The radio industry makes the case for the movie industry to shift a modest slice of its paid-advertising campaigns to double its audience reach. The pitch is to reallocate 20% of the big spending Hollywood makes in linear TV over to audio advertising, which results in no extra cost since the end-total is unchanged. In the data grid (image above), the third column estimates … [Read more...] about Radio Pitches Wide Reach for Movie Ads
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H’wood Saturates Super Bowl Sans Film Ads
Just three film commercials ran in yesterday’s Super Bowl, which is U.S. TV's most expensive advertisement, though Hollywood celebrities and brands were omnipresent. Those pricey in-game spots were for “Thunderbolts,” “How to Train Your Dragon” (screen grab above) and “M3gan: 2.0," out of about 60 total spots. The usual range is four to 10 in-game movie commercials, which … [Read more...] about H’wood Saturates Super Bowl Sans Film Ads
Streamers’ Billboards a Sign of the Times
Video streamers have elbowed alongside movies for visibility in greater Hollywood’s outdoor billboard scene for awards consideration, joining films seeking to turn heads of industry voter for Oscars and other accolades. This season, video streaming services Hulu, Paramount+ and Netflix are particularly visible. Dotting the fabled Sunset Strip canyon are film awards … [Read more...] about Streamers’ Billboards a Sign of the Times
Film Marketer Banks on Crowd Funding
Emerging independent film company Legion M will test its crowd-funding capability to support the cinema release of a theatrical documentary on “Star Trek” icon William Shatner. The Shatner biography, “You Can Call Me Bill,” is a PG-13 rated documentary set for March 22 theatrical release. It’s Legion M’s first time going in-house for a cinema release. The documentary … [Read more...] about Film Marketer Banks on Crowd Funding
Film Blurbs Engulf Pricey Super Bowl
Movies from three of Hollywood’s five major studios played during Sunday’s Super Bowl, with advertisers reportedly paying $7 million for each 30-second spot. Nine movie, film branding and streaming platform spots were televised in-game, at the high end of the four-to-eight range typical for Hollywood fare in the NFL finale. Another handful of film-related commercials ran in the … [Read more...] about Film Blurbs Engulf Pricey Super Bowl
Radio Plugs its ‘Reach’ for Film Ads
Radio is making its case that audio media merits a bigger slice of movie advertising budgets because it provides breadth — a wider swath of audiences than alternatives — and a higher percentage of heavy moviegoers. At the moment, radio gets just 1-2% of movie advertising (linear TV and digital media gobble up around 95% of movie ad spending). In custom research commissioned … [Read more...] about Radio Plugs its ‘Reach’ for Film Ads
Crowd-Funding P&A for ‘Freedom’
Indie blockbuster “Sound of Freedom” raised $5 million from 7,134 small investors for its marketing expenses, which is an out-of-Hollywood story involving grassroots America. The $5 million covered “prints & advertising” (P&A) theatrical releasing expenses. This crowd-funding effort is the realization of much talked about, but seldom achieved, leveraging of a … [Read more...] about Crowd-Funding P&A for ‘Freedom’
Movie Spots Saturate Super Bowl
Theatrical film distributors were a force with seven in-game commercials out of 51 in the Super Bowl football game, according to USA Today Ad Meter, returning after a pandemic withdrawal. Hollywood movie spots were also heavy in Super Bowl adjacencies with another eight commercials in the pregame, halftime and postgame. A normal range is four to eight theatrical films … [Read more...] about Movie Spots Saturate Super Bowl
Netflix Touts Its Films in Super Bowl Blitz
Video streamers and Hollywood personalities took center stage in pricey Super Bowl commercials and eight movie-focused spots were in the mix yesterday. In an endorsement of the film genre that many pundits overlook, Netflix bought a long 60-second spot simply touting its movie slate dubbed “Movie Preview and the Adam Project” (“Project Adam” is an original supernatural … [Read more...] about Netflix Touts Its Films in Super Bowl Blitz
Watchdog Revamps Kids Guidelines
A watchdog organization monitoring marketing aimed at children is overhauling its guidelines, which will impact movie marketers considering that some landed on its hot seat in years past. The guidelines from a week ago come from the Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU), which is an industry self-regulation nonprofit organization. The guideline revamp, which goes into … [Read more...] about Watchdog Revamps Kids Guidelines