Mega Media Mergers Abound as Movie Theaters Welcome Back Audiences

In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins talk about potential mega mergers among media conglomerates—and why it’s too early to discern their potential impact on the entertainment industry. The hosts also delve into the box office potential of Disney’s Jungle Cruise and Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II as the long-term future of the theatrical exclusivity window comes into focus.

In the feature segment, we share highlights from the Boxoffice Live Sessions webinar with the organizers of Cinema Week, a campaign designed to engage audiences with the moviegoing experience running from June 22-27.

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Episode Resources:

• Long Range Box Office Forecast: Summer Preview
• Cinema Week
• Boxoffice Live Sessions
• Disney Commits to 45-Day Exclusivity Window for a Pair of Upcoming Titles 

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:20 WarnerMedia spinning off of AT&T
• 06:04 Speculation about MGM to be acquired by a steaming platform
• 08:40 Cineworld has signed deals with Universal and Disney
• 09:56 Free Guy and Shang-Chi going under a 45-day window, Jungle Cruise going day-and-date
• 13:30 Does Jungle Cruise have the potential to become a franchise?
• 15:24 Disney on franchising movies and shows
• 16:25 Opening weekend for Spiral
• 22:20 Cinema Week: a six-day event designed to re-engage moviegoers
• 23:39 Brandon Jones (FilmFrog Marketing) on Cinema Week 
• 26:09 Attend the next live webinar on May 25th, 9am PST
• 26:40 Melissa Boudreau on what exhibitors do to re-engage moviegoers
• 28:50 Exhibitors need to rethink their marketing approach
• 29:20 Rich Daughtridge on exhibitors to get creative with community engagement and brand promotion