Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of October 14, 2012

Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of October 14, 2012

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 14, 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 14, 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 remains the No. 1 film worldwide with an estimated weekend gross of $63.5 million in 36 markets. The film has crossed the $100 million mark overseas and the new worldwide cume now stands at $219.6 million."



The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, October 14, 2012 are below.




1. Taken 2 - 20th Century Fox - $22.5M
2. Argo - Warner Bros. - $20.1M
3. Sinister - Lionsgate - $18.2M
4. Hotel Transylvania - Sony - $17.3M
5. Here Comes The Boom - Sony - $12.0M
6. Pitch Perfect - Universal - $9.3M
7. Frankenweenie - Disney - $7.0M
8. Looper - Sony - $6.3M
9. Seven Psychopaths - CBS Films - $4.3M
10. Perks Of Being A Wallflower, The - Lionsgate - $2.2M
11. End Of Watch - Open Road - $1.7M
12. Atlas Shrugged Part 2 - Atlas Distribution Company - $1.7M
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 63,500,000 41,000,000 22,500,000 219,558,852 132,800,000 86,758,852 MUL 36 FOX
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- --- --- ---
Hotel Transylvania 31,000,000 13,700,000 17,300,000 151,492,617 49,300,000 102,192,617 SNY 25 SNY
------------------ ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ----------- --- --- ---
Sinister 22,250,000 4,000,000 18,250,000 22,250,000 4,000,000 18,250,000 MUL 7 LGF
-------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ---
Argo 20,120,000 - 20,120,000 20,120,000 - 20,120,000 WB 1 WB
---- ---------- --- ---------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---
Ted 13,992,075 13,900,000 92,075 469,008,220 250,500,000 218,508,220 UNI 45 UNI
--- ---------- ---------- ------ ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Looper 13,800,000 7,500,000 6,300,000 88,742,425 37,300,000 51,442,425 MUL 18 SNY
------ ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Impossible, The 13,400,000 13,400,000 - 13,400,000 13,400,000 - WB 1 LGF
--------------- ---------- ---------- --- ---------- ---------- --- --- --- ---
Here Comes The Boom 12,000,000 - 12,000,000 12,000,000 - 12,000,000 SNY 1 SNY
------------------- ---------- --- ---------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---
Frankenweenie 11,914,000 4,900,000 7,014,000 27,335,000 5,300,000 22,035,000 DIS 10 DIS
------------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ---
Madagascar 3 10,486,000 10,400,000 86,000 681,566,108 465,200,000 216,366,108 PAR 30 PAR
------------ ---------- ---------- ------ ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Pitch Perfect 9,966,450 630,000 9,336,450 37,384,913 1,300,000 36,084,913 UNI 3 UNI
------------- --------- ------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ---
Resident Evil: Retribution 5,800,000 5,800,000 - 212,612,126 171,100,000 41,512,126 SNY 65 SNY
-------------------------- --------- --------- --- ----------- ----------- ---------- --- --- ---
Masquerade 5,300,000 5,300,000 - 58,800,000 58,800,000 - CJ 1 CJ
---------- --------- --------- --- ---------- ---------- --- --- --- ---
Seven Psychopaths 4,275,000 - 4,275,000 4,275,000 - 4,275,000 MUL 2 CBS
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A Company Man 4,000,000 4,000,000 - 4,035,000 4,035,000 - SHO 1 -
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Ice Age: Continental Drift 3,300,000 3,300,000 - 866,589,210 707,000,000 159,589,210 FOX 4 FOX
-------------------------- --------- --------- --- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Dukhless 3,100,000 3,100,000 - 9,900,000 9,900,000 - UNI 1 -
-------- --------- --------- --- --------- --------- --- --- --- ---
© Rentrak *Territory is a movie studio term for regions of the world consisting of various countries

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