The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday June 14 and Sunday June 15, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   NBA: Playoffs Finals 11.7 rating ABC 8:00 pm Sunday Miami Heat at San Antonio Spurs […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The STANLEY CUP FINALS adjusted up to 2.3 after time zones were accounted for.  In addition, 20/20 rose by 0.1.  FRIDAY CABLE:  See our WORLD CUP SKEDBALL post for a detailed breakdown of the day’s games, but in 18-49s, 2 of the games were the highest-rated shows on cable:  the Spain/Netherlands game  […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  20th Century Fox had a terrific week with the combination of the okay arrival of How to Train Your Dragon 2 and the continued overseas revenue from X-Men Days of Future Past.  Fox now stands at over $2.2 billion worldwide year to date, miles ahead of Warner Brothers ($1.7 billion), which is still seeing overseas […]

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #24 of 2014 now looks like $184 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, still 20% above the norm for this weekend but now -7% below the same weekend last year.   Opening at 3,306 theaters, 22 Jump Street from Sony grossed $25.2 million Friday and $18.8 million Saturday, […]

  It wasn’t a great Saturday for either of the weekend’s big openings.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere, 22 JUMP STREET (Sony/Columbia) fell more than 25% from Friday to around $19M.  That’s a much heavier Day 2 drop than Neighbors (9%) or Ted (13%), and could pull its weekend down as low […]

  OPENINGS:  22 JUMP STREET (Sony/Columbia) went even higher on Friday than early estimates had it, reaching $25M.  Even if it’s front-loaded as a young-skewing sequel, a $60M weekend is all but guaranteed, which would be 65% higher than the $36.3M opening weekend for 21 Jump Street, and if strong word of mouth kicks in, […]

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #24 of 2014 looks like $197 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, 28% above the norm for this weekend but no different than the same weekend last year.   Opening at 3,306 theaters, 22 Jump Street from Sony grossed $25.0 million Friday and is on track for a $63.0 million […]

  22 JUMP STREET (Sony/Columbia) is having the start merited by a sequel to a huge hit that’s getting ecstatic reviews in its own right.  Based on preliminary numbers at Dateline and elsewhere, it had a $23-24M opening day (that includes $5.5M from Thursday night).  That’s considerably better than the $19.6M start for Neighbors, which […]