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

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

--Only Rentrak Provides the Global Standard in Box Office Reporting--

LOS ANGELES, May 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Rentrak is pleased to announce a new, comprehensive weekly press release featuring a top-level view of the weekend's domestic, international and worldwide box office results.



For over 25 years, Rentrak has lead the industry in providing the most detailed and accurate view of worldwide box office reporting, grosses, weekend results, historical data and real-time film analysis.

For the first time, worldwide weekend box office estimates will be provided on a weekly basis to the film industry. These estimates will include data supplied directly from Rentrak's connectivity to over 80,000 screens across the globe and from their studio clients. As the film industry's most trusted source of box office reporting, Rentrak provides film performance insight to every major studio, mini-major and prominent independent film distributor in the industry.

Below is this week's global box office release from Rentrak. For additional insights or for custom theatrical data requests, please contact Rentrak-Theatrical at boxoffice@rentrak.com or 818-728-8880.

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Rentrak Corporation (Nasdaq: RENT), the global leader in box office measurement, today announced the worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of May 18, 2012 as compiled by the company's Box Office Essentials(TM) 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.

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, May 20, 2012 are below.


-- Marvel's The Avengers / $55,057,000
-- Battleship / $25,350,300
-- Dictator, The / $17,415,000
-- Dark Shadows / $12,770,000
-- What to Expect When You're Expecting / $10,500,000
-- Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The / $3,250,000
-- Hunger Games, The / $3,000,000
-- Think Like A Man / $2,700,000
-- Lucky One, The / $1,765,000
-- Pirates! Band of Misfits, The / $1,450,000
-- Five-Year Engagement, The / $1,075,125
-- Chimpanzee / $702,000
Full details regarding the global domestic and international box office results are listed in the table below.






Weekend BO Estimate Weekend Release Cume Distributor
------------------- -------------------- -----------
Title Worldwide Int'l Domestic Worldwide Int'l Domestic Int'l No. of Territories* Domestic
----- --------- ----- -------- --------- ----- -------- ----- ------------------ --------
Marvel's The Avengers 111,057,000 56,000,000 55,057,000 1,180,378,000 723,300,000 457,078,000 DIS 55 DIS
--------------------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ------------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---
Dictator, The 47,715,000 30,300,000 17,415,000 54,756,081 30,300,000 24,456,081 PAR 30 PAR
------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Dark Shadows 43,170,000 30,400,000 12,770,000 132,208,421 81,300,000 50,908,421 WB 53 WB
------------ ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Battleship 31,850,300 6,500,000 25,350,300 252,150,300 226,800,000 25,350,300 UNIV 64 UNIV
---------- ---------- --------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ---- --- ----
What to Expect When You're Expecting 10,500,000 10,500,000 10,500,000 10,500,000 MULTI 1 LGF
------------------------------------ ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----- --- ---
American Reunion 10,446,500 10,200,000 246,500 215,877,550 159,400,000 56,477,550 UNIV 49 UNIV
---------------- ---------- ---------- ------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ---- --- ----
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The 5,050,000 1,800,000 3,250,000 87,047,441 78,800,000 8,247,441 FOX 22 FSL
------------------------------- --------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- --------- --- --- ---
Hunger Games, The 4,500,000 1,500,000 3,000,000 638,631,110 247,000,000 391,631,110 MULTI 59 LGF
----------------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----- --- ---
Lucky One, The 4,465,000 2,700,000 1,765,000 83,271,175 26,350,000 56,921,175 WB 32 WB
-------------- --------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
All About My Wife 3,700,000 3,700,000 4,400,000 4,400,000 NEWKR 1 N/A
----------------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ----- --- ---
Do-Nui Mat 3,500,000 3,500,000 3,550,000 3,550,000 SNRGY 1 N/A
---------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ----- --- ---
Think Like A Man 2,700,000 2,700,000 85,887,911 85,887,911 SNY 1 SNY
---------------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Gout De Rouille Et D'os, Un 2,200,000 2,200,000 2,200,000 2,200,000 UGC 1 N/A
--------------------------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --- --- ---
Five-Year-Engagement, The 2,175,125 1,100,000 1,075,125 33,467,760 6,400,000 27,067,760 UNIV 9 UNIV
------------------------- --------- --------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---- --- ----
The Vow 2,000,000 2,000,000 189,014,030 64,000,000 125,014,030 SNY 21 SNY
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21 Jump Street 1,900,000 1,900,000 187,557,280 52,200,000 135,357,280 SNY 31 SNY
-------------- --------- --------- ----------- ---------- ----------- --- --- ---
Prenom, Le 1,900,000 1,900,000 20,700,000 20,700,000 PATHE 1 N/A
---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ----- --- ---
Thermae Romae 1,800,000 1,800,000 38,700,000 38,700,000 TOHO 1 N/A
------------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---- --- ---
Hanni & Nanni 2 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 UNIV 3 UNIV
--------------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---- --- ----
Pirates! Band of Misfits, The 1,450,000 1,450,000 100,361,504 75,000,000 25,361,504 SNY 1 SNY
----------------------------- --------- --------- ----------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---
Chimpanzee 702,000 702,000 27,043,000 27,043,000 DIS 1 DIS
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(C) Rentrak *Territory is a movie studio term for regions of the world consisting of various countries


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