Behind the Screens

By Vista Group

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Each week, Matthew Liebmann, Vista Group’s Chief Innovation & Data Officer, Simon Burton, CEO of Numero and Maccs, & Ryan Provencher, Movio Senior Account Manager draw from their extensive industry experience. Now in its third season, Behind the Screens focuses on global and domestic weekend box office as well as audience insights for the major movie releases. Interviews with industry leaders and insightful outsiders will feature in longer monthly episodes, along with a deeper dive at the end of each quarter on the industry. Happy listening!

Episode Date
A Triple-threat of Debuts: Horror, Action, or Animation?
Apr 23, 2024
The highlights of CinemaCon and Civil War
Apr 16, 2024
2024’s second-biggest opening: Godzilla x Kong takes the Easter weekend
Apr 02, 2024
Ghostbusters and Horror Double-Features
Mar 26, 2024
Arthur The King’s audience, the 'Poohniverse', and Dune approaches $500M
Mar 19, 2024
The Oscars, Kung Fu Panda 4, and Imaginary
Mar 12, 2024
Dune: Part Two kickstarts the box office again!
Mar 05, 2024
Dune: Part Two pre-sales, AI video generation, Demon Slayer, and Ordinary Angels
Feb 27, 2024
Who’s your Valentine? Bob Marley and Madame Web
Feb 21, 2024
The Superbowl, Lisa Frankenstein, and Lunar New Year
Feb 13, 2024
Spies and Saviours: Audience Analysis for Argylle and The Chosen
Feb 07, 2024
Waiting for Argylle
Jan 30, 2024
Marketing holdovers with few blockbusters hitting the big screen
Jan 23, 2024
How well did Mean Girls and The Beekeeper sing at the box office?
Jan 17, 2024
Unpacking the holiday audiences: Night Swim, Anyone But You, The Boys in the Boat, The Color Purple
Jan 09, 2024
Wonka’s debut and 2023’s Year in Review
Dec 19, 2023
Miyazaki hits US #1 while Wonka wows internationally
Dec 12, 2023
Queen B hits the high note: examining Renaissance and Godzilla
Dec 05, 2023
Hunger Games holds on, but how did Wish and Napoleon fare?
Nov 28, 2023
Four film debuts: tackling The Hunger Games, Trolls, Thanksgiving, and more!
Nov 21, 2023
Did The Marvels miss the mark? The challenges of the MCU for audiences
Nov 14, 2023
Fresh from AIMC, Priscilla, and pre-sales for The Marvels
Nov 07, 2023
Five Nights At Freddy’s and 2023’s video game adaptation success
Oct 31, 2023
Killers of the Flower Moon: How long is too long?
Oct 24, 2023
How to market The Eras Tour: Taylor Swift delivers the biggest concert film opening of all time
Oct 17, 2023
The Exorcist, and analysing Taylor Swift’s pre-sales
Oct 10, 2023
Saw Patrol! Puppies, horror, and China’s booming 8-day box office
Oct 03, 2023
WGA & AMPTP strike an agreement, Expendables struggles
Sep 26, 2023
A Haunting in Venice and pronouncing Poirot
Sep 19, 2023
Jammin’ with Poirot? The Nun II and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Sep 12, 2023
Taylor Swift, Equaliser 3, and the Summer Roundup
Sep 06, 2023
The Distractingly Young vs the Distractingly Old: National Cinema Day, Gran Turismo, and Retribution
Aug 29, 2023
Blue Beetle, Strays, and impeccable segues
Aug 22, 2023
August off to a hot start! Plus Dracula on a boat?
Aug 16, 2023
Meg 2 opens wide, Barbie passes $1B
Aug 08, 2023
Haunted Mansion, Talk To Me, and July’s month-in-review
Aug 02, 2023
Barbenheimer sets the 4th-highest domestic opening of all time!
Jul 25, 2023
Mission: Impossible, production costs, and actors join the strike
Jul 18, 2023
Diving into the industry with Vista Group CEO Stuart Dickinson
Jul 11, 2023
The CineEurope Round Table: AI, Content, and Forward Thinking
Jun 27, 2023
Episode 100! The Flash, Elemental, and The Blackening (+ bonus content)
Jun 21, 2023
Transformers, Spider-Man, and Santikos’ Flash premiere with Andrew Brooks
Jun 13, 2023
June’s largest opening weekend in history; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Jun 06, 2023
Mermaids, Machines, and Fathers, oh my!
