On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Romeo Duchene discuss the upcoming CinemaCon 2023 including the possible presentations of the major exhibitors and their respective upcoming movie slates. In the feature segment, Daniel talks to John Fithian, outgoing NATO president and CEO, about his long history in service of exhibition and the industry as a whole.  Give us your feedback on our podcast by accessing this survey: https://forms.gle/CcuvaXCEpgPLQ6d18 Episode Resources:
CinemaCon 2023 Schedule Of Events
National CineMedia Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, To Undergo Debt Restructuring
What to Listen For
00:00 Intro
01:53 National CineMedia files for Chapter 11
02:47 Cineplex Q1 earnings
03:53 New title releases
06:18 Sony’s upcoming movie slate
10:53 The Flash to screen at CinemaCon, Warner Bros. upcoming films
14:11 Disney’s presentation next week
18:29 Universal and Focus presentation coverage
22:41 Paramount and the next Mission Impossible film
25:16 Lionsgate presentation
31:35 How it got started  
34:00 NATO executives 1992 
35:59 Industry-wide issues that affect everyone in the industry
39:47 Transition to digital cinema
45:09 The cyclical life of exhibition
49:11 NATO needed to evolve
54:22 Acquisition of Show West
59:04 Global unity
01:02:51 Crisis management challenges
01:04:58 The Sony hack
01:07:39 Develop positive relationships to the creative community
01:11:42 Misunderstood comment about 12 Years a Slave