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!
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Final Destination and the ties between Horror and Frequency
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May 13, 2025 |
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Thunderbolts*, tariffs, and the strength of good word of mouth
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May 06, 2025 |
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Sinners, Star Wars, Accountants, oh my!
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Cinema Foundation’s Sneak Peek Showcase and Sinners
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Is there a place for ‘rowdy’ sessions? Minecraft, King of Kings, The Amateur, and more
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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CinemaCon and A Minecraft Movie
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Snow White hits the big screen, CinemaCon, and Minecraft pre-sales
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Novocaine, Black Bag, and Snow White pre-sales analysis
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Mickey 17, international box office buzz, and analysing the year-to-date
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Oscars, Last Breath, and Mickey 17 pre-sales
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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The Monkey, Ne Zha 2’s US audience, and missed opportunities
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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How Captain America shaped up against MCU history for President’s Day
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Heart Eyes, Love Hurts, and looking ahead to Valentine's
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Dog Man, Companion, and Captain America pre-sales
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Flight Risk, Presence, and Pre-Sales for Dog Man and Companion
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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One Of Them Days, Wolf Man, and how to market during a quiet period
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Den of Thieves 2 and 2024 holdover milestones
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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2025 kickoff - Holiday picks, Golden Globes highlights, and Mufasa & Sonic marketing opportunities
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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2024 year in review: Kraven, Lord of the Rings, and what we see in 2025
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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More box office records smashed: Moana, Bollywood, and Interstellar re-release
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Moana 2 smashes Thanksgiving records! How to entice more moviegoer visitation
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Marketing Wicked and Gladiator: can a new Barbenheimer be made? + Moana 2 pre-sales audience analysis
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Are you not entertained? Gladiator 2 UK audience analysis, Red One, and pre-sales for Wicked
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Heretic, Christmas Pageants, and end-of-year Release Schedules
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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AIMC highlights, Bollywood hits, and pre-sales for Gladiator 2, Wicked, and Moana 2
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Venom: The Last Dance and Conclave live from AIMC
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Horror, cannibalism, and Halloween: Smile 2 marketing recommendations
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Send in the clowns: Joker, Terrifier, and the Apprentice
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Joker fell flat, but can it be salvaged?
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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NATO, Wild Robot, and Joker pre-sales analysis
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Transformers One: A kids movie for nostalgic adults?
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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AI, Algorithms, and their future in Cinema with William Caicedo
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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The Summer In Review & marketing Beetlejuice Beetlejuice with Lauren Greene
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Summer’s end with Reagan, Beetlejuice pre-sales analysis
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Blink Twice, The Forge, and The Crow
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Alien: Romulus and the accuracy of box office forecasting
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Let’s make a date: It Ends With Us and Deadpool & Wolverine
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Traps, Crayons, and holding hands: pre-sales analysis of It Ends With Us
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Smashing records, marketing recommendations, and everything Deadpool & Wolverine
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Twisters takes flight, diving into Deadpool & Wolverine pre-sales
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Longlegs, a healthy mix of genres, and pre-sales previews for Twisters
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Marketing for Minions and MaXXXine
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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A Quiet Place, Horizon, and the perfect length for a film
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Inside Out 2 becomes the highest grossing movie of 2024
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Turning the box office Inside Out from CineEurope
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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How did Memorial Day disappoint? Furiosa marketing recommendations
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May 29, 2024 |
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Revealing our imaginary friends with IF, The Strangers, and Biopics
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May 21, 2024 |
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In the market for monkeys: Planet of the Apes kickstarts the summer
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May 14, 2024 |
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Fall Guy, Tarot, and May the 4th re-releases
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May 07, 2024 |
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Throuples and Australian heroes: Challengers, Unsung Heroes, and Fall Guy
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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A Triple-threat of Debuts: Horror, Action, or Animation?
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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The highlights of CinemaCon and Civil War
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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2024’s second-biggest opening: Godzilla x Kong takes the Easter weekend
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Ghostbusters and Horror Double-Features
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Arthur The King’s audience, the 'Poohniverse', and Dune approaches $500M
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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The Oscars, Kung Fu Panda 4, and Imaginary
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Dune: Part Two kickstarts the box office again!
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Dune: Part Two pre-sales, AI video generation, Demon Slayer, and Ordinary Angels
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Who’s your Valentine? Bob Marley and Madame Web
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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The Superbowl, Lisa Frankenstein, and Lunar New Year
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Spies and Saviours: Audience Analysis for Argylle and The Chosen
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Waiting for Argylle
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Marketing holdovers with few blockbusters hitting the big screen
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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How well did Mean Girls and The Beekeeper sing at the box office?
