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Market Trends

Market Trends

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Market Trends

Story Summary

This project explores market-driven trends across film, television, and the entertainment industry, focusing on shifts in audience behavior, industry performance, and the forces shaping what gets made and how it’s consumed.

Project Markets

Which film will have a higher worldwide opening weekend: Avengers: Doomsday or The Odyssey?

Which film will have a higher worldwide opening weekend: Avengers: Doomsday or The Odyssey?

Avengers: Doomsday

Closes 12.21.26

Which film will have the higher Popcornmeter score: Shaun the Sheep or The Sheep Detectives?

Which film will have the higher Popcornmeter score: Shaun the Sheep or The Sheep Detectives?

Shaun the Sheep

The Sheep Detectives

Screen adaptation announced for any of these newly public domain books: As I Lay Dying, The Maltese Falcon, The Murder at the Vicarage, or The Secret of the Old Clock?

Screen adaptation announced for any of these newly public domain books: As I Lay Dying, The Maltese Falcon, The Murder at the Vicarage, or The Secret of the Old Clock?

How many of the top 10 highest-grossing U.S. films of 2026 will be animated?

How many of the top 10 highest-grossing U.S. films of 2026 will be animated?

Which film will gross more worldwide by December 31, 2026: Toy Story 5 or Minions & Monsters?

Which film will gross more worldwide by December 31, 2026: Toy Story 5 or Minions & Monsters?

Minions & Monsters

Which film will have the highest U.S. opening this June?

Which film will have the highest U.S. opening this June?

Masters of the Universe

Will Disney announce a new Disney Princess story in 2026?

Will Disney announce a new Disney Princess story in 2026?

Will Gen Z go to the movies more often in 2026 than in 2025?

Will Gen Z go to the movies more often in 2026 than in 2025?

Will Sunrise on the Reaping earn more than The Mockingjay Part 1 opening weekend?

Will Sunrise on the Reaping earn more than The Mockingjay Part 1 opening weekend?

Closes 11.23.26

Doomsday vs Dune: Which will gross more worldwide on opening weekend?

Doomsday vs Dune: Which will gross more worldwide on opening weekend?

Closes 12.20.26

Which heist film will have a higher Popcornmeter score: 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank or How to Rob a Bank?

Which heist film will have a higher Popcornmeter score: 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank or How to Rob a Bank?

4 Kids Walk Into a Bank

How to Rob a Bank

Closes 10.10.26

Which summer film will earn the highest US opening weekend box office?

Which summer film will earn the highest US opening weekend box office?

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Will the U.S. domestic box office cross $10 billion in 2026?

Will the U.S. domestic box office cross $10 billion in 2026?

Which film will have the highest U.S. opening weekend this July?

Which film will have the highest U.S. opening weekend this July?

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Will a U.S. film exceed $2B at the global box office in 2026?

Will a U.S. film exceed $2B at the global box office in 2026?

Will the Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery officially close by September 30?

Will the Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery officially close by September 30?

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