>The worldwide grosses rankings have been updated, and Rango (Paramount) now claims the top spot, passing The Green Hornet (Sony), as expected in last week’s international report.  But we suspect that Rango still has some upside — the overseas number should easily exceed the movie’s domestic number, with $40-50 million more to come from outside […]

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).

Lingerie beats larynxes. CBS:  The VICTORIA’S SECRET FASHION SHOW, while down almost a ratings point from last year’s installment, still scored as the highest-rated show of the night (doubling recent numbers for Vegas in the hour), its rating more than those of ABC and NBC combined.  Earlier in the evening, the 48-year old RUDOLPH THE […]

> UPDATE: The magic number for mid-week box office (Monday-Tuesday combined) is 20% of the opening weekend.  Based on Monday-Tuesday’s numbers, Rio came very close to hitting this number and is poised to see an upgrade of its ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Gross estimate this weekend. During its first Monday-Tuesday in release (April 18-19), Rio was in […]

The weekend looks a little softer than it did yesterday ($131 million for the top 12 films rather than $142 million).  The Hobbit is looking like an $85 million opening weekend instead of almost $99 million.   Still a record December opening weekend (beating I Am Legend’s $77.2 million opening weekend December 14-16, 2007) but not at […]

>Fast Five now challenging Rio for #1 on the January-April international chart.  But the race is on: Thor (the first of many high-grossing international films this summer) is nipping at Fast Five’s heels.    The table below shows the domestic and international grosses for the Top 25 films (out of the 47 movies released between […]

  Times are tough even for THE BIG BANG THEORY. 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 […]

Posting this update later than usual for the record. The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between December 17 and December 23 grossed a dreadful $155 million, down 41% from the four-year average for the week and down 27% from week #51 last year.  To be fair, December 25 […]