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      Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of August 3, 2014

      --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 03, 2014, 02:57 ET

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      LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT), the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of Aug. 3, 2014 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, "Star Lord and his pals boosted the summer box office as Disney/Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy' enjoys a massive global debut of $160.4 million in 43 territories, topping the international chart with $66.4 million and the North American box office with the highest August debut ever of $94 million. Notably, Paramount's 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' has joined the elite billion dollar top 20 global box office club."

      The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, are below.

      1. Guardians Of The Galaxy - Disney - $94.0M
      2. Lucy - Universal - $18.3M
      3. Get On Up - Universal - $14.0M
      4. Hercules - Paramount - $10.7M
      5. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes - 20th Century Fox - $8.7M
      6. Planes: Fire and Rescue - Disney - $6.4M
      7. Purge: Anarchy, The - Universal - $5.6M
      8. Sex Tape - Sony - $3.5M
      9. And So It Goes - Freestyle Releasing - $3.3M
      10. Most Wanted Man, A - Roadside Attractions - $3.3M
      11. Boyhood - IFC Films - $2.5M
      12. Transformers: Age Of Extinction - Paramount - $2.2M

      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 Terr

      Domestic

      Guardians Of The Galaxy

      160,400,000

      66,400,000

      94,000,000

      160,400,000

      66,400,000

      94,000,000

       DIS

      43

       DIS

      Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes

      56,200,000

      47,500,000

      8,700,000

      449,329,673

      260,000,000

      189,329,673

       FOX

      71

       FOX

      White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom, The

      40,000,000

      40,000,000

      -

      44,000,000

      44,000,000

      -

       MUL

      6

      -

      Roaring Currents

      30,000,000

      30,000,000

      -

      35,000,000

      35,000,000

      -

       CJ

      1

       CJ

      Hercules

      24,900,000

      14,200,000

      10,700,000

      108,848,048

      56,500,000

      52,348,048

       PAR

      36

       PAR

      Lucy

      23,383,420

      5,100,000

      18,283,420

      84,670,805

      5,100,000

      79,570,805

       MUL

      5

       UNI

      Transformers: Age Of Extinction

      21,300,000

      19,100,000

      2,200,000

      1,004,965,915

      763,800,000

      241,165,915

       PAR

      61

       PAR

      How To Train Your Dragon 2

      21,215,000

      20,000,000

      1,215,000

      465,269,057

      296,700,000

      168,569,057

       FOX

      37

       FOX

      Continent

      17,000,000

      17,000,000

      -

      82,500,000

      82,500,000

      -

       MUL

      1

      -

      Get On Up

      14,030,580

      -

      14,030,580

      14,030,580

      -

      14,030,580

       UNI

      1

       UNI

      Purge: Anarchy, The

      13,651,040

      8,100,000

      5,551,040

      82,262,015

      19,300,000

      62,962,015

       UNI

      36

       UNI

      Girl Friends

      13,000,000

      13,000,000

      -

      13,020,000

      13,020,000

      -

       MUL

      3

      -

      Planes: Fire and Rescue

      9,924,000

      3,500,000

      6,424,000

      77,596,000

      30,000,000

      47,596,000

       DIS

      31

       DIS

      22 Jump Street

      8,300,000

      7,100,000

      1,200,000

      289,861,082

      101,400,000

      188,461,082

       SNY

      46

       SNY

      Ruroni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire Arc

      8,000,000

      8,000,000

      -

      8,000,000

      8,000,000

      -

       WB

      1

      -

      Sex Tape

      7,750,000

      4,200,000

      3,550,000

      51,708,464

      17,800,000

      33,908,464

       SNY

      27

       SNY

      Brick Mansions

      7,500,000

      7,500,000

      -

      42,896,829

      22,500,000

      20,396,829

       MUL

      1

       REL

      Step Up All In

      5,800,000

      5,800,000

      -

      26,200,000

      26,200,000

      -

       MUL

      25

       LGF

      KUNDO: Age of the Rampant

      5,100,000

      5,100,000

      -

      34,000,000

      34,000,000

      -

       SHO

      1

       WGUI

      Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn

      4,250,000

      4,250,000

      -

      5,500,000

      5,500,000

      -

       MUL

      1

      -

      And So It Goes

      3,994,160

      650,000

      3,344,160

      12,672,943

      2,200,000

      10,472,943

       MUL

      5

       FREE

      Most Wanted Man, A

      3,624,265

      300,000

      3,324,265

      7,358,914

      300,000

      7,058,914

       MUL

      2

       ROAD

      Boyhood

      3,522,210

      1,000,000

      2,522,210

      15,565,590

      8,000,000

      7,565,590

       MUL

      6

       IFC

      Godzilla

      3,200,000

      3,200,000

      -

      507,222,103

      307,300,000

      199,922,103

       WB

      1

       WB

      House That Never Dies, The

      3,000,000

      3,000,000

      -

      61,500,000

      61,500,000

      -

       MUL

      1

      -

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

      © 2014 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 Box Office Essentials®

      Rentrak's Box Office Essentials is the movie industry's census-based currency, collecting, processing and reporting on how many people go to the movies and how much they spend in virtually every theater in North America. Every major studio, mini-major and prominent independent film distributor in the industry uses Rentrak's real-time and geographic-specific box office information that provides users with instant analysis of nearly the entire domestic box office landscape. Learn more.

      About International Box Office Essentials™
      Rentrak's International Box Office Essentials collects and delivers box office results and attendance information from virtually every theater in developed and emerging markets around the world, reporting crucial box office grosses—including weekend results and estimates—in near real-time. As the industry's census-based standard in worldwide box office reporting, only Rentrak shows studios the precise performance of their movie in the U.S. and worldwide with an all-inclusive view of the global theatrical market. Learn more.

      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 Rentrak.com.

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