In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins discuss the opening weekend of Free Guy, next week’s upcoming events–both film releases and CinemaCon—and Disney’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings sticking to a 45-day theatrical exclusivity window. In the interview segment, Rebecca talks to Christie Marchese of Kinema—a platform that uses technology to deliver film, manage and reach  audiences, and provide marketing assets to screening hosts—about their goal to make booking of niche and demographic films seamless for local hosts.Give us your feedback on our podcast by accessing this survey: https://forms.gle/CcuvaXCEpgPLQ6d18 Episode Resources:
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00:00 Intro
01:44 Free Guy opened above expectations
04:38 More titles coming out this weekend
08:12 Venom and Clifford the Big Red Dog’s theatrical release has been moved
11:33 Families respond well to private rentals
12:13 Shang-Chi sticks to a 45-day theatrical exclusivity window
18:50 Christie Marchese on creating Kinema
22:30 Aiming to help make booking films seamless for local hosts
23:54 Looking forward to individuals and space who are becoming regular screening hosts
26:09 Niche films have a hard time pulling in enough people for multiple-week run
30:17 Building relationships with repeat hosts and bookers
34:10 Currently at 20k hosts, 450 active on the platform 
35:07 How to find Kinema and join the community
37:54 The daily CinemaCon podcast next week