In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Russ Fischer, Daniel Loria, and Rebecca Pahle talk about the top five box office titles of this past weekend, with The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard topping the charts in its first weekend of release. Updates on Arclight/Pacific’s closure is followed by the episode’s main feature: a conversation between Loria and UNIC and UKCA’s Phil Clapp on the status of U.K. cinemas as they emerge from their second round of closures.Give us your feedback on our podcast by accessing this survey: https://forms.gle/CcuvaXCEpgPLQ6d18 Episode Resources:CinemaCon 2021What to Listen For
00:00 Intro
01:36 The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard opens at 11.6M weekend gross
03:54 Pacific Theaters filed for Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy code
07:13 The Beatles: Get Back will debut as a 3-part series on Disney Plus
08:52 Hotel Transylvania: Transformania is moved to debut on October 1st
11:20 UK cinemas were able to reopen mid-May
13:27 Safeguarding and welcoming of audiences were properly handled
16:44 There’s a form of general business support from the government
21:03 The movie industry is huge ecosystem that includes hourly-wage earners
23:42 Social distancing and 50% capacity limits are still being implemented
28:42 Ensuring that the foundations are in place and continuously helping small theaters
31:52 CinemaCon registration is open!