Behind the Screens

A new year means a brand new season of Behind the Screens, starting off with the final box office look across the year for 2025. Avatar: Fire and Ash continues to make that holiday period shine, and we dig into the pre-sales tracking and audiences for upcoming titles Primate and Greenland 2: Migration . Join us Behind the Screens for an exciting new year of insights. Topics and times: Holiday seas...

At the end of the season for this year's Behind the Screens, we're looking to the big weekend to come, with pre-sales and audience analysis for Avatar: Fire and Ash . Join us to find out how Fire and Ash compares to The Way of Water and what opportunities its audience may offer. Topics and times: Box office roundup - 0:58 Avatar: Fire and Ash pre-sales tracking and upcoming titles - 3:15 A...

It was a big weekend at the box office and for industry news. With Five Nights at Freddy's 2 hitting the big screen, Lauren and Matthew take us through the audiences and marketing opportunities for the horror sequel. But our eyes are turned a few weeks from now to the release of Avatar: Fire and Ash . Join us Behind the Screens to see how marketers can not only bridge the gap for the week to c...

Thanksgiving weekend saw some impressive numbers from Zootopia 2 around the globe. Lauren Greene joins us from the UK to examine the audience that turned out for Zootopia 2 and what marketing opportunities it presents for exhibitors, before we turn our eyes to Five Nights at Freddy's 2 . Topics and times: Thanksgiving weekend box office overview - 0:59 Zootopia 2 box office breakdown - 1:52 Zo...

Wicked: For Good hit the big screen this weekend, and our dynamic duo are tackling the box office, audience, and marketing opportunities for Part Two in-depth. How did it shape up against Wicked Part One ? How has the audience evolved? And how can exhibitors drive further repeat visitation to keep the momentum? We're answering all the burning questions and more this week on Behind the Screens....

With Wicked: For Good on the horizon to debut this weekend, the box office anticipation is ramping up. We take a deep look at the audience and pre-sales comparisons with the original Wicked , as well as new releases Now You See Me: Now You Don't and Running Man this week on Behind the Screens. Topics and times: Box office overview - 0:31 Now You See Me: Now You Don't box office performance...

With Predator: Badlands making a splash at the box office this weekend, the Behind the Screens hosts are diving into the audience, opportunities, and possible shifts in week two to take advantage of. Pre-sales audiences for The Running Man and Now You See Me: Now You Don't show us a combined analysis of marketing opportunities for the coming weekend. Topics and times: Predator: Badlands box of...

With a rough Halloween weekend at the box office, we're looking forward to Predator: Badlands , analysing pre-sales, audiences, and marketing opportunities for the upcoming title this week Behind the Screens. Topics and times: Back from AIMC - 0:18 Box office overview - 2:29 Bugonia box office and audience breakdown - 4:12 Upcoming titles - 7:18 Predator: Badlands pre-sales - 8:13 Predator: Badlan...

Between Chainsaw Man - The Movie , Regretting You , and Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere hitting the big screen, there's a wide variety of audiences to appeal to at the box office this weekend. With Matthew away at AIMC, Simon and Lauren give us all the details on the box office and audience breakdowns for each title. Topics and times: Box office overview - 0:49 Chainsaw Man - The Movie au...

With Black Phone 2 finding its horror audience in the build-up to Halloween, we're taking a look at who turned out and the opportunities for the movie in the coming weeks. Looking ahead, Matthew and Simon break down the pre-sales tracking and audiences for Regretting You and Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere here on Behind the Screens. Topics and times: One Battle After Another internationa...

The question this week: who was TRON: Ares for? We dive into the audience makeup and reception to understand the performance of the latest Tron film, then take a look ahead at how pre-sales are shaping up for the horror hit Black Phone 2 here on Behind the Screens. Topics and times: Fall Summit - 0:20 Taylor Swift's documentary series - 0:48 TRON: Ares box office overview - 2:42 Box office mil...

Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl delivered a boost for the box office this weekend, so Matthew and Simon are diving deep into the details to see how it measured up against The Eras Tour . Then with Tron: Ares on the horizon, we look at pre-sales comparisons for both the audience and box office here on Behind the Screens. Topics and times: Taylor Swift: The Official Release Pa...

