J and K aren’t the only ones wearing black today. OPENINGS: In what’s starting to look like a bad summer for any movie not called The Avengers, MEN IN BLACK 3 (Sony) opened with a subpar $18M on Friday. Sony is doing the only thing it can do, which is to point at […]
OPENINGS: The theatrical box office continued to pick itself up off the floor this weekend with two high-performing R-rated action movies, which thrived despite an overlapping target audience and the availability of one on a streaming service. MORTAL KOMBAT (Warners, also on HBO Max) emerged the victor with $22.5M for the weekend, and could […]
Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #43 of 2014 looks like a decent $103 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, 17% above the norm for this weekend ($89 million). Opening at 2,858 theaters, Ouija from Universal grossed $8.3 million Friday and is on track for a $20.0 million opening three-day weekend (somewhat below our $25.0 million ShowbuzzDaily […]
NETWORK FINALS: There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE, THE CHASE, STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, and the reruns of YOUNG SHELDON and MOM. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: It was another big night for CNN, this time […]
The AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS were the latest prizes to face a heavy drop. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 […]
NETWORK UPDATE: Both THE X-FILES and LUCIFER gained 0.1 in final numbers, although they’re still way off from last week’s ratings. THE BACHELOR also received an 0.1 bump. The NCIS: LA rerun lost 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: VH1 had the Monday cable lead, with 1.42 (down […]
NETWORK FINALS: The reruns of MOM and MAN WITH A PLAN each lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP led Monday cable, up 0.02 to 1.05, and BASKETBALL WIVES returned at 0.93. On USA, WWE […]
NETWORK FINALS: ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.7. Elsewhere, the rerun CAROL’S SECOND ACT lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL coverage led the cable day, with COLLEGE GAMEDAY at 0.68, and games at 0.61/0.39/0.26, […]