The State of Dine-In Cinema, Presented by Spotlight Cinema Networks

09/22/22 • 51 min

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:

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?

09/22/22 • 51 min

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