Rentrak Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of March 8, 2015

Rentrak Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of March 8, 2015

-Only Rentrak Provides the Official Global Movie Results-

LOS ANGELES, March 8, 2015 /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 March 8, 2015, 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, "Warner Bros. had a great weekend globally with Will Smith in 'Focus' taking the top spot in the worldwide derby with $27.7 million, 'Jupiter Ascending' leading the charge in the international arena with $25.3 million and their 'American Sniper' crossing the $500 million milestone in global box office. Notably, Sony's sci-fi entry 'Chappie' opened in the second spot worldwide this weekend with $27.0 million."

The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, March 8, 2015, are below.

1. Focus - Warner Bros. - $27.7M
2. Chappie - Sony - $27.0M
3. Jupiter Ascending - Warner Bros. - $26.5M
4. Kingsman: The Secret Service - 20th Century Fox - $25.3M
5. Fifty Shades Of Grey - Universal - $23.3M
6. Big Hero 6 - Disney - $19.9M
7. American Sniper - Warner Bros. - $19.1M
8. Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Water - Universal - $16.6M
9. Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The - 20th Century Fox - $14.2M
10. From Vegas to Macau II - Multiple - $10.0M
11. Wolf Totem - Multiple - $9.5M
12. Unfinished Business - 20th Century Fox - $7.4M

The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, March 8, are below.

1. Chappie - Sony - $13.3M
2. Focus - Warner Bros. - $10.0M
3. Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The - Fox Searchlight - $8.6M
4. Kingsman: The Secret Service - 20th Century Fox - $8.3M
5. Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Water - Paramount - $7.0M
6. Fifty Shades Of Grey - Universal - $5.6M
7. McFarland, USA - Disney - $5.3M
8. Lazarus Effect, The - Relativity Media - $5.1M
9. DUFF, The - Lionsgate - $4.8M
10. Unfinished Business - 20th Century Fox - $4.8M
11. American Sniper - Warner Bros. - $4.5M
12. Still Alice - Sony Pictures Classics - $1.7M

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) Distributors
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Title Worldwide Int'l Domestic Worldwide Int'l Domestic Int'l No. of Terr Domestic
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Focus 27,720,000 17,700,000 10,020,000 71,573,496 37,000,000 34,573,496 WB 50 WB
----- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---

Chappie 27,000,000 13,700,000 13,300,000 27,000,000 13,700,000 13,300,000 SNY 54 SNY
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---

Jupiter Ascending 26,455,000 25,300,000 1,155,000 152,054,276 107,000,000 45,054,276 WB 54 WB
----------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----------- ---------- --- --- ---

Kingsman: The Secret Service 25,300,000 17,000,000 8,300,000 248,827,750 150,800,000 98,027,750 FOX 68 FOX
---------------------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----------- ---------- --- --- ---

Fifty Shades Of Grey 23,303,880 17,700,000 5,603,880 527,747,690 371,300,000 156,447,690 UNI 60 UNI
-------------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

Big Hero 6 19,925,000 19,600,000 325,000 604,811,971 383,500,000 221,311,971 DIS 26 DIS
---------- ---------- ---------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

American Sniper 19,110,000 14,600,000 4,510,000 500,208,980 163,000,000 337,208,980 WB 58 WB
--------------- ---------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Water 16,600,000 9,600,000 7,000,000 259,392,859 110,400,000 148,992,859 UNI 52 PAR
------------------------------------------ ---------- --------- --------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 14,200,000 5,600,000 8,600,000 29,600,000 21,000,000 8,600,000 FOX 10 FSL
--------------------------------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- --------- --- --- ---

From Vegas to Macau II 10,000,000 10,000,000 - 133,000,000 133,000,000 - MUL 5 -
---------------------- ---------- ---------- --- ----------- ----------- --- --- --- ---

Wolf Totem 9,500,000 9,500,000 - 95,000,000 95,000,000 - MUL 2 -
---------- --------- --------- --- ---------- ---------- --- --- --- ---

Unfinished Business 7,400,000 2,600,000 4,800,000 7,400,000 2,600,000 4,800,000 FOX 16 FOX
------------------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --- --- ---

Paddington 6,860,000 5,600,000 1,260,000 239,559,868 167,500,000 72,059,868 MUL 16 TWC
---------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ----------- ---------- --- --- ---

Lazarus Effect, The 5,800,000 700,000 5,100,000 18,100,316 700,000 17,400,316 MUL 6 REL
------------------- --------- ------- --------- ---------- ------- ---------- --- --- ---

McFarland, USA 5,318,000 - 5,318,000 29,426,431 - 29,426,431 DIS 1 DIS
-------------- --------- --- --------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---

Birdman 5,133,000 4,400,000 733,000 94,849,827 53,300,000 41,549,827 FOX 40 FSL
------- --------- --------- ------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---

DUFF, The 4,850,000 - 4,850,000 26,116,076 - 26,116,076 MUL 1 LGF
--------- --------- --- --------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---

Imitation Game, The 4,661,000 3,500,000 1,161,000 204,983,673 116,500,000 88,483,673 MUL 33 TWC
------------------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ----------- ---------- --- --- ---

Dukhless 2 3,700,000 3,700,000 - 1,718,283 1,718,283 - UNI 1 -
---------- --------- --------- --- --------- --------- --- --- --- ---

Dragon Blade 3,500,000 3,500,000 - 107,000,000 107,000,000 - MUL 4 -
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