In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by iSpot.tv, Focus Features claims the top spot in TV ad spending for the second week in a row with “Kubo and the Two Strings.”
Ads placed for the animated film had an estimated media value of $8.41 million through Sunday, for 1,471 national airings across 46 networks. Behind it in second place: Warner Bros.’ “Sully,” which saw 713 national ad airings across 39 networks, with an estimated media value of $6.62 million.
TV ad placements for Warner Bros.’ “War Dogs” (EMV: $5.19 million), Paramount Pictures’ “Ben-Hur” ($5.02 million) and Lionsgate’s “Mechanic: Resurrection” ($3.84 million) round out the chart.
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Top Movie Commercials by Weekly TV Spend
$8.41M – Kubo and the Two Strings
$6.62M – Sully
$5.19M – War Dogs
$5.02M – Ben-Hur
$3.84M – Mechanic: Resurrection
1 Movie titles with a minimum spend of $100,000 for airings detected between 08/15/2016 and 08/21/2016.
* 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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