Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of August 3, 2014

Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of August 3, 2014

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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT), the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of Aug. 3, 2014 as compiled by the company's Box Office Essentials(®) 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, "Star Lord and his pals boosted the summer box office as Disney/Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy' enjoys a massive global debut of $160.4 million in 43 territories, topping the international chart with $66.4 million and the North American box office with the highest August debut ever of $94 million. Notably, Paramount's 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' has joined the elite billion dollar top 20 global box office club."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, are below.

1. Guardians Of The Galaxy - Disney - $94.0M
2. Lucy - Universal - $18.3M
3. Get On Up - Universal - $14.0M
4. Hercules - Paramount - $10.7M
5. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes - 20th Century Fox - $8.7M
6. Planes: Fire and Rescue - Disney - $6.4M
7. Purge: Anarchy, The - Universal - $5.6M
8. Sex Tape - Sony - $3.5M
9. And So It Goes - Freestyle Releasing - $3.3M
10. Most Wanted Man, A - Roadside Attractions - $3.3M
11. Boyhood - IFC Films - $2.5M
12. Transformers: Age Of Extinction - Paramount - $2.2M

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 Terr Domestic
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Guardians Of The Galaxy 160,400,000 66,400,000 94,000,000 160,400,000 66,400,000 94,000,000 DIS 43 DIS
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Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes 56,200,000 47,500,000 8,700,000 449,329,673 260,000,000 189,329,673 FOX 71 FOX
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White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom, The 40,000,000 40,000,000 - 44,000,000 44,000,000 - MUL 6 -
---------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- --- ---------- ---------- --- --- --- ---

Roaring Currents 30,000,000 30,000,000 - 35,000,000 35,000,000 - CJ 1 CJ
---------------- ---------- ---------- --- ---------- ---------- --- --- --- ---

Hercules 24,900,000 14,200,000 10,700,000 108,848,048 56,500,000 52,348,048 PAR 36 PAR
-------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---

Lucy 23,383,420 5,100,000 18,283,420 84,670,805 5,100,000 79,570,805 MUL 5 UNI
---- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ---

Transformers: Age Of Extinction 21,300,000 19,100,000 2,200,000 1,004,965,915 763,800,000 241,165,915 PAR 61 PAR
------------------------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ------------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

How To Train Your Dragon 2 21,215,000 20,000,000 1,215,000 465,269,057 296,700,000 168,569,057 FOX 37 FOX
-------------------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

Continent 17,000,000 17,000,000 - 82,500,000 82,500,000 - MUL 1 -
--------- ---------- ---------- --- ---------- ---------- --- --- --- ---

Get On Up 14,030,580 - 14,030,580 14,030,580 - 14,030,580 UNI 1 UNI
--------- ---------- --- ---------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---

Purge: Anarchy, The 13,651,040 8,100,000 5,551,040 82,262,015 19,300,000 62,962,015 UNI 36 UNI
------------------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---

Girl Friends 13,000,000 13,000,000 - 13,020,000 13,020,000 - MUL 3 -
------------ ---------- ---------- --- ---------- ---------- --- --- --- ---

Planes: Fire and Rescue 9,924,000 3,500,000 6,424,000 77,596,000 30,000,000 47,596,000 DIS 31 DIS
----------------------- --------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---

22 Jump Street 8,300,000 7,100,000 1,200,000 289,861,082 101,400,000 188,461,082 SNY 46 SNY
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Ruroni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire Arc 8,000,000 8,000,000 - 8,000,000 8,000,000 - WB 1 -
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Sex Tape 7,750,000 4,200,000 3,550,000 51,708,464 17,800,000 33,908,464 SNY 27 SNY
-------- --------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---

Brick Mansions 7,500,000 7,500,000 - 42,896,829 22,500,000 20,396,829 MUL 1 REL
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Step Up All In 5,800,000 5,800,000 - 26,200,000 26,200,000 - MUL 25 LGF
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KUNDO: Age of the Rampant 5,100,000 5,100,000 - 34,000,000 34,000,000 - SHO 1 WGUI
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Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn 4,250,000 4,250,000 - 5,500,000 5,500,000 - MUL 1 -
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And So It Goes 3,994,160 650,000 3,344,160 12,672,943 2,200,000 10,472,943 MUL 5 FREE
-------------- --------- ------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ----

Most Wanted Man, A 3,624,265 300,000 3,324,265 7,358,914 300,000 7,058,914 MUL 2 ROAD
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Boyhood 3,522,210 1,000,000 2,522,210 15,565,590 8,000,000 7,565,590 MUL 6 IFC
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Godzilla 3,200,000 3,200,000 - 507,222,103 307,300,000 199,922,103 WB 1 WB
-------- --------- --------- --- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

House That Never Dies, The 3,000,000 3,000,000 - 61,500,000 61,500,000 - MUL 1 -
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*Territory is a movie studio term for regions of the world consisting of various countries.

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About Box Office Essentials(®)

Rentrak's Box Office Essentials is the movie industry's census-based currency, collecting, processing and reporting on how many people go to the movies and how much they spend in virtually every theater in North America. Every major studio, mini-major and prominent independent film distributor in the industry uses Rentrak's real-time and geographic-specific box office information that provides users with instant analysis of nearly the entire domestic box office landscape. Learn more.

About International Box Office Essentials(TM)
Rentrak's International Box Office Essentials collects and delivers box office results and attendance information from virtually every theater in developed and emerging markets around the world, reporting crucial box office grosses--including weekend results and estimates--in near real-time. As the industry's census-based standard in worldwide box office reporting, only Rentrak shows studios the precise performance of their movie in the U.S. and worldwide with an all-inclusive view of the global theatrical market. Learn more.

About Rentrak Corporation
Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT) is the entertainment and marketing industries' premier provider of worldwide consumer viewership information, precisely measuring actual viewing behavior of movies and TV everywhere. Using our proprietary intelligence and technology, combined with advanced demographics, only Rentrak is the census currency for VOD and movies. Rentrak provides the stable and robust audience measurement services that movie, television and advertising professionals across the globe have come to rely on to better deliver their business goals and more precisely target advertising across numerous platforms including box office, multiscreen television and home video. For more information on Rentrak, please visit Rentrak.com.

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