Boxoffice Podcast

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Breaking Down the 2023 Best Picture Race Jan 26, 2023

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On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk cover the list of notable films nominated in the Oscars, the latest updates from the ongoing Sundance Film Festival, and theater closures from several exhibition giants.

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What to Listen For

00:00 Intro
01:20 M3gan crosses the $125M mark Worldwide
02:51 Takeaways from Sundance Film Festival
05:54 All Quiet on the Western Front
07:22 Avatar: The Way of Water crossed the 2 billion mark worldwide
11:08 The Banshees of Inisherin
12:20 Elvis
14:35 Everything Everywhere All at Once
18:48 Tár
21:19 Women Talking
25:16 Chinese box office after the lunar new year
26:37 Regal Cinema to close 39 theaters
29:20 Cinépolis Chelsea is quietly seizing operations
31:18 Schedule changes
34:09 Box office numbers as we finish up January

Dynamic Pricing Conversation Continues at the ICTA LA Seminar Series Jan 19, 2023

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On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle discuss Avatar: The Way of Water’s stronghold in the box office on its fifth week and the latest updates from the ICTA LA Seminar series - pricing adjustments to bring in more moviegoers.

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What to Listen For

00:00 Intro
01:29 Avatar: The Way of Water’s 5th weekend
04:54 New films performing surprisingly well
07:04 Titles debuting this weekend
09:15 Does every movie have to cost the same?
11:40 MoviePass relaunch update
15:42 What to watch this weekend

Avatar 2 Stays Strong in Holdovers; The Future of Film is Female’s Caryn Coleman on Gender Parity at the Cinema Jan 12, 2023

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On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Rebecca Pahle and Shawn Robbins provide us insight into the continued performance of Avatar, the Way of Water as well as this weekend's crop of new releases. In the feature segment, Rebecca speaks with Caryn Coleman, the founder and executive director of the nonprofit organization, The Future of Film is Female about the organization’s effort to help and support women filmmakers through its funding, exhibition, and promotion programs.

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What to Listen For

00:00 Intro
02:21 Avatar: The Way of Water continues to perform
05:01 M3gan box office debut
06:10 Horror films of 2022
06:49 A Man Called Otto
08:14 Upcoming weekend title releases
12:26 The Future of Film is Female history
15:14 Focused on promoting films directed by women
19:18 There’s a lot of amazing films that have gone nowhere
24:25 Sales split
26:34 Convincing people to watch short films
29:25 How to support the organization

2023 Box Office Preview - The Biggest Movies Coming to Theaters This Year Jan 05, 2023

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On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Russ Fischer, Daniel Loria, and Rebecca Pahle give us an overview of last year’s box office records and 2023’s upcoming slate from five major studios.

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Weekend Box Office: Avatar: The Way of Water Scores Fourth-Highest Third Weekend Ever Domestically

What to Listen For

00:00 Intro
04:08 Avatar: The Way of Water
05:14 Disney’s 2022 box office numbers
10:19 2023 slate from Disney
14:30 Universal’s 2022 hits and misses
17:10 2023 slate from Universal
21:31 Paramount’s 2022 and 2023 film slates
28:22 Sony’s 2022 box office films
34:24 Sony’s 2023 slate
42:14 Warner Bros. 2022 films
44:41 2023 slate for Warner Bros.
55:47 Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning
58:05 The top must-see list for 2023

2022 Box Office Recap - The Biggest Stories, Surprises, and Disappointments for Theatrical Exhibition Dec 29, 2022

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On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Russ Fischer, Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins bring back the biggest news and updates, and the box office numbers of the most anticipated and surprisingly, the most unexpected films of 2022.

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St. Jhude Children's Research Hospital

What to Listen For

00:00 Intro
02:07 Box office numbers for 2022
06:59 Biggest business news this year
08:47 Warner-Discovery partnership
14:36 Bob Iger coming back to Disney
17:25 Top Gun Maverick coming on Memorial Day
22:14 Huge movie surprise this year: RRR
26:59 The launch of National Cinema Day
30:33 Best horror movies this year
35:18 Disappointments this year
38:42 Netflix’s promise of going theatrical
40:08 Transition period for Lionsgate
45:04 Favorite movie going moments of 2022

Avatar: The Way of Water Opening Weekend; Giants of Premium Formats Dec 22, 2022

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On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Russ Fischer, Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle discuss the opening weekend–and second weekend holdover potential–of Avatar: The Way of Water, as well as Christmas releases providing counterprogramming potential. In the feature segment, representatives from data firm Omdia, exhibitors National Amusements and Marcus Theatres, and premium cinema provider ICE Theaters discuss the role premium formats have played in exhibition in 2022.

