Summer Movie Blockbusters Go Big on MySpace
Written by Alex Patriquin (contact - e-mail) -- June 18th, 2009 |
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The summer movie blockbuster season is just about here, with major new releases set to hit theaters in the next couple weeks. Studies show that advertising support can break or make a blockbuster in the lead up to opening night.
On the web, movie advertisers love big, bold banners on popular movie sites like Yahoo! Movies, Fandango and MySpace. Here at Compete, we’ve got an eye on the MySpace homepage and saw some great looking creative in May.
In a recent post, we saw how 72% of MySpace visitors saw the homepage – the crown jewel in MySpace’s strategy to sell advertising like portals. That’s a huge volume of impressions, but how valuable are they really?
To get a better sense, we looked at same day viewthrough or the rate at which ad-exposed unique visitors visited the movie page.
Terminator Salvation clearly kicked MySpace movie ad butt! At 0.80% Viewthrough, Terminator outperformed the average by 2.7x.
Fractions of a percent may not seem like much, but keep in mind that MySpace had nearly 57 million unique visitors last month – that translates to tens of thousands of ad viewthroughs everyday.
Some fans just can’t get enough. We also took a look at those MySpace users who saw a movie ad and decided to do a little research.
Ah, the Trekkies. Of course, geekdom went crazy when Star Trek came to the silver screen last month. MySpace geeks (not an oxymoron) were no exception, with .11% of ad exposed visitors also heading warp speed over to IMDB.
As the biggest movie research site on the net, it’s not exactly, “Going boldy where no man has gone before.” But with at 3.2x the average for other movies on MySpace in May, it certainly got us thinking…
What if both winners joined up for a sequel? “Terminator Trekkers.” Now that’s one movie that MySpacers would pay to see!
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June 22nd, 2009 at 9:13 am
I have noticed a great deal of movie trailers recently on the home page of Myspace. Looks like they are still getting some high profile advertisers.
August 20th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
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October 31st, 2009 at 5:26 am
have noticed a great deal of movie trailers recently on the home page of Myspace. Looks like they are still getting some high profile advertisers
October 31st, 2009 at 5:26 am
oxymoron) were no exception
October 31st, 2009 at 5:27 am
went crazy when Star Trek came to the silver screen last month. MySpace geeks (not an oxymoron) were no exception, with .11% of ad exposed
October 31st, 2009 at 5:27 am
MySpace in May, it certainly got us thinking
October 31st, 2009 at 5:27 am
much, but keep in mind that MySpace had
October 31st, 2009 at 5:27 am
MySpace visitors saw the homepage – the crown jewel in MySpace’s strategy to sell advertising like portals. That’s a huge volume of impressions, but how valuable
October 31st, 2009 at 5:28 am
Terminator Salvation