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Open Influence reports five creators with 195M combined followers produced 86 organic posts for Lionsgate's Ballerina, generating 14M views and 337K engagements.

14Mtotal views
5.6Ktotal clicks
5total creators
337Ktotal engagements
86total organic posts
195Mtotal followers targeted

About the campaign

Lionsgate needed to build awareness for its film Ballerina among relevant social media audiences ahead of the June 2025 release. Film releases have to build awareness quickly among the right audiences before opening, and this campaign had to do it efficiently, with a small creator roster rather than a large volume of partners. The agency's account emphasises audience fit, working from the view that a small roster can still reach a large, targeted audience if creator selection and audience fit are treated as the critical variables.

Open Influence concentrated the campaign in five high-reach creators with a combined follower base of 195M, producing organic content tied to the film. The agency sourced and managed the five creators, who published 86 organic posts across social channels with no paid amplification behind them.

Concentrating on five high-reach creators gave the campaign a 195M potential audience without the burden of a large roster, and organic content carried the work without paid support, per the agency. The absolute outputs were concrete and countable, which makes the self-reported claim specific rather than vague. The campaign ran across Instagram and TikTok, and Open Influence reports 14M total views, 337K engagements and 5.6K clicks from the 86 posts. Every figure comes from the agency's own case study page: no client, platform or trade press source verifies the results, exact campaign dates are not stated, and there is no evidence connecting the work to box office performance.

Case in 60 seconds

Lionsgate needed to build awareness for its film Ballerina among relevant social media audiences ahead of the June 2025 release.

A small creator roster can still reach a large, targeted audience if creator selection and audience fit are treated as the critical variables.

Concentrate the campaign in five high-reach creators, with a combined follower base of 195M, producing organic content tied to the film.

Open Influence sourced and managed the five creators, who published 86 organic posts across social channels with no paid amplification.

The agency reports 14M total views, 337K engagements and 5.6K clicks from the 86 posts. No independent verification of these figures is available.

Strategy Breakdown

The primary strategy-learning section — interpretation, not a press-release summary.

Relevant social media audiences for the film, reached through the followings of five high-reach creators with a combined base of 195M.
Not stated in the sources.
Film releases need to build awareness quickly among the right audiences before opening, and the campaign had to do this efficiently with a small creator roster rather than a large volume of partners.
Lionsgate, the studio behind Ballerina, briefed the campaign to build pre-release awareness for the film.
The agency's account emphasises audience fit: reaching a large potential audience through few, well-selected creators rather than many smaller ones.

Creative & Execution System

Assets & channels

  • 86 organic creator posts across unspecified social channels

Partners

  • Open Influence
  • Lionsgate

Participation mechanic

  • Creator-produced organic content tied to the film

Creator role

  • Five creators, combined follower base of 195M, sourced and managed by the agency

Results & Evidence

MetricValueResult typeConfidence
Total views14MreachAgency reported
Engagements337KengagementAgency reported
Total clicks5.6KtrafficAgency reported
Combined follower base195Mpotential reachAgency reported

Why Open Influence's strategy worked

  1. 1

    Concentrating on five high-reach creators gave the campaign a 195M potential audience without managing a large roster, per the agency's account.

  2. 2

    Treating creator selection and audience fit as the critical variables let a small roster deliver scale for a broad entertainment release.

  3. 3

    Organic creator content tied to the film carried the campaign without paid amplification, per the agency.

  4. 4

    Absolute outputs were concrete and countable, 86 posts, 14M views, 337K engagements, 5.6K clicks, which makes the self-reported claim specific rather than vague.