Boxoffice Podcast

In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Russ Fischer, Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins discuss the global performance of Venom: Let There Be Carnage and No Time To Die, and their box office predictions for this week—with several new titles set to hit the big screen. And in line with new film releases, the team goes over the latest trailer launches from The Boxoffice Trailer Network on YouTube.

In the interview segment, Daniel talks to Everyman Cinemas’ Serena Gill about the company’s record earnings through the release of No Time To Die and the lessons they’ve learned from the pandemic.

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Episode Resources:

• Everyman Cinema
• The Boxoffice Trailer Network 

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:53 No Time To Die tops at $55.2 domestically
• 08:07 Overseas performance of Venom: Let There Be Carnage and No Time To Die
• 12:22 Box office predictions this weekend
• 17:01 On YouTube: The Boxoffice Trailer Network
• 21:35 CineEurope was a great success
• 22:34 Stayed in contact and kept the customer engaged throughout the pandemic
• 24:01 Thinking outside the box
• 26:05 Special screenings for diverse films in partnership with different brands
• 27:49 UK industry needs to focus on local British films
• 30:29 UK exhibition is a thriving marketplace

In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins discuss the weekend’s box office with Venom: Let There Be Carnage opening at $90M domestically and now the top grossing film in the pandemic, The Addams Family 2 coming in second, and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings leaving the top spot on its fifth week. 

In the interview segment, Cinionic CEO Wim Buyens and CMO Carl Rijsbrack join Daniel to talk about using premium technology to enhance the experience for moviegoers with laser projection. Daniel and Rebecca then cover the latest happenings at CineEurope and how distributors and exhibitors can work together to bring more moviegoers back to the theaters by making it more accessible for everyone.

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Episode Resources:

• Cinionic
• CineEurope 2021

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:00 Venom: Let There Be Carnage opens to $90M domestically
• 07:49 Shang-Chi drops down to Top 3 on its 5th week
• 08:36 The Addams Family opens at 2nd place
• 11:11 Warner Bros day-and-date releases are not pulling good numbers
• 13:20 No Time To Die overperforms in international market
• 18:40 Is moviegoing back?
• 22:32 First in-person CineEurope event
• 27:04 The rise of specific markets because of local content
• 30:30 Premium technology is helping drive moviegoers back
• 32:48 Laser projectors make a huge difference
• 36:39 Making moviegoing accessible for all instead of diving more into premium services
• 39:31 Pricing and mobile/digital ticketing
• 41:47 Are audiences finally comfortable to come back to the theaters?
• 44:45 Titles must be well represented by a distributors
• 46:19 Memoria retains its theatrical exclusivity 
• 48:07 Shorter theatrical exclusivity window will make it easier to screen independent titles

In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins discuss the weekend box office numbers, as Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings surpasses Black Widow as the highest-grossing movie of the pandemic era while Dear Evan Hansen disappoints in its debut. Shawn Robbins shares his latest box office forecasts on the domestic release of several upcoming high-profile titles like Dune, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, and The Many Saints of Newark. 

In the interview segment, UNIC CEO Laura Houlgatte-Abbott and President Phil Clapp join Daniel Loria for a conversation previewing CineEurope 2021, the biggest exhibition convention of the year for European movie theaters. The pair discuss the coming week’s importance and how ripple effects of the US markets have caused collateral damage for exhibitors across Europe.

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Episode Resources:

• CineEurope
• Interview with the Director of The Many Saints of Newark
• Tech Companies Look to Conventions to Boost Cinemas’ Recovery Effort 

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:48 Shang-Chi is now the highest grossing film in the pandemic era
• 06:14 Predictions for West Side Story’s future release
• 07:19 Dune’s overseas debut performance
• 12:42 Can Venom reach $45-65M on its opening weekend? 
• 16:47 European exhibition fairs better this year compared to last year
• 20:36 The ripple effects of theatrical exclusivity
• 23:39 More in-person conventions mean the industry is recovering
• 27:03 Initiatives driven to keep existing audience engaged
• 31:08 The role of local content in the new normal

In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Russ Fischer, Daniel Loria, and Rebecca Pahle discuss the weekend box office numbers, with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings soon to pass Black Widow as the highest-grossing movie of the pandemic. 

In this month’s Indie Focus interview, Daniel and Rebecca talk to Matthew Baizer of Flix Brewhouse—the only first-run movie theatre in the world to incorporate a fully functioning microbrewery—about the cinema chain’s re-opening efforts, coming changes to their operations model, and reinforcing contactless experience for moviegoers.

