NETWORK FINALS: There were 0.1 upticks in final numbers for THIS IS US, THE VOICE, and BULL, but LAW & ORDER TRUE CRIME: THE MENENDEZ MURDERS, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE and the rerun of LEGENDS OF TOMORROW went 0.1 the other way. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]
RIO 2 (20th) has leaped out to a Friday lead, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, one that it should be able to sustain for the weekend. The Rio sequel has $11.5M on Friday, about 10% ahead of the first Rio‘s $10.3M opening day. That film made $39.2M for the weekend, and Rio 2 […]
The 2014 holiday box office continues to be slightly better than average but slightly below last year. The top 10 films on Thursday January 1, 2015 totaled $46.3 million, somewhat above the average $44.8 million for the days since 2002 when this date landed on a weekday. When January 1 last fell on a Thursday, […]
>X-Men: First Class now has an accurate screen count and updated critical response. The prequel has been adjusted downward a tick but will still lead the weekend, which will be up significantly over the same weekend last year. Opening at about 3,641 theaters, X-Men: First Class should average a strong $18,700 per theater (for $68 […]
OPENINGS: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 (Marvel/Disney) won’t arrive on these shores until Thursday night, but it’s already in 37 international territories covering over half the world (although not yet China), and has deposited $101.2M in the Marvel account. Next week’s US opening is expected to be in the $150M neighborhood. To date, […]
There was no miraculous Saturday save for the weekend’s one pitiful arrival. OPENINGS: PLAYING FOR KEEPS (FilmDistrict) rose only 11% from Friday to Saturday, and since it’s claiming one of the lower Sunday drops in the Top 10, once the real tickets are counted it may not even hang on to its current $6M […]
NETWORK FINALS: The Christmas night SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.4, down 1.7 from last week’s game. Elsewhere, BEAUTY & THE BEAST lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: NFL Network had Sunday’s other game which, yes, was surreally aired as […]
No medal for THE BACHELOR WINTER GAMES. 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 […]