The movie business rebounded from Halloween on Saturday, with substantial gains for just about everything. Somewhat surprisingly, the second weekend of OUIJA (Blumhouse/Universal) is challenging the new release NIGHTCRAWLER (Open Road) for the diminished weekend’s honors. Ouija overperformed early estimates on Friday, pulling ahead with $3.5M to Nightcrawler‘s $3.2M. According to preliminary numbers at […]
Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #44 of 2014 looks like $76 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down a big 38% the norm for this weekend ($123 million), which admittedly does not usually have Halloween ruining it by falling on Friday. Opening at 2,766 theaters, Nightcrawler from Open Road Films grossed $3.2 million Friday and […]
The networks found little that was tasty in their Halloween bags last night. 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 […]
Halloween is a terrifying holiday for studios and theatre owners, because the young adult audience that both count on have better things to do that night–and it’s particularly bad when the holiday falls on a Friday, interfering with new openings. As a result, hardly anyone dared premiere a new movie this weekend. That turned […]
After last night’s atrocious 0.9/0.7 pairing, it was clear that the writing on the wall for NBC’s BAD JUDGE and A TO Z was scrawled in blood. The network chose Halloween afternoon to announce the burials. Those very few who enjoyed the shows needn’t start weeping just yet, though: since The Blacklist was already […]
NETWORK UPDATE: Things got a lot uglier for CBS once THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was removed from its affiliates’ ratings for the night. Although THE BIG BANG THEORY held onto its 4.1 (season-low) rating, MOM fell 0.2 to 2.5, 2 1/2 MEN dropped 0.3 to 2.4, THE MCCARTHYS lost 0.2 to 1.7, and ELEMENTARY was […]
Welcome to November sweeps. 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 follow the chart. […]
NETWORK UPDATE: WORLD SERIES GAME 7 adjusted up to 6.6 in final ratings. Although the basketball in Chicago may be responsible for lowering THE 100 by 0.1, ARROW retained its morning rating. On ABC, THE GOLDBERGS and MODERN FAMILY both rose by 0.1, but NASHVILLE lost the same amount. STALKER gained 0.1, putting some distance […]