‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ 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
, Marvel claims the top spot in spending with “Ant-Man and the Wasp.”
Ads placed for the superhero film had an estimated media value of $4.91 million through Sunday for 943 national airings on 36 networks. (Spend figures are based on estimates generated from June 25 through July 1. Estimates may be updated after the chart is posted as new information becomes available.) Marvel prioritized spend across networks including NBC, CBS and ABC, and during programming such as
Big Brother
, the 2018 FIFA World Cup and
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
.
Just behind “Ant-Man” in second place: Universal Pictures’ “Skyscraper,” which saw 803 national ad airings across 36 networks, with an estimated media value of $4.43 million.
TV ad placements for Lionsgate’s “Uncle Drew” (EMV: $4 million), Columbia Pictures’ “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation” ($3.63 million) and Universal Pictures’ “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” ($3.58 million) round out the chart.
Notably, “” has the best iSpot Attention Index (105) in the ranking, getting 5% 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
$4.91M –
$4.43M –
$4M –
$3.63M – Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
$3.58M – Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
1 Movie titles with a minimum spend of $100,000 for airings detected between 06/25/2018 and 07/01/2018.
* 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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