INDIE FOCUS with Look Dine-In Cinemas' Brian Schultz, Presented by Spotlight Cinema Networks

In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle discuss the opening weekend of The Suicide Squad along with other top films in the box office. Brain Schultz of Look Dine-In Cinemas joins the team to talk about his new dine-in theater initiative, the changes the exhibition industry will deal with post-COVID, and the evolution of the dine-in space.

Sponsors: Spotlight Cinema Networks, Mondelez International

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Episode Resources:

• CinemaCon Schedule

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:55 Two weeks away from CinemaCon
• 04:32 Recent box office numbers with The Suicide Squad’s opening weekend
• 08:36 New titles that will be exclusive to cinemas: Respect and Don’t Breathe 2
• 12:44 The panel for Rebuilding and Diversifying the Post-COVID Workforce and Cinemas topic
• 15:15 Brian Schultz’s first job in the exhibition industry
• 16:03 Passion for In-theater dine-in space 
• 17:55 Additional tests to continue to evolve and improve
• 18:57 Food preparations, picking staff, and choosing what film to screen has always been a challenge
• 21:16 Movies are a platform for opening perspectives
• 24:27 Cinemas with a distraction-free experience and focus solely on the film
• 28:29 Change management in larger organizations
• 29:49 What can the industry do to emerge from the pandemic?  
• 31:23 Spotlight Cinemas’ partnerships is both entertaining and informative