Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of August 5, 2012

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Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of August 5, 2012

Published on Sunday, 05 August 2012 15:16 Written by TradersHuddle Staff

--Only Rentrak Provides the Global Standard in Box Office Reporting--

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5, 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 August 5, 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, "Dark Knight Rises remains the No. 1 film worldwide with an estimated weekend of $103.4 million and worldwide cume of $733 million."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, August 5, 2012 are below.

Dark Knight Rises, The - Warner Bros. - $36.4M
Total Recall - Sony - $26.0M
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days - 20th Century Fox - $14.7M
Ice Age: Continental Drift - 20th Century Fox - $8.4M
Watch, The - 20th Century Fox - $6.3M
Ted - Universal - $5.5M
Step Up Revolution - Lionsgate - $5.3M
Amazing Spider-Man, The - Sony - $4.3M
Brave - Disney - $2.9M
Magic Mike - Warner Bros. - $1.4M
Moonrise Kingdom - Focus Features - $1.2M
Beasts Of The Southern Wild - Fox Searchlight - $1.2M

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	103,440,000	67,000,000	36,440,000	733,037,764	378,400,000	354,637,764	WB	59	WB
Ice Age: Continental Drift	41,200,000	32,800,000	8,400,000	718,862,859	587,000,000	131,862,859	FOX	63	FOX
Ted	37,478,660	32,000,000	5,478,660	280,713,895	77,300,000	203,413,895	UNI	21	UNI
Total Recall	32,200,000	6,200,000	26,000,000	32,200,000	6,200,000	26,000,000	SNY	13	SNY
Brave	19,390,000	16,500,000	2,890,000	341,324,040	118,000,000	223,324,040	DIS	32	DIS
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days	17,500,000	2,800,000	14,700,000	17,500,000	2,800,000	14,700,000	FOX	6	FOX
Madagascar 3	16,340,000	15,800,000	540,000	522,804,830	312,000,000	210,804,830	PAR	45	PAR
The Thieves	16,000,000	16,000,000	-	34,000,000	34,000,000	-	SHOWBX	1
Step Up Revolution	13,200,000	7,900,000	5,300,000	40,597,149	17,500,000	23,097,149	MULTI	21	LGF
Amazing Spider-Man, The	10,400,000	6,100,000	4,300,000	677,740,333	427,100,000	250,640,333	SNY	79	SNY
Watch, The	6,350,000	-	6,350,000	25,363,203	-	25,363,203	FOX	1	FOX
Magic Mike	5,080,000	3,700,000	1,380,000	140,294,305	29,400,000	110,894,305	MULTI	8	WB
Prometheus	4,550,000	4,550,000	-	310,659,118	185,000,000	125,659,118	FOX	3	FOX
Sammy's Adventures 2	3,300,000	3,300,000	-	3,300,000	3,300,000	-	CJ	1
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax	2,800,000	2,800,000	-	331,730,500	117,700,000	214,030,500	UNI	11	UNI
ParaNorman	2,300,000	2,300,000	-	2,300,000	2,300,000	-	UNI	1	FOC
Stefan vs Kramer	2,200,000	2,200,000	-	2,200,000	2,200,000	-	FOX	1

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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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