May 31, 2023
A furious debut: which audiences raced to see Fast X?
May 23, 2023
Comparing sequels; Guardians of the Galaxy, Book Club, and Fast X
May 16, 2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Love Again
May 09, 2023
CinemaCon retrospective with Amanda Johnson and Jorge De Los Rios
May 02, 2023
Live from CinemaCon 2023!
Apr 26, 2023
The Pope’s Exorcist, Renfield, and looking forward to CinemaCon
Apr 18, 2023
Super Mario Bros. smashes box office expectations
Apr 11, 2023
Time for a Video Game Movie Renaissance?
Apr 04, 2023
John Wick: Chapter 4, and National Cinema Day with Jackie Brenneman and Patrick Corcoran
Mar 28, 2023
The state of the cinema industry with Jackie Brenneman and Patrick Corcoran
Mar 21, 2023
Heartwarming Oscars, thrilling Screams, and a booming March at the box office!
Mar 14, 2023
Creed III punches higher than expected! Our February month in review
Mar 07, 2023
Cocaine Bear vs Jesus Revolution
Feb 28, 2023
We’re back! With ants, Quantumania, and long tails
Feb 21, 2023
Oscar Nominations, Pathan, and Ghana’s Film Industry with Juliet Yaa Asantewa Asante
Jan 31, 2023
Opportunity in the African Film Industry with Juliet Yaa Asantewa Asante
Jan 24, 2023
Holiday audience evolutions: Avatar, M3gan, Plane, and A Man Called Otto
Jan 18, 2023
Bonus Episode! How Retail Can Be A Solution for Loneliness with Matthew & Wendy Liebmann
Jan 10, 2023
Avatar: The Way of Water makes a splash!
Dec 20, 2022
Our CineAsia Round Table and the calm before the Avatar storm
Dec 13, 2022
Violent Night, Maverick’s return, and all eyes turning to Avatar
Dec 06, 2022
Is the Glass Onion half full?
Nov 29, 2022
Disney, Wakanda Forever, and why we can't have nice things, with Steve Knibbs
Nov 22, 2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever with Steve Knibbs
Nov 15, 2022
Holdovers, theatrical windows, and direct-to-streaming movies
Nov 08, 2022
What does Twitter's acquisition mean for Movie Marketing?
Nov 01, 2022
Black Adam and ShowEast with Tess Manchester and Swade Geiger
Oct 25, 2022
Halloween Ends, and Black Adam pre-sales
Oct 18, 2022
Diving into data science with Dr Bryan Smith
Oct 11, 2022
What Bros means for the LGBTQ+ community
Oct 04, 2022
National Cinema Week with Melissa Boudreau and the Wilde audience for Don't Worry Darling
Sep 27, 2022
B&B Theatres with Brock and Bobbie Bagby
Sep 20, 2022
Offering an exceptional customer experience with Chance Robertson
Sep 13, 2022
National Cinema Day and making cinemas magical with Simon Brew
Sep 07, 2022
Marketing re-releases, and National Cinema Day
Aug 30, 2022
Brian Pritchett, Dragon Ball Super: Superhero, and Maverick mega-fans
Aug 23, 2022
Latin America, local content, and innovations with Valmir Fernandes
Aug 16, 2022
Jumping aboard the Bullet Train with Cameron Mitchell
Aug 09, 2022
Super-Pets, Dine-in, and the National Association of Concessionaires with Rob Novak
Aug 02, 2022
Nope’s opening audience
Jul 26, 2022
Diving into the audiences of Where the Crawdads Sing and Paws of Fury
Jul 19, 2022
Thor: Love & Thunder with Laura Houlgatte and Phil Clapp
Jul 12, 2022
Minions, Maverick, and our June retrospective with Christine Rizzolo
Jul 07, 2022
CineEurope Round Table with Ryan, Sarah, and Leon
Jun 28, 2022
Dinosaurs, Lightyear, and 50 episodes of Behind the Screens
Jun 22, 2022
Premiumising Cinema Experience with Nic Robin of Village Cinemas
Jun 14, 2022
The audience behind Top Gun: Maverick's soaring success
Jun 07, 2022
Top Gun: Maverick and the top movies of May
Jun 01, 2022
Jackie Brenneman takes us behind the screens with The Cinema Foundation
May 24, 2022
Championing collaboration in domestic film industries with Sue Maslin & Gino Munari
May 17, 2022
A close look at Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
May 10, 2022
CinemaCon Round Table with Leon Newnham & Sarah Lewthwaite
May 03, 2022
Live from CinemaCon 2022!
