>International box office continues to bail out American movies released late this year.  While Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 can legitimately be called a hit domestically and abroad, Adventures of Tintin and Real Steel are both major hits only because of business outside North America. And Puss in Boots would have been a slight […]

  NBC’s undead are starting to look like corpses. NBC:  Just 3 weeks into its season, GRIMM is down to 1.3, already as low as the show scored all last spring.  That’s down half a point from its season debut 2 weeks ago, and down 0.2 from last week.  It was in 3rd place at […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s UFC PRELIMS was at 0.22.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.49.  CW’s original MASTERS OF ILLUSION was at 0.04.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s PRESEASON NFL games dominated Saturday cable at 0.39/0.37/0.31/0.29.  Reez’s ON PATROL dropped 0.03 to 0.20.  ESPN’s UFC PRELIMS were at […]

> As detailed in Mitch Metcalf’s Weekend Boxoffice Report, New Year’s Day wasn’t the bonanza the studios were expecting it to be. PARAMOUNT:  MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL‘s Sunday increase was less than half of the 33% projected, and it’s likely to fall another 15-20% today, giving it a bit over $140M in total and […]

  The real world, in the form of terrible reviews and dim word of mouth, caught up with BATMAN V. SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (DC/RatPac/Warners) on Friday.  Actually, the signs had been there since midweek, although Warners and its box office pets had obscured the fact for a few days by comparing the daily results […]

  THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE, the 600-pound gorilla of the holiday movie box office season (The Hobbit 2 is by comparison a smaller simian, at least in the US) opens tonight, and the question is just how big it will be.  The first Hunger Games opened in March 2012 and had the 6th biggest […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE rose 0.18 to 0.89, followed by a rerun CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD at 0.24. CBS:  Reruns at 0.37/0.31/0.31. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.06 to 0.79, and PASSWORD was at 0.47. FOX:  The ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC HONORS special was at 0.24. CW:  LEONARDO lost 0.02 to 0.05, and DEVILS […]

>CBS rode a preliminary 13.7 Adult 18-49 rating from 7:00-8:17 pm last night for the prime time portion of the Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos wild card playoff game.  The official rating for that segment will rise to a 15 or more in the official nationals tomorrow. 60 Minutes (from 8:17-9:17) scored a preliminary 4.0, […]