PORTLAND, Ore., April 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --As summer draws near and hotly anticipated sequels prepare to hit the big screen, Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT), which precisely measures movies and TV everywhere, shows that worldwide box office totals for preceding films from this summer's sequel lineup have totaled over $7.2 trillion in worldwide revenue with over $3.8 trillion coming from outside of the United States.
"This summer's lineup includes nine films releasing their first sequel and it's interesting to see how well prior first sequels on this list have done compared to the original," said Ron Giambra Rentrak's President of Theatrical Worldwide. "With more than half of the total prior box office revenue coming from outside of the U.S. also shows the type of global appeal these sequels are capable of bringing to this summer's box office."
The charts below show the complete histories of success each of the summer sequel prior films have had.
Iron Man 3 - Releases May 3 | ||||
Prior Films | Released | Gross (Int'l.) | Gross (US) | Total |
Iron Man 2 | 5/7/10 | $300,871,255 | $312,433,331 | $613,304,586 |
Iron Man | 5/2/08 | $214,152,662 | $318,604,126 | $532,756,788 |
TOTAL | $515,023,917 | $631,037,457 | $1,146,061,374 | |
Star Trek Into Darkness - Releases May 17 | ||||
Prior Film | Released | Gross (Int'l.) | Gross (US) | Total |
Star Trek | 5/8/09 | $127,950,427 | $257,730,019 | $385,680,446 |
Fast & Furious 6 - Releases May 24 | ||||
Prior Films | Released | Gross (Int'l.) | Gross (US) | Total |
Fast Five | 4/29/11 | $422,306,779 | $210,031,325 | $632,338,104 |
Fast & Furious | 4/3/09 | $194,253,742 | $155,152,411 | $349,406,153 |
The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift | 6/16/06 | $95,904,503 | $62,615,510 | $158,520,013 |
2 Fast 2 Furious | 6/6/03 | $109,125,679 | $127,145,654 | $236,271,333 |
The Fast and The Furious | 6/22/01 | $62,881,899 | $144,533,925 | $207,415,824 |
TOTAL | $884,472,602 | $699,478,825 | $1,583,951,427 | |
Hangover Part III - Releases May 24 | ||||
Prior Films | Released | Gross (Int'l.) | Gross (US) | Total |
Hangover 2 | 5/26/11 | $332,360,000 | $254,464,305 | $586,824,305 |
Hangover | 6/5/09 | $191,600,000 | $277,322,503 | $468,922,503 |
TOTAL | $523,960,000 | $531,786,808 | $1,055,746,808 | |
Monsters University - Releases June 21 | ||||
Prior Film | Released | Gross (Int'l.) | Gross (US) | Total |
Monsters Inc. | 11/2/01 | $286,059,898 | $255,873,250 | $541,933,148 |
Despicable Me 2 - Releases July 3 | ||||
Prior Film | Released | Gross (Int'l.) | Gross (US) | Total |
Despicable Me | 7/9/10 | $276,041,373 | $251,513,985 | $527,555,358 |
Grown Ups 2 - Releases July 12 | ||||
Prior Film | Released | Gross (Int'l.) | Gross (US) | Total |
Grown Ups | 6/25/10 | $109,418,029 | $162,001,186 | $271,419,215 |
Red 2 - Releases July 19 | ||||
Prior Film | Released | Gross (Int'l.) | Gross (US) | Total |
Red | 10/15/10 | $108,649,100 | $90,380,162 | $199,029,262 |
Kick-Ass 2 - Releases July 31 | ||||
Prior Film | Released | Gross (Int'l.) | Gross (US) | Total |
Kick-Ass | 4/16/10 | $52,426,926 | $48,071,303 | $100,498,229 |
The Smurfs 2 - Releases July 31 | ||||
Prior Film | Released | Gross (Int'l.) | Gross (US) | Total |
The Smurfs | 12/2/11 | $420,452,393 | $142,614,355 | $563,066,748 |
300: Rise of an Empire - Releases August 2 | ||||
Prior Film | Released | Gross (Int'l.) | Gross (US) | Total |
300 | 3/3/07 | $245,400,000 | $210,614,939 | $456,014,939 |
Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters - Releases August 7 | ||||||
Prior Film | Released | Gross (Int'l.) | Gross (US) | Total | ||
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: Lightning | 2/12/10 | $138,487,307 | $88,768,303 | $227,255,610 | ||
Riddick - Releases September 6 | ||||
Prior Films | Released | Gross (Int'l.) | Gross (US) | Total |
The Chronicles of Riddick | 11/16/04 | $58,229,228 | $57,675,295 | $115,904,523 |
Pitch Black | 2/18/00 | $13,947,000 | $39,240,659 | $53,187,659 |
TOTAL | $72,176,228 | $96,915,954 | $169,092,182 | |
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