3 posts tagged “stats”
The Economist reports that Americans are still watching TV for an average of over 8 hours PER DAY. Watching TV is like a full time job for us. This is the number I've heard over the years and it looks like it hasn't gone down despite the popularity of the web. Japan, Australia, Canada and most of Europe watch an average of 3-4 hours per day.
Susan Ee
www.feraldream.com
Comscore released some interesting data re online video. 44% of all videos viewed online are off YouTube. The second most popular site is Fox Interactive at 3.9%. Next come Microsoft and Yahoo sites at around 2.5%. Hulu gets 1% of the views.
According to the WSJ, on average, the viewers spent 235 minutes watching online videos in July. And this is the most interesting part: they rarely spent 2.9 minutes on any one video. Something to consider when you're planning out your webisode.
Susan Ee
http://feraldream.com
Movie business numbers for 2007 according to Variety:
28 pictures grossed more than $100M domestically, including 4 pictures that grossed more than $300M. (Remember that according to Entertainment Weekly, the average cost of a Hollywood picture in 2006 cost $100M)
There were about 600 movies released theatrically.
Studios are making movies with an eye toward international releases because international box office is twice that of the domestic box office.
$20M-$60M budget range movies "got killed."
Home entertainment numbers for 2007 according to Home Media Magazine:
Renting/ buying home entertainment software market is valued at $23.7 billion -- $16 billion on DVD sales; blue-ray/HD at $300M; rentals at $7.5 billion.
DVDs generated more cash than music, video games or box office receipts.
DVD sales show a 5% drop; and a 12% drop in DVD sales in relation to box office.
The three top selling DVDs of 2007 were Transformers, Happy Feet, and Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End with each selling over 13 million units.
Sequels represented 25% of 2007 DVD releases compared to 18% in 2006.
Susan Ee
http://feraldream.com
