This Week on The Boxoffice Podcast: Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk look at the impact of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concert film on the release schedule—and the missed opportunity of having a BARBENHEIMER-style phenomenon after Universal’s Exorcist: Believerabandoned its release date and deprived the public of the EXORSWIFT at the box office. In our feature segment, Rebecca speaks with Santikos CEO Tim Handren on the circuit’s aggressive expansion from a regional Texas chain to one of the country’s ten-largest movie theater brands.Give us your feedback on our podcast by accessing this survey: https://forms.gle/CcuvaXCEpgPLQ6d18 Episode Resources:
TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR Concert Film Sets Presale Records for AMC Theatres, Fandango
Weekend Box Office: THE EQUALIZER 3 Leads Labor Day Frame
Universal Pictures to Unleash THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER a Week Early on October 6th
What to Listen For
00:00 Intro
01:54 Movies watched this weekend
03:18 Post pandemic first $4 billion milestone, labor day weekend box office
05:08 Taylor Swift Eras Tour in theaters
14:14 Five Nights at Freddy’s
15:12 The Exorcist: Believer 
16:48 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
18:10 The Nun II
19:58 Texas trade show
20:58 CinéShow 2023
24:43 Santikos acquires new theaters
27:32 Focus on rebranding within the theater employees
30:02 Implementing more family entertainment concepts
31:43 Offloading burdened on the GMs
33:54 Improvement on overall audio and visual experience