Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of December 30, 2012

Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of December 30, 2012

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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30, 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 30, 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 is the No. 1 film in the world for the third consecutive weekend with an estimated weekend gross of $139 million from 63 markets. The film only dropped 12% from last weekend. The current worldwide total now stands at $687 million. Also, Skyfall is now over $1 billion worldwide after this weekend."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, December 30, 2012 are below.


1. Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The - Warner Bros. - $32.9M
2. Django Unchained - The Weinstein Company - $30.7M
3. Les Miserables - Universal - $28.0M
4. Parental Guidance - 20th Century Fox - $14.8M
5. Jack Reacher - Paramount - $14.0M
6. This Is 40 - Universal - $13.2M
7. Lincoln - Disney - $7.5M
8. Guilt Trip, The - Paramount - $6.7M
9. Monsters, Inc. - Disney - $6.4M
10. Rise Of The Guardians - Paramount - $4.9M
11. Skyfall - Sony - $4.6M
12. Silver Linings Playbook - The Weinstein Company - $4.1M
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 Territories Domestic
----- --------- ----- -------- --------- ----- -------- ----- ------------------ --------
Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The 139,420,000 106,500,000 32,920,000 686,703,000 464,000,000 222,703,000 WB 63 WB
---------------------------------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Les Miserables 66,327,440 38,300,000 28,027,440 116,165,865 48,700,000 67,465,865 UNI 9 UNI
-------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Life Of Pi 43,025,000 39,200,000 3,825,000 304,695,184 220,000,000 84,695,184 FOX 57 FOX
---------- ---------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----------- ---------- --- --- ---
Jack Reacher 32,110,000 18,100,000 14,010,000 67,161,000 22,500,000 44,661,000 PAR 33 PAR
------------ ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Django Unchained 30,688,000 - 30,688,000 64,008,265 - 64,008,265 MUL 1 TWC
---------------- ---------- --- ---------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---
Wreck-It Ralph 22,405,000 20,400,000 2,005,000 275,855,000 100,200,000 175,655,000 DIS 41 DIS
-------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Parental Guidance 21,800,000 7,000,000 14,800,000 36,588,692 7,000,000 29,588,692 FOX 8 FOX
----------------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ---
Rise Of The Guardians 16,500,000 11,600,000 4,900,000 255,430,000 165,200,000 90,230,000 PAR 60 PAR
--------------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----------- ---------- --- --- ---
Skyfall 14,900,000 10,300,000 4,600,000 1,000,246,774 710,600,000 289,646,774 SNY 61 SNY
------- ---------- ---------- --------- ------------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
This Is 40 13,185,850 - 13,185,850 37,191,140 75,000 37,116,140 UNI 1 UNI
---------- ---------- --- ---------- ---------- ------ ---------- --- --- ---
Lincoln 7,509,000 - 7,509,000 132,039,000 - 132,039,000 DIS 1 DIS
------- --------- --- --------- ----------- --- ----------- --- --- ---
Guilt Trip, The 6,700,000 - 6,700,000 21,102,000 - 21,102,000 PAR 1 PAR
--------------- --------- --- --------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---
Tower, The 6,600,000 6,600,000 - 6,700,000 6,700,000 - CJ 1 CJ
---------- --------- --------- --- --------- --------- --- --- --- ---
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 6,450,000 4,000,000 2,450,000 806,129,776 520,000,000 286,129,776 MUL 75 LGF
------------------------------------ --------- --------- --------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Monsters, Inc. 6,363,000 - 6,363,000 18,490,000 - 18,490,000 DIS 1 DIS
-------------- --------- --- --------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---
Pitch Perfect 6,358,295 6,200,000 158,295 93,103,578 28,700,000 64,403,578 UNI 16 UNI
------------- --------- --------- ------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Silver Linings Playbook 4,110,000 - 4,110,000 36,060,722 8,700,000 27,360,722 MUL 1 TWC
----------------------- --------- --- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ---
De L'autre Cote Du Periph 4,000,000 4,000,000 - 9,000,000 9,000,000 - MUL 1 -
------------------------- --------- --------- --- --------- --------- --- --- --- ---
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away 3,700,000 1,300,000 2,400,000 14,807,000 7,400,000 7,407,000 PAR 6 PAR
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studio term for regions of
the world consisting of
various countries


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