Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of October 21, 2012

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Oct 21, 2012, 04:09 ET

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21, 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 October 21, 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, "Paranormal Activity 4 opens at No.1 worldwide with an estimated weekend gross of $56.7 million in 34 territories. The international opening of $26.5 million represents a 12% increase over Paranormal Activity 3 and a 25% increase over Paranormal Activity 2, for the same territories."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, October 21, 2012 are below.

Paranormal Activity 4 - Paramount - $30.2M
Argo - Warner Bros. - $16.6M
Hotel Transylvania - Sony - $13.5M
Taken 2 - 20th Century Fox - $13.4M
Alex Cross - Lionsgate - $11.8M
Sinister - Lionsgate - $9.0M
Here Comes The Boom - Sony - $8.5M
Pitch Perfect - Universal - $7.0M
Frankenweenie - Disney - $4.4M
Looper - Sony - $4.2M
Seven Psychopaths - CBS Films - $3.3M
Perks Of Being A Wallflower, The - Lionsgate - $2.1M

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
Paranormal Activity 4	56,700,000	26,500,000	30,200,000	56,700,000	26,500,000	30,200,000	PAR	34	PAR
Taken 2	36,900,000	23,500,000	13,400,000	281,671,469	175,700,000	105,971,469	MUL	67	FOX
Hotel Transylvania	28,000,000	14,500,000	13,500,000	187,320,955	68,300,000	119,020,955	SNY	39	SNY
Argo	17,825,000	1,200,000	16,625,000	44,391,489	1,200,000	43,191,489	WB	9	WB
Madagascar 3	14,900,000	14,900,000	-	699,291,482	482,900,000	216,391,482	PAR	28	PAR
Alex Cross	11,750,000	-	11,750,000	11,750,000	-	11,750,000	MUL	1	LGF
Sinister	11,330,000	2,300,000	9,030,000	45,550,168	13,600,000	31,950,168	MUL	10	LGF
Looper	9,800,000	5,600,000	4,200,000	104,540,132	46,700,000	57,840,132	MUL	18	SNY
Impossible, The	8,700,000	8,700,000	-	25,500,000	25,500,000	-	WB	1	LGF
Frankenweenie	8,534,000	4,100,000	4,434,000	40,243,000	11,900,000	28,343,000	DIS	20	DIS
Here Comes The Boom	8,500,000	-	8,500,000	23,224,328	-	23,224,328	SNY	1	SNY
Asterix et Obelix: Au Service de Sa Majeste	8,100,000	8,100,000	-	8,133,000	8,133,000	-	MUL	5	-
Ted	8,070,850	8,000,000	70,850	481,229,785	262,600,000	218,629,785	UNI	43	UNI
Pitch Perfect	7,329,100	320,000	7,009,100	47,769,448	2,000,000	45,769,448	UNI	5	UNI
Perfect Number	4,200,000	4,200,000	-	4,262,000	4,262,000	-	CJ	1	CJ
Masquerade	4,100,000	4,100,000	-	64,700,000	64,700,000	-	CJ	1	CJ
Total Recall	4,000,000	4,000,000	-	183,877,969	125,000,000	58,877,969	SNY	19	SNY
Seven Psychopaths	3,305,000	-	3,305,000	9,192,992	-	9,192,992	MUL	1	CBS
Perks Of Being A Wallflower, The	2,750,000	600,000	2,150,000	13,520,625	4,400,000	9,120,625	MUL	6	LGF
Savages	2,600,000	2,600,000	-	70,123,100	22,800,000	47,323,100	UNI	38	UNI
Resident Evil: Retribution	2,500,000	2,500,000	-	217,352,411	175,600,000	41,752,411	SNY	53	SNY

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