Indie Focus with Nicolas Nicolaou

On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle provide insights on the Q2 earnings highlights and the premiere of Prey on Hulu. In the Indie Focus feature segment, Rebecca interviews Cinema Village owner Nicolas Nicolaou about his journey in the neighborhood cinema, working tirelessly to keep his cinemas operational even after the pandemic. 

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Episode Resources:

• Spotlight Cinema Networks
• Cinema Village
• Alpine Cinema
• Weekend Box Office Forecast: Beast and Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Aim to Prop Up Another Slow August Frame

What to Listen For

• 00:00 Intro
• 03:20 Prey premieres on Hulu
• 04:15 One new opener in the box office this weekend
• 05:42 Netflix’s top 10 from the first week of August
• 08:11 Two new releases next weekend
• 10:33 Cineworld and IMAX expand their partnership
• 12:20 Cinépolis to upgrade all its movie theaters
• 13:44 Emagine Entertainment partners with a live events company
• 18:08 What drew you to the neighborhood theaters?
• 22:31 We lost a lot of neighborhood theaters
• 28:54 Doing renovations on Alpine Cinema
• 31:29 Future plans for the three cinemas