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Year to Date Box Office & STUDIO SCORECARD

STUDIO SCORECARD. The studio rankings for worldwide box office remain the same this week, with Sony, Universal and 20th Century Fox having the most productive weeks.  Sony benefited from the domestic and especially overseas re...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

International Box Office through August 4

Updated international box office chart:
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates AUGUST 2-4

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #31 of 2013 still looks like a surprisingly weak $126 million for the top 12 films, down 4% from the average for this weekend the past few years (the first such decl...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY AUGUST 2 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #31 of 2013 looks like a surprisingly weak $124 million for the top 12 films, down 5% from the average for this weekend the past few years (the first such decline since the weekend of Ju...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Top Cable & Broadcast Programs: The Week So Far

Top telecast rankings through Thursday.
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: THURSDAY Rating Chart

Thursday ratings: last night, last year and last week.  
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions AUGUST 2-4

The 31st weekend of the year is looking like $141 million for the top 12 films, not bad for the first weekend of August. Opening at around 2,800 theaters Friday (near the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the la...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Top Cable and Broadcast Programs of the Week

Updated weekly broadcast and cable rankings:
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 July 27 and Sunday July 28, 2013. (The 56 markets out of 210 total cover about 70% of the US television population.) ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Weekly Network Ratings & Summer to Date Rankings

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). The same rank order for the broadcast networks this week as last: FOX, CBS, NBC and ABC. Collectively, ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

International Box Office through July 28

International box office chart:
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Studio Scorecard

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, respectiv...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates JULY 26-28

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #30 of 2013 looks like a decent $158 million for the top 12 films, nearly identical to yesterday’s initial estimate and still comfortably above the same weekend the last few years...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY JULY 26 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #30 of 2013 looks like a decent $159 million for the top 12 films, comfortably above the same weekend the last few years. The Wolverine is way off our projected opening but still but sti...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions JULY 26-28

The 30th weekend of the year is looking like $174 million for the top 12 films, a bit lower than last weekend ($181 million) but much better than the average for this weekend the past few years ($137 million) when summer normal...
by Mitch Metcalf