Thor: Love & Thunder Preview; April Wright on Her Latest Drive-In Doc
Jul 07, 2022•38 min•Ep. 128
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Episode description
On this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Shawn Robbins cover the latest box office numbers with Minions: The Rise of Gru opening at $125M and predictions for Thor: Love and Thunder’s weekend release. Next, Russ Fischer joins Daniel and Rebecca to talk about where MCU is heading after the Avengers: Endgame. In the feature segment, April Wright, director of Back to the Drive-In documentary shares the resiliency of drive-in owners and how the industry is fighting to stay open.
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Episode Resources:
- Weekend Box Office: Minions: The Rise of Gru Earns Best Animated Opening of Pandemic Era
- The Biggest Movies Coming to Theaters in July 2022
What to Listen For
- 00:00 Intro
- 03:05 Cinépolis USA announces the first IMAX dine-in cinema
- 04:32 Minions: The Rise of Gru opens to $125M
- 06:52 What can we expect from Minions: The Rise of Gru
- 09:00 Thor: Love and Thunder opens this weekend
- 10:51 What to expect in the coming months
- 12:06 Box office predictions after summer
- 13:47 Where does MCU stand right now?
- 19:00 Did Disney peak with Avengers Endgame?
- 24:10 What films can appeal to audiences this summer?
- 25:30 April Wright on Back to the Drive-In documentary
- 27:07 Why do a documentary on drive-ins?
- 30:55 The drive-in culture is going to stay
- 32:55 The first drive-in opened on June 6, 1933
- 35:35 How to get in touch with April Wright
- 37:51 Drive-in owners remain resilient
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