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Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of September 16, 2012

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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16, 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 16, 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, "Resident Evil: Retribution opens at No.1 worldwide with an estimated weekend gross of $71.1 million in 66 territories."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, September 16, 2012 are below.

  1. Resident Evil: Retribution - Sony - $21.1M
  2. Finding Nemo - Disney - $17.5M
  3. Possession, The - Lionsgate - $5.8M
  4. Lawless - The Weinstein Company - $4.2M
  5. ParaNorman - Focus Features - $3.0M
  6. Expendables 2, The - Lionsgate - $3.0M
  7. Words, The - CBS Films - $2.9M
  8. Bourne Legacy, The - Universal - $2.9M
  9. Odd Life Of Timothy Green, The - Disney - $2.5M
  10. Campaign, The - Warner Bros. - $2.4M
  11. Dark Knight Rises, The - Warner Bros. - $2.1M
  12. Arbitrage - Roadside Attractions - $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

Resident Evil: Retribution

71,100,000

50,000,000

21,100,000

71,100,000

50,000,000

21,100,000

 SNY

66

 SNY

Finding Nemo

18,804,000

1,300,000

17,504,000

22,604,000

5,100,000

17,504,000

 DIS

8

 DIS

Bourne Legacy, The

11,975,250

9,100,000

2,875,250

198,916,910

91,100,000

107,816,910

 UNI

53

 UNI

Expendables 2, The

10,530,000

7,500,000

3,030,000

204,789,979

124,500,000

80,289,979

 MUL

25

 LGF

Dark Knight Rises, The

8,540,000

6,400,000

2,140,000

1,057,410,629

616,400,000

441,010,629

 WB

65

 WB

Ted

8,492,505

8,100,000

392,505

406,346,265

188,900,000

217,446,265

 UNI

44

 UNI

Masquerade

8,300,000

8,300,000

-

8,365,000

8,365,000

-

 CJ

1

-

Possession, The

7,500,000

1,700,000

5,800,000

57,867,112

16,700,000

41,167,112

 MUL

10

 LGF

Madagascar 3

7,205,000

6,900,000

305,000

620,620,228

405,000,000

215,620,228

 PAR

34

 PAR

Prometheus

7,100,000

7,100,000

-

387,343,716

260,900,000

126,443,716

 FOX

5

 FOX

Brave

6,900,000

6,900,000

-

499,858,247

266,300,000

233,558,247

 DIS

53

 DIS

ParaNorman

6,839,464

3,800,000

3,039,464

74,335,710

25,000,000

49,335,710

 UNI

37

 FOC

Lawless

6,719,000

2,500,000

4,219,000

35,640,754

5,500,000

30,140,754

 MUL

3

 TWC

Watch, The

4,300,000

4,300,000

-

52,852,422

18,800,000

34,052,422

 FOX

28

 FOX

Hope Springs

4,200,000

2,400,000

1,800,000

71,650,101

11,200,000

60,450,101

 MUL

9

 SNY

Total Recall

3,800,000

3,800,000

-

171,627,693

114,000,000

57,627,693

 SNY

66

 SNY

Step Up Revolution

3,195,000

3,000,000

195,000

119,728,060

85,000,000

34,728,060

 MUL

14

 LGF

Bayside Shakedown THE FINAL

3,000,000

3,000,000

-

16,300,000

16,300,000

-

 TOHO

1

-

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

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About Rentrak Corporation:

Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT) is a global digital media measurement and research company, serving the most recognizable companies in the entertainment industry. With a reach across numerous platforms including box office, multi-screen television, and home video, Rentrak has developed more efficient metrics to be used as database currencies for the evaluation and selling of media. Rentrak is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with additional U.S. and international offices. For more information on Rentrak, please visit www.rentrak.com.

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