Avatar 2 Stays Strong in Holdovers; The Future of Film is Female’s Caryn Coleman on Gender Parity at the Cinema

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Rebecca Pahle and Shawn Robbins provide us insight into the continued performance of Avatar, the Way of Water as well as this weekend's crop of new releases. In the feature segment, Rebecca speaks with Caryn Coleman, the founder and executive director of the nonprofit organization, The Future of Film is Female  about the organization’s effort to help and support women filmmakers through its funding, exhibition, and promotion programs.

  

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Episode Resources:

The Future of Film is FemaleMLK Box Office Forecast: Avatar: The Way of Water Looks to Top Titanic‘s No. 2 All-Time Fifth Frame at $30M+; All Eyes on M3GAN‘s Hold and A Man Called Otto‘s Expansion

What to Listen For

00:00 Intro02:21 Avatar: The Way of Water continues to perform05:01 M3gan box office debut06:10 Horror films of 202206:49 A Man Called Otto08:14 Upcoming weekend title releases12:26 The Future of Film is Female history15:14 Focused on promoting films directed by women19:18 There’s a lot of amazing films that have gone nowhere24:25 Sales split26:34 Convincing people to watch short films29:25 How to support the organization