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Episode Resources:

• Flix Brewhouse

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:42 Shang Chi is now the 2nd highest grossing movie in 2021
• 07:35 How Cry Macho is fairing in its opening weekend
• 11:51 Dune debuted at the number 1 spot in its international release
• 18:05 What 2020 was like for Flix Brewhouse?
• 21:15 Reopening efforts 
• 24:06 Now, film release dates don’t move around too often
• 25:50 Out of 9 cinemas, six were re-opened
• 29:46 Creating an identity in a very competitive industry
• 35:14 Focus is on mobile and contactless operation

In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Russ Fischer, Daniel Loria, and Rebecca Pahle discuss the weekend box office numbers with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings still holding the number one spot with $35.8 million earnings on its second week. They also talk about Disney’s announcement on the theatrical exclusivity of the remaining 2021 titles, Halloween Kills going day-and-date in theaters and on Peacock, and Paramount’s executive shift.

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Episode Resources:

• Disney Announces Theatrical Exclusivity for Remaining 2021 Films
• Shang-Chi Leads the Pack with Best Sophomore Frame of the Pandemic

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:58 Another strong weekend for Shang-Chi, other box office numbers
• 11:13 Disney to give theatrical exclusivity to remaining 2021 slate 
• 16:41 Halloween Kills will stream on Peacock
• 23:48 CODA only went out to 101 cinemas locally
• 26:07 Substantial executive shake up at Paramount  

In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Russ Fischer, Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins discuss the $75.5M box office gross for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, a record for Labor Day weekend and the third-highest September release ever. In the feature segment, Daniel talks to Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly of STXfilms about their R-rated comedy Queenpins, in theaters this Friday.

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Episode Resources:

• STXfilms
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Shatters Expectations w/ Record-Smashing $71.4M 3-Day/$83.5M 4-Day Opening

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:38 Shang-Chi made $90M on 4,300 screens
• 10:36 Major title release date changes
• 14:35 Tom Cruise franchise films getting pushed back
• 19:27 Expectations for Q4 in the box office
• 24:43 Queenpins was inspired by a true story
• 25:51 Production started in October 2020 during the height of the pandemic
• 27:03 How the pandemic impacted the filming
• 29:08 Production complications  
• 31:16 What’s the importance of a comedy film hitting the theaters?
• 34:04 Marketing tips for movie theaters

In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle discuss the box office performance of Candyman and predictions for Labor Day weekend release Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’, the first MCU film to debut exclusively in theaters since the start of the pandemic. In the feature segment, Daniel and Rebecca speak to Vanessa Amsbury-Bonilla, co-owner of Peterborough Community Theatre—the oldest theater in the state of New Hampshire—about how customer feedback led them to introduce vaccination-required screenings at their cinema.

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Episode Resources:

• Peterborough Community Theatre

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:01 Positive box office weekend debuts
• 08:00 Independent cinemas have been innovative during the pandemic closures
• 10:02 The impact of proof of vaccination on cinemas
• 12:41 The Peterborough Community Theatre
• 14:51 Primary demographic wants the big screen
• 16:05 Survey response showed that people want proof of vaccination only screening
• 18:38 Safer Sundays brought in more ticket sales
• 21:00 There are nights with zero ticket sold
• 24:03 No discrimanation, just providing more choices for people
• 26:22 Knowing regular customers on a personal level
• 28:36 Numbers and data will tell the comfort level of the patrons

A recap of a busy final day at CinemaCon 2021, which included studio presentations from Lionsgate and Paramount, Tom Cruise riding a motorcycle off a cliff, and a major filmmaker slamming day-and-date releases.

The episode concludes with a pair of interviews with independent exhibitors: Rich Daughtridge, president of the Independent Cinema Alliance and John Vincent, president of the United Drive-In Theatre Owners Association. 

Full insights and analysis from Universal, Neon, Focus Features, and Disney’s studio presentations at CinemaCon. Followed by an interview with Dolby’s Jed Harmsen and exclusive audio of CinemaCon’s Executive Roundtable Panel, “Globally Speaking: A Look at the International Market,” featuring Mooky Greidinger (CEO, Cineworld & Regal), Alejandro Ramirez Magaña (CEO, Cinepolis), and Veronika Kwan Vanderburg (President of Distribution, Universal Pictures International).

Full insights and analysis from Tuesday’s State of the Industry speech and studio presentations from Warner Bros. and MGM/UA Presentation Recaps. Interview with Miguel Mier (COO, Cinepolis).