‘Poor Things’ Hopes to Ignite the Specialty Market; Beyoncé’s Theatrical Renaissance
Boxoffice Podcast
English - December 07, 2023 08:00 - 36 minutes - 67 MBTV & Film Society & Culture boxoffice box office cinema movies entertainment industry box office results Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Rebecca Pahle, Shawn Robbins, and Chad Kennerk discuss last weekend’s box office—dominated by the concert film Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé–before looking ahead with updated forecasts on some of the biggest releases of December. In our feature segment, Pahle speaks with Frank Rodriguez, formerly of Searchlight Pictures, about Searchlight’s philosophy towards theatrical distribution and its new film Poor Things, out in limited release this weekend.
In this episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Rebecca Pahle, Shawn Robbins, and Chad Kennerk discuss last weekend’s box office—dominated by the concert film Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé–before looking ahead with updated forecasts on some of the biggest releases of December. In our feature segment, Pahle speaks with Frank Rodriguez, formerly of Searchlight Pictures, about Searchlight’s philosophy towards theatrical distribution and its new film Poor Things, out in limited release this weekend.
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Episode Resources:
Weekend Box Office: RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ Earns Best Post-Thanksgiving Opening Since 2003’s THE LAST SAMURAIThe Biggest Movies Coming to Theaters in December 2023What to Listen For
00:00 Intro02:30 Weekend box office top films10:40 Searchlight Pictures’ Poor Things 13:12 Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron15:08 Major releases in the holiday season20:04 Searchlight Pictures’ early years29:00 What was your cinema growing up?31:16 Film availability