Cynopsis: Kids!
7/05/07
Good morning. It’s Thursday, July 5, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing.
An estimated $36.3 million, that is how much the new Paramount and DreamWorks live-action movie Transformers earned in US box office receipts, if you combine the $8.8 million in preview screenings (3,050 theaters) from Monday, July 2, 2007, with the official opening day, Tuesday, July 3 (4,011 theaters), estimated take of $27.5 million. The movie set a new record as the biggest Tuesday movie release ever, easily putting Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (Buena Vista, July 11, 2006) and its Tuesday opening take of $15.7 million out on the plank. Outside the US, Transformers took in $36.3 million, giving the movie a worldwide box office total of $72.5 million.
Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus, the new Disney Records and Hollywood Records CD released June 25, 2007, has entered at number one on the Billboard Top 200 chart for last week, and scanned 325,000+ units, per Nielsen SoundScan. The two-disc release featuring the 14-year-old Cyrus, who stars as Hannah Montana in the Disney Channel series of the same name, also landed at the top spot on the Billboard Children’s and Soundtrack charts, as well as for digital downloads at iTunes. This new CD along with the first Hannah Montana soundtrack, which was released fall 2006 and also bowed at number one on the Billboard Top 200 chart, the first soundtrack to do so, Cyrus becomes the youngest recording artist to have two number one albums in less than a year.
Virgin Comics will release the first issue of Voodoo Child next week on July 11. The first Voodoo Child title is part of a six-issue comic book series from actor Nicolas Cage and his teenage son Weston, both long-time comic book devotees. The senior Cage entered into a deal with Virgin Comics in fall 2006. Set in hurricane torn New Orleans, Voodoo Child revolves around the ghost of a boy, the main character, who was murdered by secessionist soldiers in the Southern US during the 19th century, and the modern day investigation of the disappearance of a number of young girls. Clearly this is not for younger kids.
MARKETING/LICENSING
Teletoon, Canada’s 24/7 animation network, has partnered with Weston Foods and PHD for The Cartoon-Crammed Teletoon Tour this summer. Sponsored by Wonder+, the tour kicked off on Canada Day (July 1, 2007) and in addition to a stage show and a range of activities, fans are also getting a sneak peek at the network’s upcoming fall shows and Teletoon Retro, the new channel slated to launch in October. With a total of ten scheduled stops across Canada, The Cartoon-Crammed Teletoon Tour runs through September 1.
Under a new partnership between JetBlue Airways Corporation and Fox, JetBlue is now the “official airline of Springfield,” as part of the support for Fox’s upcoming The Simpsons Movie, opening July 24, 2007. But this isn’t just a name folks, JetBlue has outfitted its first specialty aircraft that has been named “Woo-Hoo, JetBlue” and sports a picture of Homer Simpson, meanwhile inside passengers can watch continuous Simpson’s episodes in-flight on the Fox channel. The deal also includes a Simpsons Sweepstakes ( http://www.jetblue.com/simpsons) for its TrueBlue frequent flyer members.
EXECUTIVE MOVES
20th Century Fox Animation has appointed Karen Rupert Toliver as its new VP/Production. Toliver, who takes over for John Cohen, will be responsible for development and production of animated properties. She will report to Vanessa Morrison, President, Fox Animation. She most recently helped to develop the Curious George movie for Universal. Previously, Toliver toiled for Disney Feature Animation where she served as a Production Executive on movie projects, including Brother Bear, Chicken Little and Meet the Robinsons. Toliver was also developed family movies as a VP at James Pentecost Productions.
BBC Worldwide has named Gill Pritchard as Director of Children’s, Home Entertainment, which includes Children’s (develops and licenses new intellectual property), Audio & Music (audiobooks and music publishing), various a partnerships including with Woolworths plc, 2 entertain, Random Houses’ Ebury imprint for BBC Books and Pearson for learning joint-venture, BBC Active. Most recently, Pritchard, who will take up her new position in September 2007, was Director/Business Development, BBC Worldwide, where she oversaw the development and creation of a commercial media player that BBC Worldwide expects to launch later this year. She was previously Head of Strategy, BBC Worldwide and before that was Financial & Commercial Strategy Manager at the BBC.