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Unpacking the holiday audiences: Night Swim, Anyone But You, The Boys in the Boat, The Color Purple
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Wonka’s debut and 2023’s Year in Review
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Miyazaki hits US #1 while Wonka wows internationally
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Queen B hits the high note: examining Renaissance and Godzilla
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Hunger Games holds on, but how did Wish and Napoleon fare?
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Four film debuts: tackling The Hunger Games, Trolls, Thanksgiving, and more!
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Did The Marvels miss the mark? The challenges of the MCU for audiences
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Fresh from AIMC, Priscilla, and pre-sales for The Marvels
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Five Nights At Freddy’s and 2023’s video game adaptation success
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Killers of the Flower Moon: How long is too long?
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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How to market The Eras Tour: Taylor Swift delivers the biggest concert film opening of all time
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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The Exorcist, and analysing Taylor Swift’s pre-sales
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Saw Patrol! Puppies, horror, and China’s booming 8-day box office
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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WGA & AMPTP strike an agreement, Expendables struggles
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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A Haunting in Venice and pronouncing Poirot
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Jammin’ with Poirot? The Nun II and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Taylor Swift, Equaliser 3, and the Summer Roundup
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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The Distractingly Young vs the Distractingly Old: National Cinema Day, Gran Turismo, and Retribution
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Blue Beetle, Strays, and impeccable segues
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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August off to a hot start! Plus Dracula on a boat?
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Meg 2 opens wide, Barbie passes $1B
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Haunted Mansion, Talk To Me, and July’s month-in-review
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Barbenheimer sets the 4th-highest domestic opening of all time!
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Mission: Impossible, production costs, and actors join the strike
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Diving into the industry with Vista Group CEO Stuart Dickinson
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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The CineEurope Round Table: AI, Content, and Forward Thinking
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Episode 100! The Flash, Elemental, and The Blackening (+ bonus content)
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Transformers, Spider-Man, and Santikos’ Flash premiere with Andrew Brooks
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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June’s largest opening weekend in history; Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Mermaids, Machines, and Fathers, oh my!
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May 31, 2023 |
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A furious debut: which audiences raced to see Fast X?
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May 23, 2023 |
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Comparing sequels; Guardians of the Galaxy, Book Club, and Fast X
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May 16, 2023 |
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Love Again
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May 09, 2023 |
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CinemaCon retrospective with Amanda Johnson and Jorge De Los Rios
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May 02, 2023 |
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Live from CinemaCon 2023!
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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The Pope’s Exorcist, Renfield, and looking forward to CinemaCon
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Super Mario Bros. smashes box office expectations
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Time for a Video Game Movie Renaissance?
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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John Wick: Chapter 4, and National Cinema Day with Jackie Brenneman and Patrick Corcoran
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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The state of the cinema industry with Jackie Brenneman and Patrick Corcoran
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Heartwarming Oscars, thrilling Screams, and a booming March at the box office!
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Creed III punches higher than expected! Our February month in review
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Cocaine Bear vs Jesus Revolution
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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We’re back! With ants, Quantumania, and long tails
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Oscar Nominations, Pathan, and Ghana’s Film Industry with Juliet Yaa Asantewa Asante
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Opportunity in the African Film Industry with Juliet Yaa Asantewa Asante
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Holiday audience evolutions: Avatar, M3gan, Plane, and A Man Called Otto
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode! How Retail Can Be A Solution for Loneliness with Matthew & Wendy Liebmann
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Avatar: The Way of Water makes a splash!
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Our CineAsia Round Table and the calm before the Avatar storm
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Violent Night, Maverick’s return, and all eyes turning to Avatar
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Is the Glass Onion half full?
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Disney, Wakanda Forever, and why we can't have nice things, with Steve Knibbs
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever with Steve Knibbs
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Holdovers, theatrical windows, and direct-to-streaming movies
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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What does Twitter's acquisition mean for Movie Marketing?
