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