‘Jupiter Ascending’ Rises to Top of TV Ad Spend Chart
In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by iSpot.tv, “Jupiter Ascending” displaced “American Sniper” with the top TV ad spend, laying out an estimated $10.3 million on 972 national airings across 46 networks, led by MTV and Comedy Central.
But “American Sniper” fell only one spot, to No. 2 with an estimated spend of $8.8 million on 989 national airings across 47 networks, also led by MTV and Comedy Central. This continues the movie’s impressive run on the top ad spend list, where it has remained a factor since its debut nearly a month ago.
The remainder of the list are all newcomers. “The Boy Next Door” entered at third on the back of a $6.3 million estimated spend on 1,062 national airings across 31 networks, led by E! and Oxygen. Meanwhile “Strange Magic” came in at fourth with a $5.5 million spend on 892 national airings across 27 networks led by Disney XD and Nick.
Finally, “The Loft” rounds out the list at fifth, with a $5.4 million spend on 1,306 national airings across 29 networks led by Spike and Tru TV.
Universal Pictures spent its way to relative par with Warner Bros., the usual studio leader in national TV ad spend this week. Universal Pictures spread eleven trailers around more networks and shows, almost doubling the number of overall airings of Warner Bros, which placed eight different commercials into rotation.
Top Movie Commercials by Weekly TV Spend
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$10.3M – Jupiter Ascending
Online Activity: 0.47% within the movie category*
National Airings: 972
Networks: 46
Most Aired On: MTV, Comedy Central
Creative Versions: 17
Est. Lifetime TV Spend: $15M
Studio: Warner Bros.
Started Airing: 01/04/15
$8.8M – American Sniper
Online Activity: 4.66% within the movie category*
National Airings: 989
Networks: 47
Most Aired On: MTV, Comedy Central
Creative Versions: 26
Est. Lifetime TV Spend: $53.8M
Studio: Warner Bros.
Started Airing: 12/05/14
$6.3M – The Boy Next Door
Online Activity: 1.59% within the movie category*
National Airings: 1,062
Networks: 31
Most Aired On: E!, OXYGEN
Creative Versions: 15
Est. Lifetime TV Spend: $14.9M
Studio: Universal Pictures
Started Airing: 12/18/14
$5.5M – Strange Magic
Online Activity: 0.35% within the movie category*
National Airings: 892
Networks: 27
Most Aired On: Disney XD, Nick
Creative Versions: 9
Est. Lifetime TV Spend: $15.3M
Studio: Touchstone Pictures
Started Airing: 12/22/14
$5.4M – The Loft
Online Activity: 0.37% within the movie category*
National Airings: 1,306
Networks: 29
Most Aired On: Spike, truTV
Creative Versions: 9
Est. Lifetime TV Spend: $8.3M
Studio: Open Road Films
Started Airing: 01/06/15
1 Movie titles with a minimum spend of $100,000 for airings detected between 01/13/2015 and 01/19/2015.
* 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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