INDIE FOCUS: State of the Art House 2021, Presented by Spotlight Cinema Networks

In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins discuss weekend box office numbers and predictions for the Thanksgiving weekend’s new titles.

In this week’s Indie Focus feature, Rebecca and Daniel present some of the key insights from Boxoffice LIVE Sessions’ State of the Art House webinar, featuring expertise from Paul Serwitz (President and COO, Landmark Theatres), Tori Baker (President & CEO, Salt Lake Film Society), Dylan Skolnick (Co-Director, Cinema Arts Centre), Barbara Twist (Director of Partnerships, Vidiots Foundation), and Barak Epstein (President, Aviation Cinemas / Texas Theatre).

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Episode Resources:

• FULL VIDEO: Boxoffice LIVE Sessions - State of the Art House 2021
• Thanksgiving Box Office Forecast: Will Holiday Moviegoers Feast On Encanto, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, House of Gucci, and Resident Evil?  
• Cinematic Enchantment: Disney Reunites with Lin-Manual Miranda for Animated Musical Encanto  
• Interview with Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City Writer-Director Johannes Roberts
• Ryusuke Hamaguchi on Adapting Haruki Murakami’s Drive My Car  
• Weekend Box Office Recap: Ghostbusters: Afterlife Opens to $44M 
• Interview with Ghostbusters: Afterlife Director Jason Reitman
• No Time to Die Becomes Top Studio Title of 2020-2021 at the Global Box Office
• This Week on the Box Office Podcast: L.A.’s Iconic Vidiots Plans Its Return In Late 2021
• This Week on The Boxoffice Podcast: Sundance at the Art House with The Texas Theatre
• Paul Serwitz on the Reopening of NYC Cinemas
• Art Houses Fight On: Salt Lake Film Society Launches @homeArts

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 03:42 Ghostbusters Afterlife opens to $44M domestically
• 06:12 King Richard debuts at $5.7M
• 08:17 No Time to Die remains theatrically exclusive
• 11:16 Latest weekend box office titles
• 14:28 What to expect during the Thanksgiving weekend?
• 15:18 Expectations for House of Gucci
• 18:30 Resident Evil: Welcome to the Raccoon City
• 21:15 Arthouse theaters stay innovative throughout the pandemic
• 23:12 Drivers that lead audiences back into theaters
• 26:25 Title availability compromises the theatrical business
• 29:00 Netflix and Amazon’s pull on high quality films
• 31:13 Streaming is a way to gauge what content works
• 35:00 Marketing arthouses make for a title
• 37:47 Streamers are not targeting box office numbers
• 42:39 Creating a welcoming atmosphere for different communities
• 44:58 There’s still a great need to diversify the audience