Tackling a wide range of releases this week, Matthew breaks down the audiences, box office, and marketing opportunities for One Battle After Another , Gabby's Dollhouse , and The Strangers: Chapter 2 . With Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl on the horizon, join us for a Behind the Screens look at how the pre-sales audience compares to The Eras Tour . Topics and times: New...

Between Him , A Big Bold Beautiful Journey , and upcoming releases there's a lot of box office and audiences to dive into this week. Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl shapes up for a big impact, and we dive into the pre-sales for One Battle After Another , and Gabby's Dollhouse before a sad farewell today on Behind the Screens. Topics and times: CineLatam conference -...

There's something for everyone this week, with the latest Demon Slayer title, Infinity Castle taking the box office by storm alongside Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale and The Long Walk . With an in-depth look at the box office and audiences for all three, as well as previews of the upcoming Him , Big Bold Beautiful Journey , and The Senior , be sure to join us Behind the Screens to uncover all...

Following an unprecedented slew of successes, Warner Bros' latest, The Conjuring: Last Rites made an incredible show at the box office this weekend. We bring you all the details from box office and audience analysis, as well as a look ahead at The Long Walk , Downton Abbey , and Spinal Tap here on Behind the Screens. Topics and times: Global box office overview - 0:43 Domestic box office close...

As the sun sets on the summer season, we're taking a Behind the Screens look back at the season's highlights and comparisons to previous years, as well as Jaws' 50th Anniversary re-release, the audience of Caught Stealing , and a preview of audience and box office predictions for the upcoming The Conjuring: Last Rites . Topics and times: Jaws 50th Anniversary - 0:36 Summer box office r...

It's a short and sweet dive into the theatrical release of KPop Demon Hunters this week, as it dominated both the box office and the music charts. We're taking a close look at the audience for the sing-along release, as well as the audience for The Roses ahead of the end of the summer box office. Topics and times: Summer box office vs 2024 - 0:44 KPop Demon Hunters box office overview - 1:...

Today marks our 200th episode of Behind the Screens! Our hosts tackle the genres of horror and comedy this week with Weapons and Freakier Friday resonating with wide audiences, and we look at the pre-sales audience, box office predictions, and marketing opportunities for the upcoming Nobody 2 . Topics and times: Weekend box office results - 1:16 Weapons box office in-depth breakdown - 3:25 Weapons...

Comedies return to the cinemas this week with The Naked Gun getting emphatic recommendations from our host Ryan, and we look ahead to the 22-year throwback Freakier Friday coming next week with pre-sales and audience previews, marketing recommendations, and more Behind the Screens. Topics and times: Box office year-to-date analysis - 0:16 Weekend box office overview - 0:50 Bad Guys 2 audience anal...

It's all things Fantastic Four this week, we're bringing you in-depth box office analysis and pre-sales performance comparisons, and a deep dive on the audience, before we look ahead at The Naked Gun , seeing how comedy in cinemas shapes up in the modern market, along with comparative analysis and marketing recommendations to make the most of it this week on Behind the Screens. Topics and...

With one superhero still holding the top of the box office, we're looking at a wide range of new release titles this week: I Know What You Did Last Summer , Smurfs , and Eddington , as well as a deep dive into how audiences are shaping up for Fantastic Four , how to embrace word of mouth, and marketing recommendations for the upcoming title here on Behind the Screens! Topics and times: Lulls a...

Superman and his trusty companion have taken the box office's heart with the top position this week. We're unmasking the audience behind the superhero's success here on behind the Screens, then looking ahead at Smurfs and I Know What You Did Last Summer with pre-sales audiences and marketing recommendations. Topics and times: Superman box office in-depth - 0:54 Superman audience analys...

Fireworks and dinosaurs marked this box office weekend, and we're examining how Jurassic World Rebirth differed from it predecessors in it's audience. As Superman gets ready to fly in the coming days, join us for a discussion of pre-sales, analysis of new impacts, and marketing recommendations for the DC Superhero on Behind the Screens. Topics and times: Jurassic World Rebirth box office o...

We're taking a pit stop to check the pressure on F1's roaring debut at the box office this week, with the race taking the number one spot. But that's not the only thing roaring as we examine pre-sales, audience makeup, and marketing opportunities for Jurassic World: Rebirth here on Behind the Screens. Topics and times: Denis Villeneuve as new Bond director - 0:15 F1 The Movie box offic...