Nielsen EDI

Nielsen EDI is global leader in measurement, information and research solutions for the motion picture industry. Our tools provide up-to-the minute box office information around the globe, in real time, on an hourly basis. Nielsen EDI has served the motion picture community for over 25 years

Nielsen EDI captures box office results from more than 50,000 movie screens across 14 countries including: USA, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Austria, France, Australia, and New Zealand.

Domestic and international theatrical distribution and exhibition clients can access current film box office performance with FLASH, our newest and most powerful multi-language web-based tool that provides Answers in Real Time.

Nielsen EDI established the only Award recognition for film Box Office achievement with its annual Gold Reel Awards, granted to the distributors of films that reach the milestone of $100 million in domestic grosses.

Nielsen EDI will continue to leverage technologies and customized research services to offer well positioned insight on the changing marketplace to its clients.

History

Created by Marcie Polier, a former theatre booking secretary at the Mann circuit in 1976, Nielsen EDI formerly known as Entertainment Data became the gold standard of independent measurement of box office success.

In 1997, Entertainment Data Inc. was acquired by ACNielsen, which was acquired by VNU in 2001.

Nielsen EDI is a service of Nielsen Entertainment and part of VNU Media Measurement & Information. Nielsen Entertainment covers the industry business verticals of - Music, Film, Home Entertainment, Advertising, and Books from the resources of Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems (BDS), Nielsen EDI, Nielsen Entertainment Marketing Solutions (EMS), Nielsen NRG, Nielsen SoundScan, Nielsen VideoScan, Nielsen BookScan, and Nielsen ReelResearch.

Nielsen Entertainment provides market information, creative testing, marketing solutions and analytical tools to the global entertainment industry. Collectively, these businesses serve the entertainment community in 16 markets around the world.

For more information, please visit: www.nielsen.com/nielsen_entertainment.html