Boxoffice Podcast

This week on the Boxoffice podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk recap the latest industry news, including the $70.6M debut of Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, which now holds the record as the highest-grossing anime title in North America. Daniel is joined in the feature segment by fifth-generation exhibitors Nathan and Jacob Schulman to discuss their family's 100-year history in the industry and Schulman Theatres’ entertainment center model, which integrates bowling and an arcade with a made from scratch menu.

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What to Listen For
00:00 Intro 
00:43 Baseball & Football Banter
02:13 Recent Screenings
03:28 Cine LatAm Recap Teaser
05:17 Box Office – Demon Slayer Record
07:58 Global Anime Performance
10:06 Conjuring & Anime Trends
12:05 Weekend Forecast
13:15 Jordan Peele’s Him
14:14 Remembering Robert Redford
16:41 Skydance–Warner Bros. Rumors
19:21 Schulman Theaters – Intro
21:01 Family Business & Legacy
25:01 Movie Entertainment Center Model
28:03 Small Market Strategy
29:21 COVID Recovery
30:55 Food & Beverage Expansion
32:11 Programming & Families
33:45 Premium Formats & Pricing
35:09 Audience Changes
37:08 Future Plans – Bowling, Arcades, Music
40:04 Industry Stability
42:11 Theater Design & Spaces
45:13 Arcades as Revenue
46:34 Growing Up in Theaters

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.