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Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of November 18, 2012

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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18, 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 November 18, 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, "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 opens at No. 1 worldwide with an outstanding weekend gross of $340.9 million, the international opening of $199.6 million represents a 38% increase over the previous installment. Skyfall surpassed the $500 million mark overseas and is now the highest grossing Bond film of all-time. The new worldwide cume stands at $669 million."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, November 18, 2012 are below.

1. Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 - Lionsgate - $141.3M
2. Skyfall - Sony - $41.5M
3. Lincoln - Disney - $21.0M
4. Wreck-It Ralph - Disney - $18.3M
5. Flight - Paramount - $8.6M
6. Argo - Warner Bros. - $4.1M
7. Taken 2 - 20th Century Fox - $2.1M
8. Pitch Perfect - Universal - $1.3M
9. Jab Tak Hai Jaan - Yash Raj Films - $1.2M
10. Here Comes The Boom - Sony - $1.2M
11. Hotel Transylvania - Sony - $0.9M
11. Cloud Atlas - Warner Bros. - $0.9M
11. Sessions, The - Fox Searchlight - $0.9M

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

Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2

340,900,000

199,600,000

141,300,000

340,900,000

199,600,000

141,300,000

 MUL

62

 LGF

Skyfall

91,100,000

49,600,000

41,500,000

669,237,108

507,900,000

161,337,108

 SNY

84

 SNY

Wreck-It Ralph

23,112,000

4,800,000

18,312,000

157,179,000

35,700,000

121,479,000

 DIS

20

 DIS

Lincoln

21,000,000

-

21,000,000

22,419,000

-

22,419,000

 DIS

1

 DIS

Argo

12,770,000

8,700,000

4,070,000

132,422,480

40,400,000

92,022,480

 WB

39

 WB

Flight

9,615,000

1,000,000

8,615,000

63,435,810

2,100,000

61,335,810

 PAR

2

 PAR

Hotel Transylvania

8,700,000

7,800,000

900,000

282,991,598

140,300,000

142,691,598

 SNY

58

 SNY

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo

7,500,000

7,500,000

-

7,500,000

7,500,000

-

 TJOY

1

-

Werewolf Boy, A

6,800,000

6,800,000

-

30,200,000

30,200,000

-

 CJ

1

 CJ

Cloud Atlas

5,900,000

5,000,000

900,000

40,293,903

15,400,000

24,893,903

 MUL

4

 WB

Taken 2

4,000,000

1,900,000

2,100,000

354,124,389

219,500,000

134,624,389

 MUL

44

 FOX

Here Comes The Boom

3,700,000

2,500,000

1,200,000

49,119,015

8,100,000

41,019,015

 SNY

18

 SNY

Confession of Murder

3,500,000

3,500,000

-

8,600,000

8,600,000

-

 SHO

1

-

Rise Of The Guardians

3,100,000

3,100,000

-

3,100,000

3,100,000

-

 PAR

1

 PAR

Paranormal Activity 4

2,680,000

2,300,000

380,000

135,500,843

82,000,000

53,500,843

 PAR

49

 PAR

Jab Tak Hai Jaan

2,650,000

1,400,000

1,250,000

2,801,000

1,551,000

1,250,000

 MUL

7

 YASHRAJ

Madagascar 3

2,500,000

2,500,000

-

737,591,482

521,200,000

216,391,482

 PAR

23

 PAR

© Rentrak

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

Content in this chart is produced and/or compiled by Rentrak Corporation and its Box Office Essentials and International Box Office Essentials data collection and analytical service, and is covered by provisions of the Copyright Act.  The material presented herein is intended to be available for public use.  You may reproduce the content of the chart in any format or medium without first obtaining permission, subject to the following requirements: (1) the material must be reproduced accurately; and (2) any publication or issuance of any part of the material to others must acknowledge Rentrak as the source of the material.

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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