Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of October 7, 2012

Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of October 7, 2012

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak Corporation (Nasdaq: RENT), the global leader in box office measurement, today announced the worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of October 7, 2012 as compiled by the company's Box Office Essentials(TM) and International Box Office Essentials theatrical measurement services.

As the trusted standard for all studio box office reporting, Rentrak provides intelligence into overnight theatre-level reporting across the global theatrical market. Coupled with the official reported data, studios are able to analyze admissions and gross results in over 50 territories using Rentrak's suite of products.

Rentrak's President of Theatrical Worldwide, Ron Giambra commented, "Taken 2 opens at No. 1 worldwide with an estimated weekend gross of $105 million in 51 territories."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, October 7, 2012 are below.




1. Taken 2 - 20th Century Fox - $50.0M
2. Hotel Transylvania - Sony - $26.3M
3. Pitch Perfect - Universal - $14.7M
4. Looper - Sony - $12.2M
5. Frankenweenie - Disney - $11.5M
6. End Of Watch - Open Road - $4.0M
7. Trouble with the Curve - Warner Bros. - $3.9M
8. House At The End Of The Street - Relativity Media - $3.7M
9. Master, The - The Weinstein Company - $1.8M
10. Finding Nemo - Disney - $1.6M
11. Perks Of Being A Wallflower, The - Lionsgate - $1.5M
12. Resident Evil: Retribution - Sony - $1.1M
Full details regarding the global domestic and international box office results are listed in the table below.


Weekend BO Estimate (USD) Weekend Release Cume (USD) Distributor
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Title Worldwide Int'l Domestic Worldwide Int'l Domestic Int'l No. of Domestic
Territories
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Taken 2 105,000,000 55,000,000 50,000,000 117,000,000 67,000,000 50,000,000 FOX/EUR 51 FOX
------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- -------- --- ---
Hotel Transylvania 39,400,000 13,100,000 26,300,000 105,258,532 29,300,000 75,958,532 SNY 23 SNY
------------------ ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Madagascar 3 23,400,000 23,300,000 100,000 667,232,292 451,000,000 216,232,292 PAR 30 PAR
------------ ---------- ---------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Looper 19,700,000 7,500,000 12,200,000 66,300,651 26,000,000 40,300,651 MUL 11 SNY
------ ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Pitch Perfect 15,216,400 480,000 14,736,400 22,062,608 480,000 21,582,608 UNI 2 UNI
------------- ---------- ------- ---------- ---------- ------- ---------- --- --- ---
Resident Evil: Retribution 13,450,000 12,300,000 1,150,000 200,700,730 159,700,000 41,000,730 SNY 67 SNY
-------------------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----------- ---------- --- --- ---
Ted 12,133,705 12,000,000 133,705 451,231,005 232,900,000 218,331,005 UNI 46 UNI
--- ---------- ---------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Frankenweenie 11,500,000 - 11,500,000 11,500,000 - 11,500,000 DIS 1 DIS
------------- ---------- --- ---------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---
Masquerade 6,700,000 6,700,000 - 40,800,000 40,800,000 - CJ 1 CJ
---------- --------- --------- --- ---------- ---------- --- --- --- ---
Ice Age: Continental Drift 5,700,000 5,700,000 - 861,773,030 702,600,000 159,173,030 FOX 4 FOX
-------------------------- --------- --------- --- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Dukhless 5,700,000 5,700,000 - 5,700,000 5,700,000 - UNI 2 -
-------- --------- --------- --- --------- --------- --- --- --- ---
House At The End Of The Street 4,198,000 500,000 3,698,000 32,531,144 5,000,000 27,531,144 MUL 5 REL
------------------------------ --------- ------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ---
End Of Watch 4,000,000 - 4,000,000 32,845,946 - 32,845,946 MUL 1 OPRD
------------ --------- --- --------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ----
Trouble with the Curve 3,870,000 - 3,870,000 29,709,823 - 29,709,823 WB 1 WB
---------------------- --------- --- --------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---
Bourne Legacy, The 3,751,860 3,400,000 351,860 232,082,535 119,800,000 112,282,535 UNI 49 UNI
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