Boxoffice Podcast

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, Daniel Loria and the Box Office Company’s Romeo Duchene discuss The Fall Guy box office forecast. In the feature segment, Daniel, Russ, Rebecca, and Chad give us a sneak peek of May movies preview.

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Episode Resources:

• Weekend Preview: How High Will THE FALL GUY Rise?

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 03:41 Jerry Seinfeld
• 05:00 Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted
• 09:59 Movie release schedules
• 22:02 The Fall Guy
• 24:01 Tarot
• 26:51 Challengers
• 29:49 Would you watch?
• 33:52 Star Wars re-release
• 38:35 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes re-release
• 39:25 Amy Winehouse biopic
• 41:15 The Strangers: Chapter 1
• 44:05 If
• 45:59 The Garfield Movie
• 48:41 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Russ Fischer, Daniel Loria, and Rebecca Pahle discuss the weekend box office numbers, with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings soon to pass Black Widow as the highest-grossing movie of the pandemic.

In this month’s Indie Focus interview, Daniel and Rebecca talk to Matthew Baizer of Flix Brewhouse—the only first-run movie theatre in the world to incorporate a fully functioning microbrewery—about the cinema chain’s re-opening efforts, coming changes to their operations model, and reinforcing contactless experience for moviegoers.

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Episode Resources:

• Flix Brewhouse

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:42 Shang Chi is now the 2nd highest grossing movie in 2021
• 07:35 How Cry Macho is fairing in its opening weekend
• 11:51 Dune debuted at the number 1 spot in its international release
• 18:05 What 2020 was like for Flix Brewhouse?
• 21:15 Reopening efforts
• 24:06 Now, film release dates don’t move around too often
• 25:50 Out of 9 cinemas, six were re-opened
• 29:46 Creating an identity in a very competitive industry
• 35:14 Focus is on mobile and contactless operation

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?

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Russ Fischer and Daniel Loria discuss horror movies’ near-monopoly on the current domestic box office before turning to discussion of Netflix’s Glass Onion, which will be getting theatrical exclusivity before making its streaming debut. Also in the news this week: NATO Executive Director and CEO is set to retire from the trade group in May of 2023. In the feature segment, Rebecca interviews Cameron Mitchell - Executive Director, National Association of Cinema Operators (NACO) - with regards to the status of the Australian and Middle Eastern theatrical markets.

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Episode Resources:

• AMC Reaches Agreement with Netflix, Will Play Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery at Select US and European Locations
• Disney Announces Release Schedule Updates: Blade, Deadpool 3, Fantastic Four, Avengers: Secret Wars, & More

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 03:01 It’s time for horror films
• 07:59 Netflix films getting theatrical release
• 14:09 Black Panther not releasing in France?
• 15:45 Halloween Ends
• 23:19 Australian content
• 25:18 Government support during the pandemic
• 27:17 Loyalty programs and premium cinema experience
• 31:16 International content is becoming popular
• 32:59 The Middle East market

In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle discuss promising signs at the overseas box office—including a great reopening weekend in the UK and the first $100 million-plus of the pandemic with F9’s debut in China.

In the feature segment, distribution veteran Bob Berney, CEO of Picturehouse and the former head of marketing and distribution at Amazon Studios, joins Daniel to talk about the current state of theatrical distribution. Berney shares his insights on the current volatility in the market as streaming companies make a play for big movies and major franchises at the multiplex, while specialty players learn to adapt to a market without the influence of the film festival circuit.

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Episode Resources:

• Picturehouse
• Amazon Enters Into Agreement to Acquire MGM
• The Sound of Silence: A Quiet Place Part II Sound Editors Speak Up
• Spiral Adds $4.5M in Quiet Domestic Weekend, F9 Shines in Overseas Debut
• F9 Sets New Pandemic Box Office Benchmark with Overseas Debut
• Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway Takes Top Spot in the Return of UK Cinemas

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:07 The UK market reopens
• 04:44 F9 opens big in China
• 07:51 The long-term impact of shortened theatrical exclusivity window
• 10:58 F9’s performance in other overseas markets
• 13:31 High stakes for the domestic market over Memorial Day weekend
• 18:25 Seeing where we are at with recovery efforts
• 20:42 Picturehouse CEO Bob Berney
• 27:14 The role of new films in the recovery effort from the pandemic
• 31:06 Independent films need word of mouth
• 34:54 The missing piece that will connect indie films to audiences
• 41:26 Metrics of success for streaming platforms
• 42:36 Survival of the theatrical experience with renewed competition from streamers