Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of December 23, 2012

Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of December 23, 2012

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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23, 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 December 23, 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, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey continues at No. 1 worldwide, with an estimated weekend gross of $128 million from 60 international markets. The worldwide cume now stands at $434 million."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, December 23, 2012 are below.


1. Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The - Warner Bros. - $36.7M
2. Jack Reacher - Paramount - $15.6M
3. This Is 40 - Universal - $12.0M
4. Rise Of The Guardians - Paramount - $5.9M
5. Lincoln - Disney - $5.6M
6. Guilt Trip, The - Paramount - $5.4M
7. Monsters, Inc. - Disney - $5.0M
8. Skyfall - Sony - $4.7M
9. Life Of Pi - 20th Century Fox - $3.8M
10. Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 - Lionsgate - $2.6M
11. Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away - Paramount - $2.1M
12. Wreck-It Ralph - Disney - $2.0M
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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Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The 127,705,000 91,000,000 36,705,000 433,858,000 284,000,000 149,858,000 WB 60 WB
---------------------------------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Life Of Pi 27,000,000 23,200,000 3,800,000 236,656,244 160,500,000 76,156,244 FOX 47 FOX
---------- ---------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----------- ---------- --- --- ---
Rise Of The Guardians 19,600,000 13,700,000 5,900,000 222,594,230 142,900,000 79,694,230 PAR 61 PAR
--------------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----------- ---------- --- --- ---
Jack Reacher 18,100,000 2,500,000 15,600,000 18,100,000 2,500,000 15,600,000 PAR 8 PAR
------------ ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ---
Skyfall 13,700,000 9,000,000 4,700,000 974,092,000 694,300,000 279,792,000 SNY 72 SNY
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This Is 40 12,030,690 - 12,030,690 12,030,690 - 12,030,690 UNI 1 UNI
---------- ---------- --- ---------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---
Wreck-It Ralph 9,303,000 7,300,000 2,003,000 239,526,000 67,600,000 171,926,000 DIS 35 DIS
-------------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ---------- ----------- --- --- ---
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 9,200,000 6,600,000 2,600,000 794,805,734 513,200,000 281,605,734 MUL 75 LGF
------------------------------------ --------- --------- --------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Pitch Perfect 6,134,820 6,000,000 134,820 84,228,633 20,100,000 64,128,633 UNI 16 UNI
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Lincoln 5,633,000 - 5,633,000 116,781,000 - 116,781,000 DIS 1 DIS
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Guilt Trip, The 5,390,000 - 5,390,000 7,420,614 - 7,420,614 PAR 1 PAR
--------------- --------- --- --------- --------- --- --------- --- --- ---
Monsters, Inc. 5,040,000 - 5,040,000 6,525,000 - 6,525,000 DIS 1 DIS
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Les Miserables 4,200,000 4,200,000 - 4,200,000 4,200,000 - UNI 1 UNI
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Love 911 3,200,000 3,200,000 - 3,400,000 3,400,000 - NEW 1 -
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De L'autre Cote Du Periph 3,100,000 3,100,000 - 3,100,000 3,100,000 - MAR 1 -
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(C) Rentrak *Territory is a movie studio term for regions of the world consisting of various countries
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