This episode is sponsored by ICE Theaters.

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What to Listen For

00:00 Intro
01:41 Opening weekend of Avatar
03:47 Premium format stats domestically
06:25 Audience demographics
08:30 Batman vs. Avatar
10:36 Premium format stats internationally
12:41 Christmas effect on movie weekends
13:44 Strange World vs. Sing 2
14:50 Babylon
16:13 Whitney Houston biopic
17:26 Crucial weeks for Avatar
19:19 What premium large format is today?
24:50 What does the future of premium screens look like?
27:02 Growth of premium screens in 2022
27:39 Films that worked the best under premium large format
30:02 Trends that worked best
34:00 Financial performance of PLF
36:46 Marketing higher ticket prices
39:38 Marketing outside of the film itself
43:14 Earned media
46:56 Mistakes to avoid when installing PLF auditoriums
49:53 Paying for the PLF experience
52:06 Effect of inflation in the PLF space
57:28 PLF in 2023

Avatar: The Way of Water Forecast and James Cameron's Box Office History Dec 15, 2022

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On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Russ Fischer, Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins bring us forecast for Avatar: The Way of Water and several titles set for release soon. In the feature segment, Russ and Daniel go through James Cameron’s blockbuster titles and overall film history.

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What to Listen For

00:00 Intro
02:21 Pressure put on Avatar: The Way of Water
03:18 Strange World
07:19 Puss in Boots forecast
08:24 The Whale
10:27 Avatar: The Way of Water
16:04 Piranha II: The Spawning
18:50 The Terminator (1984)
24:37 Aliens (1986)
36:24 The Abyss (1989)
41:25 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
48:40 True Lies / Strange Days
54:40 Titanic (1997)
01:08:55 Avatar

State of the Art House 2022, Presented by Spotlight Cinema Networks Dec 08, 2022

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On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Russ Fischer, Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle cover another disappointing box office numbers and the possible reception of the upcoming film Avatar: The Way of Water. In the feature segment, we get to listen to the panel conversation Rebecca had with several exhibitors and specialty distributors on the state of art houses.

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Spotlight Cinema Networks

What to Listen For

00:00 Intro
01:44 Lowest domestic market weekend since September
02:46 The Fabelmans
08:12 Bones and All
09:34 Avatar: The Way of Water
13:15 Longer theatrical run
15:46 Legendary titles
22:24 What program is working right now?
26:22 Plenty of fils to fill the screens
32:51 Percentage of moviegoers coming back
41:53 How can distributors help?
44:16 Are film festivals back?
48:07 Upcoming films in 2023
54:04 More access to undistributed films

Thanksgiving Box Office Disappoints; Interview with NCG Cinemas CEO Dec 01, 2022

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On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Jesse Rifkin cover the Thanksgiving box office numbers. In the feature segment, Daniel talks to NCG Cinemas CEO Jeff Geiger about NCG’s roots and origins, and strategy of incorporating modern concepts into their theaters.

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What to Listen For

00:00 Intro
04:15 The Amazon Studios deal?
07:51 Box office numbers for Thanksgiving weekend
12:53 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery release numbers
18:26 From bowling business to movie theaters
20:53 Family business through the years
24:16 Modern concepts
27:11 Good content + good marketing
28:36 What about alternative content?
30:06 Staying competitive in digital content
31:33 Educating customers of change
34:29 Movie theater pricing
36:10 Getting back to pre-COVID numbers

Executive Shakeup at Disney | Thanksgiving Preview | Steven Spielberg at the Box Office Nov 24, 2022

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On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria and Shawn Robbins discuss the latest box office numbers and the latest executive changes over at Disney. In the feature segment, Russ Fischer joins Daniel to talk about the long history of films directed by Steven Spielberg.

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Fathom Events

What to Listen For

00:00 Intro
02:15 Thanksgiving weekend movies
03:09 What can we expect from The Fabelmans?
04:38 Two new titles this week
06:58 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in week three
10:22 Executive shakeup at Disney
14:48 Fathom Events on screening The Chosen’s S3 episode 1&2
18:10 West Side Story
22:48 Jaws
34:29 Close Encounters
41:46 Indiana Jones movies
45:28 Empire of the Sun
53:01 Saving Private Ryan
57:17 Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can
01:04:01 War of the Worlds, Munich
01:09:33 Bridge of Spies
01:14:06 Ready Player One
01:16:38 The Fabelmans

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