In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, Russ Fischer, Daniel Loria, and Shawn Robbins discuss their outlook for Spider-Man No Way Home’s box office debut. The trio also looks at other releases in theaters this weekend, including Guillermo Del Toro’s Nightmare Alley, and breaks down the underwhelming performance of Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story at the box office. 

In the feature segment, Daniel Loria speaks to Cheryl Wannell, the Chief Executive Officer at SAWA - Global Cinema Advertising, about the organization’s efforts during the pandemic to help its members across the sector to get back on track and bring major advertisers back to the pre-show. 

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Episode Resources:

• SAWA
• Spider-Man: A Box Office History

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:16 Spider-Man No Way Home is not slowing down
• 04:44 The evolution of Spider-Man in theaters
• 07:36 Box office forecast for Spider-Man No Way Home
• 11:00 A new era of superhero franchise
• 12:30 Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley
• 16:17 West Side Story opens to $10.5M 
• 19:26 Additional box office numbers this week
• 25:43 Cinema advertising has been a bumpy road for recovery
• 28:12 Where is cinema advertising in 2021?
• 29:57 Stories of resiliency and innovation
• 31:09 SAWA’s global efforts to help drive cinema advertising
• 35:02 Are we at a 2019 box office level?