Eternals Debuts in the Top Spot, CEO Ted Croft on the Continuing Story of Studio Movie Grill

In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle covers AMC’s partnership with Disney+ and a new retail popcorn venture, Marcus Theater’s earnings call, and the current top 5 films in the box office, with Eternals taking the top spot on its opening weekend.

In the feature segment, Rebecca talks to the top executives at Studio Movie Grill, Ted Low, Ted Croft, and Tearlach Hutcheson, about the efforts put in place to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy and the dine-in movie theater chain’s relentless endeavors to maintain the unique experience for every guest.

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Episode Resources:

• Studio Movie Grill

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:10 AMC partners with Disney+ and enters the retails popcorn market
• 06:11 Marcus Theaters quarterly earnings call
• 07:15 Eternals opens to $71M domestically
• 10:42 Dune came in 2nd this week
• 10:55 Films taking the top spot this week
• 16:42 Titles to look forward to in December
• 20:34 Getting out of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy 
• 22:50 Unfortunate timing during the pandemic
• 23:54 Latest approach to SMG programming
• 25:14 Looking at high touch and low touch opportunities
• 28:39 Focus on guest experience and opportunistic growth
• 31:21 The SMG story is not done