How Drive-Ins Have Really Fared During the Pandemic - a podcast by Boxoffice Pro
from 2022-01-27T00:00
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In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle discuss the weekend box office numbers, Spider-Man: No Way Home reclaims no. 1 spot, and Paramount’s Mission: Impossible’s new release schedules.
In the feature segment, John Vincent, President of the United Drive-In Theatre Owners Association (U.D.I.T.O.A.) talks about how drive-ins have stayed functional and open during the pandemic and now in the post-pandemic efforts for watchers to keep coming back.
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Episode Resources:
- U.D.I.T.O.A.
- Weekend Estimates: Spider-Man: No Way Home ($14.13M) Reclaims No. 1 Spot From Scream ($12.4M)
- Paramount Pushes Mission: Impossible 7 to 2023, Mission: Impossible 8 to 2024
What to Listen For
- 00:00 Intro
- 02:33 Paramount’s latest shift in title releases
- 03:48 Weekend box office numbers
- 08:42 Drive-ins during the early post-quarantine
- 13:39 Not eligible for government assistance program
- 16:49 What movies are working best for drive-ins?
- 20:07 Contractual demands just won’t work
- 22:02 Built to be an authentic drive-in
- 25:30 U.D.I.T.O.A. convention
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