Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of October 21, 2012

Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of October 21, 2012

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21, 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 21, 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, "Paranormal Activity 4 opens at No.1 worldwide with an estimated weekend gross of $56.7 million in 34 territories. The international opening of $26.5 million represents a 12% increase over Paranormal Activity 3 and a 25% increase over Paranormal Activity 2, for the same territories."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, October 21, 2012 are below.


1. Paranormal Activity 4 - Paramount - $30.2M
2. Argo - Warner Bros. - $16.6M
3. Hotel Transylvania - Sony - $13.5M
4. Taken 2 - 20th Century Fox - $13.4M
5. Alex Cross - Lionsgate - $11.8M
6. Sinister - Lionsgate - $9.0M
7. Here Comes The Boom - Sony - $8.5M
8. Pitch Perfect - Universal - $7.0M
9. Frankenweenie - Disney - $4.4M
10. Looper - Sony - $4.2M
11. Seven Psychopaths - CBS Films - $3.3M
12. Perks Of Being A Wallflower, The - Lionsgate - $2.1M
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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Paranormal Activity 4 56,700,000 26,500,000 30,200,000 56,700,000 26,500,000 30,200,000 PAR 34 PAR
--------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Taken 2 36,900,000 23,500,000 13,400,000 281,671,469 175,700,000 105,971,469 MUL 67 FOX
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Hotel Transylvania 28,000,000 14,500,000 13,500,000 187,320,955 68,300,000 119,020,955 SNY 39 SNY
------------------ ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ----------- --- --- ---
Argo 17,825,000 1,200,000 16,625,000 44,391,489 1,200,000 43,191,489 WB 9 WB
---- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ---
Madagascar 3 14,900,000 14,900,000 - 699,291,482 482,900,000 216,391,482 PAR 28 PAR
------------ ---------- ---------- --- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Alex Cross 11,750,000 - 11,750,000 11,750,000 - 11,750,000 MUL 1 LGF
---------- ---------- --- ---------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---
Sinister 11,330,000 2,300,000 9,030,000 45,550,168 13,600,000 31,950,168 MUL 10 LGF
-------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Looper 9,800,000 5,600,000 4,200,000 104,540,132 46,700,000 57,840,132 MUL 18 SNY
------ --------- --------- --------- ----------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Impossible, The 8,700,000 8,700,000 - 25,500,000 25,500,000 - WB 1 LGF
--------------- --------- --------- --- ---------- ---------- --- --- --- ---
Frankenweenie 8,534,000 4,100,000 4,434,000 40,243,000 11,900,000 28,343,000 DIS 20 DIS
------------- --------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Here Comes The Boom 8,500,000 - 8,500,000 23,224,328 - 23,224,328 SNY 1 SNY
------------------- --------- --- --------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---
Asterix et Obelix: Au Service de Sa Majeste 8,100,000 8,100,000 - 8,133,000 8,133,000 - MUL 5 -
------------------------------------------- --------- --------- --- --------- --------- --- --- --- ---
Ted 8,070,850 8,000,000 70,850 481,229,785 262,600,000 218,629,785 UNI 43 UNI
--- --------- --------- ------ ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Pitch Perfect 7,329,100 320,000 7,009,100 47,769,448 2,000,000 45,769,448 UNI 5 UNI
------------- --------- ------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ---
Perfect Number 4,200,000 4,200,000 - 4,262,000 4,262,000 - CJ 1 CJ
-------------- --------- --------- --- --------- --------- --- --- --- ---
Masquerade 4,100,000 4,100,000 - 64,700,000 64,700,000 - CJ 1 CJ
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Total Recall 4,000,000 4,000,000 - 183,877,969 125,000,000 58,877,969 SNY 19 SNY
------------ --------- --------- --- ----------- ----------- ---------- --- --- ---
Seven Psychopaths 3,305,000 - 3,305,000 9,192,992 - 9,192,992 MUL 1 CBS
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Perks Of Being A Wallflower, The 2,750,000 600,000 2,150,000 13,520,625 4,400,000 9,120,625 MUL 6 LGF
-------------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ---------- --------- --------- --- --- ---
Savages 2,600,000 2,600,000 - 70,123,100 22,800,000 47,323,100 UNI 38 UNI
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Resident Evil: Retribution 2,500,000 2,500,000 - 217,352,411 175,600,000 41,752,411 SNY 53 SNY
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