2014 has its first smash hit, as preliminary numbers at Deadline give THE LEGO MOVIE (Warners) a huge $18M Friday. Since Saturday matinees should only boost the family-oriented animated comedy-adventure, that should br...
FAST & FURIOUS 6 (Universal) is off to a quick start with $6.5M from Thursday night shows, considerably above the $3.8M that Fast Five made (only in midnight shows) in its Thursday start 2 years ago. That bodes ver...
FROZEN continued to be gold for Disney and its subsidiaries last night. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment) Sunday, the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18...
OCEAN’S EIGHT (Village Roadshow/Warners) wasn’t expected to be a blockbuster, and its reported production budget of $70M was in keeping with that, although the A-level Warners marketing campaign will raise th...
OPENINGS: DUMBO (Disney) had a 14% Saturday bump that was merely OK considering its underwhelming first day, and that brought it to a $45M weekend. Even if it reaches $150M in the US, it would need help to get out of...
OPENINGS: NON-STOP (Universal) had the Friday lead with $10M, but that doesn’t mean it’ll take the weekend. In any case, Universal’s investment will pay off handsomely–it covered only $12M of ...
BETTER CALL SAUL reminds us that a gripping tale about well-drawn characters can hold audiences even if it’s not the story they thought they wanted to see. Although it’s an off-shoot of Breaking Bad, Saul r...
Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). CBS racks up another victory (helped by an hour of The Masters spilling into prime time Sunday). Week...
The title BACHELOR IN PARADISE didn’t refer to its ratings. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 an...
NETWORK FINALS: MACGYVER and both episodes of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY lost 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE NOTE:...
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: After a rerun SHARK TANK at 0.46, 20/20 was down 0.04 to 0.42. CBS: Returning from a rerun week, SWAT gained 0.04 to 0.50, FIRE COUNTRY ticked down to 0.51, and BLUE BLOODS was down 0.02 to 0.40...
And now we know which was more front-loaded. OPENINGS: According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, TED (Universal) fell 10-15% from Friday to Saturday, which is about the same way the original Hangover played. The...
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 an...
Fridays are in desperate need of fall season new blood. 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 ra...