Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of September 2, 2012

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Sep 02, 2012, 03:52 ET

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2, 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 September 2, 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, "We now have two summer films over the $1 billion mark in global box office. Marvel's The Avengers hit the $1.5 billion plateau and The Dark Knight Rises stands at slightly over $1 billion."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, September 2, 2012 are below.

Estimated Box Office Numbers for Weekend of Aug. 31:

Possession, The - Lionsgate - $17.7M
Lawless - The Weinstein Company - $9.7M
Expendables 2, The - Lionsgate - $8.8M
Bourne Legacy, The - Universal - $7.2M
ParaNorman - Focus Features - $6.6M
Odd Life Of Timothy Green, The - Disney - $6.1M
Dark Knight Rises, The - Warner Bros. - $5.9M
Campaign, The - Warner Bros. - $5.4M
2016 Obama's America - Rocky Mountain Pictures - $5.1M
Hope Springs - Sony - $4.7M
Premium Rush - Sony - $3.9M
Hit And Run - Open Road - $2.6M

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
Dark Knight Rises, The	52,280,000	46,400,000	5,880,000	1,005,195,743	574,000,000	431,195,743	WB	65	WB
Amazing Spider-Man, The	33,700,000	33,700,000	-	733,900,057	475,300,000	258,600,057	SNY	59	SNY
Expendables 2, The	28,800,000	20,000,000	8,800,000	151,358,905	85,200,000	66,158,905	MUL	21	LGF
Possession, The	21,225,000	3,500,000	17,725,000	21,225,000	3,500,000	17,725,000	MUL	8	LGF
Bourne Legacy, The	19,848,265	12,600,000	7,248,265	157,546,705	61,300,000	96,246,705	UNI	38	UNI
Brave	14,192,000	12,900,000	1,292,000	469,266,000	237,600,000	231,666,000	DIS	52	DIS
Total Recall	13,885,000	13,000,000	885,000	155,454,625	98,700,000	56,754,625	SNY	75	SNY
Lawless	9,674,000	-	9,674,000	11,816,447	-	11,816,447	MUL	1	TWC
ParaNorman	9,650,735	3,100,000	6,550,735	55,524,979	17,500,000	38,024,979	UNI	21	FOC
Madagascar 3	9,500,000	8,900,000	600,000	602,508,920	388,000,000	214,508,920	PAR	35	PAR
Ted	7,832,021	7,100,000	732,021	384,296,926	168,400,000	215,896,926	UNI	35	UNI
Step Up Revolution	7,020,000	6,800,000	220,000	95,802,322	61,700,000	34,102,322	MUL	15	LGF
Ice Age: Continental Drift	6,280,000	5,000,000	1,280,000	831,112,814	675,500,000	155,612,814	FOX	41	FOX
Hope Springs	6,100,000	1,400,000	4,700,000	58,856,507	6,800,000	52,056,507	MUL	4	SNY
Odd Life Of Timothy Green, The	6,055,000	-	6,055,000	35,933,000	-	35,933,000	DIS	1	DIS
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter	6,000,000	6,000,000	-	91,319,400	53,900,000	37,419,400	FOX	21	FOX
Marvel's The Avengers	5,595,000	3,900,000	1,695,000	1,501,845,000	882,300,000	619,545,000	DIS	58	DIS
Campaign, The	5,445,000	-	5,445,000	73,021,610	-	73,021,610	WB	1	WB
2016 Obama's America	5,103,382	-	5,103,382	18,270,412	-	18,270,412	MUL	1	RMTN
Watch, The	5,100,000	5,100,000	-	43,234,200	9,700,000	33,534,200	FOX	20	FOX
Prometheus	4,500,000	4,500,000	-	351,830,513	225,500,000	126,330,513	FOX	7	FOX
The Traffickers	4,300,000	4,300,000	-	4,900,000	4,900,000	-	CIN	1	-
Premium Rush	3,900,000	-	3,900,000	12,255,197	-	12,255,197	SNY	1	SNY
Neighbor	3,500,000	3,500,000	-	10,800,000	10,800,000	-	LOT	1	-
Tad, The Lost Explorer	3,100,000	3,100,000	-	3,100,000	3,100,000	-	PAR	1	-

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