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Weekend Box Office Predictions SEPTEMBER 13-15

The 37th weekend of the year is looking like $81 million for the top 12 films, very close to the multi-year average for this weekend. Opening at around 2,900 theaters Friday (just above the 2,886 average theater count for open...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: TUESDAY Ratings

Tuesday ratings last night, last year and last week.  President Obama’s address on Syria interrupted network schedules to varying degrees at 9 pm ET last night, with NBC sliding America’s Got Talent a little over 1...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Tope Cable and Broadcast Shows of the Week

Top broadcast and cable programs of the week:
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: MONDAY Ratings Chart

Monday ratings last night, last year and last week: NBC debuted Million Second Quiz to a 1.7 adult 18-49 rating last night, close to what American Ninja Warrior had been doing in the hour the past few weeks.  The show declined...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekly Network Ratings & Summer to Date Standings

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals).   The return of the NFL regular season pushed NBC to the top of the heap (with not one but two prime ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SKEDBALL: Weekend Sports TV Ratings

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday September 7 and Sunday September 8, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television pop...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: SUNDAY Ratings Chart

Sunday ratings last night, last year and last week.  In the table below, live sports programming (the entire evening on NC and the 7 pm hours on CBS and FOX) has been adjusted to our estimates of the eventual official national...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Worldwide Studio Scorecard

STUDIO SCORECARD. In the worldwide studio rankings for 2013 to date, Warner Brothers has moved back ahead of Universal in a very tight race for second place. Reminder: the chart below has been reformatted and expanded to includ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

International Box Office Report through September 8

Updated international box office chart:  
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekend Studio Estimates SEPTEMBER 6-8

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #36 of 2013 now looks like $67 million for the top 12 films, a few million dollars better than yesterday’s estimate and now up slightly from the average post-...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #36 of 2013 looks like a very average $62 million for the top 12 films, down 5% from the average post-Labor Day weekends the past few years. Riddick and The Butler did not hit our more a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Top Cable and Broadcast Shows of the Week (through Thursday)

The weekly rankings so far (through Thursday) for cable and broadcast programs.  In the official nationals, Thursday’s NFL season kickoff game (Baltimore at Denver) came in at a 10.3 rating with adults 18-49, the #1 show...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: THURSDAY Ratings Chart — Huge Start for the NFL

Thursday ratings for last night, last week and last year (using Wednesday from the same week last year as the relevant comparison, the night to which the NFL premiere game was relocated by the Democratic National Convention)....
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: WEDNESDAY Rating Chart

Wednesday ratings last night and last week, with a comparision to Thursday the same week last year (because the similar Wednesday last year had the NFL kick-off game, which was displaced by coverage of President Obama’s a...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions SEPTEMBER 6-8

The 36th weekend of the year (usually the lowest-grossing weekend of the year) is looking like $73 million for the top 12 films, actually above the four-year average for this weekend ($65 million) and way above last yearR...
by Mitch Metcalf