Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of May 18, 2012

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May 20, 2012, 06:50 ET

LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Rentrak is pleased to announce a new, comprehensive weekly press release featuring a top-level view of the weekend's domestic, international and worldwide box office results.

For over 25 years, Rentrak has lead the industry in providing the most detailed and accurate view of worldwide box office reporting, grosses, weekend results, historical data and real-time film analysis.

For the first time, worldwide weekend box office estimates will be provided on a weekly basis to the film industry. These estimates will include data supplied directly from Rentrak's connectivity to over 80,000 screens across the globe and from their studio clients. As the film industry's most trusted source of box office reporting, Rentrak provides film performance insight to every major studio, mini-major and prominent independent film distributor in the industry.

Below is this week's global box office release from Rentrak. For additional insights or for custom theatrical data requests, please contact Rentrak-Theatrical at [email protected] or 818-728-8880.

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Rentrak Corporation (Nasdaq: RENT), the global leader in box office measurement, today announced the worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of May 18, 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.

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, May 20, 2012 are below.

Marvel's The Avengers / $55,057,000
Battleship / $25,350,300
Dictator, The / $17,415,000
Dark Shadows / $12,770,000
What to Expect When You're Expecting / $10,500,000
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The / $3,250,000
Hunger Games, The / $3,000,000
Think Like A Man / $2,700,000
Lucky One, The / $1,765,000
Pirates! Band of Misfits, The / $1,450,000
Five-Year Engagement, The / $1,075,125
Chimpanzee / $702,000

Full details regarding the global domestic and international box office results are listed in the table below.

	Weekend BO Estimate			Weekend Release Cume			Distributor
Title	Worldwide	Int'l	Domestic	Worldwide	Int'l	Domestic	Int'l	No. of Territories*	Domestic
Marvel's The Avengers	111,057,000	56,000,000	55,057,000	1,180,378,000	723,300,000	457,078,000	DIS	55	DIS
Dictator, The	47,715,000	30,300,000	17,415,000	54,756,081	30,300,000	24,456,081	PAR	30	PAR
Dark Shadows	43,170,000	30,400,000	12,770,000	132,208,421	81,300,000	50,908,421	WB	53	WB
Battleship	31,850,300	6,500,000	25,350,300	252,150,300	226,800,000	25,350,300	UNIV	64	UNIV
What to Expect When You're Expecting	10,500,000		10,500,000	10,500,000		10,500,000	MULTI	1	LGF
American Reunion	10,446,500	10,200,000	246,500	215,877,550	159,400,000	56,477,550	UNIV	49	UNIV
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The	5,050,000	1,800,000	3,250,000	87,047,441	78,800,000	8,247,441	FOX	22	FSL
Hunger Games, The	4,500,000	1,500,000	3,000,000	638,631,110	247,000,000	391,631,110	MULTI	59	LGF
Lucky One, The	4,465,000	2,700,000	1,765,000	83,271,175	26,350,000	56,921,175	WB	32	WB
All About My Wife	3,700,000	3,700,000		4,400,000	4,400,000		NEWKR	1	N/A
Do-Nui Mat	3,500,000	3,500,000		3,550,000	3,550,000		SNRGY	1	N/A
Think Like A Man	2,700,000		2,700,000	85,887,911		85,887,911	SNY	1	SNY
Gout De Rouille Et D'os, Un	2,200,000	2,200,000		2,200,000	2,200,000		UGC	1	N/A
Five-Year-Engagement, The	2,175,125	1,100,000	1,075,125	33,467,760	6,400,000	27,067,760	UNIV	9	UNIV
The Vow	2,000,000	2,000,000		189,014,030	64,000,000	125,014,030	SNY	21	SNY
21 Jump Street	1,900,000	1,900,000		187,557,280	52,200,000	135,357,280	SNY	31	SNY
Prenom, Le	1,900,000	1,900,000		20,700,000	20,700,000		PATHE	1	N/A
Thermae Romae	1,800,000	1,800,000		38,700,000	38,700,000		TOHO	1	N/A
Hanni & Nanni 2	1,600,000	1,600,000		1,600,000	1,600,000		UNIV	3	UNIV
Pirates! Band of Misfits, The	1,450,000		1,450,000	100,361,504	75,000,000	25,361,504	SNY	1	SNY
Chimpanzee	702,000		702,000	27,043,000		27,043,000	DIS	1	DIS

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

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