Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of Dec. 29, 2013

Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of Dec. 29, 2013

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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29, 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. 29, 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' continues its worldwide domination of the box office adding another $98.3 million internationally in 62 territories plus $29.85 million in North America for a combined weekend of $128.15 million & an impressive global total to date of $614.1 million. Disney is also having a very happy year end with the animated 'Frozen' taking the second spot internationally with $79.3 million in 44 territories for a worldwide total nearing half a billion dollars."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013 are below.

1. Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, The - Warner Bros. - $29.9M
2. Frozen - Disney - $28.8M
3. Anchorman 2 - Paramount - $20.1M
4. American Hustle - Sony - $19.6M
5. Wolf Of Wall Street, The - Paramount - $18.5M
6. Saving Mr. Banks - Disney - $14.0M
7. Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, The - 20th Century Fox - $13.0M
8. Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The - Lionsgate - $10.2M
9. 47 Ronin - Universal - $9.9M
10. Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - Lionsgate - $7.4M
11. Grudge Match - Warner Bros. - $7.3M
12. Walking With Dinosaurs - 20th Century Fox - $7.1M

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
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Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, The 128,150,000 98,300,000 29,850,000 614,104,000 423,800,000 190,304,000 WB 63 WB
------------------------------------ ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

Frozen 79,345,000 50,500,000 28,845,000 491,866,000 243,500,000 248,366,000 DIS 44 DIS
------ ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, The 40,200,000 27,200,000 13,000,000 52,795,000 27,200,000 25,595,000 FOX 40 FOX
-------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---

Anchorman 2 28,150,000 8,000,000 20,150,000 109,067,000 25,400,000 83,667,000 PAR 8 PAR
----------- ---------- --------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---

Wolf Of Wall Street, The 25,000,000 6,500,000 18,500,000 40,802,000 6,500,000 34,302,000 MUL 3 PAR
------------------------ ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ---

47 Ronin 23,668,630 13,800,000 9,868,630 42,870,850 22,300,000 20,570,850 UNI 30 UNI
-------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---

American Hustle 21,250,000 1,700,000 19,550,000 66,035,000 6,000,000 60,035,000 MUL 4 SNY
--------------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ---

Walking With Dinosaurs 19,400,000 12,300,000 7,100,000 54,168,000 33,400,000 20,768,000 FOX 47 FOX
---------------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---

Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The 19,200,000 9,000,000 10,200,000 798,123,843 407,000,000 391,123,843 MUL 84 LGF
-------------------------------- ---------- --------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

Police Story 2013 18,000,000 18,000,000 - 39,000,000 39,000,000 - MUL 3 -
----------------- ---------- ---------- --- ---------- ---------- --- --- --- ---

Saving Mr. Banks 14,321,000 300,000 14,021,000 43,844,000 6,000,000 37,844,000 DIS 3 DIS
---------------- ---------- ------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ---

Physician, The 13,000,000 13,000,000 - 13,000,000 13,000,000 - MUL 4 -
-------------- ---------- ---------- --- ---------- ---------- --- --- --- ---

Personal Tailor 12,500,000 12,500,000 - 68,202,722 68,000,000 202,722 MUL 3 CHINA
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Attorney, The 12,000,000 12,000,000 - 33,000,000 33,000,000 - NEX 1 -
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Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas 7,400,000 - 7,400,000 43,719,076 - 43,719,076 MUL 1 LGF
------------------------------- --------- --- --------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---

Grudge Match 7,310,000 - 7,310,000 13,435,000 - 13,435,000 MUL 1 WB
------------ --------- --- --------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---

4G Theory, The 7,000,000 7,000,000 - 7,000,000 7,000,000 - BZL 1 -
-------------- --------- --------- --- --------- --------- --- --- --- ---

Suspect, The 6,500,000 6,500,000 - 12,500,000 12,500,000 - SHO 1 WGUI
------------ --------- --------- --- ---------- ---------- --- --- --- ----

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 6,215,000 5,700,000 515,000 238,398,196 121,800,000 116,598,196 SNY 44 SNY
----------------------------------- --------- --------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

Colpi Di Fortuna 5,800,000 5,800,000 - 11,500,000 11,500,000 - UNI 1 -
---------------- --------- --------- --- ---------- ---------- --- --- --- ---

Philomena 4,829,000 3,000,000 1,829,000 236,506,423 220,000,000 16,506,423 MUL 5 TWC
--------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ----------- ---------- --- --- ---

Belle et Sebastien 4,300,000 4,300,000 - 11,300,000 11,300,000 - MUL 2 E1
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studio term for regions of
the world consisting of
various countries.


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