Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of March 17, 2013

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Mar 17, 2013, 04:07 ET

LOS ANGELES, March 17, 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 March 17, 2013 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, "Oz: The Great and Powerful is the No.1 film in the world for the second consecutive weekend, with an estimated weekend gross of $88.8 million and a new worldwide total of $281.8 million. A Good Day to Die Hard has crossed the $200 million mark internationally and Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 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, March 17, 2013 are below.

Oz: The Great and Powerful - Disney - $42.2M
Call, The - Sony - $17.1M
Incredible Burt Wonderstone, The - Warner Bros. - $10.3M
Jack The Giant Slayer - Warner Bros. - $6.2M
Identity Thief - Universal - $4.5M
Snitch - Lionsgate - $3.5M
21 And Over - Relativity Media - $2.6M
Silver Linings Playbook - The Weinstein Company - $2.6M
Safe Haven - Relativity Media - $2.5M
Escape From Planet Earth - The Weinstein Company - $2.3M
Dead Man Down - FilmDistrict - $2.0M
Last Exorcism Part II, The - CBS Films - $1.3M

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
Oz The Great and Powerful	88,822,000	46,600,000	42,222,000	281,826,000	136,800,000	145,026,000	DIS	56	DIS
Good Day To Die Hard, A	21,550,000	20,400,000	1,150,000	266,764,147	201,300,000	65,464,147	FOX	51	FOX
Call, The	17,100,000	-	17,100,000	17,100,000	-	17,100,000	MUL	1	SNY
Jack The Giant Slayer	16,520,000	10,300,000	6,220,000	89,113,373	35,200,000	53,913,373	WB	26	WB
Incredible Burt Wonderstone, The	10,305,000	-	10,305,000	10,305,000	-	10,305,000	WB	1	WB
Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters	6,297,000	6,200,000	97,000	205,877,844	151,200,000	54,677,844	PAR	43	PAR
Silver Linings Playbook	6,287,000	3,700,000	2,587,000	203,613,179	79,000,000	124,613,179	MUL	28	TWC
Identity Thief	5,263,780	745,000	4,518,780	126,905,645	3,200,000	123,705,645	UNI	19	UNI
Warm Bodies	4,585,000	4,000,000	585,000	98,095,910	33,500,000	64,595,910	MUL	18	LGF
Mama	3,951,929	3,800,000	151,929	118,434,454	47,100,000	71,334,454	UNI	31	UNI
Safe Haven	3,695,000	1,200,000	2,495,000	79,452,810	12,500,000	66,952,810	MUL	8	REL
Snitch	3,630,000	130,000	3,500,000	37,707,277	450,000	37,257,277	MUL	5	LGF
21 And Over	3,619,000	1,000,000	2,619,000	27,067,773	5,200,000	21,867,773	MUL	5	REL
Les Miserables	3,307,280	3,100,000	207,280	429,689,255	281,200,000	148,489,255	UNI	41	UNI
Django Unchained	3,283,000	3,000,000	283,000	407,783,527	246,200,000	161,583,527	SNY	55	TWC
Jappeloup	3,000,000	3,000,000	-	3,000,000	3,000,000	-	PAT	1	-
New World	2,800,000	2,800,000	-	27,300,000	27,300,000	-	NEW	1	WGUI
My Paparotti	2,750,000	2,750,000	-	2,890,000	2,890,000	-	SHO	1	-
This Is 40	2,500,000	2,500,000	-	84,344,505	16,800,000	67,544,505	UNI	20	UNI
Side Effects	2,393,000	1,850,000	543,000	35,982,213	5,500,000	30,482,213	MUL	8	OPRD
Escape From Planet Earth	2,327,000	-	2,327,000	52,165,581	-	52,165,581	MUL	1	TWC
Platinum Data	2,200,000	2,200,000	-	2,200,000	2,200,000	-	TOH	1	-

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

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