Ongoing Strike Leads to Release Date Changes for Sony; Bringing Movie Magic to Cinema Deserts with Eileen Baptistin Level

In this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Rebecca Pahle and Chad Kennerk discuss schedule changes from Sony, the ongoing success of Barbie and Oppenheimer, and the films trying to knock Barbie out of the #1 spot this weekend. In our feature segment, Rebecca speaks to Eileen Baptistin Level, whose ‘PaleFo’ initiative brings the magic of the movies to low-income areas without brick and mortar theaters.

 

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Episode Resources:

• Weekend Box Office: BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER Earn #7 and #81 Sophomore Frames of All Time
• Long Range Box Office Forecast: Can NINJA TURTLES, MEG 2, GRAN TURISMO, BLUE BEETLE, and STRAYS Carry August?
• AMC Theatres Posts Best Admissions-Revenue Week in the Company’s 103 Year History

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:03 A new list of release date changes
• 04:35 AMC posted its best admissions revenue week
• 06:17 The of the weekend box office numbers
• 09:02 Two big movies coming out next weekend
• 11:17 What is the PaleFo cinema?
• 15:11 How it all started
• 18:50 The first screening
• 28:45 What about expansion?
• 36:44 How can people help?

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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.