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Rentrak Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of March 1, 2015
[March 01, 2015]

Rentrak Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of March 1, 2015


LOS ANGELES, March 1, 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 March 1, 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, "Universal's 'Fifty Shades of Grey' remains a staggering worldwide phenomenon with $486.2 million to date after adding nearly $50 million from 60 global territories this weekend.  The modestly budgeted erotic drama is expected to cross the $500 million mark later this week making it one of the most profitable films released over the past year.  Notably, with $139.1 million to date, Warner Bros.' 'American Sniper' now ranks as the highest grossing Clint Eastwood directed film internationally with a total that is closing in on the $500 million threshold worldwide." 

The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, March 1, 2015, are below.

1. Fifty Shades Of Grey - Universal - $46.9M
2. Kingsman: The Secret Service - 20th Century Fox - $37.5M
3. Focus - Warner Bros. - $31.3M
4. American Sniper - Warner Bros. - $27.2M
5. Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Water - Paramount - $25.4M
6. Big Hero 6 - Disney - $22.1M
7. From Vegas to Macau II - Multiple - $22.0M
8. Wolf Totem - Multiple - $17.0M
9. Dragon Blade - Multiple - $12.5M
10. Lazarus Effect, The - Multiple - $10.6M
11. Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The - 20th Century Fox - $9.4M
12. McFarland, USA - Disney - $7.8M

The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, March 1, are below.

1. Focus - Warner Bros. - $19.1M
2. Kingsman: The Secret Service - 20th Century Fox - $11.8M
3. Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Water - Paramount - $11.2M
4. Fifty Shades Of Grey - Universal - $10.9M
5. Lazarus Effect, The - Relativity Media - $10.6M
6. McFarland, USA - Disney - $7.8M
7. American Sniper - Warner Bros. - $7.7M
8. DUFF, The - Lionsgate - $7.2M
9. Still Alice - Sony Pictures Classics - $2.7M
10. Hot Tub Time Machine 2 - Paramount - $2.4M
11. Jupiter Ascending - Warner Bros. - $2.1M
12. Birdman - Fox Searchlight - $2.0M

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 Terr

Domestic

Fifty Shades Of Grey

46,927,090

36,000,000

10,927,090

486,163,680

338,400,000

147,763,680

 UNI

60

 UNI

Kingsman: Secret Service

37,550,000

25,800,000

11,750,000

210,295,747

124,600,000

85,695,747

 FOX

69

 FOX

Focus

31,300,000

12,200,000

19,100,000

31,300,000

12,200,000

19,100,000

 WB

32

 WB

American Sniper

27,200,000

19,500,000

7,700,000

470,208,448

139,100,000

331,108,448

 WB

60

 WB

Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Water

25,400,000

14,200,000

11,200,000

236,622,050

96,300,000

140,322,050

 PAR

47

 PAR

Big Hero 6

22,123,000

21,600,000

523,000

572,179,741

351,300,000

220,879,741

 DIS

26

 DIS

From Vegas to Macau II

22,000,000

22,000,000

-

108,000,000

108,000,000

-

 MUL

5

-

Wolf Totem

17,000,000

17,000,000

-

72,000,000

72,000,000

-

 MUL

2

-

Dragon Blade

12,500,000

12,500,000

-

92,000,000

92,000,000

-

 MUL

5

-

Lazarus Effect, The

10,600,000

-

10,600,000

10,600,000

-

10,600,000

 MUL

1

 REL

Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

9,400,000

9,400,000

-

9,400,000

9,400,000

-

 FOX

3

 FSL

McFarland, USA

7,797,000

-

7,797,000

21,980,981

-

21,980,981

 DIS

1

 DIS

Birdman

7,775,000

5,800,000

1,975,000

86,279,164

46,000,000

40,279,164

 FOX

35

 FSL

Imitation Game, The

7,427,000

5,500,000

1,927,000

196,829,345

110,000,000

86,829,345

 MUL

35

 TWC

DUFF, The

7,150,000

-

7,150,000

20,052,975

-

20,052,975

 MUL

2

 LGF

Snow Girl And The Dark Crystal

6,500,000

6,500,000

-

52,000,000

52,000,000

-

 MUL

3

 WGU

Jupiter Ascending

5,600,000

3,500,000

2,100,000

124,211,063

81,100,000

43,111,063

 WB

65

 WB

Theory Of Everything

3,849,000

3,200,000

649,000

110,149,528

75,100,000

35,049,528

 UNI

47

 FOC

*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 the entertainment and marketing industries' premier provider of worldwide consumer viewership information, precisely measuring actual viewing behavior of movies and TV everywhere. Using our proprietary intelligence and technology, combined with advanced demographics, only Rentrak is the census currency for VOD and movies. Rentrak provides the stable and robust audience measurement services that movie, television and advertising professionals across the globe have come to rely on to better deliver their business goals and more precisely target advertising across numerous platforms including box office, multiscreen television and home video. For more information on Rentrak, please visit Rentrak.com.

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