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Black Adam and ShowEast with Tess Manchester and Swade Geiger
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Halloween Ends, and Black Adam pre-sales
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Diving into data science with Dr Bryan Smith
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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What Bros means for the LGBTQ+ community
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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National Cinema Week with Melissa Boudreau and the Wilde audience for Don't Worry Darling
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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B&B Theatres with Brock and Bobbie Bagby
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Offering an exceptional customer experience with Chance Robertson
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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National Cinema Day and making cinemas magical with Simon Brew
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Marketing re-releases, and National Cinema Day
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Brian Pritchett, Dragon Ball Super: Superhero, and Maverick mega-fans
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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Latin America, local content, and innovations with Valmir Fernandes
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Jumping aboard the Bullet Train with Cameron Mitchell
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Super-Pets, Dine-in, and the National Association of Concessionaires with Rob Novak
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Nope’s opening audience
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Diving into the audiences of Where the Crawdads Sing and Paws of Fury
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Thor: Love & Thunder with Laura Houlgatte and Phil Clapp
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Minions, Maverick, and our June retrospective with Christine Rizzolo
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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CineEurope Round Table with Ryan, Sarah, and Leon
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Dinosaurs, Lightyear, and 50 episodes of Behind the Screens
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Premiumising Cinema Experience with Nic Robin of Village Cinemas
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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The audience behind Top Gun: Maverick's soaring success
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Top Gun: Maverick and the top movies of May
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Jackie Brenneman takes us behind the screens with The Cinema Foundation
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May 24, 2022 |
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Championing collaboration in domestic film industries with Sue Maslin & Gino Munari
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May 17, 2022 |
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A close look at Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
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May 10, 2022 |
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CinemaCon Round Table with Leon Newnham & Sarah Lewthwaite
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May 03, 2022 |
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Live from CinemaCon 2022!
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Picturehouse's personalised programming and distribution with Sam Clements
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Sonic, Fantastic Beasts, and creating communities through membership with Sam Clements
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Movio all-stars insights from March, Morbius, and more!
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Cinema advertising, campaigns, and data with DCM’s Steve Davis
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Shelli Taylor brings us the story of Alamo Drafthouse
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Batman, BTS, and how to enhance your box office with Oscars nominations
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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The Batman, with Sharon Strickland of Dendy Icon Group
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Behind the Screens double-feature, with Francisco Schlotterbeck and Andrew Brooks
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Charting new territory: Uncharted and the Malaysian movie market with Mohit Bhargava
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Examining the guest journey in cinema with Damian Kernahan
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Jackass Forever & Returning Moviegoer Insights with Christine Rizzolo
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Talking Event Cinema with Grainne Clarke of the Event Cinema Association
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Streaming, Screaming, and Redeeming Love
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Scream-ing into the new year
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Spider-Man’s Explosive Debut, Palace Cinemas with Benjamin Zeccola, and the 2021 round table
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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Reflections with Movio Co-Founder William Palmer
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Spider-Man Saviour and Loyalty continued with Adam Posner
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Representation in film with the Geena Davis Institute
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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We talk campaigns, communication, and community focus with Ryan Miner of Megaplex
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Loyalty behaviour, belief, and ‘joyalty’ with Adam Posner
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Marvel’s Eternals and arthouse cinema with Bleecker Street’s Tyler DiNapoli
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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What makes a New Zealand film? We talk production with John Barnett and David Strong
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Dune and the trends driving cinema in the Middle East with Zidane Lamrani
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Halloween Kills, The Last Duel, & the recovery of UK exhibition with Phil Clapp
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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The CineEurope round table & bonding over Bond!
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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Bond breaks records & we chat Scene+ with Greg Ambrose
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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Ann Stadler on Communities in Cinema, and a sneak-peek at Venom 2 Pre-Sales
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Evaluating iOS 15’s impact on email marketing with Clayton Calk
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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The Summer Season in Review; Horror, Trailers, and Future Changes with Andrew Williams
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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Shang-Chi, and what Exhibition can learn from Retail with Wendy Liebmann
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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CinemaCon round table with Leon Newnham and Sarah Lewthwaite
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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What happens at CinemaCon...
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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The business of Event Cinema with Marc Allenby
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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Mark Malinowski & The Suicide Squad!
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Jungle Cruise & Suicide Squad sneak peek with Jeremy Fuster from The Wrap
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Snake Eyes & global loyalty trends with Sarah Lewthwaite
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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We get Tearlach’s take on the current state of exhibition & discuss Space Jam
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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Black Widow, "couch-leakage" & leveraging your first-party behavioural data
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Movie Marketing with StudioCanal CEO Aus/NZ Elizabeth Trotman
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Maximising your F9 Box Office
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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We predict who’s most likely to return to cinema with Dr William Caceido
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Behind the Screens is coming soon!
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Jun 17, 2021 |