MoviePass Returns, Alamo Drafthouse Expands, and Canada Re-Opens

In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, Russ Fischer and Daniel Loria talk about exciting news including Ontario and Quebec finally reopen, a quick peek at last weekend’s box office numbers, MoviePass coming back to life, and the surprising performance of The Worst Person In The World in its opening week.

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Episode Resources:

• Joachim Trier Returns to Oslo with The Worst Person in the World
• Kanye West Netflix Documentary jeen-yuhs to Play in Cinemas Nationwide

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:30 Ontario and Quebec resumes reopening
• 03:16 MoviePass is back!
• 09:34 River Oaks Theater will reopen under Star Cinema Grill 
• 11:46 The core identity of Alamo Drafthouse is still there 
• 15:23 Stats from the Top 5 European markets
• 18:30 New releases this week
• 19:12 Netflix’s Kanye West documentary, Jeen-Yuhs
• 24:07 Moonfall opens to $10M last week
• 27:44 The Worst Person In The World opens at $135k on 4 screens