INDIE FOCUS: Esquire Theatre’s Flexible Niche Screening

In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and SHawn Robbins talk about Cineworld’s 2021 financial report, AMC’s investment in gold and silver mining, and the latest movie release calendar for 2022.

In the Indie Focus feature this month, Rebecca talks to Esquire’s Gary Goldman and Julianne Reisenfeld about the reeling university students into the theater and how the flexibility of the niche screenings have kept the theater afloat.   

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Episode Resources:

• Spotlight Cinemas
• Esquire Theatre
• AMC boss admits $27.9M stake in gold and silver mine likely a surprise to investors

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:10 Buying things you didn’t think of buying
• 04:30 AMC Theatres bought 22% of Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation
• 07:18 Cineworld’s 2021 financial reports
• 10:58 Predictions for The Lost City
• 13:42 Jujitsu Kaizen 0 opens to $17.6 million from 2,286 screens
• 17:20 The Batman’s theatrical performance
• 19:25 New films release calendar
• 26:13 Esquire’s history
• 28:27 Special niche screenings
• 30:11 Remaining a part of the Cincinnati community
• 31:40 Demographic of viewers
• 34:56 COVID shutdown was just terrible