‘Onward’ 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 always-on TV ad measurement and attribution company
iSpot.tv
, Disney Pixar claims the top spot in spending for the second week in a row with “Onward.”
Ads placed for the animated film had an estimated media value of $5.06 million through Sunday for 905 national ad airings on 34 networks. (Spend figures are based on estimates generated from Feb. 17-23. Estimates may be updated after the chart is posted as new information becomes available.) Disney Pixar prioritized spend across networks including ABC, Nick and Univision, and during programming such as “SpongeBob SquarePants,” “Premio Lo Nuestro” and “Grey’s Anatomy.”
Just behind “” in second place: Twentieth Century Fox’s “The Call of the Wild,” which saw 1,379 national ad airings across 42 networks, with an estimated media value of $4.76 million.
TV ad placements for Universal Pictures’ “The Invisible Man” (EMV: $4.57 million), Warner Bros.’ “The Way Back” ($2.67 million) and Columbia Pictures’ “Bloodshot” ($2.31 million) round out the chart.
Notably, “Onward” has the best iSpot Attention Index (131) in the ranking, getting 31% 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
$5.06M – Onward
$4.76M –
$4.57M –
$2.67M –
$2.31M –
1 Movie titles with a minimum spend of $100,000 for airings detected between 02/17/2020 and 02/23/2020.
* 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 in its respective industry. 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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