Big Number
-18.6%
Reality TV production shoot days dropped nearly 19 percent in the first quarter of 2024 in the region compared to 2023. Shoot days in all four quarters last year were also down for the genre compared with 2022, per FilmLA. Many veteran unscripted producers and sellers say the downturn is mirroring what’s happening in the scripted TV space, as well. Full story.
Snapshot
Poll: Top Anchors
For media gatekeepers who have major reach, trust is currency. And there’s a halo effect for those TV stars with broadest viewership, particularly evening and morning show anchors for NBC and ABC, a new THR/Morning Consult poll shows. The survey, conducted among a sample of 2,239 U.S. adults, asked opinions about 40-plus major TV news stars. Full story and charts.
STREAMING
Top Series
The most-viewed series of the week
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NIELSEN STREAMING CONTENT RATINGS (April 22-April 28, 2024, most recent week)
Top Movies
The most-viewed films of the week
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NIELSEN STREAMING CONTENT RATINGS (April 22-April 28, 2024, most recent week)
TOP TRENDING
This week’s most consumed, searched and shared content
SOURCE: PARROT ANALYTICS (APRIL 26 – MAY 2, 2024)
This ranking shows the most in-demand series that have debuted in the last 365 days on major platforms with US audiences.
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BOX OFFICE
Top Movies
The highest-grossing films domestically
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
20th Century
$17.6M
Weekend Gross
3,550
Theaters
$127M
Total Gross
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COMSCORE (May 24-27)
Upcoming Releases
Notable movies heading to theaters
June 21
June 28
June 28
July 3
Twisters Set for July 19
Lee Isaac Chung directs Universal’s feature follow-up to the 1996 film that starred Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton.
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BROADCAST
Top TV
The most-viewed primetime network shows
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Celtics vs. Pacers (Game 3)
ABC
6.48M
Viewers
2
FBI
CBS
6.14M
Viewers
3
Chicago Fire
NBC
5.79M
Viewers
4
The Voice*
NBC
5.57M
Viewers
5
Chicago Med
CBS
5.49M
Viewers
Nielsen (May 20-May 26); *Monday episode
Inside View
The narrative behind the numbers
ABC/ESPN
3 Games
2.2M Viewers
NHL Heats Up the Ice
The NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs have been up across the board so far this year. The Eastern Conference finals averaged about 2.2 million viewers through the first three games on ESPN and ABC, up by more than 40 percent from both of last year’s conference championships. (Having the New York Rangers, who play in the country’s biggest media market, in the series doesn’t hurt). The Western Conference finals on TNT Sports are also performing solidly, and the first two rounds averaged 1.16 million viewers across both ESPN/ABC and TNT, TBS and TruTV, a 9 percent improvement on the 2023 playoffs.
DATA SPOTLIGHT
Netflix’s Latest Trove
On May 23, Netflix released another huge batch of data about the time users spent with the service, and the top of its series list demonstrates how wide its global reach is. The No. 1 series for the second half of 2023, as measured by Netflix’s view metric (total viewing hours divided by running time), was One Piece, a U.S.-Japanese co-production based on the popular manga and anime series. Details.
Disney Leads TV Viewing
New data from Nielsen shows that Disney grabs the biggest share of TV viewing among all media companies in the United States — and has for the past six months. In addition to its monthly Gauge rankings of viewing by platform (streaming, cable and broadcast), Nielsen is also providing a monthly look at TV usage by media company. The ratings provider is calling it the Media Distributor Gauge. Details.
SOURCE: Netflix filings; Nielsen Gauge
RED CARPET POWER RANKINGS
Top Fashion Brands
Media Impact Value (MIV) for luxury labels throughout Awards Season
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Dior
Pictured: Jenna Ortega at the Emmys in Dior and Christian Louboutin
$59.2M
in MIV
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$52.1M
in MIV
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$50.4M
in MIV
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$48.9M
in MIV
5
$45.2M
in MIV
Top Accessory Brands
Media Impact Value (MIV) for accessories labels throughout Awards Season
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$16.1M
in MIV
2
$10.9M
in MIV
3
Manolo Blahnik
Pictured: Margot Robbie at the Globes in Armani Privé, Lorraine Schwartz and Manolo Blahnik
$2M
in MIV
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$1.4M
in MIV
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$1.3M
in MIV
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NEWS FEED
‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Lands China Release Date
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence’s Bad Boys: Ride or Die has received clearance to roll into China. The Sony Pictures film will hit Chinese cinemas on June 22, according to both the studio and local press reports in Beijing. The film opens theatrically in North America on June 7. The new film is the fourth […]
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‘Furiosa’ Box Office Puts Brakes on George Miller’s Next ‘Mad Max’ Movie
Forty-five years after George Miller introduced audiences to Mad Max, the auteur may have finally hit the end of the road through the postapocalyptic wasteland unless he finds some high-octane gasoline soon. The revered filmmaker’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga bowed to a disappointing $32 million domestically for the four-day Memorial Day weekend and $36.5 million overseas, […]
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Box Office Meltdown: ‘Furiosa’ Edges Past ‘Garfield’ to Win Memorial Day With Worst No. 1 Opening in Three Decades
The Memorial Day box office is no picnic this year. But it was certainly a roller-coaster ride. Warner Bros.’ Furiosa narrowly beat Alcon and Sony’s The Garfield Movie with an estimated $32 million for the four-day weekend, with George Miller’s latest entry in the Mad Max franchise taking in an estimated $26.3 million for Friday-Sunday […]
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Box Office: ‘Furiosa’ Rides to $3.5M in Thursday Previews, ‘Garfield’ Chases Down $1.9M
After a high-profile debut at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga has started off its North American box office run with $3.5 million in Thursday previews. The prequel to Max Max: Fury Road hopes to win Memorial Day weekend with $40 million-$45 million for the four days but will […]
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What Happened to $100M Box Office Openers?
No one could blame the box office for needing an imaginary friend right now. For the first time in more than a decade — excluding the worst period of the COVID-19 crisis — no movie opening during the first six months of the year has come close to hitting the $100 million mark in its […]
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Box Office: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ First-Day Ticket Sales Set R-Rated Record, Climb to $8M-$9M
After bemoaning the state of the 2024 box office, AMC Theatres chief Adam Aron finally has something to roar about. Aron wrote on Wednesday that Ryan Reynolds-Hugh Jackman starrer Deadpool & Wolverine is off to a supersized start and set a new record for first-day advance ticket sales for the country’s largest movie circuits. Tickets […]
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‘Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story’ to Get Special September 2024 Release in Theaters
DC Studios and Fathom Events are partnering to give Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story a special theatrical release. The film, which DC Studios, HBO Documentary Films and CNN Films acquired out of the Sundance Film Festival this year, will debut in cinemas across the U.S. on Sept. 21, 2024. An encore presentation will follow on […]
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