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How Drive-Ins Have Really Fared During the Pandemic
Category: TV & Film
Duration: 00:28:40
Publish Date: 2022-01-27 08:00:00
Description:

In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle discuss the weekend box office numbers, Spider-Man: No Way Home reclaims no. 1 spot,  and Paramount’s Mission: Impossible’s new release schedules.


In the feature segment, John Vincent, President of the United Drive-In Theatre Owners Association (U.D.I.T.O.A.) talks about how drive-ins have stayed functional and open during the pandemic and now in the post-pandemic efforts for watchers to keep coming back.


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What to Listen For

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 02:33 Paramount’s latest shift in title releases
  • 03:48 Weekend box office numbers
  • 08:42 Drive-ins during the early post-quarantine
  • 13:39 Not eligible for government assistance program
  • 16:49 What movies are working best for drive-ins?
  • 20:07 Contractual demands just won’t work
  • 22:02 Built to be an authentic drive-in
  • 25:30 U.D.I.T.O.A. convention
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