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THE BIJOU REVIEW “The Descendants”

Posted November 23, 2011 by Mitch Salem

>   THE DESCENDANTS:  Worth A Ticket – Flawed But Heartfelt It’s taken an unaccountable 7 years for Alexander Payne to follow up Sideways, the biggest hit of his career,  with THE DESCENDANTS, which will hit theatres in time for a serious awards season push in late November.  Sideways and Payne’s earlier Election are two […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard 10.1.2017

Posted October 1, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2017 film slates by studio. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2017 to date is now down -2% from last year and now +2% above the average for this point the past four years ($7.598 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed […]

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Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

Posted April 20, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Strong overseas grosses for Captain America: The Winter Soldier continue to pad Disney’s lead over Warner Brothers in worldwide box office to date (Disney has $929 million compared to $861 million for Warner Brothers).  Fox is next with $723 million, and Sony has pulled to over $600 million with Heaven Is for Real this weekend. […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 6.6.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted June 7, 2022 by Mitch Metcalf

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A run of the movie BRAVE at 0.33 was followed by a rerun of THE CHASE at 0.20. CBS:  Reruns at 0.38/0.29/0.25/0.23. NBC:  The season premiere of AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR was at 0.47, up a tick from the 2021 premiere.  The season premiere of WEAKEST LINK was at 0.35. FOX:  DON’T […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11.17.2014

Posted November 18, 2014 by Mitch Metcalf

  STATE OF AFFAIRS passed its first test last night, if not with flying colors. 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 […]

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WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES March 9-11

Posted March 11, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>The weekend studio estimates (based on Friday and Saturday actuals and projections for Sunday) are coming in slightly stronger than the weekend numbers posted yesterday (based on Friday actuals only).  The box office volume for the top 12 films is now looking like a decent $123 million for the weekend, up 4% from last year’s […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8.25.2017

Posted August 26, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

  NOTE:  This was another night where sports will lead to a high level of adjustments in final numbers, affecting CBS, FOX and CW. 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+ […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY FRIDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6.15.2018

Posted June 16, 2018 by Mitch Metcalf

  Time ran out for LIFE SENTENCE, but we won’t know its true final rating until Monday. 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 […]

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