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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
 

 
 

Top Cable and Broadcast Programs of the Week

Updated cable and broadcast telecast chart for last two weeks:
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 20 and Sunday July 21, 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). FOX wins the week with the MLB All-Star Game, while ABC falls back to a weak fourth place, way off last...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

International Box Office through July 21

Updated international box office chart:
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Studio Scorecard

STUDIO SCORECARD. The race for second place is very interesting thanks to The Conjuring, which puts Warner Brothers very much on Universal’s heels for year to date worldwide box office.  Fox also had a reasonably good w...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates JULY 19-21

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #29 of 2013 looks like a decent $181 million for the top 12 films, up slightly from yesterday’s estimate and now up 3% from the average for this weekend over the past several year...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FRIDAY JULY 19 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #29 of 2013 looks like a decent $178 million for the top 12 films, about even with the average for this weekend over the past several years (but down significantly from last year’s...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Box Office Predictions JULY 19-21

The 29th weekend of the year is looking like $178 million for the top 12 films, about normal for this weekend on average the past few years but down significantly from last year, which was dominated by the opening of The Dark ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Top Cable and Broadcast Programs of the Week

Updated weekly ratings chart for broadcast and cable:
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 13 and Sunday July 14, 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).  NBC is on track to hang on for another victory in primetime with adults 18-49 this past week, althoug...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

International Box Office through July 14

Updated international box office chart:
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

Year to Date Box Office & Studio Scorecard

STUDIO SCORECARD. Another very strong week for Universal (primarily overseas grosses for Despicable Me 2 which were understated in last week’s chart), enough to pass Warner Brothers and move into the #2 spot in terms of ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates JULY 12-14

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #28 of 2013 looks like a decent $191 million for the top 12 films, up 5% from the comparable weekend the last few years.  It was a pretty good weekend for the Showb...
by Mitch Metcalf