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INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE through July 29

Posted July 29, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

Overseas box office for The Dark Knight Rises has risen to $248 million to date, up from $88 million at this time last week.  The ultimate overseas number could hit $490 million, up somewhat from $469 million for The Dark Knight.  If our projected domestic total for Rises is correct, the worldwide total will be around $930 million, somewhat behind […]

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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 3/19/13

Posted March 20, 2013 by Mitch Salem

Splash makes a ripple. ABC:  The debut of SPLASH gave the network a 2.6, beating everyone but CBS in the hour, and marking ABC’s best result in that slot all season.  Of course, next week it’ll be facing The Voice results, so its degree of difficulty is about to climb steeply.  A DANCING WITH THE STARS special […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.18.2016 (Charts UPDATED)

Posted November 21, 2016 by Mitch Metcalf

        NETWORK FINALS:  The only change from early numbers was a 0.1 dip for THE EXORCIST.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery once again led Friday cable, with GOLD RUSH up 0.03 to 0.97, and TREASURE QUEST also up 0.03 to 0.47.  Both of ESPN’s […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Saturday 12.17.2022 Top 150 Cable Original s & Network Finals UPDATED

Posted December 20, 2022 by Mitch Salem

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl game was at 0.34.  CW’s I HEARTRADIO JINGLE BALL was at 0.05.  In late night, NBC’s SNL fell 0.17 to 0.68.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s tripleheader was at 3.35/2.60/2.04.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games were at 0.53/0.50/0.23/0.21.  On ESPN2, WOMEN’S […]

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS February 17-19

Posted February 16, 2012 by Mitch Metcalf

>The seventh weekend of the year should generate about $142 million for the top 12 films — up 9% from last year’s comparable weekend and up over 20% from the four-year average for this weekend.  Nicolas Cage should lead a crowded field, although the second Ghost Rider should be down significantly from 2007’s original.  The […]

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THE BIJOU: Weekend Boxoffice Footnotes – 11/6/11

Posted November 6, 2011 by Mitch Salem

> The tiny 3% drop in PUSS IN BOOTS‘ second weekend is truly remarkable, and could well lead to studios adopting DreamWorks’ strategy in the future of opening an animated movie on Halloween weekend and then having a de facto 2d opening the following week.  (However, the picture is still running $13M below Megamind‘s 10 […]

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WEEKDAY BOX OFFICE UPDATE JUNE 13-14

Posted June 16, 2011 by Mitch Salem

>Super 8 is off to a good start during its first weekday period.  The JJ Abrams/ Steven Spielberg drama earned $8.2 million Monday and Tuesday at the box office, a very healthy 22.6% of its opening weekend number.  When a new movie is over 20% during this period, it stands a very good chance of […]

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SHOWBUZZDAILY THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.11.2017

Posted May 12, 2017 by Mitch Metcalf

  THE BIG BANG THEORY ended its season. 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 […]

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