As we’ve noted before, we’ll mostly be taking a break from reporting Friday ratings until the fall season begins, but this past Friday had an arrival worth making an exception: the premiere of Cinemax’s THE KNICK. That show, despite the participation of director Steven Soderbergh and star Clive Owen, was designed more to draw prestige […]
STATE OF AFFAIRS: Monday 10PM on NBC starting November 17 – If Nothing Else Is On… PLAYERS: Star and Executive Producer Katherine Heigl, who developed the series for herself and pitched it to all the networks, hoping to spark a bidding war (which never really happened). Series creator and pilot director Joe Carnahan, a […]
CBS was the night’s easy winner, although its numbers won’t be sorted out until tomorrow. CBS: Golf’s fourth and final major, the PGA CHAMPIONSHIP, ran until 9PM ET last night instead of the scheduled 7PM end time because of a severe weather delay. 60 MINUTES and BIG BROTHER were pushed two hours later than […]
The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday August 9 and Sunday August 10, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. Golf: PGA PGA Championship 3.2 rating CBS 2:00 pm Saturday 3rd Round (+3% from 3.1 […]
OPENINGS; It’s no surprise that a sequel has already been announced (and scheduled for June 3, 2016, for those who like to get their Fandango orders in early) for TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (Nickelodeon/Paramount), which blew past all expectations with a reported $65M opening weekend. The CG action spectacle dipped only 14% on Saturday, […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has transformed Paramount into player status (now $2.0 billion worldwide year to date), with much more overseas revenue to come from the film. With continued overseas returns from Guardians of the Galaxy, Disney ($2.33 billion worldwide to date) has widened its lead over Warner Brothers ($2.16 billion). Scroll down […]
Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #32 of 2014 still looks like a very good $173 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, well above our forecast ($152 million) and 26% above the norm for this weekend ($138 million). Opening at 3,845 theaters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from Paramount grossed $25.6 million through Friday and $22.1 […]
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (Paramount) held very well on its second day of release, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere. Its Day 2 drop was in the neighborhood of 15%, which is about as well as Guardians of the Galaxy held last week (down 18%). despite the huge advantage Guardians seemed to have […]