The latest streaming and TV ratings, box office grosses, industry data — and the narratives behind the numbers.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2025
Big Number
25M
Fox’s broadcast of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 11-inning victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in game seven of the World Series averaged 25.45 million viewers in preliminary Nielsen ratings. The 25.98 million viewers for the game are the most for any World Series game (or any other Major League Baseball telecast) since game seven of the 2017 series brought in 28.24 million people. Full story.
Box Office
Tracking Wicked
Leading market research firm NRG has Universal’s female-fueled Wicked: For Good debuting to $115 million domestically, but also provides a range suggesting it could come in closer to $120 million, according to sources with access to the data. Those insiders say it could even crack $120 million at the Thanksgiving box office, based on the level of interest and awareness. Full story.
STREAMING
The most-viewed series and movies of the week
↑ Monster: The Ed Gein Story led Nielsen’s rankings, but it bowed a little behind the 1.72 billion minutes for the Menendez brothers-focused second season in 2024.
↑ Prime Video’s Play Dirty, starring Mark Wahlberg, led the movie rankings with 788 million viewing minutes. It ended a three-week run in the No. 1 spot for KPop Demon Hunters.
↑ Netflix’s Wayward grew by 54 percent over its premiere week to 1.3 billion minutes of viewing. It was the only other title to clear the billion-minute threshold for the week.
↑ The 817 million minutes of viewing for NCIS (across three platforms) were the most for the show since June, and Law & Order (768 million) grew by 19 percent week to week.
BOX OFFICE
The highest-grossing films domestically each weekend
↑ Black Phone 2 was the Halloween victor when final weekend grosses were tallied despite an early call for Regretting You.
BROADCAST
Top TV
The most-viewed primetime network shows
TV premiere dates for next week:
Monday, Nov. 3
Crutch (Paramount+, all episodes)
8 p.m.: St. Denis Medical (NBC)
Tuesday, Nov. 4
Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix)
All’s Fair (Hulu)
Thursday, Nov. 6
All Her Fault (Peacock, four episodes)
Death by Lightning (Netflix)
The Vince Staples Show (Netflix)
Alex vs. ARod (HBO)
Friday, Nov. 7
Pluribus (Apple TV+)
Maxton Hall — The World Between Us (Prime Video)
8 p.m.: Happy’s Place (NBC), Power Book IV: Force (Starz, final season)
8:30 p.m.: Stumble (NBC)
Inside View
The narrative behind the numbers
MULTI
8 Games
Viewers: 2.81M
NBA’s New TV Era Tips Off
The NBA season began Oct. 21 with two new media partners in NBC and Prime Video alongside incumbent broadcaster ESPN, and the first week of primetime games posted strong results. NBC’s tipoff doubleheader averaged 5.6 million viewers (including streaming on Peacock), a 15-year high for the season opener. ESPN’s four games over the next two nights averaged 2.2 million, up 60 percent year to year, while Prime Video drew 1.25 million for its inaugural NBA doubleheader on Oct. 24, topping ESPN’s average from the first Friday of last season. — Updated Oct. 29
BROADWAY
The top theatrical productions each week
↑ Chess brought in close to $1.9 million across just seven preview performances, positioning the show as one of the top weekly earners in the industry.
Trailer Spotlight
The Running Man
The Paramount remake, starring Glen Powell in the actioner from Edgar Wright, hits theaters on Nov. 14.
PREVIEW
Upcoming Releases
Notable movies heading to theaters
TRENDING
This week’s most searched and shared content
SOURCE: PARROT ANALYTICS ( Oct 17 – Oct 23, 2025)
This ranking shows the most in-demand series that have debuted in the last 365 days on major platforms with US audiences.
NEWS FEED
Box Office Retreat: ‘Regretting You’ Cedes Weekend Crown to ‘Black Phone 2,’ But It’s a Hollow Win
The ‘Black Phone’ sequel — now in its third outing — topped the worst Halloween weekend in more than three decades as domestic revenue fell to a 31-year low.
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Tokyo: Fan Bingbing on Rebounding From Her “Lowest Point,” the Grueling Preparation for ‘Mother Bhumi’ and Working in China Again
The Chinese superstar is almost unrecognizable in Chong Keat Aun’s new film, for which she studied multiple languages and shamanic practices.
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Tokyo: Yoji Yamada and Lee Sang-il Talk Japanese Cinema, Craft and Following Anime’s Global Success
The directors, two generations of Japanese filmmaking excellence, delivered a wide-ranging, humorous discussion on their approach and each other.
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Box Office Massacre: October Revenue Falls to 27-Year Low, Excluding the Pandemic
The dramatic downturn in North America is due to a scarcity of product and the failure of fall event pics to connect with audiences, including the ill-fated ‘Tron: Ares’ and the Dwayne Johnson starrer ‘The Smashing Machine.’
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Box Office Upset: ‘Chainsaw Man’ Wins With $18M; ‘Regretting You’ Overtakes ‘Black Phone 2’ After All
‘Chainsaw Man – the Movie: Reze Arc’ is the latest victory for Japanese anime. Elsewhere, awards hopeful ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ limped to a fourth-place finish.
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Imax Quarterly Earnings Surge on Box Office Lift From ‘F1: The Movie,’ ‘Demon Slayer’
Imax rebounded to $368 million in global box office from a mix of Hollywood and local language titles, against a year-earlier $239 million during the third quarter.
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Joel Edgerton Wants to Make Indie Gems Like ‘Train Dreams’ Even If Hollywood Doesn’t: “I’d Be the Worst Studio Executive of All Time”
The Aussie star talks his acclaimed Oscar underdog, bonding with a young Timothée Chalamet, and making movies to last: “Does Bob What’s-His-Head in some Illinois small town really care what the budget of ‘One Battle After Another’ is?”
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