>Four full weeks into 2012, domestic box office continues to run well ahead of last year’s anemic pace but about even with the comparable period’s average for the last several years.        The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between January 23 and January 29 grossed $172 million, […]

  The NCAA Tournament is already helping CBS. 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 […]

Based on Friday’s grosses, the first weekend of 2014 looks like $138 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up about 10% from similar weekends the past few years.   Opening at 2,867 theaters Friday, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones from Paramount grossed $6.8 million Friday, putting the fifth in the franchise on track for an $18.1 million […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl game was at 0.34.  CW’s I HEARTRADIO JINGLE BALL was at 0.05.  In late night, NBC’s SNL fell 0.17 to 0.68.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s tripleheader was at 3.35/2.60/2.04.  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL bowl games were at 0.53/0.50/0.23/0.21.  On ESPN2, WOMEN’S […]

  Not much of a welcome for ABBY’S. 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 […]

  Tina and Amy remained solid for the Golden Globes. NBC:  In time zone-adjusted numbers, the GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS scored a 6.5, up 0.1 from last year’s edition.  It was preceded by 2.8 for the ARRIVALS SPECIAL. CBS:  The Globes were big, but they couldn’t touch the overrun from the day’s Denver/San Diego NFL PLAYOFFS.  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE ROOKIE fell 0.14 to 0.50, THE ROOKIE: FEDS dropped 0.12 to 0.32, and WILL TRENT was down 0.08 to 0.30. CBS:  The FBI franchise found the mothership up a tick to 0.61, INTERNATIONAL up 0.06 to 0.46, and MOST WANTED up 0.13 to 0.45. NBC:  After a year off TV […]

> STAR WARS EPISODE I:  THE PHANTOM MENACE 3D, to give it its fully identifying title, has the distinction of being the most successful movie ever made that is generally agreed to be terrible.  Over $900M in tickets have been sold for Phantom Menace since its opening in 1999 (that number will go over $1B […]