Big Number
30.6M
NBCUniversal says the 2024 Olympics, which ended Aug. 11, averaged a combined 30.6 million viewers across all platforms for its “Paris Prime” daytime telecast (2-5 p.m. ET in the United States) and nightly primetime shows. That’s a huge improvement — 82 percent — on the last Summer Olympics three years ago in Tokyo, which averaged 16.9 million cross-platform viewers. Full story.
Snapshot
Box Office Recovery
As of August 4, the year-over-year deficit in terms of domestic box office revenue had narrowed to 16.4 percent in a win for the industry overall, and the Disney film empire in particular. Just as Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine has reinvigorated the superhero genre, so has Pixar’s Inside Out 2 established that the storied animation studio is finding its stride after a series of stumbles. Full story.
STREAMING
Top Series
The most-viewed series of the week
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NIELSEN STREAMING CONTENT RATINGS (July 8-14, most recent week)
Top Movies
The most-viewed films of the week
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NIELSEN STREAMING CONTENT RATINGS (July 8-14, most recent week)
TOP TRENDING
This week’s most consumed, searched and shared content
SOURCE: PARROT ANALYTICS (JULY 19 – 25, 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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$53.7M
Weekend Gross
4,330
Theaters
$493.9M
Total Gross
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COMSCORE (Aug. 9-11)
Upcoming Releases
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BROADCAST
Top TV
The most-viewed primetime network shows
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Summer Olympics (Sunday)*
NBC
35.4M
Viewers
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Summer Olympics (Tuesday)*
NBC
34.7M
Viewers
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Summer Olympics (Saturday)*
NBC
34.6M
Viewers
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Summer Olympics (Thursday)*
NBC
31.7M
Viewers
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Summer Olympics (Monday)*
NBC
31.3M
Viewers
Nielsen (July 29 – Aug. 4); *NBC Olympics ratings include all linear networks and streaming platforms from 2-5 p.m. ET and primetime.
Inside View
The narrative behind the numbers
NBCU
12 Days
17B Minutes Viewed
Olympics Set Streaming Record
In the early afternoon of Aug. 6, Peacock and NBCUniversal’s other digital platforms passed 17 billion minutes of streaming consumption for the Paris Olympics — more than the combined total for all past summer and winter Olympics (dating to 2008, when live streaming was first offered via the web). The 2024 games have recorded almost four times the total from Tokyo three years ago (4.48 billion minutes) and are likely to pass 20 billion by the closing ceremony. If the Olympics were a streaming series, it would rank among the top 10 titles of the year so far, based on Nielsen’s weekly rankings.
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
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