Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of December 9, 2012

Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of December 9, 2012

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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9, 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 9, 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, "Rise of the Guardians ascends to the No. 1 spot in the world with a worldwide weekend gross of $36.5 million from 59 markets, new cume now stands at $152.4 million. This weekend produced four films grossing over $20 million in international box office; Rise of the Guardians $26.0 million, Life of Pi $23.8 million, Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 $23.5 million and Skyfall $20.3 million

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, December 9, 2012 are below.


1. Skyfall - Sony - $11.0M
2. Rise Of The Guardians - Paramount - $10.5M
3. Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 - Lionsgate - $9.2M
4. Lincoln - Disney - $9.1M
5. Life Of Pi - 20th Century Fox - $8.3M
6. Playing For Keeps - FilmDistrict - $6.0M
7. Wreck-It Ralph - Disney - $4.9M
8. Red Dawn - FilmDistrict - $4.3M
9. Flight - Paramount - $3.1M
10. Killing Them Softly - The Weinstein Company - $2.8M
11. Silver Linings Playbook - The Weinstein Company - $2.2M
12. Anna Karenina - Focus Features - $1.5M
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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Rise Of The Guardians 36,540,000 26,000,000 10,540,000 152,413,574 90,500,000 61,913,574 PAR 59 PAR
--------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 32,700,000 23,500,000 9,200,000 751,134,764 482,400,000 268,734,764 MUL 74 LGF
------------------------------------ ---------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Life Of Pi 32,100,000 23,800,000 8,300,000 166,617,529 105,700,000 60,917,529 FOX 12 FOX
---------- ---------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----------- ---------- --- --- ---
Skyfall 31,300,000 20,300,000 11,000,000 918,220,080 656,600,000 261,620,080 SNY 85 SNY
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Wreck-It Ralph 10,704,000 5,800,000 4,904,000 215,548,000 51,100,000 164,448,000 DIS 27 DIS
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Lincoln 9,115,000 - 9,115,000 97,335,000 - 97,335,000 DIS 1 DIS
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Playing For Keeps 6,500,000 500,000 6,000,000 6,500,000 500,000 6,000,000 MUL 2 FMDI
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Red Dawn 4,561,000 300,000 4,261,000 38,395,815 1,130,000 37,265,815 MUL 6 FMDI
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26 Years 4,300,000 4,300,000 - 9,700,000 9,700,000 - INV 1 -
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Killing Them Softly 4,184,000 1,400,000 2,784,000 28,707,737 16,900,000 11,807,737 MUL 12 TWC
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Whatcha Wearin'? (My P.S. Partner) 3,900,000 3,900,000 - 3,960,000 3,960,000 - CJ 1 CJ
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Hotel Transylvania 3,600,000 3,600,000 - 301,490,123 157,800,000 143,690,123 SNY 61 SNY
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