Rentrak Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of December 28, 2014

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Dec 28, 2014, 04:34 ET

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28, 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. 28, 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.' "Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" loomed large over the global box office landscape as it grossed $89.2 million this weekend internationally, with approximately 11.6 million admissions on 17.1k screens in 62 markets as the international total crosses the $400 million milestone & the worldwide total is now at an astounding $573.6 million."

The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014, are below.

Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Warner Bros. - $130.6M
Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb - 20th Century Fox - $50.9M
Exodus: Gods And Kings - 20th Century Fox - $37.8M
Unbroken - Universal - $34.4M
Into The Woods - Disney - $32.6M
Big Hero 6 - Disney - $29.6M
Taking Of Tiger Mountain, The – Bona Film - $25.0M
Annie - Sony - $22.5M
Penguins Of Madagascar - 20th Century Fox - $19.4M
Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, The - Multiple - $17.9M
P.K. – UTV Communications - $17.8M
International Market - CJ Entertainment - $14.0M

The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014, are below.

Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Warner Bros. - $41.4M
Unbroken - Universal - $31.7M
Into The Woods - Disney - $31.0M
Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb - 20th Century Fox - $20.6M
Annie - Sony - $16.6M
Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, The - Lionsgate - $10.0M
Gambler, The - Paramount - $9.3M
Imitation Game, The - The Weinstein Company - $7.9M
Exodus: Gods And Kings - 20th Century Fox - $6.8M
Wild - Fox Searchlight - $5.4M
Big Hero 6 - Disney - $4.9M
Top Five - Paramount - $3.8M

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 Territories	Domestic
Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies	130,620,000	89,200,000	41,420,000	573,621,968	405,100,000	168,521,968	WB	63	WB
Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb	50,900,000	30,300,000	20,600,000	103,907,357	48,600,000	55,307,357	FOX	41	FOX
Exodus: Gods And Kings	37,750,000	31,000,000	6,750,000	149,516,909	97,000,000	52,516,909	FOX	40	FOX
Unbroken	34,448,340	2,700,000	31,748,340	50,040,720	2,700,000	47,340,720	UNI	3	UNI
Into The Woods	32,621,000	1,600,000	31,021,000	48,805,000	2,700,000	46,105,000	DIS	7	DIS
Big Hero 6	29,554,000	24,700,000	4,854,000	320,833,000	120,900,000	199,933,000	DIS	52	DIS
Taking Of Tiger Mountain, The	25,000,000	25,000,000	-	41,000,000	41,000,000	-	BON	1	WGUI
Annie	22,500,000	5,900,000	16,600,000	54,035,000	8,200,000	45,835,000	SNY	22	SNY
Penguins Of Madagascar	19,350,000	16,100,000	3,250,000	227,553,796	160,600,000	66,953,796	FOX	44	FOX
Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1	17,900,000	7,900,000	10,000,000	669,655,981	363,000,000	306,655,981	MUL	81	LGF
P.K.	17,785,075	16,035,075	1,750,000	77,280,238	69,369,809	7,910,429	UTV	24	UTV
International Market	14,000,000	14,000,000	-	25,000,000	25,000,000	-	CJ	1	-
Paddington	12,000,000	12,000,000	-	75,000,000	75,000,000	-	MUL	26	TWC
Love On The Cloud	10,000,000	10,000,000	-	19,500,000	19,500,000	-	MUL	4	CHI
Gambler, The	9,300,000	-	9,300,000	14,300,000	-	14,300,000	PAR	1	PAR
Imitation Game, The	8,330,000	400,000	7,930,000	36,631,000	22,000,000	14,631,000	MUL	4	TWC
Criminal Designer	7,700,000	7,700,000	-	7,762,000	7,762,000	-	LOT	1	-
Famille Belier, La	6,000,000	6,000,000	-	15,000,000	15,000,000	-	MUL	8	-
Gone with the Bullets	5,500,000	5,500,000	-	61,500,000	61,500,000	-	MUL	1	-
My Love, Don't Cross That River	5,500,000	5,500,000	-	18,500,000	18,500,000	-	CJ	1	-

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

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