State of the Art House 2022, Presented by Spotlight Cinema Networks

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Russ Fischer, Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle cover another disappointing box office numbers and the possible reception of the upcoming film Avatar: The Way of Water. In the feature segment, we get to listen to the panel conversation Rebecca had with several exhibitors and specialty distributors on the state of art houses.

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Episode Resources:

• Spotlight Cinema Networks

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:44 Lowest domestic market weekend since September
• 02:46 The Fabelmans 
• 08:12 Bones and All
• 09:34 Avatar: The Way of Water
• 13:15 Longer theatrical run
• 15:46 Legendary titles
• 22:24 What program is working right now?
• 26:22 Plenty of fils to fill the screens
• 32:51 Percentage of moviegoers coming back
• 41:53 How can distributors help?
• 44:16 Are film festivals back?
• 48:07 Upcoming films in 2023
• 54:04 More access to undistributed films