International Box Office through August 11
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Year to Date Box Office & Studio Scorecard
STUDIO SCORECARD. Warner Brothers has moved past Universal to take the #2 spot on the worldwide box office chart for 2013. The opening of We’re the Millers and continued overseas strength from Pacific Rim and to a le...
Weekend Studio Estimates AUGUST 9-11
Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #32 of 2013 now looks like $142 million for the top 12 films, down from yesterday’s $148 million estimate but still up 6% from the average for this weekend the...
THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Hell On Wheels”
HELL ON WHEELS – Saturday 9PM on AMC Season 3 brings an upwardly mobile turn for HELL ON WHEELS. Hero Cullen Bohannon’s (Anson Mount) dark mission of vengeance for the death of his wife during the Civil War...
BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: 8/9/13
Sheer tonnage is keeping the total box office aloft, but on a movie-by-movie basis, things aren’t nearly as rosy. OPENINGS: Unless things collapse today, ELYSIUM (TriStar/Sony) will do doubt report a $30M weekend...
FRIDAY AUGUST 9 Box Office Report
Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #32 of 2013 looks like a decent $148 million for the top 12 films, up 11% from the average for this weekend the past few years. None of the openers this weekend look like they will finis...
THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “The White Queen”
THE WHITE QUEEN – Saturday 9PM on Starz – Worth A Look Starz’s THE WHITE QUEEN is, apart from a bit of nudity (this is pay cable, after all), a rather old-fashioned historical bodice-ripper. The bodic...
THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Magic City”
Magic was one ingredient that MAGIC CITY lacked, and so despite its not-insubstantial virtues, tonight’s Season 2 finale also marked its finish as a series. The low-rated show was a passion project of its creator...
The Sked: Thursday Official Nationals with Cable Ratings
The ratings for most network programs came back down to Earth in the official nationals (with the NFL preseason games filtered out of the early ratings, as we explained this morning). As expected, Big Brother was least impa...
THURSDAY NIGHT BOX OFFICE: “Elysium” Starts Slow
ELYSIUM (Sony) got off to a very moderate start with $1.7M from 10PM Thursday night shows. That’s better than the Thursday nights for 2 Guns ($1.2M) and White House Down ($1.35M), but nowhere near the $3.6M for P...
THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/8/13
Take a look at Mitch Metcalf’s Ratings Charts post today for a detailed explanation of the effect that last night’s NFL Preseason Football had on the night’s local ratings and why. Viewers are so thri...
Top Broadcast and Cable Programs: The Week through Wednesday
Shark Week on Discovery bounced back a little on Wednesday, with the 10 pm Great White Serial Killer (is that a great title or what?) hitting a 1.6 rating with adults 18-49 (back near Monday’s levels). But the 9 pm off...
WEDNESDAY BOX OFFICE: “We’re The Millers” and “Percy Jackson” Start Fairly Well
America’s summer love for R-rated comedies and YA action-adventure sequels isn’t quite over yet. WE’RE THE MILLERS (Warners) got off to a creditable start with $6.8M on Wednesday (including $1.7M from...
THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 8/7/13
At this point in the summer, viewers know what they want to watch: nothing on last night’s schedule budged more than 0.1 from the week before. NBC: AMERICA’S GOT TALENT took the night for NBC with 2.5, up...
THE SKED SERIES PREMIERE REVIEW: “Broadchurch”
BROADCHURCH: Wednesday 10PM on BBCAmerica – Potential DVR Alert BROADCHURCH suffers a bit, through no fault of its own, from murder fatigue. Since The Killing, we’ve seen quite a few of these extended mys...