Jungle Cruise Producers on the Hybrid Release Model; Giants of Premium Format Panel Reca - a podcast by Boxoffice Pro

from 2021-07-29T02:00

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In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle recap the most recent box office numbers and news from Disney before shifting to an interview with Jungle Cruise producers John Davis and John Fox, who discuss the film’s hybrid release model and the presence—or lack thereof—of concrete numbers by which to measure the success of a film’s streaming release. That interview is followed by a recap of Boxoffice Pro’s Giants of Premium Formats LIVE webinar, featuring insights from D-Box and ICE Theaters executives.


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What to Listen For


  • 00:00 Intro

  • 03:33 Two new films joins the Top 5 in the box office

  • 08:39 It took 6 years for Jungle Cruise to finally debut in theaters

  • 11:29 Being compared to Pirates of the Caribbean adventure movie

  • 15:06 The success metric for Jungle Cruise 

  • 17:47 There has to be a fundamental reason why Black Widow dropped in its second week

  • 20:53 Half of the fun of the movie is with the audience’s reaction

  • 22:20 Producers are tasked to make great movies

  • 24:16 Every movie being developed is geared toward theatrical release

  • 27:20 What premium large formats auditoriums mean for the industry

  • 29:17 Ice Theaters ventures into global PLF

  • 31:03 D-BOX offers better watching experience today  

  • 32:10 Boxoffice Pro and Women of Exhibition collaborating on a webinar series 

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