Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of September 9, 2012

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Sep 09, 2012, 04:04 ET

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9, 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 9, 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, September 9, 2012 are below.

Possession, The - Lionsgate - $9.5M
Lawless - The Weinstein Company - $6.0M
Words, The - CBS Films - $5.0M
Expendables 2, The - Lionsgate - $4.8M
Bourne Legacy, The - Universal - $4.0M
ParaNorman - Focus Features - $3.8M
Odd Life Of Timothy Green, The - Disney - $3.6M
Campaign, The - Warner Bros. - $3.5M
Dark Knight Rises, The - Warner Bros. - $3.3M
2016 Obama's America - Rocky Mountain Pictures - $3.3M
Hope Springs - Sony - $2.8M
Premium Rush - Sony - $2.3M

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
Expendables 2, The	18,750,000	14,000,000	4,750,000	185,817,139	110,400,000	75,417,139	MUL	23	LGF
Bourne Legacy, The	17,038,360	13,000,000	4,038,360	181,897,855	78,200,000	103,697,855	UNI	49	UNI
Dark Knight Rises, The	16,285,000	13,000,000	3,285,000	1,041,249,293	603,400,000	437,849,293	WB	65	WB
Possession, The	13,000,000	3,500,000	9,500,000	43,549,110	10,200,000	33,349,110	MUL	10	LGF
Brave	11,020,000	10,300,000	720,000	488,298,000	254,900,000	233,398,000	DIS	54	DIS
Raaz 3	8,900,000	8,900,000	-	8,900,000	8,900,000	-	FOX	4	FXIP
Prometheus	8,500,000	8,500,000	-	374,100,683	247,700,000	126,400,683	FOX	7	FOX
Lawless	7,402,000	1,400,000	6,002,000	24,920,419	1,400,000	23,520,419	MUL	2	TWC
Ted	6,963,925	6,400,000	563,925	394,673,255	177,800,000	216,873,255	UNI	35	UNI
ParaNorman	6,230,235	2,400,000	3,830,235	65,497,953	20,400,000	45,097,953	UNI	28	FOC
Total Recall	5,400,000	5,400,000	-	165,560,131	108,400,000	57,160,131	SNY	70	SNY
Words, The	5,000,000	-	5,000,000	5,000,000	-	5,000,000	MUL	1	CBS
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter	4,900,000	4,900,000	-	98,380,274	60,900,000	37,480,274	FOX	20	FOX
Madagascar 3	4,700,000	4,300,000	400,000	611,959,182	396,700,000	215,259,182	PAR	35	PAR
Step Up Revolution	4,453,000	4,300,000	153,000	113,746,464	79,300,000	34,446,464	MUL	14	LGF
Hope Springs	4,100,000	1,300,000	2,800,000	65,119,439	7,600,000	57,519,439	MUL	7	SNY
Amazing Spider-Man, The	3,800,000	3,800,000	-	743,305,361	483,300,000	260,005,361	SNY	44	SNY
Odd Life Of Timothy Green, The	3,650,000	-	3,650,000	43,007,000	-	43,007,000	DIS	1	DIS
Campaign, The	3,530,000	-	3,530,000	79,473,432	-	79,473,432	WB	1	WB
2016 Obama's America	3,281,259	-	3,281,259	26,087,554	-	26,087,554	MUL	1	RMTN
Rurouni Kenshin	3,200,000	3,200,000	-	25,400,000	25,400,000	-	WB	1	-

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

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