 04:32 Minions: The Rise of Gru opens to $125M
• 06:52 What can we expect from Minions: The Rise of Gru 
• 09:00 Thor: Love and Thunder opens this weekend
• 10:51 What to expect in the coming months
• 12:06 Box office predictions after summer
• 13:47 Where does MCU stand right now?
• 19:00 Did Disney peak with Avengers Endgame?
• 24:10 What films can appeal to audiences this summer?
• 25:30 April Wright on Back to the Drive-In documentary
• 27:07 Why do a documentary on drive-ins?
• 30:55 The drive-in culture is going to stay
• 32:55 The first drive-in opened on June 6, 1933
• 35:35 How to get in touch with April Wright
• 37:51 Drive-in owners remain resilient

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, Rebecca Pahle and Jesse Rifkin discuss a photo-finish for the top spot at the box office between Warner Bros.' Elvis and Paramount's Top Gun: Maverick. In our final dispatch from CineEurope, Daniel Loria is joined by Celluloid Junkie's Sperling Reich to cover the convention's main themes and trends.  And in the feature segment, Daniel is joined by Guillaume Thomine Desmazures of ICE Theaters and Renaud Palliere, CEO of India's PVR Cinemas-The Luxury Collection, to chat about the Indian exhibitor's approach to premium formats.

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Episode Resources:

• Showbiz Sandbox Podcast
• ICE Theaters
• Apex Order Pickup Solutions
• ICE Theaters Announces Launch in India with PVR Cinemas Partnership

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:01 Paramount and Warner Bros. released studio estimates for Top Gun: Maverick and Elvis
• 06:26 Box office top 5
• 11:01 Premiumization of cinemas
• 15:58 Marketing of higher ticket prices
• 23:08 Now, it’s selling tickets to your theater
• 26:09 PVR Cinemas signing a deal with ICE Theaters
• 27:07 The PVR network of theaters in India
• 29:42 Diversification of premium formats
• 31:24 ICE Theater format combined with Bollywood content