How Drive-Ins Have Really Fared During the Pandemic

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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Episode Resources:

• U.D.I.T.O.A. 
• Weekend Estimates: Spider-Man: No Way Home ($14.13M) Reclaims No. 1 Spot From Scream ($12.4M)
• Paramount Pushes Mission: Impossible 7 to 2023, Mission: Impossible 8 to 2024

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