In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by the always-on TV ad measurement and attribution company iSpot.tv, Twentieth Century Fox claims the top spot in spending with “Spies in Disguise.”
Ads placed for the animated film had an estimated media value of $6.63 million through Sunday for 937 national ad airings on 37 networks. (Spend figures are based on estimates generated from Dec. 16-22. Estimates may be updated after the chart is posted as new information becomes available.) Twentieth Century Fox prioritized spend across networks including Fox, NBC and ABC, and during programming such as NFL Football, “The Masked Singer” and “The Voice.”
Just behind “Spies in Disguise” in second place: Universal Pictures’ “Cats,” which saw 1,479 national ad airings across 44 networks, with an estimated media value of $6.42 million.
TV ad placements for Universal Pictures’ “1917” (EMV: $5.84 million), Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” ($5.61 million) and Twentieth Century Fox’s “Underwater” ($4.4 million) round out the chart.
Notably, “1917” has the best iSpot Attention Index (127) in the ranking, getting 27% 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
$6.63M – Spies in Disguise
$6.42M – Cats
$5.84M – 1917
$5.61M – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
$4.4M – Underwater
1 Movie titles with a minimum spend of $100,000 for airings detected between 12/16/2019 and 12/22/2019.
* 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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