BROADCAST FINALS ABC: JEOPARDY COLLEGE CHAMPIONSHIP dipped 0.04 from Thursday to 0.56, and 20/20 was up 0.07 to 0.50. CBS: BIG BROTHER: CELEBRITY EDITION was at 0.42, followed by a BLUE BLOODS rerun at 0.26. NBC: The WINTER OLYMPICS was at 1.57, down 59% from the parallel night in 2018. FOX: WWE SMACKDOWN […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: Reruns at 0.22/0.16/0.16. CBS: The FBI franchise included the mothership down 0.03 to 0.46, FBI: INTERNATIONAL down 0.09 to 0.40, and FBI: MOST WANTED down 0.08 to 0.38. NBC: NIGHT COURT fell 0.11 to 0.29, and AMERICAN AUTO was down 0.02 to 0.21. The season premiere of THE WALL was at […]
Weekend #18 of 2016 forecasts for films opening wide and major returning films: NEW FILMS THIS WEEKEND April 29-May 1, 2016 Critics Positive ($ millions) Opening Weekend Forecast Domestic Total Projection Overseas Total Projection Worldwide Total Projection Keanu WB R 19% 15.5 46 8 54 Mother’s Day OpenR PG13 n/a 10.5 27 23 50 Ratchet […]
>The past week is up an amazing 57% from last year, and the year-to-date tally is now down 15% from last year (improving from down 17% last week). This is very positive news for the industry, and especially Universal with its successful launch of Fast Five. The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films […]
BIG BROTHER returned to the summer rotation. 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 […]
STUDIO SCORECARD. 20th Century Fox vaulted ahead of Paramount into fourth place in worldwide box office for 2013 to date, mostly because of The Wolverine. Universal and Warner Brothers remain a very close #2 and #3, respectively, with both studios grossing well over $100 million this past week (primarily from overseas grosses for Universal’s Despicable Me […]
NETWORK FINALS: THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Bravo’s REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY led Wednesday cable, up 0.05 to 0.47, and SUMMER HOUSE ticked down to 0.18. It was a big night for Fox […]
OPENINGS: As YA franchises go, the $11.3M opening day for THE MAZE RUNNER (20th) was ahead of the $9.6M for the first Percy Jackson, which ended up with a $31.2M weekend. Maze is being pitched more to teens than to families, so it may not have quite as strong a weekend multiple as Percy, […]