Why should I give two craps about stories like this

[Della9250]

Up to $236,728,722 globally. Good thing everyone spent 72 hours trumpeting its demise

 

[Della9250]

Now at 318,923,168 worldwide. What a failure

 

[BTExpress]

Same thing when daily sports are compared to weekly sports. NFL ratings are high no matter what, but of course they're going to dwarf MLB or NBA when those sports are on almost everyday as opposed to once a week.

Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024
Kansas City at Pittsburgh
Baltimore at Houston
Thursday, Dec. 26
Seattle at Chicago
Saturday, Dec. 28
5 games
Sunday, Dec. 29
7 games
Monday, Dec. 30
Detroit at San Francisco

They help set the ad rates for the networks. If viewership goes up, ABC can charge more for a :30 commercial. So, in the short term they don't mean much to the league, but they matter to the network.

That's certainly what I always thought.

2024 NBA Finals (11.9M) averaged less than half as many viewers than the 1993 NBA Finals (27.2M), despite there being 80 million more people in the country. It averaged significaly fewer viewers than the 2019 NBA Finals (15.14M) if you want to compare similar eras.

The result . . .

https://www.sportcal.com/analyst-comment/nba-nets-more-media-value-with-new-domestic-rights/

 

[Della9250]

How in the world has this movie made $352,221,894?

 

[Severian]

How in the world has this movie made $352,221,894?

Lots of social media hype.

 

[Della9250]

Lots of social media hype.

I was being sarcastic on the thread's original premise