> Due to the Martin Luther King holiday on Monday, all studios are estimating low Sunday drops, although some are projecting more aggressively than others. UNIVERSAL:  CONTRABAND held almost even on Saturday, which is good for an action movie, and is projecting a reasonable (given the holiday) 21% drop on Sunday.  It should get to […]

Paranormal Activity 4 opened this weekend with $27 million overseas from 33 markets, on its way to an estimated $110 million total overseas and a weak $67 million total domestic (according to ShowbuzzDaily projections).  That would give PA4 a worldwide total of $177 million, tied with PA2 as the lowest in the still-very-profitable franchise. The biggest gainer overseas this […]

Note: The numbers for NFL SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on NBC and MLB NLCS Game 7 on FOX will rise +15% to +20% on the official nationals tomorrow when live viewing is counted from 5-8PM on the West Coast, where three of the four teams involved are based. The numbers of ABC, CBS and CW, in […]

  The GOLDEN GLOBES held steady. 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 […]

> The Motion Picture Academy came up with 2 great choices and a puzzler in their selections for this year’s honorary Academy Awards.  (Remember–as of last year, the honorary Oscars are no longer part of the televised ceremony, but will be presented at a private banquet on November 12.) The unoffcial lifetime achivement award goes […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  GREY’S ANATOMY, SUPERSTORE and THE BIG BANG THEORY rose 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE FAMILY VACATION stayed at the top of Thursday cable at 0.98, compared to last week’s premiere 1.49/1.42, and EX […]

Updated international box office chart.

> WRATH OF THE TITANS:  Watch It At Home – Put Back the Kraken The producers of WRATH OF THE TITANS swore that this time the 3D would be better than it was in 2010’s Clash of the Titans, and you know what… it is.  That’s not saying an enormous amount, since the 3D in […]