In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle recap a quiet Halloween weekend at the box office and discuss important attendance milestones from the month of October. As the Winter approaches, they talk about the potential of event cinema engagements to breakout at the box office in off-peak periods. In the feature segment, Daniel talks to Alamo Drafthouse’s Tim League on their successful recovery from Chapter 11 bankruptcy as the iconic dine-in chain opens their first New York City location and looks to continue expanding. Give us your feedback on our podcast by accessing this survey: https://forms.gle/CcuvaXCEpgPLQ6d18 Episode Resources:
Cinemark Delivers Best COVID-Era Box Office Performance in Month of October
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Dune Wins Halloween Frame w/ $15.53M; My Hero Academia Debuts in 4th ($6.4M); Last Night in Soho ($4.22M) & Antlers ($4.2M) Disappoint
AMC’s October Revenue was Highest Since Pandemic
Kinepolis Announces Quarterly Earnings, Touts Across-the-Board Attendance Increase
Christmas With The Chosen: The Messengers Sets Fathom Events Pre-Sales Record in First 12 Hours
Iconic Events Releasing Partners with Netflix to Bring The Mitchells vs the Machines to Movie Theaters Nationwide on November 20-21
Long Range Box Office Forecast: Ghostbusters: Afterlife Outlook, Eternals Tracking Softens, and More Updates
Alamo Drafthouse
What to Listen For
00:00 Intro
02:07 Major chains record their highest grossing mark since the pandemic
04:22 The Mitchells vs. the Machines to play in theaters
07:24 Dune retains its top spot on its second weekend
09:41 Update on Halloween Kills and No Time To Die numbers
11:28 My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission opens at $6.4M
14:31 SearchLight’s unique approach for The French Dispatch

15:56 What to expect from the movie Eternals 
20:53 Alamo Drafthouse coming out of bankruptcy
24:53 Keeping the audience engaged with the Alamo brand
23:03 Plans to open more branches
23:50 The hardest cinema to renovate and re-open
24:53 Integrating retail spaces in cinemas
26:42 Giving moviegoers another reason to keep going to the theaters
28:47 Creating a micro-community for the audience
30:13 Is cinema a dying industry?