Christmas Box Office Preview & Indie Focus with Greg Laemmle

In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins discuss the historic opening weekend for Spider-Man: No Way Home, what we can expect from the Christmas box office, as well as new releases like Sing 2 and The Matrix Resurrections.

In our feature segment Rebecca Pahle interviews Greg Laemmle, president of Laemmle Theaters, a Southern California-based chain of independent cinemas that has been around since the 1930’s. Greg shares how they’ve been able to adapt through the years, and what changes he thinks we can expect in the near future.

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Episode Resources:

• Omicron Introduces New Wave of Restrictions for Cinemas Across Several Markets
• Weekend Box Office Forecast: Spider-Man: No Way Home Aims for Possible $100M+ 2nd Frame as Sing 2 Tracks to Upset The Matrix Resurrections as Top Christmas Debut

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:58 Spider-Man: No Way Home opens to $260m domestically, what does this mean for the industry?
• 08:12 How Spider-Man: No Way Home is a reflection of Sony’s commitment to theatrical distribution & exhibition despite new restrictions around the world
• 12:12 Update on the Cineworld & Cineplex legal situation
• 14:01 A new law was passed in NYC requiring cinemas to have open caption showtimes in at least 25% of their screenings for any title that runs in cinemas
• 15:02 What’s coming up for the Christmas box office & what you can expect
• 20:14 Rebecca’s interview with Greg Laemmle