Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of Dec. 22, 2013

Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of Dec. 22, 2013

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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22, 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. 22, 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.' 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,' again took the top spot internationally with $96.0m in 56 international markets & $127.5 million for the global weekend including North America. With a global tally now at $403.8m, the film continues to resonate strongly with Hobbit fans around the globe."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013 are below.

1. Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, The - Warner Bros. - $31.5M
2. Anchorman 2 - Paramount - $26.8M
3. Frozen - Disney - $19.2M
4. American Hustle - Sony - $19.1M
5. Saving Mr. Banks - Disney - $9.3M
6. Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The - Lionsgate - $8.8M
7. Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - Lionsgate - $8.5M
8. Walking With Dinosaurs - 20th Century Fox - $7.3M
9. Dhoom 3 - Yash Raj Films - $3.3M
10. Thor: The Dark World - Disney - $1.3M
11. Philomena - The Weinstein Company - $1.2M
12. Inside Llewyn Davis - CBS Films - $1.1M

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 Domestic

Territories
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Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, The 127,455,000 96,000,000 31,455,000 403,800,417 276,300,000 127,500,417 WB 57 WB
------------------------------------ ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

Frozen 54,263,000 35,100,000 19,163,000 344,155,000 152,600,000 191,555,000 DIS 34 DIS
------ ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

Anchorman 2 40,176,000 13,400,000 26,776,000 53,400,000 13,400,000 40,000,000 PAR 7 PAR
----------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---

Personal Tailor 24,104,000 24,000,000 104,000 35,104,000 35,000,000 104,000 MUL 4 CHALION
--------------- ---------- ---------- ------- ---------- ---------- ------- --- --- -------

Walking With Dinosaurs 21,100,000 13,800,000 7,300,000 21,100,000 13,800,000 7,300,000 FOX 41 FOX
---------------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- --------- --- --- ---

American Hustle 20,500,000 1,400,000 19,100,000 24,513,368 4,300,000 20,213,368 MUL 3 SNY
--------------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ---

Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The 19,750,000 11,000,000 8,750,000 765,303,796 393,600,000 371,703,796 MUL 84 LGF
-------------------------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

Saving Mr. Banks 14,821,000 5,500,000 9,321,000 15,447,000 5,500,000 9,947,000 DIS 3 DIS
---------------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- --------- --------- --- --- ---

Attorney, The 11,000,000 11,000,000 - 11,122,000 11,122,000 - NEX 1 -
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Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas 8,510,000 - 8,510,000 28,280,277 - 28,280,277 MUL 1 LGF
------------------------------- --------- --- --------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---

Firestorm 6,700,000 6,700,000 - 38,000,000 38,000,000 - MUL 7 -
--------- --------- --------- --- ---------- ---------- --- --- --- ---

Dhoom 3 5,405,000 2,100,000 3,305,000 5,405,000 2,100,000 3,305,000 MUL 7 YASHRAJ
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Gravity 4,330,000 3,900,000 430,000 652,265,785 398,700,000 253,565,785 WB 38 WB
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Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 3,810,000 3,500,000 310,000 229,753,777 114,000,000 115,753,777 SNY 40 SNY
----------------------------------- --------- --------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

About Time 3,338,000 3,300,000 38,000 74,991,328 59,700,000 15,291,328 UNI 16 UNI
---------- --------- --------- ------ ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---

Belle et Sebastien 3,000,000 3,000,000 - 3,000,000 3,000,000 - MUL 2 E1INC
------------------ --------- --------- --- --------- --------- --- --- --- -----

47 Ronin 2,800,000 2,800,000 - 6,200,000 6,200,000 - UNI 4 UNI
-------- --------- --------- --- --------- --------- --- --- --- ---

Fack Ju Göhte 2,750,000 2,750,000 - 53,500,000 53,500,000 - CON 2 -
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Colpi Di Fortuna 2,600,000 2,600,000 - 2,600,000 2,600,000 - UNI 1 -
---------------- --------- --------- --- --------- --------- --- --- --- ---

Eien no Zero 2,000,000 2,000,000 - 2,000,000 2,000,000 - TOH 1 -
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