In this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Russ Fischer, Shawn Robbins, and Chad Kennerk discuss the release of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, the first place holdover of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, the current state of the SAG/AFTRA strike, and review box office numbers: including the “What’s This?” surprise of 1993’s The Nightmare Before Christmas rounding out the top five. In the feature segment, Daniel Loria speaks with Comscore’s Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian


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Episode Resources:

ShowEast 2023: Comscore’s Paul Dergarabedian Receives Al Shapiro Distinguished Service AwardWeekend Box Office: TAYLOR SWIFT: THE ERAS TOUR First Concert Film to Lead Twice, Fending Off KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON


What to Listen For

00:00 Intro00:57 Boxoffice Podcast’s 200th episode03:35 SAG-AFTRA update05:42 Taylor Swift Eras Tour Concert Film leads box office07:28 Weekend top 5 box office films10:45 Effect of limited-time only films13:17 Killers of the Flower Moon20:40 Five Nights at Freddy’s27:45 Start in cinema space33:57 People are invested in box office movies36:51 What makes the movie business exciting42:11 Joining the industry for a living48:22 Franchise trap56:21 The halo effect of movie theaters on other business59:30 Weekend wrap up podcast