‘Poor Things’ Hopes to Ignite the Specialty Market; Beyoncé’s Theatrical Renaissance

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 SAMURAI
• The Biggest Movies Coming to Theaters in December 2023

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:30 Weekend box office top films
• 10:40 Searchlight Pictures’ Poor Things  
• 13:12 Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron
• 15:08 Major releases in the holiday season
• 20:04 Searchlight Pictures’ early years
• 29:00 What was your cinema growing up?
• 31:16 Film availability