Apr 26, 2022
Picturehouse's personalised programming and distribution with Sam Clements
Apr 19, 2022
Sonic, Fantastic Beasts, and creating communities through membership with Sam Clements
Apr 12, 2022
Movio all-stars insights from March, Morbius, and more!
Apr 05, 2022
Cinema advertising, campaigns, and data with DCM’s Steve Davis
Mar 29, 2022
Shelli Taylor brings us the story of Alamo Drafthouse
Mar 22, 2022
Batman, BTS, and how to enhance your box office with Oscars nominations
Mar 15, 2022
The Batman, with Sharon Strickland of Dendy Icon Group
Mar 08, 2022
Behind the Screens double-feature, with Francisco Schlotterbeck and Andrew Brooks
Mar 01, 2022
Charting new territory: Uncharted and the Malaysian movie market with Mohit Bhargava
Feb 23, 2022
Examining the guest journey in cinema with Damian Kernahan
Feb 15, 2022
Jackass Forever & Returning Moviegoer Insights with Christine Rizzolo
Feb 08, 2022
Talking Event Cinema with Grainne Clarke of the Event Cinema Association
Feb 01, 2022
Streaming, Screaming, and Redeeming Love
Jan 25, 2022
Scream-ing into the new year
Jan 19, 2022
Spider-Man’s Explosive Debut, Palace Cinemas with Benjamin Zeccola, and the 2021 round table
Dec 21, 2021
Reflections with Movio Co-Founder William Palmer
Dec 14, 2021
Spider-Man Saviour and Loyalty continued with Adam Posner
Dec 07, 2021
Representation in film with the Geena Davis Institute
Nov 30, 2021
We talk campaigns, communication, and community focus with Ryan Miner of Megaplex
Nov 23, 2021
Loyalty behaviour, belief, and ‘joyalty’ with Adam Posner
Nov 16, 2021
Marvel’s Eternals and arthouse cinema with Bleecker Street’s Tyler DiNapoli
Nov 09, 2021
What makes a New Zealand film? We talk production with John Barnett and David Strong
Nov 02, 2021
Dune and the trends driving cinema in the Middle East with Zidane Lamrani
Oct 26, 2021
Halloween Kills, The Last Duel, & the recovery of UK exhibition with Phil Clapp
Oct 19, 2021
The CineEurope round table & bonding over Bond!
Oct 12, 2021
Bond breaks records & we chat Scene+ with Greg Ambrose
Oct 05, 2021
Ann Stadler on Communities in Cinema, and a sneak-peek at Venom 2 Pre-Sales
Sep 28, 2021
Evaluating iOS 15’s impact on email marketing with Clayton Calk
Sep 21, 2021
The Summer Season in Review; Horror, Trailers, and Future Changes with Andrew Williams
Sep 14, 2021
Shang-Chi, and what Exhibition can learn from Retail with Wendy Liebmann
Sep 08, 2021
CinemaCon round table with Leon Newnham and Sarah Lewthwaite
Aug 31, 2021
What happens at CinemaCon...
Aug 25, 2021
The business of Event Cinema with Marc Allenby
Aug 17, 2021
Mark Malinowski & The Suicide Squad!
Aug 10, 2021
Jungle Cruise & Suicide Squad sneak peek with Jeremy Fuster from The Wrap
Aug 04, 2021
Snake Eyes & global loyalty trends with Sarah Lewthwaite
Jul 27, 2021
We get Tearlach’s take on the current state of exhibition & discuss Space Jam
Jul 20, 2021
Black Widow, "couch-leakage" & leveraging your first-party behavioural data
Jul 13, 2021
Movie Marketing with StudioCanal CEO Aus/NZ Elizabeth Trotman
Jul 07, 2021
Maximising your F9 Box Office
Jun 30, 2021
We predict who’s most likely to return to cinema with Dr William Caceido
Jun 22, 2021
Behind the Screens is coming soon!
Jun 17, 2021