Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of Jan. 5, 2014

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Jan 05, 2014, 03:42 ET

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5, 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 Jan. 5, 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, "It was a momentous weekend at the international box office with Warner Bros. "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" continuing to thrill the international marketplace adding another $58 million in 62 international territories and bringing its worldwide total to over $750 million. Disney's animated "Frozen" also had a spectacular run this weekend topping the North American box office in its seventh weekend of release, adding another $52.5 million internationally in 49 territories and more importantly Frozen has now crossed the $600 million mark globally, making it the highest grossing Disney Animation release of all-time behind only The Lion King."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, are below.

1. Frozen - Disney - $20.7M
2. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones - Paramount - $18.2M
3. Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, The - Warner Bros. - $16.2M
4. Wolf Of Wall Street, The - Paramount - $13.4M
5. American Hustle - Sony - $13.2M
6. Anchorman 2 - Paramount - $11.1M
7. Saving Mr. Banks - Disney - $9.1M
8. Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, The - 20th Century Fox - $8.2M
9. Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The - Lionsgate - $7.4M
10. Grudge Match - Warner Bros. - $5.4M
11. 47 Ronin - Universal - $5.0M
12. Walking With Dinosaurs - 20th Century Fox - $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
Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, The	74,250,000	58,000,000	16,250,000	756,634,422	527,000,000	229,634,422	WB	63	WB
Frozen	73,222,000	52,500,000	20,722,000	639,938,000	342,100,000	297,838,000	DIS	50	DIS
Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, The	39,700,000	31,500,000	8,200,000	114,669,237	69,000,000	45,669,237	FOX	57	FOX
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones	34,400,000	16,200,000	18,200,000	34,400,000	16,200,000	18,200,000	PAR	25	PAR
47 Ronin	25,503,400	20,500,000	5,003,400	83,933,865	51,300,000	32,633,865	UNI	35	UNI
American Hustle	19,950,000	6,750,000	13,200,000	104,718,916	16,000,000	88,718,916	MUL	5	SNY
Wolf Of Wall Street, The	19,650,000	6,250,000	13,400,000	79,545,114	16,250,000	63,295,114	MUL	9	PAR
Anchorman 2	16,500,000	5,400,000	11,100,000	144,179,513	35,000,000	109,179,513	PAR	8	PAR
Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The	16,500,000	9,100,000	7,400,000	830,888,390	423,400,000	407,488,390	MUL	80	LGF
Walking With Dinosaurs	15,080,000	11,300,000	3,780,000	83,983,593	52,600,000	31,383,593	FOX	50	FOX
Attorney, The	10,800,000	10,800,000	-	54,000,000	54,000,000	-	NEX	1	-
Physician, The	10,500,000	10,500,000	-	28,500,000	28,500,000	-	MUL	5	-
Saving Mr. Banks	9,057,000	-	9,057,000	66,020,000	6,700,000	59,320,000	DIS	1	DIS
4G Theory	8,000,000	8,000,000	-	23,000,000	23,000,000	-	BZL	1	-
Police Story 2013	7,500,000	7,500,000	-	61,500,000	61,500,000	-	MUL	3	-
Last Vegas	6,203,000	6,000,000	203,000	105,116,353	42,000,000	63,116,353	MUL	25	CBS
Grudge Match	5,410,000	-	5,410,000	24,920,057	-	24,920,057	MUL	1	WB
Ivan Tsarevich and the Grey Wolf 2	5,200,000	5,200,000	-	10,200,000	10,200,000	-	NAS	1	-
Personal Tailor	5,032,000	5,000,000	32,000	92,345,000	92,000,000	345,000	MUL	4	CHINA
Suspect, The	4,750,000	4,750,000	-	21,500,000	21,500,000	-	SHO	1	WGUI
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2	4,475,000	4,000,000	475,000	247,948,709	130,300,000	117,648,709	SNY	36	SNY
Philomena	4,052,000	2,500,000	1,552,000	47,695,351	28,000,000	19,695,351	MUL	5	TWC

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