Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of September 15, 2013

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Sep 15, 2013, 04:00 ET

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15, 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 September 15, 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, "Insidious Chapter 2 is the new No.1 film in the world with an estimated weekend gross of $46 million from only 2 markets. Smurfs 2 is the No. 1 film internationally, with an estimated $17.6 million from 69 markets.

"Also, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters has crossed the $100 million mark Internationally and Lee Daniels's The Butler has passed the $100 million mark domestically."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, September 15, 2013 are below.

Insidious Chapter 2 - FilmDistrict - $41.0M
Family, The - Relativity Media - $14.5M
Riddick - Universal - $7.0M
Lee Daniels' The Butler - The Weinstein Company - $5.6M
We're The Millers - Warner Bros. - $5.4M
Instructions Not Included - Lionsgate - $4.2M
Planes - Disney - $3.1M
One Direction: This Is Us - Sony - $2.4M
Elysium - Sony - $2.0M
Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters - 20th Century Fox - $1.8M
Blue Jasmine - Sony Pictures Classics - $1.8M
World's End, The - Focus Features - $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
Insidious Chapter 2	46,050,000	5,000,000	41,050,000	46,050,000	5,000,000	41,050,000	MUL	2	FMDI
Smurfs 2	17,600,000	17,600,000	-	288,318,793	220,000,000	68,318,793	SNY	70	SNY
Riddick	16,613,250	9,600,000	7,013,250	53,279,625	22,000,000	31,279,625	MUL	40	UNI
Face Reader, The	15,000,000	15,000,000	-	15,000,000	15,000,000	-	SHO	1	-
Family, The	14,500,000	-	14,500,000	14,500,000	-	14,500,000	MUL	1	REL
We're The Millers	14,415,000	9,000,000	5,415,000	201,302,096	69,700,000	131,602,096	WB	47	WB
Planes	13,766,000	10,700,000	3,066,000	138,783,656	55,800,000	82,983,656	DIS	41	DIS
White House Down	13,000,000	13,000,000	-	170,997,138	98,000,000	72,997,138	SNY	31	SNY
Elysium	10,550,000	8,500,000	2,050,000	232,387,615	144,000,000	88,387,615	SNY	53	SNY
Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters	9,625,000	7,800,000	1,825,000	165,535,439	103,500,000	62,035,439	FOX	48	FOX
Lee Daniels' The Butler	8,082,000	2,500,000	5,582,000	102,816,118	2,775,000	100,041,118	MUL	3	TWC
Conjuring, The	7,000,000	7,000,000	-	270,603,544	135,200,000	135,403,544	WB	52	WB
Silent Witness	6,300,000	6,300,000	-	6,300,000	6,300,000	-	MUL	1	-
Despicable Me 2	5,612,230	4,400,000	1,212,230	840,243,550	481,200,000	359,043,550	UNI	47	UNI
One Direction: This Is Us	5,500,000	3,100,000	2,400,000	57,887,202	31,000,000	26,887,202	SNY	60	SNY
Mortal Instruments	4,610,000	3,500,000	1,110,000	66,624,606	37,000,000	29,624,606	MUL	25	SNY
Instructions Not Included	4,250,000	-	4,250,000	26,580,698	-	26,580,698	MUL	1	LGF
Grown Ups 2	4,200,000	4,200,000	-	220,648,721	90,000,000	130,648,721	SNY	55	SNY
Wolverine, The	3,565,000	3,000,000	565,000	368,225,864	238,000,000	130,225,864	FOX	19	FOX
Red 2	3,540,000	3,400,000	140,000	123,638,164	71,000,000	52,638,164	MUL	62	LGF
Monsters University	3,473,000	3,100,000	373,000	730,865,054	465,400,000	265,465,054	DIS	56	DIS
The Spy: Undercover Operation	3,000,000	3,000,000	-	9,500,000	9,500,000	-	CJ	1	-
Blue Jasmine	2,998,140	1,200,000	1,798,140	29,984,694	2,100,000	27,884,694	MUL	4	SPC
Pain And Gain	2,700,000	2,700,000	-	78,975,291	29,100,000	49,875,291	PAR	24	PAR
Now You See Me	2,627,000	2,500,000	127,000	320,875,424	203,300,000	117,575,424	MUL	50	LGF

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