Big Number
$75M
Netflix and the NFL unveiled a three-year deal that will see the streaming service run live games on Christmas Day. It’s a remarkable pact, a blockbuster move in terms of Netflix expanding its push into sports and the league growing its group of media partners. What’s the cost of a game on the streaming giant? About $75 million each. 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
$25.4M
Weekend Gross
4,075
Theaters
$100.6M
Total Gross
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COMSCORE (May 17-19)
Upcoming Releases
Notable movies heading to theaters
June 28
June 28
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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Young Sheldon*
CBS
9.32M
Viewers
2
Young Sheldon*
CBS
9.15M
Viewers
3
Tracker
CBS
7.65M
Viewers
4
60 Minutes
CBS
7.33M
Viewers
5
The Equalizer
CBS
6.36M
Viewers
Nielsen (May 13-May 19); *Two episodes aired during time frame.
Inside View
The narrative behind the numbers
NFLX
4 Episode
45.1M Views
Bridgerton‘s Return
Season three of the period drama opened to 45.1 million views worldwide (measured by total viewing time divided by run time), according to Netflix’s internal rankings. That’s the best start to date for the show and more than double the opening for season two (22.7 million views). A shorter running time — just four episodes debuted May 16, with the remainder of the season to follow in June — helped boost Bridgerton‘s numbers, as did Netflix’s burgeoning subscriber base: It has some 50 million more paid users than it did when season two premiered in 2022. Bridgerton also had the best single week in Netflix’s series charts since it began ranking titles by views in June 2023.
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
3
$50.4M
in MIV
4
$48.9M
in MIV
5
$45.2M
in MIV
Top Accessory Brands
Media Impact Value (MIV) for accessories labels throughout Awards Season
1
$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
4
$1.4M
in MIV
5
$1.3M
in MIV
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NEWS FEED
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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Box Office: John Krasinski’s Ryan Reynolds Starrer ‘IF’ Improves to $35M Opening for No. 1 Finish
Paramount and writer-director John Krasinski are breathing a sigh of relief after IF‘s domestic opening improved to an estimated $35 million thanks to a strong family turnout on Saturday. Still, the live-action/CGI hybrid film — starring Ryan Reynolds and featuring an A-list voice cast — came in behind tracking’s projected $40 million domestic opening amid […]
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Box Office: John Krasinski’s Ryan Reynolds ‘IF’ Movie Starts Off With $1.8M in Previews
Writer-director John Krasinski‘s original family film IF has started off its box office run with $1.8 million in Thursday previews. The fantasy pic, headlining Ryan Reynolds and Cailey Fleming alongside an A-list voice cast, explores the world of discarded imaginary friends and what happens when a young girl and her neighbor try to reunite them […]
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