‘The Grinch’ 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
, Universal Pictures claims the top spot in spending for “The Grinch.”
Ads placed for the remake of the Christmas classic had an estimated media value of $4.97 million through Sunday for 825 national ad airings on 39 networks. (Spend figures are based on estimates generated from Oct. 15-21. Estimates may be updated after the chart is posted as new information becomes available.) Universal prioritized spend across networks including NBC, USA Network and Fox, and during specific programming such as NFL Football,
This Is Us
and
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
.
Just behind “” in second place: Walt Disney Pictures’ “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms,” which saw 625 national ad airings across 26 networks, with an estimated media value of $4.34 million.
TV ad placements for Universal’s “Halloween” (EMV: $4.2 million), Columbia Pictures’ “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” ($3.94 million) and Lionsgate’s “Hunter Killer” ($3.91 million) round out the chart.
Notably, “” 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
$4.97M – The Grinch
$4.34M –
$4.2M –
$3.94M – The Girl in the Spider’s Web
$3.91M – Hunter Killer
1 Movie titles with a minimum spend of $100,000 for airings detected between 10/15/2018 and 10/21/2018.
* 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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