Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of December 16, 2012
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak Corporation (Nasdaq: RENT), the global leader in box office measurement, today announced the worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of December 16, 2012 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 President of Theatrical Worldwide, Ron Giambra commented, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey opens at No. 1 worldwide with an outstanding weekend gross of $223 million. The US and Canada opening of $84.8 million is the largest opening of all-time for the month of December and the best opening for the Lord of the Rings franchise."
The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, December 16, 2012 are below.
- Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The - Warner Bros. - $84.8M
- Rise Of The Guardians - Paramount - $7.4M
- Lincoln - Disney - $7.2M
- Skyfall - Sony - $7.0M
- Life Of Pi - 20th Century Fox - $5.4M
- Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 - Lionsgate - $5.2M
- Wreck-It Ralph - Disney - $3.3M
- Playing For Keeps - FilmDistrict - $3.2M
- Red Dawn - FilmDistrict - $2.4M
- Silver Linings Playbook - The Weinstein Company - $2.1M
- Flight - Paramount - $1.9M
- Hitchcock - Fox Searchlight - $1.1M
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 |
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| Title |
Worldwide |
Int'l |
Domestic |
Worldwide |
Int'l |
Domestic |
Int'l |
No. of Territories |
Domestic |
| Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The |
222,975,000 |
138,200,000 |
84,775,000 |
222,975,000 |
138,200,000 |
84,775,000 |
WB |
57 |
WB |
| Rise Of The Guardians |
27,520,000 |
20,100,000 |
7,420,000 |
190,761,823 |
119,400,000 |
71,361,823 |
PAR |
60 |
PAR |
| Skyfall |
19,200,000 |
12,200,000 |
7,000,000 |
951,066,063 |
678,700,000 |
272,366,063 |
SNY |
85 |
SNY |
| Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 |
18,175,000 |
13,000,000 |
5,175,000 |
782,865,069 |
506,000,000 |
276,865,069 |
MUL |
74 |
LGF |
| Life Of Pi |
16,900,000 |
11,500,000 |
5,400,000 |
198,959,406 |
129,400,000 |
69,559,406 |
FOX |
14 |
FOX |
| Wreck-It Ralph |
7,973,000 |
4,700,000 |
3,273,000 |
226,479,000 |
57,700,000 |
168,779,000 |
DIS |
30 |
DIS |
| Lincoln |
7,244,000 |
- |
7,244,000 |
107,898,000 |
- |
107,898,000 |
DIS |
1 |
DIS |
| Playing For Keeps |
4,597,000 |
1,350,000 |
3,247,000 |
15,838,092 |
5,000,000 |
10,838,092 |
MUL |
3 |
FMDI |
| 26 Years |
3,500,000 |
3,500,000 |
- |
15,500,000 |
15,500,000 |
- |
INV |
1 |
- |
| Whatcha Wearin'? (My P.S. Partner) |
3,000,000 |
3,000,000 |
- |
7,000,000 |
7,000,000 |
- |
CJ |
1 |
CJ |
| Anna Karenina |
2,698,103 |
1,700,000 |
998,103 |
25,364,965 |
17,000,000 |
8,364,965 |
UNI |
17 |
FOC |
| Pitch Perfect |
2,535,720 |
2,300,000 |
235,720 |
76,659,463 |
12,800,000 |
63,859,463 |
UNI |
10 |
UNI |
| Silver Linings Playbook |
2,454,000 |
370,000 |
2,084,000 |
26,224,049 |
9,270,000 |
16,954,049 |
MUL |
2 |
TWC |
| Tutto Tutto Niente Niente |
2,400,000 |
2,400,000 |
- |
2,700,000 |
2,700,000 |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
| Red Dawn |
2,394,000 |
- |
2,394,000 |
42,189,423 |
1,300,000 |
40,889,423 |
MUL |
1 |
FMDI |
| Flight |
1,940,000 |
- |
1,940,000 |
89,448,038 |
- |
89,448,038 |
PAR |
1 |
PAR |
| Hotel Transylvania |
1,900,000 |
1,900,000 |
- |
305,826,412 |
162,000,000 |
143,826,412 |
SNY |
50 |
SNY |
| Colpi Di Fulmine |
1,800,000 |
1,800,000 |
- |
1,800,000 |
1,800,000 |
- |
UNI |
1 |
$ - |
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About Rentrak Corporation:
Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT) is a global digital media measurement and research company, serving the most recognizable companies in the entertainment industry. With a reach across numerous platforms including box office, multi-screen television, and home video, Rentrak has developed more efficient metrics to be used as database currencies for the evaluation and selling of media. Rentrak is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with additional U.S. and international offices. For more information on Rentrak, please visit www.rentrak.com.
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