Mornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LinkedIn here if ya like), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on WEDNESDAY June 21, 2023.
Where NETFLIX adjusted their weekly data reporting charts to show not just Hours-Watched tallies, but also View counts – a metric that… curiously matches what a newsletter some guy from Jersey 🙋♂️ has been doing for NETFLIX Films for almost a year 🤔.
Basically – they’re just doing the (very basic) math for us now. See? You’ve been getting all of this math free with your Ankler subscription this whole time! 😲
(You’ll still continue to ALSO get the context as to how the new numbers each week, ya know, compare to previous NETFLIX Films and all-time totals here in THE WAKEUP… which the charts don’t give you).
AND: Dave Burd aka Lil Dicky will be dropping a new album this Summer, including some music from the show.
ALSO: Tina & Amy added 7 more dates to their Restless Leg tour throughout the 2nd half of the year… probably nowhere near anyone who reads this newsletter. Well. Maybe Austin, TX (NY & LA dates are likely coming as well).
A fun Q&A with the duo is in the THR link too:
Have any of your kids seen the show yet?
Fey: No, they don’t wanna see that. If your mom did a show with her friend, where they were just talking to one another for an hour, would you go to that? (😂)
IN TODAY’S WAKEUP
Which of NETFLIX’s biggest Films had the the greatest legs on the service? A look at the new chart.
MARVEL passes on Comic-Con hullabaloo.
LOTR rights were sold for less than what AMAZON paid to make the first season.
RANGE MEDIA PARTNERS merges in a production co.
HBO & NETFLIX in Streaming syndication deal talks.
FCC targets Cable TV pricing after TICKETMASTER win.
1883 scores for PAR NET… a year and a half after it premiered.
WBD linear biz layoffs hit as promised.
and… well honestly it’s a busy day so just read on!
📽 THE SILVER SCREEN
The Flash falls even further to $61 Million in 4-day total
That’s more than a $3 Million dip from their previous estimate. Can’t say this is a surprise given that 4-day projections kept falling through the weekend… but yeah that B Cinemascore is screaming loud and clear.
ALTHOUGH: Perhaps everyone was watching this 👇.
NETFLIX Films Weekly Global Viewership Chart
Week of June 12 thru June 18
usual caveats: back of the napkin math, assumes everyone finished the movie (including the credits), no one watched twice, or that a bunch of folks didn’t rewind certain parts, etc. so consider these minimum numbers. and it’s based on NETFLIX’s self-reported numbers.
Extraction 2… so close!
Mr. Hemsworth returns to the NETFLIX chart this week – but just can’t quite…
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-SEAN MCNULTY
