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

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Nov. 18, 2012 03:39 PM

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

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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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