Big Number
302M
The NFL and a record-shattering boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul helped Netflix add 19 million subscribers in its fourth quarter, as the streaming giant further cemented its place as the leader in the space. Netflix said on Jan. 21 it has 302 million subscribers, though going forward Wall Street will have to make its own guesses around sub growth, with the company set to stop providing quarterly updates. Full story.
Snapshot
Tracking America
If early tracking is right, the Marvel Studios feature should open to at least $90 million-plus over the combined Valentine’s Day/Presidents Day weekend, one of the top showings ever for the holiday. That’s the same weekend the first Deadpool opened, as well as the first Black Panther. This year’s first all-audience event pic opens on Feb. 14, or Valentine’s Day. Full story.
TOP TRENDING
This week’s most consumed, searched and shared content
SOURCE: PARROT ANALYTICS (JAN 10 – JAN 16, 2025)
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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STREAMING
Top Series
The most-viewed series of the week
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NIELSEN STREAMING CONTENT RATINGS (Dec. 23-Dec. 29, most recent week)
Top Movies
The most-viewed films of the week
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NIELSEN STREAMING CONTENT RATINGS (Dec. 23-Dec. 29, most recent week)
BOX OFFICE
Top Movies
The highest-grossing films domestically
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COMSCORE (Jan. 17-20)
Upcoming Releases
Notable movies heading to theaters
Feb. 14
Feb. 14
Tunes Return in February
The first-ever fully animated film based on the Looney Tunes characters arrives in theaters on Feb. 28.
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BROADCAST
Top TV
The most-viewed primetime network shows
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Baltimore Ravens vs. Buffalo Bills
CBS
42.87M
Viewers
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Detroit Lions vs. Washington Commanders
Fox
34.59M
Viewers
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Los Angeles Rams vs. Minnesota Vikings
ABC
14.27M
Viewers
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Hollywood Squares
CBS
7.86M
Viewers
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Nielsen (Jan. 13-Jan. 19)
Inside View
The narrative behind the numbers
ESPN
1 Game
22.1M
Viewers
College Football Finale Declines
The title match of the first 12-team College Football Playoff drew a big audience — just not as big as several other years. Ohio State’s victory over Notre Dame averaged 22.1 million viewers across ESPN’s channels, dominating the Jan. 20 primetime ratings. But the later date for the game — the championship usually fell on the second Monday of January in the four-team playoff era — may have pushed the audience down some compared to last year; the audience fell by about 12 percent (from 25.05 million). Still, the game drew the largest non-NFL primetime audience on TV in the past year.
DATA SPOTLIGHT
Netflix, YouTube and Prime Video Soar Over Holidays
The holiday season brought big gifts to several streaming platforms, with YouTube, Netflix and Prime Video all hitting or tying their best mark ever in Nielsen‘s Jan. 21 monthly snapshot of TV use. The ratings service’s December Gauge rankings — which, due to a quirk of how Nielsen collects its data, also includes the last week of November — show streaming services commanding an all-time high of 43.3 percent of all TV viewing in the United States.
SOURCE: Nielsen
NEWS FEED
‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Tracking for Promising $90M-Plus U.S. Box Office Debut
The Marvel sequel sees Anthony Mackie take over duties as the marquee superhero, which opens over Presidents' Day weekend.
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Box Office: ‘Mufasa,’ ‘One of Them Days’ Maul ‘Wolf Man’ Over Slow MLK Holiday Weekend
Elsewhere, 'Moana 2' has cleared the $1 billion mark in worldwide ticket sales in another win for Disney's animation empire.
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Box Office: ‘Den of Thieves 2’ Opens to Winning $15.5M; ‘Moana 2’ Nears $1B Globally
So far, moviegoing doesn't appear to be dramatically impacted in the greater L.A. area despite the historic fires raging across the region. Elsewhere at the box office, 'Better Man' bombed as it expanded nationwide.
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‘Wicked’ Sings to Record $70M in Premium VOD Sales in 1st Week as It Nears $700M at Global Box Office
The record-smashing musical has been a huge win for Donna Langley and NBCUniversal's film empire, which have proven that a movie can still be a big draw in theaters even if it goes to home entertainment early.
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Disney’s Tony Chambers Exiting as Head of Global Theatrical Distribution, Named President of EMEA
The studio has yet to announce Chamber's replacement as he segues to overseeing Europe, the Middle East and Africa as part of a major restructuring of how Disney operates businesses in the region.
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Golden Globes: ‘Wicked’ Wins Cinematic and Box Office Achievement Honor
It's the second year the award has been bestowed.
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Box Office: ‘Mufasa’ Wins With $23.8M, ‘Sonic 3’ Sits at No. 2 as Franchise Crosses $1B Globally
Elsewhere, Golden Globes best picture contenders including 'Wicked,' 'A Complete Unknown' and 'The Brutalist' make gains on the eve of Sunday's show.
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