Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals). ABC wins another week (the third in a row), thanks to two NBA Finals games (a very good Game 6 on Tuesday and a rare Game 7 on Thursday, which topped a 10 demo rating). […]
It’s not that no one was watching television last night: Discovery’s SKYWIRE LIVE WITH NIK WALLENDA delivered 13M viewers during his actual Grand Canyon walk. What viewers weren’t watching was broadcast TV, as the networks combined for a 3.6 adult 18-49 rating, 6% below last year’s results for the parallel night NBC: The international co-production CROSSING […]
Updated international box office chart:
STUDIO SCORECARD. Disney solidified its grip on first place in worldwide box office (thanks to Monsters University), while Paramount jumped ahead of 20th Century Fox courtesy of World War Z. TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE. Looking at wide-release films in North America (those that play on at least 400 screens at some point), 2013 now […]
OPENINGS: Allowing for the usual studio practice of predicting lower-than-typical Sunday drops to boost the numbers a bit, MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (Disney/Pixar) opened in line with expectations at what may be slightly less than the $82M number announced today. That puts it only behind 3 other big-ticket animated sequels (the last Toy Story and 2 […]
Saturday remains one tough neighborhood. NBC aired Game 5 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final (Chicago skated to a 3-1 victory over the Boston Bruins, bringing their series lead to 3 games to 2). The game scored a preliminary 1.8 rating with adults 18-49 last night from 8-11 pm, which we are generously estimating will rise […]
Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #25 of 2013 still looks like an excellent $223 million for the top 12 films, up 32-42% from the same weekend in recent years. The two wide openers clicked with audiences, with Monsters University doing as well as we forecast but World War Z opening much stronger than […]
OPENINGS: A bit surprisingly, perhaps, Pixar’s recent movies haven’t exploded at the Saturday/Sunday matinee box office, with merely normal (as opposed to “family”) weekend multiples off their Friday openings. So MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (Disney/Pixar) is likely headed to a $75-78M weekend after a $30.5M Friday, slightly less than anticipated. That’s still Pixar’s 2d-best opening ever (behind […]