Bullet Train Forecast / An Interview with Melanie Valera and Jeff Wilk of Will Rogers’ Film Row

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle provide highlights of the weekend box office, including the debut numbers of DC League of Super-Pets and Nope’s second-weekend holdover; the potential of this weekend’s upcoming films, Bullet Train and Easter Sunday, is also dissected. In the feature segment, Daniel speaks to entertainment executives Melanie Valera and Jeff Wilk, both of the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation affiliate Film Row, about that group’s efforts to mold new industry leaders.

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Episode Resources:

• Film Row

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 03:44 Two movies opening this weekend
• 06:44 DC League of Super-Pets opens to $23M
• 09:17 Top 10 chain location with highest ticket sales
• 11:39 Weekend top 5 
• 14:32 Bullet Train expectations
• 21:25 How did you get started with Film Row?
• 25:01 Getting perspective from industry veterans
• 31:10 Launching the program before the pandemic
• 35:39 It started with a blank canvas