BATTLESHIP:  Not Even For Free – Watch a Transformers DVD Instead   For about half an hour, BATTLESHIP could fool you into thinking it’s not the movie you were expecting it to be.  It begins as the story of Alex Hopper (Taylor Kitsch), a good-looking, unmotivated screw-up who lives with his straight-arrow […]

>The fourth weekend of the year should generate about $91 million for the top 12 films — about the same as last year’s comparable weekend and down 10% from a “normal” weekend this time of year.  The top film should be Liam Neeson in The Grey, at a very unspectacular $15 opening weekend number.   […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday February 28 through Sunday March 6, 2022. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last year: […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED DANCER and the CELEBRATING AMERICA special on CBS and ABC rose to the next tenth in adjusted numbers, while RIVERDALE dropped similarly.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It won’t come as a surprise to anyone following cable ratings […]

  OPENINGS:  The adult-oriented OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY (DreamWorks/Paramount) had a 3% Saturday bump and wound up with a fair $17.5M for the weekend  If it can hold decently against next week’s monstrous arrival, it might find its way to $50M in the US, although its dream is to have the kind of holiday legs Sisters did […]

> The Hollywood Reporter has some very office boxoffice numbers.  These are based on matinee business only, so they can be misleading as to what will happen over the course of Friday, let along the weekend.  But for now, the big news is that COURAGEOUS, a Christian-themed movie produced by Sherwood Baptist Church in Georgia […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  BOY BAND HOLIDAY was at 0.53, followed by a Monday edition of THE BACHELORETTE at 0.47. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD gained 0.06 to 0.63, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was steady at 0.49, NCIS ticked down to 0.58, and NCIS: HAWAII was down 0.02 to 0.44. NBC:  THE VOICE lost 0.04 to 0.71.  A […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  DANCING WITH THE STARS ticked up to 0.71, and a COUNTDOWN TO THE CMA AWARDS special was at 0.24. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD dipped 0.04 to 0.61, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA lost 0.03 to 0.50, NCIS gained 0.05 to 0.64, and NCIS: HAWAII was down 0.03 to 0.45. NBC:  THE VOICE ticked down […]