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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS March 23-25

>The 12th weekend of the year should be a whopper: about $176 million for the top 12 films.  How big is that for the fourth weekend in March?  Enormous, unprecedented: up 62% from last year’s comparable weekend ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: TUESDAY RATINGS March 20

>Another tough Tuesday on the broadcast networks.  Back with original episodes, CBS won the night with a 2.7 rating with Adults 18-49, and The Eye is the only network with a show over a 3 rating on the night (NCIS with a s...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: Cable Ratings March 13-19

>AMC’s Walking Dead was clearly the top program on cable last week with Adults 18-49, with the season finale scoring an impressive 4.7 rating, up from a more typical 3.6 last week and beating the season premiere’s 4...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: MONDAY RATINGS March 19

> The Voice on NBC took a haircut to a mid-4 rating with young adults, as ABC’s Dancing with the Stars premiered with a mid-3 rating, a decent rating compared to other programs (especially during this horrific season) but...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: MONDAY RATINGS March 19 Highlights

>Dancing with the Stars returned to ABC’s schedule with a preliminary 3.5 rating from 8-10 pm, down from a 5.3 rating for the spring premiere last year on the comparable night.  The Voice averaged a 4.5 rating with y...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

FULL WEEK BOX OFFICE ACTUALS and YEAR TO DATE March 12-18

>Now 11 full weeks into 2012, year-to-date domestic box office is running 23% ahead of last year’s horrible pace (down from +26% last week), and the year-to-date total is now pacing 11% ahead of the comparable period̵...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: SUNDAY RATINGS March 18

>Another weak Sunday night on network television.  CBS narrowly won the night with Adults 18-49 in the preliminary fast nationals, thanks to coverage of the NCAA Basketball Tournament until 7:43 pm.  ABC was down from...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

INTERNATIONAL BOX OFFICE NUMBERS through March 18

>21 Jump Street joins the worldwide box office chart about a third of the way down the list, ranked #14 out of 44 films released wide in North America over the past three months.  We expect its domestic gross to top out at...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

WEEKEND STUDIO ESTIMATES March 16-18

>The weekend studio estimates (based on Friday and Saturday actuals and projections for Sunday) are coming in slightly weaker than the weekend numbers posted yesterday (based on Friday actuals only).  The box office volume...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: FRIDAY RATINGS March 16

>CBS had a good night with the NCAA basketball tournament, averaging a preliminary 2.2 rating with Adults 18-49 from 8-11 pm and beating the 1.5 rating from last year’s comparable night.  Credit goes to a thrilling u...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

FRIDAY MARCH 16 BOX OFFICE RESULTS

> The 11th weekend of 2012 is looking to be very normal for the third weekend of March: $101 million for the Top 12 films, down 2% from the same weekend in 2011 and down the same amount from the weekend’s multi-year avera...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

The Sked: THURSDAY RATINGS March 15

>CBS aired the low-rated first round of the NCAA basketball tournament, falling to a fourth-place 1.7 rating with Adults 18-49 (the same as last year’s result).  ABC received some decent news with Missing premiering ...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: WEDNESDAY RATINGS March 14

>Original episodes graced the schedules of CBS and ABC Wednesday night, bringing ABC back above a 2 rating for the night and CBS close to a 3 rating.  American Idol suffered a bit, down four tenths of a rating point with A...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS March 16-18

>The 11th weekend of the year should generate about $101 million for the top 12 films, a somewhat soft weekend for the third weekend in March — down 3% from last year’s comparable weekend and down a similar percenta...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

The Sked: TUESDAY RATINGS March 13

>What an ugly night Tuesday has become.  Between the Daylight Saving Time effect early in the evening, a bumper crop of repeats, mid-season shows that are going nowhere, and a million other options (including streaming, DV...
by Mitch Metcalf