A fairly sturdy set of Saturday numbers firmed up the weekend a bit, but the start of the holiday movie season is still just mediocre. OPENINGS:  JACK REACHER (Paramount) had a 13% Saturday bump and is predicting an 18% drop on Sunday, for a $15.6M weekend.  That tracks for a holiday period of about $50M, […]

  2 GUNS (Universal), with a 10PM Thursday start, had an unexceptional $1.2M launch, on the low end of the summer.  But while it was below White House Down‘s $1.35M, and that action movie went on to just a $24.9M weekend, it’s in the same neighborhood as Now You See Me ($1.5M) and The Heat […]

New FilmsMay 18-20 Misc Rating CriticsPositive Opening Weekend DomesticTotal Battleship Uni PG13 43% $42.5M $105M The Dictator Par R 66% $18.2M $75M What to Expect when You’re Expecting LG PG13 29% $18.0M $60M     New FilmsMay 18-20 Misc Rating CriticsPositive Opening Weekend DomesticTotal Battleship Uni PG13 43% $42.5M $105M The Dictator Par R 66% $18.2M […]

    NBC has issued its 2d early order of the 2012/13 broadcast season, the single-camera sitcom Save Me, starring Anne Heche, Alexandra Breckinridge, Michael Landes and Heather Burns.  The show will join another early order, Go On with Matthew Perry, on the network’s schedule.  Speculation is that one or both may begin airing in […]

>An incredibly quiet final Tuesday of 2011 last night on the broadcast networks, with CBS’s 1.4 rating leading the pack.  Last year on this night, NBC had an incredible performance from a rescheduled Sunday Night Football game, which was moved to Tuesday because of a roof collapse (from heavy snow) in Indianapolis.       […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s regional MLB coverage gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports led Saturday cable, with Fox Sports 1’s WOMEN’S WORLD CUP matches at 0.51/0.29.  ESPN’s UFC telecast was at 0.42.  Univision’s COPA D’ORO match was at […]

Weekend #10 of 2016 is looking like $146 million for the top 12 films this weekend, above the norm for this weekend (see comparisons below). NEW FILMS THIS WEEKEND March 4-6, 2016 Critics Positive ($ millions) Opening Weekend Forecast Domestic Total Projection Overseas Total Projection Worldwide Total Projection Zootopia Dis PG 100% 67.0 225 375 600 London Has […]

SEASON TO DATE through 12 weeks (through Sunday, December 16, 2012, including adjusted fast national ratings for the last three nights): NBC is averaging a 2.76 adult 18-49 rating in prime time (up 20% from the same period last year). CBS is in second place with a 2.37 (down 14%). FOX is in third place with […]