LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentrak Theatrical, a business unit of Rentrak Corporation , today announced the weekend theatrical box office estimates for the weekend period of October 24 through October 26, 2008 according to the company's Box Office Essentials(TM) theatrical box office data collection and analytical service.
The twelve estimated top producing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of 9:30AM Pacific on Sunday, October 26, 2008 by Rentrak Theatrical include:
RANK TITLE WEEKEND GROSS LOCATIONS 1 High School Musical 3: Senior Year $42,000,000 3623 2 Saw V $30,500,000 3060 3 Max Payne $7,600,000 3381 4 Beverly Hills Chihuahua $6,916,000 3190 5 Pride and Glory $6,325,000 2585 6 The Secret Life Of Bees $5,935,000 1630 7 W. $5,330,000 2050 8 Eagle Eye $4,082,000 2558 9 Body Of Lies $4,065,000 2150 10 Quarantine $2,550,000 2228 11 Fireproof $2,137,383 898 12 Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist $2,000,000 1571 Weekend of 10/24/2008 to 10/26/2008 (C) 2008 by Rentrak Corporation About Box Office Essentials
Box Office Essentials provides each studio with password-protected, real- time, web browser-based and 24/7 access to data pertaining specifically to their movie release titles. A sophisticated toolset allows studio distribution executives to view and analyze the information at different levels of detail and across a multitude of attributes (by theatre circuit, DMA, time zone, etc.), enhancing their ability to make faster, and better informed decisions. Additional features include online school calendars (K-12 and college), interactive release schedule and 24-hour subscriber support.
About Rentrak Corporation
Rentrak Corporation, based in Portland, Oregon, is an information management company serving clients in the media, entertainment, retail and advertising industries. The company's Entertainment Essentials(R) suite of services is redefining media measurement in the digital broadband era. Entertainment Essentials provides customers with near-real-time, actionable insight into performance of content distributed over a wide variety of modern media technologies. Available by license or subscription, each Entertainment Essentials application allows executives to analyze detailed industry-wide and title-specific data to make decisions that enhance the bottom line and provide competitive advantage. For further information, please visit Rentrak's corporate website at Rentrak.com.
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