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US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office Report – 12.27.2020

  OPENINGS:  WW84 (DC/Warners)–that’s the official title per the credits–had the biggest US opening of the pandemic era with $16.7M (a $7800 per-theatre average), much higher than the $9.7M for The Crood...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office Report – 12.20.2020

  OPENINGS:  Sony is one of the last remaining studios to honor the full conventional theatrical distribution window, so MONSTER HUNTER (Screen Gems/Sony) will have roughly 3 months to sell tickets before it’s avail...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office Report – 12.13.2020

  OPENINGS:  There were no wide openings this weekend.  Limited releases included WILD MOUNTAIN THYME (Bleecker Street, also available digitally) at 450 theatres with a $223 per-theatre weekend average and a $100K total;...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.9.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers.  Following up on a note from our morning post, during the course of its 2 hours THE GRINCH MUSICAL dropped in the 18-49 demo from 0.79 in...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 12.4.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  WWE SMACKDOWN gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was a...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office Report – 12.6.2020

  OPENINGS:  Universal continued to be the main supplier of fresh product to gasping theatres, with both of the weekend’s wide openings.  They will, per the studio’s deals, be available at home in about 3 wee...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.27.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 bumps for SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN, FROSTY THE SNOWMAN and FROSTY RETURNS in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.26.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  Boosted by its huge NFL lead-in, THE MASKED SINGER rose by half a point to a giant 3.5 in final numbers, and I CAN SEE YOUR VOICE was up 0.2 to 1.8.  Elsewhere, there were 0.1 bumps fo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Season Finale Review: “Fargo”

  For 3 seasons, Noah Hawley’s FX anthology series FARGO displayed an uncanny ability to channel the unique sensibilities of Joel and Ethan Coen, even while telling original stories with their own idiosyncratic chara...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office Report – 11.29.2020

  OPENINGS:  Under the current circumstances, the 5-day $17M opening ($9.7M Friday-Sunday) for THE CROODS: A NEW AGE (DreamWorks Animation/Universal) counts as a win, with comparisons to the original Croods or any other T...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.23.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  The DANCING WITH THE STARS season finale gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: FX’...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

US/Worldwide Weekend Box Office Report – 11.22.2020

  OPENINGS:  With the pandemic raging throughout the country and about 20% fewer theatres open than last week, box office numbers plunged across the board.  There were no truly wide openings, but the Jackie Chan vehicle ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.18.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 bumps in final numbers for THE GOLDBERGS, both hours of THE AMAZING RACE, CHICAGO FIRE, and THE MASKED SINGER.          Broadcast Official Nationals ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.17.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE BACHLORETTE, BIG SKY, FBI and NEXT all gained 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Hi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 11.16.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted this morning, CBS and CW were preempted in local markets for MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.  After adjustment on CBS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL RISE and BULL all lost 0.1 (meaning that...
by Mitch Salem