Cannes Update & Memorial Day Box Office Preview [Sponsored by TAPOS / Screenvision Media]

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria and Jesse Rifkin discuss the box office success of Fast X and Memorial Day weekend box office potential; in the feature segment, Boxoffice Company CEO Julien Marcel joins Daniel for an update on the 2023 Cannes Festival.

  

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Episode Resources:

• Jacro
• Screenvision Media
• FAST X Opens to $251.5M Overseas, $318.5M Globally

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:46 Big opening weekend for Fast X
• 07:51 Packed Q2 slate coming up
• 10:12 Titles that are getting the early buzz at Cannes
• 15:50 Takeaways from Cannes 2023
• 17:51 Reconciliation between streaming and theatrical exhibition
• 20:40 The theatrical market is back
• 22:47 Social media influence and more younger audience
• 24:56 AI talks in the Cannes festival
• 26:27 Geographical diversity 

29:17 Emerging from a couple of challenging years