Rentrak Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of December 14, 2014

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Dec 14, 2014, 05:05 ET

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14, 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. 14, 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, "Warner Bros. "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" is off to a phenomenal start internationally in advance of its North American debut later this week, taking in an impressive $117.6 million with 14.57 million admissions from over 15,000 screens in 37 markets. Notably, Fox's "Exodus: Gods and Kings" had a biblical second week, earning $43.3 million from 6,096 screens in 28 markets around the world."

The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, are below.

1. Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Warner Bros. - $117.6M
2. Exodus: Gods And Kings - 20th Century Fox - $43.3M
3. Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, The - Multiple - $29.2M
4. Penguins Of Madagascar - 20th Century Fox - $22.0M
5. Interstellar - Warner Bros./Paramount - $16.9M
6. Paddington - Multiple - $11.0M
7. Horrible Bosses 2 - Warner Bros. - $10.5M
8. Big Hero 6 - Disney - $10.0M
9. Top Five - Paramount Pictures - $7.2M
10. Dumb And Dumber To - Multiple - $5.0M
11. My Love, Don't Cross That River - CJ Entertainment - $4.7M
12. Theory Of Everything, The - Universal - $4.3M

The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, are below.

1. Exodus: Gods And Kings - 20th Century Fox - $24.5M
2. Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, The - Lionsgate - $13.2M
3. Penguins Of Madagascar - 20th Century Fox - $7.3M
4. Top Five - Paramount - $7.2M
5. Big Hero 6 - Disney - $6.1M
6. Interstellar - Paramount - $5.5M
7. Horrible Bosses 2 - Warner Bros. - $4.6M
8. Dumb And Dumber To - Universal - $2.8M
9. Theory Of Everything, The - Focus Features - $2.5M
10. Wild - Fox Searchlight - $1.6M
11. Lingaa - Independent - $1.4M
12. Birdman - Fox Searchlight - $1.3M

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
Title	Worldwide	Int'l	Domestic	Worldwide	Int'l	Domestic	Int'l	No. of Markets	Domestic
Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	117,600,000	117,600,000	-	117,600,000	117,600,000	-	WB	38	WB
Exodus: Gods And Kings	43,300,000	18,800,000	24,500,000	74,700,000	50,200,000	24,500,000	FOX	28	FOX
Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1	29,200,000	16,000,000	13,200,000	611,398,249	334,000,000	277,398,249	MUL	87	LGF
Penguins Of Madagascar	22,000,000	14,700,000	7,300,000	175,538,709	116,700,000	58,838,709	FOX	52	FOX
Interstellar	16,900,000	11,400,000	5,500,000	621,799,576	455,000,000	166,799,576	WB	63	PAR
Paddington	11,000,000	11,000,000	-	45,000,000	45,000,000	-	MUL	23	TWC
Horrible Bosses 2	10,530,000	5,900,000	4,630,000	75,900,934	32,300,000	43,600,934	WB	51	WB
Big Hero 6	10,045,000	3,900,000	6,145,000	253,525,009	68,200,000	185,325,009	DIS	33	DIS
Top Five	7,210,000	-	7,210,000	7,210,000	-	7,210,000	PAR	1	PAR
Dumb And Dumber To	4,956,740	2,200,000	2,756,740	131,117,350	49,000,000	82,117,350	MUL	23	UNI
My Love, Don't Cross That River	4,700,000	4,700,000	-	6,500,000	6,500,000	-	CJ	1	-
Theory Of Everything, The	4,325,000	1,800,000	2,525,000	19,448,183	2,300,000	17,148,183	UNI	4	FOC
Gone Girl	3,750,000	2,700,000	1,050,000	344,926,570	180,500,000	164,426,570	FOX	15	FOX
Pyramid, The	2,600,000	2,000,000	600,000	10,398,036	8,000,000	2,398,036	FOX	21	FOX
Ricco, Il Povero E Il Maggiordomo, Il	2,500,000	2,500,000	-	2,500,000	2,500,000	-	MED	1	-

*Territory is a movie studio term for regions of the world consisting of various countries.

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