WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +4% above last year and still +1% above the average for this point the past four years ($9.029 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $24.0 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s […]

> DISCLAIMER: These initial impressions are based on the clips (usually 3-5 minutes) released by the networks to use in their Upfront presentations and for promos.  They’re chosen to sell the show, not to accurately represent it.  So take the reactions below with a large satchel of salt–we may well feel differently about these shows […]

  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; and ARCHENEMY (RLJE, also available digitally) at 94 theatres with a $592 average and a $55K total. HOLDOVERS:  THE CROODS: A NEW […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CONNERS gained 0.03 to 0.42, THE GOLDBERGS lost 0.04 to 0.30, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY ticked up to 0.43, and NOT DEAD YET was down 0.04 to 0.25.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS ticked down to 0.19. CBS:  SURVIVOR rose 0.03 to 0.69, LINGO returned from a 2-week break down 0.04 to 0.26, […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday October 13-14, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, October 14-15, […]

The “kids” didn’t show up for MEN IN BLACK 3 (Sony) on Saturday–it was wishful thinking to believe they would, considering the franchise’s decade-long absence–and the result, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline, was a very mild Friday-to-Saturday bump under 10%.  That puts the picture on track for a 4-day holiday weekend of $67-70M, just […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  The season premiere of STATION 19 dropped from last season’s 1.1 to 0.76, while the season premiere of GREY’S ANATOMY fell from 1.3 (for a 2-hour episode) to 0.77.  BIG SKY relocated from Tuesdays, and its season premiere was down from 0.7 to 0.37.  CBS:  After YOUNG SHELDON reruns at 0.44/0.38, […]

  The NBA FINALS dunked on everyone else. 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), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons […]