The big movers overseas this past week were Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (up $151 million to $351 million to date overseas) and Skyfall (up $61 million to $568 million overseas to date). Updated worldwide tracks for Twilight and the completely re-energized James Bond follow. Entering the worldwide chart this week are Rise of the Guardians (starting at […]
No great disconnects between Saturday’s estimates and Sunday’s, although one number needs some scrutiny. OPENINGS: RISE OF THE GUARDIANS (DreamWorks Animation/Paramount) was at the top of the new arrivals, but with a very disappointing $24M weekend ($32.6M over 5 days). At that rate, it’s going to have to struggle to hold onto its theatres […]
Last night ABC dominated primetime with a preliminary 4.4 adult 18-49 rating for Notre Dame at USC. The convincing victory for the Fighting Irish sealed a perfect 12-0 undefeated season and reserved a spot in the national championship game in January. The game’s rating will go up to around a 5.1 in the official nationals […]
Franchises and a former President may carry the weekend to record heights, but the newcomers stumbled. OPENINGS: RISE OF THE GUARDIANS (DreamWorks Animation/Paramount) has the advantage of no new animated competition through the entire holiday season (Disney/Pixar is re-releasing a 3D conversion of Monsters Inc in mid-December), and it’s going to need that long […]
A low-rated night with little relevance to network regular schedules. ABC: The only network to take a chance with regular scripted programming last night, airing new episodes of LAST MAN STANDING and MALIBU COUNTRY presumably on the theory that these family-aimed shows could find a holiday audience. The attempt was neither success nor failure, as […]
Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #47 is now on pace to exceed the multi-year average for this weekend by over 20% — a much stronger pace than the Wednesday-Thursday pre-weekend box office suggested. Rise of the Guardians from Paramount/ DreamWorks opened with $8.6 million Wednesday-Thursday and added $9.3 million Friday, putting it on pace for […]
Only one network aired its regular line-up on Thanksgiving night… and it probably should have thought twice. FOX: The Washington/Dallas NFL game ran about 20 minutes into primetime, meaning that the network’s numbers will change when final ratings are released. But the preliminary 2.5 for THE X FACTOR and particularly the 1.5 for GLEE suggest […]
Based on grosses from Wednesday and Thanksgiving, Weekend #47 is on pace to exceed the multi-year average for this weekend by 10% — exactly on the pace we forecast earlier in the week. Breaking Dawn Part 2 is running slightly behind our forecast pace in this second weekend, but still clearly #1 for the weekend. […]