In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle recap a quiet Halloween weekend at the box office and discuss important attendance milestones from the month of October. As the Winter approaches, they talk about the potential of event cinema engagements to breakout at the box office in off-peak periods. 

In the feature segment, Daniel talks to Alamo Drafthouse’s Tim League on their successful recovery from Chapter 11 bankruptcy as the iconic dine-in chain opens their first New York City location and looks to continue expanding. 

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Episode Resources:

• Cinemark Delivers Best COVID-Era Box Office Performance in Month of October
• WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Dune Wins Halloween Frame w/ $15.53M; My Hero Academia Debuts in 4th ($6.4M); Last Night in Soho ($4.22M) & Antlers ($4.2M) Disappoint
• AMC’s October Revenue was Highest Since Pandemic
• Kinepolis Announces Quarterly Earnings, Touts Across-the-Board Attendance Increase
• Christmas With The Chosen: The Messengers Sets Fathom Events Pre-Sales Record in First 12 Hours
• Iconic Events Releasing Partners with Netflix to Bring The Mitchells vs the Machines to Movie Theaters Nationwide on November 20-21
• Long Range Box Office Forecast: Ghostbusters: Afterlife Outlook, Eternals Tracking Softens, and More Updates
• Alamo Drafthouse

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:07 Major chains record their highest grossing mark since the pandemic
• 04:22 The Mitchells vs. the Machines to play in theaters
• 07:24 Dune retains its top spot on its second weekend
• 09:41 Update on Halloween Kills and No Time To Die numbers
• 11:28 My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission opens at $6.4M
• 14:31 SearchLight’s unique approach for The French Dispatch
• 15:56 What to expect from the movie Eternals 
• 20:53 Alamo Drafthouse coming out of bankruptcy
• 24:53 Keeping the audience engaged with the Alamo brand
• 23:03 Plans to open more branches
• 23:50 The hardest cinema to renovate and re-open
• 24:53 Integrating retail spaces in cinemas
• 26:42 Giving moviegoers another reason to keep going to the theaters
• 28:47 Creating a micro-community for the audience
• 30:13 Is cinema a dying industry?