INDIE FOCUS with Flix Brewhouse's Matthew Baizer, Presented by Spotlight Cinema Networks - a podcast by Boxoffice Pro

from 2021-09-23T02:00

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In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Russ Fischer, Daniel Loria, and Rebecca Pahle discuss the weekend box office numbers, with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings soon to pass Black Widow as the highest-grossing movie of the pandemic. 


In this month’s Indie Focus interview, Daniel and Rebecca talk to Matthew Baizer of Flix Brewhouse—the only first-run movie theatre in the world to incorporate a fully functioning microbrewery—about the cinema chain’s re-opening efforts, coming changes to their operations model, and reinforcing contactless experience for moviegoers.


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What to Listen For


  • 00:00 Intro

  • 02:42 Shang Chi is now the 2nd highest grossing movie in 2021

  • 07:35 How Cry Macho is fairing in its opening weekend

  • 11:51 Dune debuted at the number 1 spot in its international release

  • 18:05 What 2020 was like for Flix Brewhouse?

  • 21:15 Reopening efforts 

  • 24:06 Now, film release dates don’t move around too often

  • 25:50 Out of 9 cinemas, six were re-opened

  • 29:46 Creating an identity in a very competitive industry

  • 35:14 Focus is on mobile and contactless operation

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