![]() Throughout his career, and including his run at Amazon MGM, Boxer has had a big presence at film festivals, assessing product.īoxer began his distribution career as a regional booker at Victor Kaufman and Lewis Korman’s Savoy Pictures where he booked such movies as Minnie Driver’s breakout Circle of Friends and Robert De Niro’s directorial debut Bronx Tale. Among Boxer’s mentors were the late Jimmy Spitz, who was Savoy’s distribution chief, as well as Steve Rothenberg, and John Gruenberg. Then, beginning in 2023, in the wake of the MGM purchase by the streamer, Boxer was a part of Amazon Studios’ return to a lengthy theatrical window, working on such movies as Air, Saltburn, American Fiction and Boys in the Boat.Īt IFC Films, Boxer handled the theatrical release of Richard Linklater’s Oscar winner, Boyhood, as well as the non-theatrical, Canadian distribution and overall theatrical distribution of all IFC labels, including Sundance Selects and IFC Midnight. In fact, it was that type of dynamic distribution model Boxer pioneered during his tenure at IFC Films with such movies as Oscar nominee In the Loop. In late 2019 after a buying spree by Amazon at Sundance which included such titles as the Adam Driver political crime drama The Report, the company began adapting to a truncated theatrical window strategy, and in some cases a day-and-date with Prime Video release pattern. The exec oversaw a slate of some 12-14 titles initially that included Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here, Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria, Gus Van Sant’s Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot, Mike Leigh’s Peterloo and Felix van Groeningen’s Beautiful Boy. As such, Boxer pioneered Amazon’s theatrical distribution in-house strategy, protecting theatrical windows on mid-budget and specialty fare. When Boxer arrived from IFC Films where he served as their EVP of Sales and Distribution, the fresh mandate for Amazon was to self-distribute its own theatrical titles the studio previously relying on distribution partners such as Lionsgate, STX, Annapurna and Bleecker Street. The New York-based film industry vet was an integral part of three different theatrical distribution phases at Amazon. Those Prime members who visited the theater were treated to free popcorn, soda as well as a gift.īoxer was tapped by then Amazon Head of Marketing and Distribution, Bob Berney, in September 2017. It was a one-night-only, once a month theatrical showing of series and movies, free to Prime Members. ![]() ![]() One innovative stunt Boxer spearheaded was “Prime Premiere” nights at theaters. Dwayne Johnson & Chris Evans' 'Red One' From Seven Bucks & Amazon MGM To Jingle In Theaters Next Yearĭuring the pandemic, Boxer also handled the theatrical distribution of such big Prime Video acquisition titles, Coming 2 America, Cinderella, Hotel Transylvania 4, and The Tomorrow War to those cinemas and drive-ins that were lucky to be open.īoxer also supervised the opening, and operated Amazon’s Culver Theater in Culver City, CA the venue the studio took over from Arclight Cinemas.
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