Boxoffice Podcast

This week on The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Russ Fischer and Daniel Loria speak to The Texas Theatre's Barak Epstein on the legendary cinema's return from Covid closures and its recent participation in the Sundance Film Festival's satellite screens program.

Show Notes

This week on The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Russ Fischer and Daniel Loria speak to The Texas Theatre's Barak Epstein on the legendary cinema's return from Covid closures and its recent participation in the Sundance Film Festival's satellite screens program.

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What to Listen For
  • 00:00 Intro
  • 01:00 Huge box office weekend during the Chinese Lunar New Year 2021
  • 02:30 Recovery update for cinemas across the globe
  • 04:27 The closures of Cinemex theaters in Mexico
  • 05:28 Judas and the Black Messiah opens in 2nd place
  • 09:35 Are family audiences finally coming back to the cinemas?
  • 11:24 Sundance Film Festival satelite screens
  • 12:18 The Texas Theatre: a brief history
  • 19:12 Theater upgrades including a new auditorium on the 2nd floor
  • 21:53 Big investments during the October 2020 re-opening 
  • 24:00 Partnership with the Sundance Film Festival
  • 27:32 Three Texas films and the Sundance Film Festival created a lot buzz
  • 30:37 Oak Cliff Festival and other regional neighborhood film festivals

What is Boxoffice Podcast?

The Boxoffice Podcast is your weekly resource for the latest results, trends, news, and topics in the cinema industry. Each week we feature insights and analysis from leading experts in theatrical exhibition, along with interviews with the most influential executives in the movie theater business.