Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour at the Movies and the Missed Opportunity of EXORSWIFT | Santikos CEO Tim Handren

This Week on The Boxoffice Podcast: Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle, and Chad Kennerk look at the impact of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concert film on the release schedule—and the missed opportunity of having a BARBENHEIMER-style phenomenon after Universal’s Exorcist: Believerabandoned its release date and deprived the public of the EXORSWIFT at the box office. In our feature segment, Rebecca speaks with Santikos CEO Tim Handren on the circuit’s aggressive expansion from a regional Texas chain to one of the country’s ten-largest movie theater brands.
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Episode Resources: TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR Concert Film Sets Presale Records for AMC Theatres, Fandango Weekend Box Office: THE EQUALIZER 3 Leads Labor Day Frame Universal Pictures to Unleash THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER a Week Early on October 6th Colorado 45 - 42 TCU
What to Listen For 00:00 Intro 01:54 Movies watched this weekend 03:18 Post pandemic first $4 billion milestone, labor day weekend box office 05:08 Taylor Swift Eras Tour in theaters 14:14 Five Nights at Freddy’s 15:12 The Exorcist: Believer  16:48 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 18:10 The Nun II 19:58 Texas trade show 20:58 CinéShow 2023 24:43 Santikos acquires new theaters 27:32 Focus on rebranding within the theater employees 30:02 Implementing more family entertainment concepts 31:43 Offloading burdened on the GMs 33:54 Improvement on overall audio and visual experience