↑ This year’s summer box office (from May 1-Sept. 7) is now the No. 1 on record, Rentrak projects, claiming an estimated $4.76 billion for the season. The prior summer record was in 2013, which landed at $4.75 billion. Meanwhile, over the weekend, Sony and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day claimed No. 1 for its sixth frame in a row, with roughly $23 million over the four-day frame. The Destin Daniel Cretton-directed feature just crossed $900 million domestically, making it only the second film ever to do so, behind 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which stands as the all-time domestic holder at $936 million. 

↑ ReelShort’s The Great and Powerful Genie led the way among most-watched microdramas worldwide for the latest week tracked by consulting firm Owl & Co.’s verticals index. The booming sector of verticals, which have become popular viewing on phones, has been inundated with AI-generated series, including Genie.

↑ After three years away, Ted Lasso showed it was a very reliable draw for Apple TV viewers. The Emmy-winning comedy had its biggest premiere week to date, drawing 866 million minutes of viewing on Nielsen’s latest snapshot released Sept. 3. Ted Lasso’s fourth season debuted Aug. 5, and the single new episode released that day accounted for 36 percent of the weekly total, or about 312 million minutes.

↑ Netflix’s sci-fi/horror film The Last House — yes, that’s the film that was promoted with a man “trapped” inside a billboard on Sunset Blvd. — led the movies chart with 838 million minutes of viewing for its premiere week.

↑ Netflix’s My Life With the Walter Boys led the original series top 10 with 896 million minutes, but it was down by 9 percent from its season two premiere week (987 million) last year. Another YA series, Prime Video’s Sterling Point, also premiered in the top 10 originals with 359 million minutes of watch time.

↑  The Big Bang Theory spent a third straight week as the No. 1 overall title on Nielsen’s streaming charts, though its 1.06 billion viewing minutes were off slightly from a week earlier. House of the Dragon (940 million minutes) finished second for the week leading up to its third season finale and grew by 6 percent week to week.

↑ While an NFL preseason game between the Seahawks and Titans led the primetime rankings, the two most watched network shows of the week aired earlier in the day: ABC’s World News Tonight (8.25 million viewers) and the NBC’s Nightly News (6.46 million).

What’s premiering on TV this week:

Tuesday, Sept. 8
Dang! (Netflix)
8 p.m.: The Real Housewives of New York City (Bravo)
9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT: The Drop: A Snowfall Saga (FX/Hulu)

Wednesday, Sept. 9
Last Seen (Apple TV)
The Paper (Peacock, all episodes)
8:20 p.m. ET/5:20 p.m. PT: NFL kickoff game (NBC/Peacock)

Thursday, Sept. 10
Crew Girl (Netflix)
Colin From Accounts (Paramount+, final season)
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (Hulu, all episodes)
9 p.m.: A Killer Story (HBO/HBO Max)

↑ With all attention on a rapidly consolidating media industry, a look at Nielsen’s latest Media Distributor Gauge is striking: Yes, YouTube is still dominating, but look at Paramount (which includes CBS and Paramount+) in this ranking just below Netflix in total TV use. “Netflix received a boost from acquired series La Brea, which was the second most-streamed title of the month with over 4 billion viewing minutes,” Nielsen noted. And that’s before Paramount CEO David Ellison will get to add in Warner Bros. Discovery’s 6 percent share if his $111 billion deal eventually closes. Another wild card, keep in mind that if Lachlan Murdoch has his way that 3 percent you see on The Roku Channel will be added in to Fox if his $22 billion deal closes.