On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins discuss the last week’s film releases date changes and the strong holdover potential for The Woman King and Barbarian.  For the Vendor Segment, Daniel talks to Michael Giacinto, Director of Sales at Proctor Companies, about how the company’s visions are providing better service in the concessions space.

In the Indie Focus feature, Daniel moderates a panel discussion pulled from Boxoffice Pro’s recent webinar on the state of dine-in cinemas. Jerry Rakfeldt of Spotlight Cinema Networks introduces.

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Episode Resources:

• Proctor Companies
• Dine In Cinema Summit

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:57 What did you watch this week?
• 06:52 Expectations for Avatar re-release
• 09:22 Upcoming titles for the Halloween season
• 13:48 Return of the original Karate Kid franchise
• 15:10 Next installment of the Searching franchise
• 16:00 Some schedule shift
• 23:56 Innovations in theater concessions
• 25:19 Bars in theaters are money makers
• 26:54 Dine-in models
• 31:04 Macro overview of the dine-in space
• 32:29 Tackling supply chain issues
• 33:42 Most recent trends    
• 35:58 The the Dine-In Cinema Summit
• 38:00 Ensuring that dine-in stays a luxury experience
• 39:46 A lot focus is on content
• 41:19 Flexible operations matter
• 43:45 Giving local teams freedom and flexibility
• 45:13 Special-themed menu items 
• 46:38 The content is always the main feature
• 48:20 What would you change?