On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle bring us the overwhelming number of The Super Mario Bros. Movie’s weekend debut. In the feature segment Daniel interviews Stephen Williams and Stefani Robinson, director and writer respectively of the 2022 film Chevalier. They talk about what attracted them to a film that depicts a lifetime story of Joseph Bologne and help them decide to push through with producing and then releasing it.

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Episode Resources:

• Weekend Box Office Forecast: Super Mario Bros. Chases More Animation History in 2nd Frame as Renfield, The Pope’s Exorcist, and Suzume Debut

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:45 What did you watch last weekend?
• 04:12 The Super Mario Bros. Movie is breaking records
• 15:33 Upcoming films next weekend
• 21:30 Writing the screenplay for Chevalier
• 24:53 Condensing a lifetime story into a screenplay
• 29:07 Real connection to the story
• 34:51 Resonating with remarkable people in history
• 40:03 Movies are a high version of visual narrative