Big Number
$3.67B
The numbers are in — domestic revenue for the 2024 summer box office hit an estimated $3.67 billion, down 10.3 percent over 2023, according to final numbers issued Sept. 3 by Comscore. As counterintuitive as it may seem, Hollywood studio executives and theater owners aren’t panicking. In terms of studios, Disney’s films accounted for $1.5 billion of all domestic ticket sales. Full story.
Snapshot
Scripted Film/TV Shoots
When excluding 2023 due to the dual writers’ and actors’ strikes, the comparison between U.S. production activity in the first half of 2022 vs. 2024 is, well, striking. Among projects actively filming stateside, there was a 40 percent drop vs. 2022 for those that started principal photography in the second quarter of 2024, per industry tracker ProdPro’s tally. Full report.
STREAMING
Top Series
The most-viewed series of the week
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NIELSEN STREAMING CONTENT RATINGS (Aug. 5-Aug. 11, most recent week)
Top Movies
The most-viewed films of the week
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NIELSEN STREAMING CONTENT RATINGS (Aug. 5-Aug. 11, most recent week)
TOP TRENDING
This week’s most consumed, searched and shared content
SOURCE: PARROT ANALYTICS (AUG 16-22, 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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$110M
Weekend Gross
4,525
Theaters
$110M
Total Gross
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COMSCORE (Sept. 6-Sept. 8)
Upcoming Releases
Notable movies heading to theaters
Venom’s Last Dance Is Oct. 25
Sony Pictures’ comic book sequel is billed as the final film of Tom Hardy’s trilogy.
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BROADCAST
Top TV
The most-viewed primetime network shows
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College Football: USC vs. LSU
ABC
8.62M
Viewers
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College Football: Notre Dame vs. Texas A&M
ABC
7.92M
Viewers
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America’s Got Talent
NBC
4.79M
Viewers
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60 Minutes Presents
CBS
4.02M
Viewers
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Toby Keith: American Icon
NBC
4.01M
Viewers
Nielsen (Aug. 26 – Sept. 1)
Inside View
The narrative behind the numbers
NFLX
90 Episodes
758M Minutes Viewed
A Mid-2000s Flashback
In 2006, Netflix was a DVD-by-mail business where one could order the latest seasons of Prison Break and Lost, then hits for Fox and ABC. Now, Netflix is a world-conquering streaming operation with the power to put shows in front of big audiences when they’re added to its platform — shows like Prison Break and Lost. Both series (which also stream on Hulu) were added to Netflix in July and made their Nielsen streaming chart debuts soon after. Prison Break racked up 758 million minutes of viewing in its first week in the rankings, and Lost wasn’t far behind with 678 million minutes.
DATA SPOTLIGHT
Minutes Watched for Originals This Year
Even as rivals spend billions on original programming, Netflix is far outpacing competitors for viewership marketshare from January to July 2024, per a Luminate report on July 19. That could be partially due to its vast subscriber lead (Netflix now has 277 million subscribers globally). Amazon's Prime Video and Paramount+ follow in terms of most-watched originals, notably outpacing Disney+'s franchise-powered service.
SOURCE: LUMINATE
NEWS FEED
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Studios to Avoid Releasing Movies Around Election Day: “It’s Going to Be a S***show”
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Box Office: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Delivers Pulpy $13M in Previews
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Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ Tracking for Anemic $5M-Plus Domestic Opening
Francis Ford Coppola’s passion project Megalopolis is tracking for an anemic domestic opening in the $5 million-plus range against a budget of $120 million before marketing, according to one major Hollywood research firm. Another leading service thinks it could come in at between $6 million to $8 million. Either way, that would rank among the […]
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Box Office Preview: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Eyes Near-Record $100M-$110M September Opening
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is set to cast one of biggest magic spells of all time at the September box office. Filmmaker Tim Burton and Warner Bros.’ highly anticipated sequel is expected to gross anywhere from $100 million to $110 million in its domestic debut, based on tracking data and advanced ticket sales. Warner Bros. is remaining […]
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Summer Box Office Avoids Major Disaster as Domestic Revenue Falls Just 10 Percent
The numbers are in — domestic revenue for the 2024 summer box office hit an estimated $3.67 billion, down 10.3 percent over 2023, according to final numbers issued Tuesday by Comscore. As counterintuitive as it may seem, Hollywood studio executives and theater owners aren’t panicking. They were experiencing far different emotions at the end of […]
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