In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins discuss weekend box office numbers and predictions for the Thanksgiving weekend’s new titles.In this week’s Indie Focus feature, Rebecca and Daniel present some of the key insights from Boxoffice LIVE Sessions’ State of the Art House webinar, featuring expertise from Paul Serwitz (President and COO, Landmark Theatres), Tori Baker (President & CEO, Salt Lake Film Society), Dylan Skolnick (Co-Director, Cinema Arts Centre), Barbara Twist (Director of Partnerships, Vidiots Foundation), and Barak Epstein (President, Aviation Cinemas / Texas Theatre).Give us your feedback on our podcast by accessing this survey: https://forms.gle/CcuvaXCEpgPLQ6d18 Episode Resources:
FULL VIDEO: Boxoffice LIVE Sessions - State of the Art House 2021

Thanksgiving Box Office Forecast: Will Holiday Moviegoers Feast On Encanto, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, House of Gucci, and Resident Evil?  
Cinematic Enchantment: Disney Reunites with Lin-Manual Miranda for Animated Musical Encanto  
Interview with Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City Writer-Director Johannes Roberts

Ryusuke Hamaguchi on Adapting Haruki Murakami’s Drive My Car  
Weekend Box Office Recap: Ghostbusters: Afterlife Opens to $44M 
Interview with Ghostbusters: Afterlife Director Jason Reitman
No Time to Die Becomes Top Studio Title of 2020-2021 at the Global Box Office
This Week on the Box Office Podcast: L.A.’s Iconic Vidiots Plans Its Return In Late 2021
This Week on The Boxoffice Podcast: Sundance at the Art House with The Texas Theatre
Paul Serwitz on the Reopening of NYC Cinemas
Art Houses Fight On: Salt Lake Film Society Launches @homeArts
What to Listen For
00:00 Intro
03:42 Ghostbusters Afterlife opens to $44M domestically
06:12 King Richard debuts at $5.7M
08:17 No Time to Die remains theatrically exclusive
11:16 Latest weekend box office titles
14:28 What to expect during the Thanksgiving weekend?
15:18 Expectations for House of Gucci
18:30 Resident Evil: Welcome to the Raccoon City
21:15 Arthouse theaters stay innovative throughout the pandemic
23:12 Drivers that lead audiences back into theaters
26:25 Title availability compromises the theatrical business
29:00 Netflix and Amazon’s pull on high quality films
31:13 Streaming is a way to gauge what content works
35:00 Marketing arthouses make for a title
37:47 Streamers are not targeting box office numbers
42:39 Creating a welcoming atmosphere for different communities
44:58 There’s still a great need to diversify the audience