In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by iSpot.tv, Universal claims the top spot in TV ad spending for its period horror piece “Crimson Peak.”
Telling the story of an aspiring author trapped in a house that has its share of bloody secrets, the Guillermo del Toro fright flick saw an estimated $6.3 million spent in TV advertising last week, bringing its total to date through Sunday to $12.8 million. Making its debut in the second spot is Touchstone’s “Bridge of Spies.” The film, a Cold War thriller helmed by Steven Spielberg, saw $5.2 million spent on 587 national airings across 28 networks, led by CBS and Fox.
Sony’s “Goosebumps” made an impressive debut in the third spot this week. The children’s monster movie saw an estimated $4.3 million outlay, bringing its lifetime total to $8.5 million spent to date.
The previous chart-topper, Warner Bros.’ “Pan,” lands in fourth place, with $4.25 million spent on 1,236 national airings across 54 networks, led by CBS and NBC. And debuting at fifth is another Warner Bros. release, “Our Brand Is Crisis,” which saw $3.6 million spent on 452 national airings across 36 networks, led by CBS and ESPN.
Overall, the movie industry spent an estimated $61.3 million on TV advertising last week. Universal led the spending with 21.1% of that total, followed by Warner Bros. at 17.4% and Sony at 11.7%. CBS saw the most advertising dollars from studios, with an estimated $7.9 million take, while NFL Football led the way in programming, with over $9.4 million spent among the various games.
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Top Movie Commercials by Weekly TV Spend
$6.31M – Crimson Peak
$5.2M – Bridge of Spies
$4.33M – Goosebumps
$4.25M – Pan
$3.6M – Our Brand Is Crisis
1 Movie titles with a minimum spend of $100,000 for airings detected between 10/05/2015 and 10/11/2015.
* Percent of digital activity captured across online video, social media, and search activity that was stimulated by these movie trailers and measured in comparison to all online activity in the movie category.
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