2021 Year in Review: The Biggest Stories, Surprises, and Disappointments at the Movies

In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, Daniel Loria & Rebecca Pahle wrap up the biggest stories, surprises, and disappointments from an eventful 2021 in theatrical exhibition. 

Daniel and Rebecca also recap a busy Christmas weekend at the box office—with Spider-Man: No Way Home crossing $1 billion in ticket sales and Sing 2 upsetting The Matrix: Resurrections for second place in North America. 

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Episode Resources

• Spider-Man: No Way Home Becomes First $1 Billion Film of the Pandemic
• WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Spider-Man: No Way Home Swings to $81.5M 3-Day/$138.7M 5-Day, Crosses $1B Worldwide; Sing 2 ($23.8M/$41M) Tops The Matrix Resurrections ($12M/$22.5M) for 2nd Place

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Introduction
• 01:51 Recent closures & restrictions around the world and what the stats are saying
• 07:03 Why Spider-Man & Matrix felt new this time around VS previous titles of 2020
• 11:55 Rebecca & Daniel’s favorite movies they watched in 2021
• 17:37 Recapping the landmark releases of 2021
• 19:46 Biggest movie disappointments of 2021
• 21:15 Reminiscing on the biggest plot-twists in the cinema industry this past year