Kinema Brings a Social Cinema Focus to the World of Exhibition - a podcast by Boxoffice Pro
from 2021-08-19T02:00
In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins discuss the opening weekend of Free Guy, next week’s upcoming events–both film releases and CinemaCon—and Disney’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings sticking to a 45-day theatrical exclusivity window. In the interview segment, Rebecca talks to Christie Marchese of Kinema—a platform that uses technology to deliver film, manage and reach audiences, and provide marketing assets to screening hosts—about their goal to make booking of niche and demographic films seamless for local hosts.
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What to Listen For
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:44 Free Guy opened above expectations
- 04:38 More titles coming out this weekend
- 08:12 Venom and Clifford the Big Red Dog’s theatrical release has been moved
- 11:33 Families respond well to private rentals
- 12:13 Shang-Chi sticks to a 45-day theatrical exclusivity window
- 18:50 Christie Marchese on creating Kinema
- 22:30 Aiming to help make booking films seamless for local hosts
- 23:54 Looking forward to individuals and space who are becoming regular screening hosts
- 26:09 Niche films have a hard time pulling in enough people for multiple-week run
- 30:17 Building relationships with repeat hosts and bookers
- 34:10 Currently at 20k hosts, 450 active on the platform
- 35:07 How to find Kinema and join the community
- 37:54 The daily CinemaCon podcast next week
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