In this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Russ Fischer, Shawn Robbins, and Chad Kennerk discuss the release of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, the first place holdover of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, the current state of the SAG/AFTRA strike, and review box office numbers: including the “What’s This?” surprise of 1993’s The Nightmare Before Christmas rounding out the top five. In the feature segment, Daniel Loria speaks with Comscore’s Senior Media Analyst Paul DergarabedianGive us your feedback on our podcast by accessing this survey: https://forms.gle/CcuvaXCEpgPLQ6d18 Episode Resources:
ShowEast 2023: Comscore’s Paul Dergarabedian Receives Al Shapiro Distinguished Service Award
Weekend Box Office: TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ERAS TOUR First Concert Film to Lead Twice, Fending Off KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
What to Listen For
00:00 Intro
00:57 Boxoffice Podcast’s 200th episode
03:35 SAG-AFTRA update
05:42 Taylor Swift Eras Tour Concert Film leads box office
07:28 Weekend top 5 box office films
10:45 Effect of limited-time only films
13:17 Killers of the Flower Moon
20:40 Five Nights at Freddy’s
27:45 Start in cinema space
33:57 People are invested in box office movies
36:51 What makes the movie business exciting
42:11 Joining the industry for a living
48:22 Franchise trap
56:21 The halo effect of movie theaters on other business
59:30 Weekend wrap up podcast