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      Rentrak Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of December 20, 2015

      -- Only Rentrak Provides the Official Global Movie Results --


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      Rentrak

      Dec 20, 2015, 04:42 ET

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      Rentrak is the entertainment industry's premier provider of worldwide consumer viewership information, measuring movie and television content everywhere the consumer is watching including box office, multiscreen television and home video.
      Rentrak is the entertainment industry's premier provider of worldwide consumer viewership information, measuring movie and television content everywhere the consumer is watching including box office, multiscreen television and home video.

      LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20, 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 Dec. 20, 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, "A box office force has awakened the global movie marketplace as Disney's 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' is thrilling fans around the world this weekend with a combined $517 million debut (the second biggest global opening ever) and in the process posts the biggest North American opening weekend ever and the third biggest international debut of all-time."

      The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, are below.

      1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Disney - $517.0M
      2. Mojin: The Lost Legend - Multiple - $85.0M
      3. Surprise - Journey To The West - Multiple - $24.0M
      4. Sisters - Universal - $15.2M
      5. Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Road Chip - 20th Century Fox - $14.4M
      6. Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, The - Multiple - $13.4M
      7. Good Dinosaur, The - Disney - $13.4M
      8. Himalayas, The - CJ Entertainment - $8.5M
      9. Spectre - Sony - $7.8M
      10. In The Heart Of The Sea - Warner Bros. - $7.4M
      11. Krampus - Universal - $5.6M
      12. Creed - Warner Bros. - $5.1M

      The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Dec. 20, are below.

      1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Disney - $238.0M
      2. Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Road Chip - 20th Century Fox - $14.4M
      3. Sisters - Universal - $13.4M
      4. Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, The - Lionsgate - $5.7M
      5. Creed - Warner Bros. - $5.1M
      6. Good Dinosaur, The - Disney - $4.2M
      7. Krampus - Universal - $3.8M
      8. In The Heart Of The Sea - Warner Bros. - $3.5M
      9. Dilwale - UTV Communications - $1.9M
      10. Bajirao Mastani - Eros Entertainment - $1.7M
      11. Spotlight - Open Road - $1.5M
      12. Spectre - Sony - $1.4M

      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

      Terr

      Dom

      Star Wars: The Force Awakens

      517,000,000

      279,000,000

      238,000,000

      517,000,000

      279,000,000

      238,000,000

       DIS

      N/A*

       DIS

      Mojin: The Lost Legend

      85,000,000

      85,000,000

      -

      85,000,000

      85,000,000

      -

       MUL

      4

       WGU

      Surprise - Journey To The West

      24,000,000

      24,000,000

      -

      34,000,000

      34,000,000

      -

       MUL

      4

       ASA

      Sisters

      15,217,860

      1,800,000

      13,417,860

      15,217,860

      1,800,000

      13,417,860

       UNI

      3

       UNI

      Alvin And The Chipmunks: Road Chip

      14,400,000

      -

      14,400,000

      14,400,000

      -

      14,400,000

       FOX

      1

       FOX

      Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

      13,450,000

      7,800,000

      5,650,000

      595,538,774

      341,100,000

      254,438,774

       MUL

      92

       LGF

      Good Dinosaur, The

      13,432,000

      9,200,000

      4,232,000

      189,646,068

      93,100,000

      96,546,068

       DIS

      49

       DIS

      Himalayas, The

      8,500,000

      8,500,000

      -

      8,635,000

      8,635,000

      -

       CJE

      1

       IND

      Spectre

      7,845,000

      6,400,000

      1,445,000

      836,121,132

      642,200,000

      193,921,132

       SNY

      93

       SNY

      In The Heart Of The Sea

      7,365,000

      3,900,000

      3,465,000

      68,200,095

      49,600,000

      18,600,095

       WB

      53

       WB

      Krampus

      5,581,745

      1,800,000

      3,781,745

      47,612,400

      12,800,000

      34,812,400

       UNI

      43

       UNI

      Creed

      5,085,000

      -

      5,085,000

      94,900,073

      7,000,000

      87,900,073

       WB

      1

       WB

      Bridge Of Spies

      4,726,000

      4,500,000

      226,000

      130,345,654

      60,400,000

      69,945,654

       FOX

      31

       DIS

      Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale

      3,900,000

      3,900,000

      -

      4,000,000

      4,000,000

      -

       NEX

      1

      -

      *Star Wars: The Force Awakens opened everywhere throughout the world except China, India and Greece.

      © 2015 Rentrak Corporation - Content in this chart is produced and/or compiled by Rentrak Corporation and its Box Office Essentials and International Box Office Essentials data collection and analytical services, and is covered by provisions of the Copyright Act. The material presented herein is intended to be available for public use. You may reproduce the content of the chart in any format or medium without first obtaining permission, subject to the following requirements: (1) the material must be reproduced accurately and not in a misleading manner; (2) any publication or issuance of any part of the material to others must acknowledge Rentrak Corporation as the source of the material; and (3) you may not receive any monetary consideration for reproducing, displaying, disclosing or otherwise using any part of the material.

      About Rentrak  
      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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