In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins discuss the weekend’s box office with Venom: Let There Be Carnage opening at $90M domestically and now the top grossing film in the pandemic, The Addams Family 2 coming in second, and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings leaving the top spot on its fifth week. 

In the interview segment, Cinionic CEO Wim Buyens and CMO Carl Rijsbrack join Daniel to talk about using premium technology to enhance the experience for moviegoers with laser projection. Daniel and Rebecca then cover the latest happenings at CineEurope and how distributors and exhibitors can work together to bring more moviegoers back to the theaters by making it more accessible for everyone.

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Episode Resources:

• Cinionic
• CineEurope 2021

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:00 Venom: Let There Be Carnage opens to $90M domestically
• 07:49 Shang-Chi drops down to Top 3 on its 5th week
• 08:36 The Addams Family opens at 2nd place
• 11:11 Warner Bros day-and-date releases are not pulling good numbers
• 13:20 No Time To Die overperforms in international market
• 18:40 Is moviegoing back?
• 22:32 First in-person CineEurope event
• 27:04 The rise of specific markets because of local content
• 30:30 Premium technology is helping drive moviegoers back
• 32:48 Laser projectors make a huge difference
• 36:39 Making moviegoing accessible for all instead of diving more into premium services
• 39:31 Pricing and mobile/digital ticketing
• 41:47 Are audiences finally comfortable to come back to the theaters?
• 44:45 Titles must be well represented by a distributors
• 46:19 Memoria retains its theatrical exclusivity 
• 48:07 Shorter theatrical exclusivity window will make it easier to screen independent titles