Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of Dec. 15, 2013

Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of Dec. 15, 2013

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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT), the global leader in box office measurement, today announced the worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of Dec. 15, 2013 as compiled by the company's Box Office Essentials(TM) and International Box Office Essentials(TM) 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 Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, "Warner Bros. had a very happy 'Hobbit' weekend as 'The Desolation of Smaug' dominated the international box office, ranking #1 everywhere and grossing a phenomenal $131.2 million in 49 markets and a whopping $205 million worldwide in 50 markets. Disney's 'Frozen' continues to chill the worldwide competition as the only kid-friendly offering and in 26 territories brings its global total to nearly $266 million, while Lionsgate's 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' ignites a whopping 84 territories with a global cumulative nearing $730 million."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013 are below.

1. Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, The - Warner Bros. - $73.7M
2. Frozen - Disney - $22.2M
3. Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - Lionsgate - $16.0M
4. Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The - Lionsgate - $13.2M
5. Thor: The Dark World - Disney - $2.7M
6. Out Of The Furnace - Relativity Media - $2.3M
7. Delivery Man - Disney - $1.9M
8. Philomena - The Weinstein Company - $1.8M
9. Book Thief, The - 20th Century Fox - $1.7M
10. Homefront - Open Road - $1.6M
11. Dallas Buyers Club - Focus Features - $1.1M
12. Best Man Holiday, The - Universal - $1.0M

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: The Desolation Of Smaug, The 204,875,000 131,200,000 73,675,000 204,875,000 131,200,000 73,675,000 WB 50 WB
------------------------------------ ----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- --- --- ---

Frozen 53,684,000 31,500,000 22,184,000 265,988,000 101,600,000 164,388,000 DIS 26 DIS
------ ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The 32,650,000 19,500,000 13,150,000 729,881,997 372,900,000 356,981,997 MUL 84 LGF
-------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas 16,000,000 - 16,000,000 16,000,000 - 16,000,000 MUL 1 LGF
------------------------------- ---------- --- ---------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---

Firestorm 15,000,000 15,000,000 - 21,000,000 21,000,000 - MUL 5 -
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Gravity 8,733,000 8,000,000 733,000 642,166,608 389,400,000 252,766,608 WB 43 WB
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Way Back Home 4,900,000 4,900,000 - 4,945,000 4,945,000 - CJ 1 -
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No Man's Land 4,500,000 4,500,000 - 29,500,000 29,500,000 - MUL 1 -
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About Time 4,297,955 4,200,000 97,955 69,699,068 54,500,000 15,199,068 UNI 21 UNI
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Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 4,005,000 3,900,000 105,000 223,415,346 108,000,000 115,415,346 SNY 40 SNY
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Thor: The Dark World 4,000,000 1,300,000 2,700,000 619,925,000 421,800,000 198,125,000 DIS 72 DIS
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Captain Phillips 3,485,000 3,200,000 285,000 205,911,858 101,900,000 104,011,858 SNY 65 SNY
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Four 2, The 3,000,000 3,000,000 - 21,000,000 21,000,000 - MUL 3 -
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Carrie 2,800,000 2,800,000 - 74,666,619 39,400,000 35,266,619 SNY 33 SNY
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American Hustle 2,690,000 2,000,000 690,000 2,690,000 2,000,000 690,000 ROAD 2 SNY
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*Territory is a movie studio term
for regions of the world
consisting of various countries.


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