Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE – 9/27/13

  OPENINGS:  CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (Sony) had an even softer Friday than the early numbers claimed with $9.3M.  That’s barely ahead of the first Cloudy‘s $8.1M, and sequels tend to be more front...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 3/1/13

  OPENINGS:  Here’s an idea of how disastrously JACK THE GIANT SLAYER (Warners) is bombing.  DreamWorks recently had to take an $87M loss on its Rise of the Guardians, which cost $145M (plus marketing costs) and gr...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Ten Days In the Valley”

  TEN DAYS IN THE VALLEY:  Sunday 10PM on ABC – Potential DVR Alert TEN DAYS IN THE VALLEY is very ABC, in a good way.  Created by Tassie Cameron, who co-created the network’s longtime summer hit Rookie Blue,...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.15.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Friday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  2 networks ca...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

Weekend Studio Estimates SEP 12-14, 2014

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #37 of 2014 looks like $79 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, only 5% below the norm for this weekend ($83 million). Opening at 2,175 theaters, No Good De...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 5.17.2017

  The underwhelming season finales continued. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audi...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 1.9.2017

  Most of America was watching ESPN instead of the broadcast networks. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.4.2020

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary Tuesday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The STATE OF...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

EARLY WEEKEND BOXOFFICE REPORT – 2/9/13

  Storms be damned:  according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, despite (or because of) the snows on the East Coast, Saturday was a very healthy day at the multiplexes.  Far from taking a Day 2 hit, IDENTITY THIEF (Un...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 7.24.2017

  One new scripted show had an OK premiere, the other didn’t. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 an...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “The Sunlit Night” & “Wounds”

  THE SUNLIT NIGHT (no distrib):  The last thing one would have expected from the director of the genuinely scabrous Wetlands was a follow-up that seems to trying to meld NY Jewish comedy with the kind of enchanted romcom...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

OPENING NIGHT BOX OFFICE: The Age of Ultron Begins

  AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON (Marvel/Disney) blasted off with $27.6M from Thursday night screenings, handily beating the $18.7M for the first Avengers, although that blockbuster began its showings at midnight, while Ultron st...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

UPDATED: THE SKED CABLE/NETWORK SUNDAY SCORECARD – 7/27/14

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers. SUNDAY CA BLE:  Historical dramas usually skew old, and that was certainly the case with WGN America’s new MANHATTAN, which debuted with a mere 0.18 in 1...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

FRIDAY 10.17.2014 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #42 of 2014 looks like a decent $126 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, 13% above the norm for this weekend ($111 million). Opening at 3,173 theaters, Fury from Sony grossed $8...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 

 

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 9.15.2019

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.8, down 1.7 from last week’s final and down 1.3 from 2018’s Week 2 game.  In addition, 60 MINUTES dropped 0.2 in final numbers, an...
by Mitch Metcalf