>The full Weekday Box Office Update will return next week after today’s abbreviated version. Thor has grossed $10.8 million Monday-Tuesday or 16% of the opening weekend. A 20% early week percentage would indicate a smaller than normal decline in the second weekend and longer term playability. Rather, 16% suggests a more normal pattern of a […]
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 […]
OPENINGS: LES MISERABLES (Universal) fell behind DJANGO UNCHAINED (Weinstein/Sony) for the first time on Friday, because Les Miz was up only 3% from Thursday, while Django rose more impressively by 17%. Both should be around $85M by New Year’s Day. Conventional wisdom has it that Les Miz will benefit more from Oscar season than Django, […]
>Again this week, strong weekday business allowed for a flat week year to year (despite the weekend portion being off 5% versus last year). The year-to-date total is now down 13% from last year (after being off as much as 26% in February). The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release […]
A good night for ABC. 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 […]
Updated international box office chart below. The Hobbit (+$97 million overseas since last week) and Life of Pi (+$82 million) are the big movers this week. New entrants to the chart include The Impossible at #31, Texas Chainsaw at #41, and Promised Land at #65. With significant (and growing overseas business) the Spanish-produced Impossible is the one film in this week’s crop that can move up […]
NETWORK FINALS: NBC’s NFL game adjusted to 4.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: On another holiday weekend day with little original programming, the NFL Network’s Saturday afternoon game (branded with another day of the week) was at 1.53. ESPN’s trio of […]
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON (Marvel/Disney) blasted off with $27.6M from Thursday night screenings, handily beating the $18.7M for the first Avengers, although that blockbuster began its showings at midnight, while Ultron started its run at 7PM. Ultron was also far above the $15.8M earned by Furious 7 in its Thursday night debut. Sequels are […]