Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of November 18, 2012

Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of November 18, 2012

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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18, 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 November 18, 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, "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 opens at No. 1 worldwide with an outstanding weekend gross of $340.9 million, the international opening of $199.6 million represents a 38% increase over the previous installment. Skyfall surpassed the $500 million mark overseas and is now the highest grossing Bond film of all-time. The new worldwide cume stands at $669 million."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, November 18, 2012 are below.

1. Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 - Lionsgate - $141.3M
2. Skyfall - Sony - $41.5M
3. Lincoln - Disney - $21.0M
4. Wreck-It Ralph - Disney - $18.3M
5. Flight - Paramount - $8.6M
6. Argo - Warner Bros. - $4.1M
7. Taken 2 - 20th Century Fox - $2.1M
8. Pitch Perfect - Universal - $1.3M
9. Jab Tak Hai Jaan - Yash Raj Films - $1.2M
10. Here Comes The Boom - Sony - $1.2M
11. Hotel Transylvania - Sony - $0.9M
11. Cloud Atlas - Warner Bros. - $0.9M
11. Sessions, The - Fox Searchlight - $0.9M

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
------------------------- -------------------------- -----------
Title Worldwide Int'l Domestic Worldwide Int'l Domestic Int'l No. of Domestic
Territories
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Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 340,900,000 199,600,000 141,300,000 340,900,000 199,600,000 141,300,000 MUL 62 LGF
------------------------------------ ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Skyfall 91,100,000 49,600,000 41,500,000 669,237,108 507,900,000 161,337,108 SNY 84 SNY
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Wreck-It Ralph 23,112,000 4,800,000 18,312,000 157,179,000 35,700,000 121,479,000 DIS 20 DIS
-------------- ---------- --------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ----------- --- --- ---
Lincoln 21,000,000 - 21,000,000 22,419,000 - 22,419,000 DIS 1 DIS
------- ---------- --- ---------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---
Argo 12,770,000 8,700,000 4,070,000 132,422,480 40,400,000 92,022,480 WB 39 WB
---- ---------- --------- --------- ----------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Flight 9,615,000 1,000,000 8,615,000 63,435,810 2,100,000 61,335,810 PAR 2 PAR
------ --------- --------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ---
Hotel Transylvania 8,700,000 7,800,000 900,000 282,991,598 140,300,000 142,691,598 SNY 58 SNY
------------------ --------- --------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo 7,500,000 7,500,000 - 7,500,000 7,500,000 - TJOY 1 -
---------------------------------- --------- --------- --- --------- --------- --- ---- --- ---
Werewolf Boy, A 6,800,000 6,800,000 - 30,200,000 30,200,000 - CJ 1 CJ
--------------- --------- --------- --- ---------- ---------- --- --- --- ---
Cloud Atlas 5,900,000 5,000,000 900,000 40,293,903 15,400,000 24,893,903 MUL 4 WB
----------- --------- --------- ------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Taken 2 4,000,000 1,900,000 2,100,000 354,124,389 219,500,000 134,624,389 MUL 44 FOX
------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Here Comes The Boom 3,700,000 2,500,000 1,200,000 49,119,015 8,100,000 41,019,015 SNY 18 SNY
------------------- --------- --------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ---
Confession of Murder 3,500,000 3,500,000 - 8,600,000 8,600,000 - SHO 1 -
-------------------- --------- --------- --- --------- --------- --- --- --- ---
Rise Of The Guardians 3,100,000 3,100,000 - 3,100,000 3,100,000 - PAR 1 PAR
--------------------- --------- --------- --- --------- --------- --- --- --- ---
Paranormal Activity 4 2,680,000 2,300,000 380,000 135,500,843 82,000,000 53,500,843 PAR 49 PAR
--------------------- --------- --------- ------- ----------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Jab Tak Hai Jaan 2,650,000 1,400,000 1,250,000 2,801,000 1,551,000 1,250,000 MUL 7 YASHRAJ
---------------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --- --- -------
Madagascar 3 2,500,000 2,500,000 - 737,591,482 521,200,000 216,391,482 PAR 23 PAR
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