Boxoffice Podcast

This week on the Boxoffice podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk forecast box office for Street Fighter and Whalefall , and recap the latest news in exhibition, including the addition of a dine-in IMAX to Star Cinema Grill’s Cypress location and the Alamo’s A24 Cinema Club collaboration. Then in the feature segment, Daniel speaks with Ryan Freimann, the COO and head of Le...

This week on the Boxoffice podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk recap the latest news in exhibition, including Cinema United’s announcement that North American theater owners have reinvested $2.7 billion in their cinemas over the past two years. In the feature segment, Daniel speaks to Benita VanWinkle, the author and photographer behind the new exhibition-focused book A...

This week on the Boxoffice podcast, Daniel Loria recaps the opening weekend of Resident Evil and the latest news in exhibition. Then in the feature segment, Daniel is joined by Dan Herrle, the director of education at the Entertainment Food and Beverage Association (EF&B) and the director of food and beverage at Epic Theatres, to discuss emerging global trends in cinema food and beverage opera...

This week on the Boxoffice podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk recap the opening weekend of Practical Magic 2 and forecast the Resident Evil relaunch. The team also comments on the report that Netflix will report box office numbers for six upcoming films. Then in the feature segment, the full audio of Daniel Loria’s CinéShow 2026 panel Premium Amenities & The Guest...

This week on the Boxoffice podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk recap the end of a record-breaking summer 2026 box office and discuss the rise of exhibitor-driven distribution models aimed at increasing volume to movie theaters and filling gaps in the theatrical calendar. Then in the feature segment, Rebecca speaks to Shelly Olesen, the President of the Entertainment Foo...

This week on the Boxoffice podcast, presented by CJ Schwan’s, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Chad Kennerk preview the September box office, covering upcoming titles such as Practical Magic 2 , Resident Evil , Forgotten Island , and more. Then in the feature segment, Boxoffice Pro ’s Rebecca Pahle speaks to Michael Gunn, the director of culinary research and development at Schwan’s Company, about their...

This week on the Boxoffice podcast, presented by Christie and CJ Schwan’s, Daniel Loria covers CinéShow 2026, speaking to Byron Berkley and inaugural Byron Berkley award winner Todd Halstead. In the sponsor segment, Daniel interviews Christie’s Allan Fernandes about Christie's VDR technology. Boxoffice Pro’s Chad Kennerk then speaks to Alicia MacDonald, the director of Focus Features’ Finding Emil...

This week on the Boxoffice podcast, presented by Christie, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle recap the latest box office and industry news, including the continuing conversation surrounding the potential Paramount-Warner Brothers merger. Then in the feature segment, Daniel speaks to Malcolm MacMillan, the EVP of exhibitor relations in the EMEA for the Boxoffice Company and the organizer of t...

This week on the Boxoffice podcast, our hosts look back on the box office history of the Spider-Man franchise following the record breaking domestic debut of Spider-Man: Brand New Day. In our feature segment, Chad Kennerk interviews ONE NIGHT ONLY director Will Gluck.

This week on the Boxoffice podcast, presented by CJ 4DPLEX,  co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk are joined by the Boxoffice Company’s Romeo Duchene to preview Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man: Brand New Day and recap the latest news in exhibition. Then Daniel is joined by CJ 4DPLEX CEO Don Savant & COO Paul Kim to discuss the company’s premium large formats, including ScreenX and...

Join us as we share our in-depth reactions to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey with Monster Donut: A Percy Jackson Podcast host Emily Garber, covering the challenges and pitfalls of adapting a classic text for a contemporary audience. In our feature segment, we interview the Rocky Mountain Theater Convention’s Diane Eve and Candis Harrop about the upcoming exhibition convention taking place in Spok...

This week on the Boxoffice podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk recap a slow weekend at the box office, preview Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey , and address the attorneys general antitrust lawsuit against the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger . Then in the feature segment, Daniel speaks to Ohio Goes to the Movies program director Molly Kreuzman about a statewide initiative...

This week on the Boxoffice podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk recap Minions & Monsters misstep at the July holiday box office and highlight Angel’s success with Young Washington . Then in the feature segment, Rebecca previews CinéShow 2026 with Diane Feffer and Joel Davis. The conference and vendor marketplace takes place August 24-26 in Dallas.

This week on the Boxoffice podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle are joined by The Boxoffice Company’s Diogo Hausen to discuss the weekend, with Toy Story 5 returning to take number one and a slow domestic debut for Supergirl . Then in the feature segment, Daniel recaps CineEurope 2026 with J. Sperling Reich, the executive editor of Celluloid Junkie . Reich shares the optimistic mood at...

This week on the Boxoffice podcast, presented by HeyLED, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle cover the latest exhibition news from CineEurope 2026 and recap Toy Story 5 ’s record-breaking weekend. Then in the feature segment, Rebecca talks to Kenny Chow, the chief technology officer of Timewaying, to discuss the company’s full line of DCI certified LED screens, including their Acoustic Transpa...

This week on the Boxoffice podcast, presented by Lumma and HeyLED, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle cover recent acquisitions in the exhibition space, including Kinepolis acquiring 13 U.S. Showcase Cinemas and CMX Cinemas adding select IPIC Theaters locations to its Portfolio. They also address the statement released by the Department of Justice Antitrust Division on the closing of its inve...

This week on the Boxoffice podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle are joined by Max Evry, author of the upcoming book Stranded on Earth: How Night Skies Became E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (October 6, now available for pre-order), to discuss Spielberg’s alien encounters, including his latest—Universal Pictures’ Disclosure Day . Then in the feature segment, in advance of the film’s June 12...

 In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Romeo Duchene cover the stellar opening weekend for A24’s BACKROOMS and the surging demand for Focus Features’ OBSESSION. In our forecasting segment, Romeo Duchene offers the latest tracking for Paramount’s SCARY MOVIE (2026) and Amazon MGM’s MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE. In our feature segment, Rebecca Pahle is joined b...

 This week on the Boxoffice podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Romeo Duchêne break down a stronger-than-expected Memorial Day weekend at the box office, including the opening performance of Disney’s The Mandalorian and Grogu, the continued breakout success of Obsession, and the surprising early tracking for A24’s internet horror phenomenon Backrooms. Then in the feature segment, Da...

In this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle are joined by The Boxoffice Company’s Romeo Duchenne to discuss the box office potential of this weekend’s Memorial Day slate, including new releases Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu and I Love Boosters as well as holdovers Obsession, Michael, and The Devil Wears Prada 2. In the feature segment, Daniel spe...

This week on the Boxoffice podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk recap Mother’s Day weekend at the box office, including the opening of Warner Bros. Mortal Kombat II . Then in the feature segment, Rebecca talks to Kate Markham, the managing director of Art House Convergence, and Mallory Martin, the executive director of Film Festival Alliance, about IND/EX 2026, the Indep...

This week on the Boxoffice podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk recap the opening weekend of The Devil Wears Prada 2 and discuss the news that Netflix is moving the Greta Gerwig helmed Narnia: The Magician's Nephew to February 2027 with  a full window of theatrical exclusivity. Then in the feature segment, Daniel talks to Joe Garel of Western Film Services about their ne...

This week on the Boxoffice podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk recap the fantastic opening weekend results from Lionsgate’s Michael , which became the highest-grossing opening for a musical biopic. Then they preview the May box office, covering all of the month’s wide releases.