‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ 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
, Columbia Pictures claims the top spot in spending with “Spider-Man: Far From Home.”
Ads placed for the superhero film had an estimated media value of $5.23 million through Sunday for 1,115 national ad airings on 44 networks. (Spend figures are based on estimates generated from June 24-30. Estimates may be updated after the chart is posted as new information becomes available.) Columbia Pictures prioritized spend across networks including CBS, ESPN and Nick, and during programming such as “Big Brother,” “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” and “The Loud House.”
Just behind “” in second place: Twentieth Century Fox’s “Stuber,” which saw 1,340 national ad airings across 38 networks, with an estimated media value of $4.04 million.
TV ad placements for Universal Pictures’ “Yesterday” (EMV $3.82 million), Walt Disney Pictures’ “The Lion King” ($3.62 million) and Columbia Pictures’ “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” ($2.62 million) round out the chart.
Notably, “” has the best iSpot Attention Index (166) in the ranking, getting 66% 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
$5.23M – Spider-Man: Far From Home
$4.04M –
$3.82M –
$3.62M –
$2.62M – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
1 Movie titles with a minimum spend of $100,000 for airings detected between 06/24/2019 and 06/30/2019.
* 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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