Marvel’s The Avengers (distributed by Disney) increased again to $723 million to date overseas (up from $629 million last week), although the growth rate is starting to slow.  United Kingdom continues to lead the way overseas ($64.7 million so far now — up from $48.2 million this time last week).  Mexico remains the second-biggest territory ($50.3 million […]

  A strong night for THE BACHELOR. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s US OPEN coverage held at 0.4 in final numbers.  Elsewhere, the NCIS: LA and MASTERS OF ILLUSION reruns each lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE led Friday cable, down 0.02 to 0.64, with lead-out HOMESTEAD […]

  The Writers Guild is unusual among awards-giving groups in that it strictly enforces the rule that only screenplays written for films produced under Guild agreements are eligible.  That tends to exclude some of the major indie movies of the year and many foreign imports, which are produced non-Guild for budgetary and other reasons.  The […]

> On a night without a lot of movement, sometimes standing still works out for the best. FOX:  Zooey Deschanel may not be a mainstream movie star, but her Manic Pixie Dream Girl charms are definitely making her one on TV:  NEW GIRL (see our Pilot + 1 Review) is just a hair behind 2 […]

>The fourth weekend of the year should generate about $91 million for the top 12 films — about the same as last year’s comparable weekend and down 10% from a “normal” weekend this time of year.  The top film should be Liam Neeson in The Grey, at a very unspectacular $15 opening weekend number.   […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2017 film slates by studio, including early 2018 dollars for films released later in 2017. We will start tracking the 2018 studio slates in a few weeks. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2018 to date is now +10% above last […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ELEMENTARY and the reruns of the MACY’S JULY 4TH FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR, MASTERCHEF, MOM, FAMILY FOOD FIGHT and REEF BREAK each dropped 0.1 in final numbers          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  July 4th events dominated holiday cable.  ESPN2’s GREAT AMERICAN EVENTS, […]