Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of December 16, 2012

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Dec. 16, 2012 04:48 PM

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16, 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 December 16, 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, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey opens at No. 1 worldwide with an outstanding weekend gross of $223 million. The US and Canada opening of $84.8 million is the largest opening of all-time for the month of December and the best opening for the Lord of the Rings franchise."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, December 16, 2012 are below.

Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The - Warner Bros. - $84.8M
Rise Of The Guardians - Paramount - $7.4M
Lincoln - Disney - $7.2M
Skyfall - Sony - $7.0M
Life Of Pi - 20th Century Fox - $5.4M
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 - Lionsgate - $5.2M
Wreck-It Ralph - Disney - $3.3M
Playing For Keeps - FilmDistrict - $3.2M
Red Dawn - FilmDistrict - $2.4M
Silver Linings Playbook - The Weinstein Company - $2.1M
Flight - Paramount - $1.9M
Hitchcock - Fox Searchlight - $1.1M

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: An Unexpected Journey, The	222,975,000	138,200,000	84,775,000	222,975,000	138,200,000	84,775,000	WB	57	WB
Rise Of The Guardians	27,520,000	20,100,000	7,420,000	190,761,823	119,400,000	71,361,823	PAR	60	PAR
Skyfall	19,200,000	12,200,000	7,000,000	951,066,063	678,700,000	272,366,063	SNY	85	SNY
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2	18,175,000	13,000,000	5,175,000	782,865,069	506,000,000	276,865,069	MUL	74	LGF
Life Of Pi	16,900,000	11,500,000	5,400,000	198,959,406	129,400,000	69,559,406	FOX	14	FOX
Wreck-It Ralph	7,973,000	4,700,000	3,273,000	226,479,000	57,700,000	168,779,000	DIS	30	DIS
Lincoln	7,244,000	-	7,244,000	107,898,000	-	107,898,000	DIS	1	DIS
Playing For Keeps	4,597,000	1,350,000	3,247,000	15,838,092	5,000,000	10,838,092	MUL	3	FMDI
26 Years	3,500,000	3,500,000	-	15,500,000	15,500,000	-	INV	1	-
Whatcha Wearin'? (My P.S. Partner)	3,000,000	3,000,000	-	7,000,000	7,000,000	-	CJ	1	CJ
Anna Karenina	2,698,103	1,700,000	998,103	25,364,965	17,000,000	8,364,965	UNI	17	FOC
Pitch Perfect	2,535,720	2,300,000	235,720	76,659,463	12,800,000	63,859,463	UNI	10	UNI
Silver Linings Playbook	2,454,000	370,000	2,084,000	26,224,049	9,270,000	16,954,049	MUL	2	TWC
Tutto Tutto Niente Niente	2,400,000	2,400,000	-	2,700,000	2,700,000	-	1	1	-
Red Dawn	2,394,000	-	2,394,000	42,189,423	1,300,000	40,889,423	MUL	1	FMDI
Flight	1,940,000	-	1,940,000	89,448,038	-	89,448,038	PAR	1	PAR
Hotel Transylvania	1,900,000	1,900,000	-	305,826,412	162,000,000	143,826,412	SNY	50	SNY
Colpi Di Fulmine	1,800,000	1,800,000	-	1,800,000	1,800,000	-	UNI	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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