‘Alpha’ Again Tops Studios’ TV Ad Spending
By iSpot.tv
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – In this week’s edition of the
Variety
Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by the TV advertising attention analytics company
iSpot.tv
, Columbia Pictures claims the top spot in spending for the second week in a row with “Alpha.”
Ads placed for the drama had an estimated media value of $3.94 million through Sunday for 1,708 national ad airings on 42 networks. (Spend figures are based on estimates generated from Aug. 13-19. Estimates may be updated after the chart is posted as new information becomes available.) Columbia prioritized spend across networks such as ABC, NBC and Adult Swim, and during programming including Big Brother, MasterChef and Naked and Afraid.
Just behind “” in second place: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s “Operation Finale,” which saw 761 national ad airings across 28 networks, with an estimated media value of $3.25 million.
TV ad placements for Warner Bros.’ “Crazy Rich Asians” (EMV: $2.91 million), STX Entertainment’s “The Happytime Murders” ($2.74 million) and Warner Bros.’ “The Nun” ($1.88 million) round out the chart.
Notably, “” has the best iSpot Attention Index (123) in the ranking, getting 23% fewer interruptions than the average movie ad (interruptions include changing the channel, pulling up the guide, fast-forwarding or turning off the TV).
Top Movie Commercials by Weekly TV Spend
$3.94M – Alpha
$3.25M –
$2.91M –
$2.74M – The Happytime Murders
$1.88M –
1 Movie titles with a minimum spend of $100,000 for airings detected between 08/13/2018 and 08/19/2018.
* TV Impressions – Total TV ad impressions delivered for the brand or spot.
* Attention Score – Measures the propensity of consumers to interrupt an ad play on TV. The higher the score, the more complete views. Actions that interrupt an ad play include changing the channel, pulling up the guide, fast-forwarding or turning off the TV.
* Attention Index – Represents the Attention of a specific creative or program placement vs the average. The average is represented by a score of 100, and the total index range is from 0 through 200. For example, an attention index of 125 means that there are 25% fewer interrupted ad plays compared to the average.
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