Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of October 28, 2012

Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of October 28, 2012

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28, 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 28, 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, "Skyfall opens at No. 1 worldwide with an estimated weekend gross of $77.7 million despite only opening in 25 international markets. The film was No.1 in all 25 and opens in the US on Nov 9th."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, October 28, 2012 are below.


1. Argo - Warner Bros. - $12.4M
2. Hotel Transylvania - Sony - $9.5M
3. Cloud Atlas - Warner Bros. - $9.4M
4. Paranormal Activity 4 - Paramount - $8.7M
5. Taken 2 - 20th Century Fox - $8.0M
6. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D - Open Road - $8.0M
7. Here Comes The Boom - Sony - $5.5M
8. Sinister - Lionsgate - $5.1M
9. Alex Cross - Lionsgate - $5.0M
10. Fun Size - Paramount - $4.1M
11. Pitch Perfect - Universal - $4.0M
12. Frankenweenie - Disney - $2.4M
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 Territories Domestic
----- --------- ----- -------- --------- ----- -------- ----- ------------------ --------
Skyfall 77,700,000 77,700,000 - 77,700,000 77,700,000 - SNY 25 SNY
------- ---------- ---------- --- ---------- ---------- --- --- --- ---
Hotel Transylvania 27,600,000 18,100,000 9,500,000 221,736,341 91,300,000 130,436,341 SNY 51 SNY
------------------ ---------- ---------- --------- ----------- ---------- ----------- --- --- ---
Paranormal Activity 4 22,775,000 14,100,000 8,675,000 90,932,365 48,300,000 42,632,365 PAR 46 PAR
--------------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Taken 2 18,100,000 10,100,000 8,000,000 316,988,845 199,600,000 117,388,845 MUL 65 FOX
------- ---------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Argo 17,355,000 5,000,000 12,355,000 67,480,288 6,700,000 60,780,288 WB 16 WB
---- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ---
Bourne Legacy, The 11,632,745 11,500,000 132,745 251,502,850 138,500,000 113,002,850 UNI 26 UNI
------------------ ---------- ---------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D 9,500,000 1,500,000 8,000,000 9,500,000 1,500,000 8,000,000 MUL 6 OPRD
-------------------------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --- --- ----
Cloud Atlas 9,400,000 - 9,400,000 9,400,000 - 9,400,000 MUL 1 WB
----------- --------- --- --------- --------- --- --------- --- --- ---
Impossible, The 8,700,000 8,700,000 - 34,300,000 34,300,000 - WB 1 LGF
--------------- --------- --------- --- ---------- ---------- --- --- --- ---
Madagascar 3 8,400,000 8,400,000 - 712,091,482 495,700,000 216,391,482 PAR 28 PAR
------------ --------- --------- --- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Sinister 6,170,000 1,100,000 5,070,000 55,914,955 16,400,000 39,514,955 MUL 11 LGF
-------- --------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Frankenweenie 5,912,000 3,500,000 2,412,000 49,454,000 17,700,000 31,754,000 DIS 28 DIS
------------- --------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Here Comes The Boom 5,500,000 - 5,500,000 30,610,472 - 30,610,472 SNY 1 SNY
------------------- --------- --- --------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---
Astérix et Obélix: Au Service de Sa
Majesté 5,300,000 5,300,000 - 18,300,000 18,300,000 - MUL 7 -
----------------------------------- --------- --------- --- ---------- ---------- --- --- --- ---
Alex Cross 5,050,000 - 5,050,000 19,368,691 - 19,368,691 MUL 1 LGF
---------- --------- --- --------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---
Ted 5,000,000 5,000,000 - 488,965,740 270,300,000 218,665,740 UNI 36 UNI
--- --------- --------- --- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Looper 4,800,000 2,700,000 2,100,000 114,413,306 52,900,000 61,513,306 MUL 18 SNY
------ --------- --------- --------- ----------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Pitch Perfect 4,298,010 320,000 3,978,010 53,830,243 2,500,000 51,330,243 UNI 7 UNI
------------- --------- ------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ---
Fun Size 4,060,000 - 4,060,000 4,060,000 - 4,060,000 PAR 1 PAR
-------- --------- --- --------- --------- --- --------- --- --- ---
Masquerade 3,300,000 3,300,000 - 69,600,000 69,600,000 - CJ 1 CJ
---------- --------- --------- --- ---------- ---------- --- --- --- ---
Savages 3,000,000 3,000,000 - 74,123,100 26,800,000 47,323,100 UNI 35 UNI
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