Rentrak Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of May 17, 2015

Rentrak Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of May 17, 2015

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LOS ANGELES, May 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT), the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the official worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of May 17, 2015, as compiled by the company's theatrical measurement services.

As the trusted official standard for real-time worldwide box office reporting, Rentrak provides the only theater-level reporting in the world. Customers are able to analyze admissions and gross results around the world using Rentrak's suite of products.

Rentrak's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, "Disney/Marvel's summer mega-hit 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' got off to a phenomenal start in China, grossing a truly staggering $156.3 million in 6 days since its Tuesday debut. Along with the solid performance in other international territories and North America, the total estimated gross for Avengers: Age of Ultron now stands at $1.143 billion, which catapults it to now stand as the 8th highest grossing film of all-time. Warner Bros.' 'Mad Max: Fury Road' blasted into cinemas in 68 international markets, grossing a solid $65 million and bringing its global total to $109.4 million while Universal's 'Pitch Perfect 2' had a solid international weekend earning $26.9 million in 29 markets for an early total of $38.1 million and a worldwide total of $108.4 million."

The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, May 17, 2015, are below.

1. Avengers: Age Of Ultron - Disney - $223.8M
2. Mad Max: Fury Road - Warner Bros. - $109.4M
3. Pitch Perfect 2 - Universal - $97.2M
4. Furious 7 - Universal - $10.2M
5. Home - 20th Century Fox - $7.2M
6. Chronicles of Evil - CJ Entertainment - $6.3M
7. Hot Pursuit - Warner Bros. - $5.8M
8. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 - Sony - $5.3M
9. Age Of Adaline, The - Multiple - $4.7M
10. Cinderella - Disney - $3.9M
11. Ex Machina - Multiple - $2.4M
12. Far From The Madding Crowd - 20th Century Fox - $2.1M

The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, May 17, 2015, are below.

1. Pitch Perfect 2 - Universal - $70.3M
2. Mad Max: Fury Road - Warner Bros. - $44.4M
3. Avengers: Age Of Ultron - Disney - $38.8M
4. Hot Pursuit - Warner Bros. - $5.8M
5. Furious 7 - Universal - $3.6M
6. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 - Sony - $3.6M
7. Age Of Adaline, The - Lionsgate - $3.2M
8. Home - 20th Century Fox - $2.7M
9. Ex Machina - A24 Films - $2.1M
10. Far From The Madding Crowd - Fox Searchlight - $1.3M
11. Woman In Gold - The Weinstein Company - $1.2M
12. Cinderella - Disney - $0.6M

Full details regarding the global domestic and international box office results are listed in the table below.


Weekend Release Cume (USD) Distributor
Weekend BO Estimate (USD)
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Title Worldwide Int'l Domestic Worldwide Int'l Domestic Int'l No. of Dom
Terr.
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Avengers: Age Of Ultron 223,837,000 185,000,000 38,837,000 1,142,507,808 770,500,000 372,007,808 DIS 92 DIS
----------------------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ------------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

Mad Max: Fury Road 109,400,000 65,000,000 44,400,000 109,400,000 65,000,000 44,400,000 WB 69 WB
------------------ ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---

Pitch Perfect 2 97,228,250 26,900,000 70,328,250 108,428,250 38,100,000 70,328,250 UNI 30 UNI
--------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---

Furious 7 10,247,940 6,600,000 3,647,940 1,488,781,435 1,145,000,000 343,781,435 UNI 67 UNI
--------- ---------- --------- --------- ------------- ------------- ----------- --- --- ---

Home 7,200,000 4,500,000 2,700,000 351,146,942 185,500,000 165,646,942 FOX 24 FOX
---- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

Chronicles of Evil 6,300,000 6,300,000 - 6,315,000 6,315,000 - CJ 1 CJ
------------------ --------- --------- --- --------- --------- --- --- --- ---

Hot Pursuit 5,780,000 - 5,780,000 23,504,293 - 23,504,293 WB 1 WB
----------- --------- --- --------- ---------- --- ---------- --- --- ---

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 5,300,000 1,700,000 3,600,000 94,429,010 31,500,000 62,929,010 SNY 53 SNY
---------------------- --------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---

Age Of Adaline, The 4,700,000 1,500,000 3,200,000 48,072,169 11,000,000 37,072,169 MUL 23 LGF
------------------- --------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- --- ---

Cinderella 3,928,000 3,300,000 628,000 521,027,551 323,800,000 197,227,551 DIS 2 DIS
---------- --------- --------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --- --- ---

Ex Machina 2,403,404 300,000 2,103,404 26,565,866 7,000,000 19,565,866 MUL 8 A24
---------- --------- ------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- --- --- ---

Far From The Madding Crowd 2,128,000 828,000 1,300,000 10,630,647 8,000,000 2,630,647 FOX 13 FSL
-------------------------- --------- ------- --------- ---------- --------- --------- --- --- ---

Ostwind 2 2,000,000 2,000,000 - 2,000,000 2,000,000 - MUL 2 -
--------- --------- --------- --- --------- --------- --- --- --- ---

*Territory is a movie studio term
for regions of the world
consisting of various countries.


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