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Now in its sixth season, Behind the Screens focuses on global and domestic weekend box office, audience insights, and pre-sales analysis for all the biggest movie releases throughout the year. Happy listening!
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March is off to a stunning start, outperforming for the month’s expectations. We bring you all the latest box office and audience insights for the latest releases, Scream VI, 65, Champions, and continued hits Creed III and Cocaine Bear.
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Box Office Overview
Creed III made a heavyweight impact at the box office this week, so we’re taking on the numbers and the audience analysis for Michael B. Jordan’s feature directorial debut, as well as a month-in-review of February 2023, comparing its box office performance with previous years, our favourite titles of the month, and what trends February might show us for the coming months.
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Simon joins us again as our hosts tackle the box office and audiences for Cocaine Bear and Jesus Revolution (two titles we can only imagine the crossover for). News from the box office highlights Quantumania’s growth in its first 10 days on the big screen, and Cocaine Bear’s fantastic domestic performance.
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Box Office Overview
Audience Insights Overview for Cocaine Bear
Audience Insights Overview for Jesus Revolution
We’re back with a brand-new season of Behind the Screens! This episode, Matthew and Ryan return from the quantum realm to break down the box office and audience analysis for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’s opening weekend. James Cameron finds Titanic and Avatar: The Way of Water toe-to-toe with success, and Puss in Boots shows a particularly long tail…
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Box Office Recap - 1:47
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania audience analysis - 4:27
Puss in Boots’ long tail - 13:10
Next week - 16:34
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Box Office Overview for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
- $225M US across 44 markets
- $121M of that from international markets, including $19.2M from China
- $120M domestically from the 4-day President’s Day weekend
- Domestic per-screen average of $26,617 over 4345 screens
Audience Insights Overview for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
- 39% of the audience were Infrequent moviegoers compared to 20% for the original Ant-Man
- 71% of the audience were Male, compared to 64% for the second Ant-Man title, Ant-Man and the Wasp
With a uniquely international-focused box office this week, Matthew and Ryan dive into the details of the Asia-led titles bringing in the biggest numbers, as well as what Oscars nominations mean for the impact of certain films, and what Pathan’s Bollywood audience looked like. Finally, we have Part 2 of Matthew’s interview with Juliet Yaa Asantewa Asante!
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Box Office Recap - 3:11
Pathan audience analysis - 8:25
Interview with Yaa Asantewa Asante, Part 2 - 22:36
Next week - 37:43
As Avatar soars past the $2B mark and into the 6th highest-grossing position, we cover all the latest news from the box office, examine the audience behind new release Missing, and Matthew speaks to Juliet Yaa Asantewa Asante of the National Film Authority in Ghana about the massive potential in the African cinema market, and how it is evolving.
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Box Office Recap - 2:07
Missing audience analysis - 6:36
Interview with Yaa Asantewa Asante - 10:04
Next week - 34:28
African Cinema Summit: https://africacinemasummit.com/
We’re bringing in the new year with a swath of titles from the holidays, kicking off with an audience evolution for Avatar: The Way of Water. Newer releases M3gan, Plane, Operation Fortune, and A Man Called Otto all vie for the box office, and we take a look at who turned up for each.
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Box Office Recap - 1:11
Avatar: The Way of Water audience evolution - 4:58
M3gan audience - 8:22
A Man Called Otto audience - 11:28
Plane audience - 16:34
Next week - 18:28
We’re still on break but today we’re sharing an interesting episode of Future Shop Podcast with WSL, where our very own Matthew Liebmann joined their CEO, Wendy Liebmann to discuss the role of physical experiences in addressing the increasingly disturbing societal issues of loneliness, and how the theatrical experience creates a community, an antidote to isolation.
For more on WSL’s podcast: https://futureshopwithwsl.buzzsprout.com/
It’s our final episode of the year! As the long-awaited Avatar: The Way of Water hits the big screens, we bring you the numbers and audience for its opening; who came out to see James Cameron’s latest blockbuster, and how well did it perform at the box office? We also take a look back at 2022, our highlights both to see on the screen and across the industry, as well as a special self-analysis of Behind the Screens, and you — our amazing listeners!
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Box Office Recap - 0:58
Avatar: The Way of Water audience analysis - 6:08
The year in review — 10:11
Simon returns for a packed episode this week as we look at a quiet box office, but a looming storm with Avatar: The Way Of Water’s pre-sales audience, as well as our CineAsia Round Table with Vista Group’s attendees Tan Ngaronga, Bobby Bennet, and Richard Greenwood.
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Box Office Recap - 1:28
Avatar Pre-Sales audience - 5:53
CineAsia Round Table — 9:59
Next Week - 28:55
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