Rentrak Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of December 21, 2014

Rentrak Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of December 21, 2014

-Only Rentrak Provides the Official Global Movie Results-

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT), the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the official worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of Dec. 21, 2014, as compiled by the company's theatrical measurement services.

As the trusted official standard for real-time worldwide box office reporting, Rentrak provides the only theater-level reporting in the world. Customers are able to analyze admissions and gross results around the world using Rentrak's suite of products.

Rentrak's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, "A diminutive Hobbit proved to be a giant at the worldwide box office as Warner Bros.' "Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" impressively generated $105.5 million internationally this weekend and combined with its North American debut boasts a whopping $161.72 million in 60 territories. Having already opened last week in the international markets, the final installment in "The Hobbit" trilogy has earned $355.6 million to date around the world. Notably, the Bollywood comedy "P.K." from UTV earned over $22 million this weekend in just 21 international territories and broke into the North American Top 10 in its debut in just 272 locations for a global total of nearly $26 million."

The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014, are below.

1. Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Warner Bros. - $161.7M
2. Gone with the Bullets - Multiple - $36.0M
3. Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb - 20th Century Fox - $28.1M
4. P.K. - UTV Communications- $25.6M
5. Penguins Of Madagascar - 20th Century Fox - $20.0M
6. Annie - Sony - $17.3M
7. Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, The - Multiple - $17.1M
8. Exodus: Gods And Kings - 20th Century Fox - $15.7M
9. Big Hero 6 - Disney - $15.1M
10. Paddington - Multiple - $10.0M
11. International Market - CJ Entertainment - $9.3M
12. Interstellar - Warner Bros./Paramount - $7.1M

The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014, are below.

1. Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Warner Bros. - $56.2M
2. Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb - 20th Century Fox - $17.3M
3. Annie - Sony - $16.3M
4. Exodus: Gods And Kings - 20th Century Fox - $8.1M
5. Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, The - Lionsgate - $7.8M
6. Wild - Fox Searchlight - $4.2M
7. Top Five - Paramount - $3.6M
8. Big Hero 6 - Disney - $3.6M
9. Penguins Of Madagascar - 20th Century Fox - $3.5M
10. P.K. - UTV Communications - $3.5M
11. Interstellar - Paramount - $2.6M
12. Horrible Bosses 2 - Warner Bros. - $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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Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 161,720,000 105,500,000 56,220,000 355,627,210 265,000,000 90,627,210 WB 60 WB
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Gone with the Bullets 36,000,000 36,000,000 - 48,500,000 48,500,000 - MUL 1 -
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Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb 28,100,000 10,800,000 17,300,000 28,100,000 10,800,000 17,300,000 FOX 29 FOX
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P.K. 25,591,068 22,130,000 3,461,068 25,591,068 22,130,000 3,461,068 UTV 22 UTV
---- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- --------- --- --- ---

Penguins Of Madagascar 20,025,000 16,500,000 3,525,000 199,772,461 135,600,000 64,172,461 FOX 54 FOX
---------------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----------- ---------- --- --- ---

Annie 17,300,000 1,000,000 16,300,000 17,300,000 1,000,000 16,300,000 SNY 3 SNY
----- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ---

Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 17,050,000 9,300,000 7,750,000 639,726,689 350,500,000 289,226,689 MUL 83 LGF
-------------------------------- ---------- --------- --------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

Exodus: Gods And Kings 15,665,000 7,600,000 8,065,000 100,801,511 61,900,000 38,901,511 FOX 38 FOX
---------------------- ---------- --------- --------- ----------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---

Big Hero 6 15,063,000 11,500,000 3,563,000 272,041,423 81,600,000 190,441,423 DIS 39 DIS
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Paddington 10,000,000 10,000,000 - 60,000,000 60,000,000 - MUL 23 TWC
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International Market 9,300,000 9,300,000 - 10,700,000 10,700,000 - CJ 1 -
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Interstellar 7,100,000 4,500,000 2,600,000 635,433,242 464,000,000 171,433,242 WB 58 PAR
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My Love, Don't Cross That River 6,300,000 6,300,000 - 14,000,000 14,000,000 - CJ 1 -
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Fleet of Time 6,000,000 6,000,000 - 75,000,000 75,000,000 - MUL 1 -
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Dumb And Dumber To 5,288,800 4,500,000 788,800 138,697,960 55,000,000 83,697,960 MUL 22 UNI
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Horrible Bosses 2 4,875,000 2,700,000 2,175,000 84,949,692 37,200,000 47,749,692 WB 50 WB
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Famille Belier, La 4,500,000 4,500,000 - 4,500,000 4,500,000 - MUL 8 -
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*Territory is a movie studio term for regions of the world consisting of various countries.

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