BROADCAST FINALS: ABC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game was at 0.44. FOX’s USFL game was at 0.13. On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION dropped 0.02 to 0.04, and TOTALLY WEIRD & FUNNY fell 0.03 to 0.03. Telemundo’s soccer match was at 0.31, and Univision’s LIGA match was at 0.36. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]
Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): ESPN’s coverage of the Alabama vs Auburn COLLEGE FOOTBALL game was far and away the biggest show on Saturday cable, with a 4.31 rating that more than doubled the network’s earlier Florida vs Florida State […]
OPENINGS: INCREDIBLES 2 (Pixar/Disney) resoundingly became the highest-opening animated film of all time with a giant $180M weekend, more than 30% higher than the $135.1M for Finding Dory. Its Saturday behaved similarly to Dory, down 18% from Friday compared to Dory‘s 17%, although Incredibles 2 is looking for a better Sunday hold, down 16% […]
Even if Die Hard takes the weekend, it’s running on fumes. OPENINGS: A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD (20th) cost at least triple the budget of SAFE HAVEN (Relativity), and had a more expensive marketing campaign as well. Yet on Friday, only $75K separated the two–and that was after Safe Haven won Valentine’s Day to […]
NETWORK UPDATE: FRESH OFF THE BOAT gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, but the LIMITLESS rerun lost the same. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND gained a tenth to 0.85 and was the highest cable original on Tuesday, with […]
As we continue to tally the films released wide in 2013, Disney has pulled ahead of Warner Brothers in worldwide box office for the 2013 slate (now an $18 million margin out of over $9 billion between the two rival studios). Disney continues to benefit mightily from Frozen, both in North America and overseas. For a complete […]
This wasn’t what NBC had in mind. 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 […]
Even by Super Bowl Weekend standards, this one is likely to be dim. OPENINGS: Despite aggressive preliminary estimates, THAT AWKWARD MOMENT (Focus/Universal) couldn’t even carry the day on Friday with $3.9M, and seems to be heading for a $9.5M weekend (all titles will drop precipitously on Sunday because of the game). Focus acquired Awkward […]