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      Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of August 18, 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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      Aug 18, 2013, 04:27 ET

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      LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18, 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 August 18, 2013 as compiled by the company's Box Office Essentials™ and International Box Office EssentialsTM 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 President of Theatrical Worldwide, Ron Giambra commented, "Elysium is the new No. 1 film in the world with an estimated weekend gross of $37.0 million from 42 territories and worldwide cume is now $95.1 million. Also, Smurfs 2 has crossed the $200 million mark worldwide."

      The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, August 18, 2013 are below.

      1. Lee Daniels' The Butler - The Weinstein Company - $25.0M
      2. We're The Millers - Warner Bros. - $17.8M
      3. Elysium - Sony - $13.6M
      4. Kick-Ass 2 - Universal - $13.6M
      5. Planes - Disney - $13.1M
      6. Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters - 20th Century Fox - $8.4M
      7. Jobs - Open Road - $6.7M
      8. 2 Guns - Universal - $5.6M
      9. Smurfs 2 - Sony - $4.6M
      10. Wolverine, The - 20th Century Fox - $4.4M
      11. Conjuring, The - Warner Bros. - $3.9M
      12. Despicable Me 2 - Universal - $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

      Elysium

      37,000,000

      23,400,000

      13,600,000

      95,114,306

      39,200,000

      55,914,306

       SNY

      42

       SNY

      Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters

      30,175,000

      21,800,000

      8,375,000

      75,403,658

      36,500,000

      38,903,658

       FOX

      37

       FOX

      We're The Millers

      28,380,000

      10,600,000

      17,780,000

      80,113,485

      10,600,000

      69,513,485

       WB

      14

       WB

      Lee Daniels' The Butler

      25,010,000

      -

      25,010,000

      25,010,000

      -

      25,010,000

       MUL

      1

       TWC

      Smurfs 2

      24,600,000

      20,000,000

      4,600,000

      201,912,189

      145,000,000

      56,912,189

       SNY

      67

       SNY

      Despicable Me 2

      23,281,440

      19,500,000

      3,781,440

      781,187,560

      435,200,000

      345,987,560

       UNI

      27

       UNI

      Pacific Rim

      20,725,000

      20,000,000

      725,000

      384,401,467

      286,000,000

      98,401,467

       WB

      59

       WB

      Planes

      20,441,000

      7,300,000

      13,141,000

      52,390,000

      7,300,000

      45,090,000

       DIS

      10

       DIS

      Kick-Ass 2

      19,868,100

      6,300,000

      13,568,100

      19,868,100

      6,300,000

      13,568,100

       UNI

      18

       UNI

      Wolverine, The

      15,225,000

      10,800,000

      4,425,000

      336,858,156

      216,400,000

      120,458,156

       FOX

      73

       FOX

      Conjuring, The

      11,810,000

      7,900,000

      3,910,000

      193,162,870

      65,300,000

      127,862,870

       WB

      21

       WB

      Grown Ups 2

      11,750,000

      10,000,000

      1,750,000

      172,435,430

      45,000,000

      127,435,430

       SNY

      34

       SNY

      Hide And Seek

      11,500,000

      11,500,000

      -

      11,600,000

      11,600,000

      -

       NEW

      1

      -

      Flu

      9,100,000

      9,100,000

      -

      10,000,000

      10,000,000

      -

       CJ

      1

       CJ

      Unbeatable

      9,000,000

      9,000,000

      -

      9,000,000

      9,000,000

      -

       MUL

      5

      -

      Lone Ranger, The

      7,828,000

      7,600,000

      228,000

      217,800,000

      130,100,000

      87,700,000

       DIS

      54

       DIS

      2 Guns

      7,672,105

      2,100,000

      5,572,105

      61,321,450

      2,100,000

      59,221,450

       MUL

      2

       UNI

      Snowpiercer

      7,000,000

      7,000,000

      -

      48,000,000

      48,000,000

      -

       CJ

      1

      -

      Jobs

      6,700,000

      -

      6,700,000

      6,700,000

      -

      6,700,000

       MUL

      1

       OPRD

      Monsters University

      6,444,000

      6,000,000

      444,000

      658,600,000

      397,500,000

      261,100,000

       DIS

      53

       DIS

      Terror Live, The

      4,800,000

      4,800,000

      -

      29,100,000

      29,100,000

      -

       LOT

      1

       CJ

      World War Z

      4,734,000

      4,300,000

      434,000

      517,600,133

      319,300,000

      198,300,133

       PAR

      44

       PAR

      Red 2

      4,620,000

      3,900,000

      720,000

      102,494,891

      51,500,000

      50,994,891

       MUL

      59

       LGF

      Tiny Times 2

      4,222,000

      4,200,000

      22,000

      43,822,000

      43,800,000

      22,000

       MULC

      2

       CHLION

      Turbo

      3,925,000

      2,900,000

      1,025,000

      143,504,280

      65,900,000

      77,604,280

       FOX

      32

       FOX

      Paranoia

      3,500,000

      -

      3,500,000

      3,500,000

      -

      3,500,000

       MUL

      1

       REL

      Heat, The

      3,180,000

      2,300,000

      880,000

      205,671,632

      50,200,000

      155,471,632

       FOX

      19

       FOX

      White House Down

      3,100,000

      3,100,000

      -

      131,147,010

      59,200,000

      71,947,010

       SNY

      24

       SNY

      © 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

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      Contact: Antoine Ibrahim
      646-722-1561
      [email protected]

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