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      Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of Dec. 29, 2013

      --Only Rentrak Provides the Global Standard in Box Office Reporting--

      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. (PRNewsFoto/Rentrak Corporation) (PRNewsFoto/Rentrak Corporation)

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      Dec 29, 2013, 04:19 ET

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      LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT), the global leader in box office measurement, today announced the worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of Dec. 29, 2013 as compiled by the company's Box Office Essentials™ and International Box Office Essentials™ theatrical measurement services.

      As the trusted standard for all studio box office reporting, Rentrak provides intelligence into overnight theatre-level reporting across the global theatrical market. Coupled with the official reported data, studios are able to analyze admissions and gross results in over 50 territories using Rentrak's suite of products.

      Rentrak's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, "Warner Bros. 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' continues its worldwide domination of the box office adding another $98.3 million internationally in 62 territories plus $29.85 million in North America for a combined weekend of $128.15 million & an impressive global total to date of $614.1 million.  Disney is also having a very happy year end with the animated 'Frozen' taking the second spot internationally with $79.3 million in 44 territories for a worldwide total nearing half a billion dollars."

      The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013 are below.

      1. Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, The - Warner Bros. - $29.9M
      2. Frozen - Disney - $28.8M
      3. Anchorman 2 - Paramount - $20.1M
      4. American Hustle - Sony - $19.6M
      5. Wolf Of Wall Street, The - Paramount - $18.5M
      6. Saving Mr. Banks - Disney - $14.0M
      7. Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, The - 20th Century Fox - $13.0M
      8. Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The - Lionsgate - $10.2M
      9. 47 Ronin - Universal - $9.9M
      10. Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - Lionsgate - $7.4M
      11. Grudge Match - Warner Bros. - $7.3M
      12. Walking With Dinosaurs - 20th Century Fox - $7.1M

      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: The Desolation Of Smaug, The

      128,150,000

      98,300,000

      29,850,000

      614,104,000

      423,800,000

      190,304,000

       WB

      63

       WB

      Frozen

      79,345,000

      50,500,000

      28,845,000

      491,866,000

      243,500,000

      248,366,000

       DIS

      44

       DIS

      Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, The

      40,200,000

      27,200,000

      13,000,000

      52,795,000

      27,200,000

      25,595,000

       FOX

      40

       FOX

      Anchorman 2

      28,150,000

      8,000,000

      20,150,000

      109,067,000

      25,400,000

      83,667,000

       PAR

      8

       PAR

      Wolf Of Wall Street, The

      25,000,000

      6,500,000

      18,500,000

      40,802,000

      6,500,000

      34,302,000

       MUL

      3

       PAR

      47 Ronin

      23,668,630

      13,800,000

      9,868,630

      42,870,850

      22,300,000

      20,570,850

       UNI

      30

       UNI

      American Hustle

      21,250,000

      1,700,000

      19,550,000

      66,035,000

      6,000,000

      60,035,000

       MUL

      4

       SNY

      Walking With Dinosaurs

      19,400,000

      12,300,000

      7,100,000

      54,168,000

      33,400,000

      20,768,000

       FOX

      47

       FOX

      Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The

      19,200,000

      9,000,000

      10,200,000

      798,123,843

      407,000,000

      391,123,843

       MUL

      84

       LGF

      Police Story 2013

      18,000,000

      18,000,000

      -

      39,000,000

      39,000,000

      -

       MUL

      3

      -

      Saving Mr. Banks

      14,321,000

      300,000

      14,021,000

      43,844,000

      6,000,000

      37,844,000

       DIS

      3

       DIS

      Physician, The

      13,000,000

      13,000,000

      -

      13,000,000

      13,000,000

      -

       MUL

      4

      -

      Personal Tailor

      12,500,000

      12,500,000

      -

      68,202,722

      68,000,000

      202,722

       MUL

      3

      CHINA

      Attorney, The

      12,000,000

      12,000,000

      -

      33,000,000

      33,000,000

      -

       NEX

      1

      -

      Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas

      7,400,000

      -

      7,400,000

      43,719,076

      -

      43,719,076

       MUL

      1

       LGF

      Grudge Match

      7,310,000

      -

      7,310,000

      13,435,000

      -

      13,435,000

       MUL

      1

       WB

      4G Theory, The

      7,000,000

      7,000,000

      -

      7,000,000

      7,000,000

      -

       BZL

      1

      -

      Suspect, The

      6,500,000

      6,500,000

      -

      12,500,000

      12,500,000

      -

       SHO

      1

       WGUI

      Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2

      6,215,000

      5,700,000

      515,000

      238,398,196

      121,800,000

      116,598,196

       SNY

      44

       SNY

      Colpi Di Fortuna

      5,800,000

      5,800,000

      -

      11,500,000

      11,500,000

      -

       UNI

      1

      -

      Philomena

      4,829,000

      3,000,000

      1,829,000

      236,506,423

      220,000,000

      16,506,423

       MUL

      5

       TWC

      Belle et Sebastien

      4,300,000

      4,300,000

      -

      11,300,000

      11,300,000

      -

       MUL

      2

       E1

      © Rentrak

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

      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 service, 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 (2) any publication or issuance of any part of the material to others must acknowledge Rentrak as the source of the material.

      About Rentrak Corporation
      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 www.rentrak.com

      RENTO

      Contacts:
      Paul Dergarabedian
      Senior Media Analyst
      (818) 917-9697
      [email protected]

      Antoine Ibrahim
      PR Specialist
      646-722-1561
      [email protected]

      (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130114/LA42144LOGO)

      SOURCE Rentrak Corporation

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