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      Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of December 16, 2012

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

      Rentrak Corporation

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      Rentrak Corporation

      Dec 16, 2012, 04:48 ET

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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.

      1. Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The - Warner Bros. - $84.8M
      2. Rise Of The Guardians - Paramount - $7.4M
      3. Lincoln - Disney - $7.2M
      4. Skyfall - Sony - $7.0M
      5. Life Of Pi - 20th Century Fox - $5.4M
      6. Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 - Lionsgate - $5.2M
      7. Wreck-It Ralph - Disney - $3.3M
      8. Playing For Keeps - FilmDistrict - $3.2M
      9. Red Dawn - FilmDistrict - $2.4M
      10. Silver Linings Playbook - The Weinstein Company - $2.1M
      11. Flight - Paramount - $1.9M
      12. 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

      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

      $                     -

      © 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 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.

      RENTO

      Contacts:

      Rogers & Cowan for Rentrak Corporation


      Sallie Olmsted

      Amanda Bialek


      (310) 854-8124 

      (310) 854-8151


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