After ten years with Mayfair Games, Inc., the company’s CEO, Will Niebling, announced his retirement. Niebling will remain a shareholder of the business. Taking over for the revered Niebling as CEO is Pete Fenlon. Most recently, Fenlon, who has been with the company for 11 years, was as Mayfair’s Studio Director. Larry Roznai will continue as President, adding responsibility for all corporate business. Robert Carty, Sales & Marketing Director, will assume responsibility for both domestic and international markets.
RATINGS
Nick at Nite hosted the network’s premiere of the movie musical Grease (Paramount-1978) on Sunday, July 1, 9-11:30p, delivering 3.5 million total viewers P2+. Among those that tuned in to the movie were K2-11 and Teens 12-17, with 1.1 million and 720,000 respectively, which increased the time period average by triple digits for the demos. … But uh-oh those summer nights…
Monthly June 2007 Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K2-11 (000) 5/28-7/1/07 :
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
NICK°: 1215 DSNY*: 1419
DSNY*: 961 CARTOON: 766
CARTOON: 656 NAN**: 564
NAN**: 328 TOON DIS: 211
ADSM**: 283 DISCOVERY: 122
TOON DIS.: 160 NICKTOONS: 102
NOG/THE N: 117 BET: 87
NICKTOONS: 78 MTV: 72
DISCOVERY: 75 ANIMAL PLANET: 71
MTV: 54 ESPN: 63
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p
Monthly June 2007 Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K6-11 (000) 5/28-7/1/07 :
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
NICK°: 708 DSNY*: 1147
DSNY*: 697 CARTOON: 545
CARTOON: 467 NAN**: 429
NAN**: 261 TOON DIS: 122
ADSM**: 211 DISCOVERY: 87
TOON DIS.: 90 BET: 63
DISCOVERY: 55 NICKTOONS: 59
NICKTOONS: 48 MTV: 52
MTV: 41 ANIMAL PLANET: 47
BET: 34 ESPN: 41
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p
Monthly June 2007 Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among Tweens 9-14 (000) 5/28-7/1/07 :
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
DSNY*: 640 DSNY*: 1053
NICK°: 522 CARTOON: 404
CARTOON: 351 NAN**: 367
NAN**: 300 MTV: 125
ADSM**: 278 BET: 125
MTV: 108 DISCOVERY: 111
DISCOVERY: 77 COMEDY: 92
BET: 73 THE N: 76
COMEDY: 58 TOON DIS.: 66
TOON DIS: 52 ESPN: 53
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p
Answer to Yesterday’s trivia question: What is the name of Cap’n Crunch’s barefoot nemesis? JEAN LA FOOTE Kudos to: David Vogler-NBC Universal Digital Media/NY; Erica Minton-WonderGroup/Cincinnati; Siobhan Price-Cartoon Network/Atlanta; Thom Stanley-Cartoon Network/Atlanta; Mike Patterson-Cartoon Network/Chicago; Tom Boyd-WGN/Chicago; Michael Hawkins-PromoDoctors/Irving, TX; Rosemary Cunningham-MMT/Chicago; Yohan Sohn-Ryuni/Pasadena, CA; Al Ovadia-Al Ovadia & Associates, Inc./Calabasas, CA; Richard Quan-Imaginary Time/San Francisco; Claire Wilmut-Boomstone Animation Inc./Ottawa
Today’s Trivia Question: Kids hiding out in the woods, and people searching for “big taste” were all part of a commercial advertisement for what kid-targeted product? ( click here with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: Only the second four correct answers from each time zone will be mentioned; and once you’ve been mentioned in any of the Cynopsis editions, you can’t be mentioned again that calendar week.)
Later — Gwen
Gwen Billings for Cynopsis: Kids!
07.05.07
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