> THE THREE STOOGES:  Watch It At Home – More Nyuks Than You’d Expect The Farrelly Brothers’ THE THREE STOOGES is better than its marketing campaign let on, and while that would be more impressive if the trailer and ad materials hadn’t been almost unwatchably bad, it still makes for a welcome relief. The quick-cut […]

  With Halloween, a traditionally slow moviegoing day, falling on Friday next week, this is the de facto Halloween movie weekend, which left a clear path for the low-budget OUIJA (Universal).  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, it pulled in $8M on Friday (including over $900K from Thursday night), which should take it to a […]

Updated worldwide box office chart for 2013 North American films.  Also, click here for a summary of worldwide performance by studio.

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #14 of 2014 looks like $160 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, up over 40% from the four-year average for this weekend.  All credit goes to the second Captain America, as Disney has succesfully transformed April into the new May on the evolving movie release calendar.   […]

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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]

  A strong night for SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. 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 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS at 0.48, an OUR BARBARA special was at 0.35, followed by a SHARK TANK rerun at 0.21. CBS:  After 60 MINUTES at 1.16, reruns at 0.38/0.27/0.27. NBC:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 4.33, up 0.13 from last week’s game. FOX:  Sandwiched between reruns at 0.34/0.35 and […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE ROOKIE gained 0.07 to 0.55, THE ROOKIE: FEDS ticked up to 0.33, and WILL TRENT ticked down to 0.29. CBS:  FBI dipped 0.04 to 0.48, FBI: INTERNATIONAL lost 0.06 to 0.35, and FBI: MOST WANTED was down 0.04 to 0.34. NBC:  NIGHT COURT edged up 0.02 to 0.51, AMERICAN AUTO […]