LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT), the global leader in box office measurement, today announced the worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of Dec. 15, 2013 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 Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, "Warner Bros. had a very happy 'Hobbit' weekend as 'The Desolation of Smaug' dominated the international box office, ranking #1 everywhere and grossing a phenomenal $131.2 million in 49 markets and a whopping $205 million worldwide in 50 markets. Disney's 'Frozen' continues to chill the worldwide competition as the only kid-friendly offering and in 26 territories brings its global total to nearly $266 million, while Lionsgate's 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' ignites a whopping 84 territories with a global cumulative nearing $730 million."
The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013 are below.
1. Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, The - Warner Bros. - $73.7M
2. Frozen - Disney - $22.2M
3. Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas - Lionsgate - $16.0M
4. Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The - Lionsgate - $13.2M
5. Thor: The Dark World - Disney - $2.7M
6. Out Of The Furnace - Relativity Media - $2.3M
7. Delivery Man - Disney - $1.9M
8. Philomena - The Weinstein Company - $1.8M
9. Book Thief, The - 20th Century Fox - $1.7M
10. Homefront - Open Road - $1.6M
11. Dallas Buyers Club - Focus Features - $1.1M
12. Best Man Holiday, The - Universal - $1.0M
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 |
Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, The | 204,875,000 | 131,200,000 | 73,675,000 | 204,875,000 | 131,200,000 | 73,675,000 | WB | 50 | WB |
Frozen | 53,684,000 | 31,500,000 | 22,184,000 | 265,988,000 | 101,600,000 | 164,388,000 | DIS | 26 | DIS |
Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The | 32,650,000 | 19,500,000 | 13,150,000 | 729,881,997 | 372,900,000 | 356,981,997 | MUL | 84 | LGF |
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas | 16,000,000 | - | 16,000,000 | 16,000,000 | - | 16,000,000 | MUL | 1 | LGF |
Firestorm | 15,000,000 | 15,000,000 | - | 21,000,000 | 21,000,000 | - | MUL | 5 | - |
Gravity | 8,733,000 | 8,000,000 | 733,000 | 642,166,608 | 389,400,000 | 252,766,608 | WB | 43 | WB |
Way Back Home | 4,900,000 | 4,900,000 | - | 4,945,000 | 4,945,000 | - | CJ | 1 | - |
No Man's Land | 4,500,000 | 4,500,000 | - | 29,500,000 | 29,500,000 | - | MUL | 1 | - |
About Time | 4,297,955 | 4,200,000 | 97,955 | 69,699,068 | 54,500,000 | 15,199,068 | UNI | 21 | UNI |
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 | 4,005,000 | 3,900,000 | 105,000 | 223,415,346 | 108,000,000 | 115,415,346 | SNY | 40 | SNY |
Thor: The Dark World | 4,000,000 | 1,300,000 | 2,700,000 | 619,925,000 | 421,800,000 | 198,125,000 | DIS | 72 | DIS |
Captain Phillips | 3,485,000 | 3,200,000 | 285,000 | 205,911,858 | 101,900,000 | 104,011,858 | SNY | 65 | SNY |
Four 2, The | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | - | 21,000,000 | 21,000,000 | - | MUL | 3 | - |
Carrie | 2,800,000 | 2,800,000 | - | 74,666,619 | 39,400,000 | 35,266,619 | SNY | 33 | SNY |
American Hustle | 2,690,000 | 2,000,000 | 690,000 | 2,690,000 | 2,000,000 | 690,000 | ROAD | 2 | SNY |
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