WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2018 dollars for films released in late 2017. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2018 to date is now +10% above last year and still +11% above the average for this point […]

  Be sure to read Mitch Metcalf’s Weekend Box Office Predictions. Momentum was lacking for THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES (Screen Gems/Sony), as the studio kept the movie from critics until the last possible instant and didn’t even have night-before screenings for audiences–one of the only films of the summer to wait till 12:01AM […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JUDGE STEVE HARVEY was at 0.46.  The sitcoms aired new episodes for the first time in a month, with ABBOTT ELEMENTARY down a tenth to 0.54, and BLACK-ISH down 0.11 to 0.32.  TO TELL THE TRUTH dipped 0.03 to 0.26. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, FBI ticked up to 0.66, […]

>NBC Monday fast national ratings for The Sing-Off and Rock Center will be inflated by one or two tenths because Minneapolis affiliate KARE will be carrying the Monday Night Football game locally (Vikings at Packers).  Minneapolis-St Paul is market #15, with 1.5% of the TV population.  Rock Center might see a real bump in ratings […]

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #35 of 2013 looks like a very decent $95 million for the top 12 films, up 16% from the average Friday-Sunday portion of recent Labor Day weekends.  One Direction: All of Us and the out-of-nowhere Instructions Not Included opened well, and continued strength from The Butler and We’re the Millers […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The 8PM & 9PM shows hadn’t aired since March 23.  THE GOLDBERGS returned down 0.02 to 0.46, followed by THE WONDER YEARS up a tick to 0.34 from last week’s out-of-timeslot airing.  THE CONNERS returned down 0.05 to 0.43, followed by HOME ECONOMICS down 0.06 to 0.26.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS […]

>Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 debuts on the international box office chart with a very solid $400+ million worldwide mark.  The latest Twilight has an overseas total to date of $144 million already with an expected domestic final of $292 million. Adventures of Tintin is now up to almost $190 million overseas, while Real […]

  A mild night for all. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the […]