Posts Tagged ‘spotlight’
 

 

EARLY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: “Man of Steel” Remains Kryptonite-Free

  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, MAN OF STEEL (Warners) dropped 18% on its second full day of release to $36.1M.  That’s a good but not exceptional hold for a mega-opening; some recent comparisons are a 1...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

BEHIND THE FRIDAY BOXOFFICE – 6/14/13

  OPENINGS:  Is it a danger sign or just one of overexuberance that the Friday estimates for MAN OF STEEL (Warners) diminished during the day, slipping from over $50M to the final estimate of $44.1M?  We’ll know a ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

FRIDAY JUNE 14 Box Office Report

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #24 of 2013 looks like a really good $192 million for the top 12 films, not quite the $200+ million we forecast but still up 27% from the average for this weekend the past few years. Man...
by Mitch Metcalf
 

 
 

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Magic City”

  MAGIC CITY:  Friday 9PM on Starz You’d have thought, after the low-rated, little-buzzed first season of MAGIC CITY, that both Starz and series creator Mitch Glazer would have recognized the series needed to return...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

EARLY FRIDAY BOXOFFICE: “Man Of Steel” Leaps Over Multiplexes In A Single Bound

  MAN OF STEEL (Warners) had the opening it was looking for, with preliminary numbers at Deadline giving it $46M on Friday.  That includes $9M from Friday midnight shows, but not an additional $12M from Wal-Mart tie-in sc...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THURSDAY BOXOFFICE: “Man of Steel” Flies High… Sort Of

  In midnight shows last night, MAN OF STEEL (Warners) grossed $9M, a fine but hardly exceptional result for a mega-movie opening.  (Nowhere near the $18.7M for The Avengers, let alone the $30.7M for The Dark Knight Rises...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S THURSDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/13/13

  Nothing last night came close to basketball. ABC:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  NBA FINALS GAME 3 came to life last night with a 5.8 unadjusted fast national rating with adults 18-49.  We are estimating that rating will go up to ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S PILOT + 1 REVIEW: “Graceland”

  GRACELAND:  Thursday 10PM on USA Previously… on GRACELAND:  Mike Warren (Aaron Tveit) is a straight-out-of-the-academy FBI agent and the newcomer to a luxurious Malibu beachhouse that was seized by the government...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Save Me”

  SAVE ME had a late start, but it managed to be the worst network show to premiere during the 2012-13 season.  Unspeakably self-righteous, smug and narcissistic–and also not remotely funny–it was a series abo...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 6/12/13

  Hockey had a big–and epic–night. NBC:  Per Mitch Metcalf:  A very good rating for the NHL STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 1.  The match lasted over five hours, and it was well into the third overtime period (almost...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Necessary Roughness”

  NECESSARY ROUGHNESS:  Wednesday 10PM on USA Sometimes even a moderately successful sports team will decide to shake things up and change the line-up (just ask the Clippers, Nets and Grizzlies at the moment), and that ti...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “Man of Steel”

  MAN OF STEEL:  Watch It At Home – Another Guy In a Cape “Kneel before Zod!” the villain of that name roared in what’s probably the best-remembered piece of dialogue from Superman 2.  That line ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: Upfront Ad Sales and Their Moving Parts

  According to published reports, CBS, CW and now FOX have largely concluded their upfront sales of advertising time for the 2013-14 broadcast season.  (“Upfront” meaning sales closed before the season begins,...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: “Pretty Little Liars” Premieres Strong; Jury Out On “Twisted”

  ABCFamily had a big night on Tuesday with the Season 4 premiere of PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, which had a 1.3 rating in 18-49s and 2.9M viewers, with even bigger numbers in the network’s target demos (4.1 in Females 12-3...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTIONS June 14-16

The 24th weekend of the year is looking like a very good $201 million for the top 12 films, well above the same weekend the last few years.   Opening at over 4,200 theaters Friday (well into the top 10% of theater counts), Man...
by Mitch Metcalf