CineEurope 2023 Recap | Showcase UK Managing Director Crispin Lilly [Sponsored by ICE Theaters & Christie]

06/29/23 • 53 min

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In our final episode of our CineEurope 2023 series, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle check in with Russ Fischer to get his parting thoughts from UNIC’s annual convention for the European exhibition industry. In the sponsored segment, Christie’s VP of Engineering David Kiers joins Rebecca Pahle in a conversation covering the cinema tech leader’s latest plans and priorities. And in our feature segment, Rebecca is joined by Crispin Lilly, the exhibition veteran who was recently named as Showcase Cinemas’ UK Managing Director.

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Episode Resources:

What to Listen For

00:00 Intro
03:08 The Flash didn’t work?
04:34 Latest box office numbers
07:16 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny to face challenges
15:25 CineEurope 2023 recap
18:18 Piracy problems in Europe
26:06 Christie products and solutions
31:54 What is an integrated media block?
33:47 High frame rate movies evolution
35:56 Lessening the carbon footprint
37:48 Early years in the cinema industry
41:28 Reopening after the pandemic lookdown
45:53 What was your cinema growing up?
49:00 Why customer service is fundamental
51:49 Slow but steady market recovery

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Episode Resources:

What to Listen For

00:00 Intro
03:08 The Flash didn’t work?
04:34 Latest box office numbers
07:16 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny to face challenges
15:25 CineEurope 2023 recap
18:18 Piracy problems in Europe
26:06 Christie products and solutions
31:54 What is an integrated media block?
33:47 High frame rate movies evolution
35:56 Lessening the carbon footprint
37:48 Early years in the cinema industry
41:28 Reopening after the pandemic lookdown
45:53 What was your cinema growing up?
49:00 Why customer service is fundamental
51:49 Slow but steady market recovery

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CineEurope Update with ICE Theaters and Nordisk Film Cinemas; The Flash and Elemental Underperform [Sponsored by ICE Theaters/Christie]

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On this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, Boxoffice Pro Deputy Editor Rebecca Pahle runs down Disney’s latest batch of release date changes before speaking with Chief Analyst Shawn Robbins about the underperformance of The Flash and Elemental–and the good news that came out of last weekend’s box office. After a look ahead at this weekend’s potential grosses, we hear from Boxoffice Pro co-host Russ Fischer, live on the ground at CineEurope, to share his insights into the show as it progresses before speaking to Managing Director Guillaume Thomine Desmazures of ICE Theaters, an immersive screening format that’s wowed audiences in an array of global markets. Finally, Pahle speaks with Asger Flygare Bech-Thomsen of Nordisk Film Cinemas, CineEurope’s 2023 International Exhibitor of the Year.

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Episode Resources:

What to Listen For

00:00 Intro
01:49 MCU and Avatar films release has been pushed back
04:09 What went wrong for The Flash
06:10 Two more films from the DCEU extended universe
07:45 Elemental, The Flash underperforms
12:12 No Hard Feelings predictions
14:36 Local cinema, local output
17:10 Controversies in the European exhibition
22:24 Updates from CineEurope 2023
23:33 What is ICE Theaters?
26:18 80 screens worldwide
27:13 Titles that overperformed
29:02 PLF strategies
31:47 Nordisk Film Cinemas recovery process
34:23 Local titles are big
36:37 Supply and demand in the industry
40:43 Recliner seats
45:47 Sustainability efforts

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Boxoffice Rewind: Mission Impossible Franchise

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This week on The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Russ Fischer look back on the box office history of the Mission: Impossible franchise. Daniel and Russ discuss the legacy of the franchise after nearly thirty years of entries reaching cinema screens around the world, leading up to the release of this summer’s Mission: Impossible- Dead Reckoning Part I.

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What to Listen For

00:00 Intro
02:02 Santikos Entertainment expands
03:21 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny underperforms during its opening weekend
06:42 New movies opening next weekend
09:28 Mission Impossible, May 1996
36:29 Mission: Impossible 2, May 2000
46:02 Mission: Impossible III, May 2006
52:22 Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, December 2011
01:00:44 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, July 2015
01:09:29 Mission: Impossible – Fallout, July 2018