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Rentrak Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of March 1, 2015LOS 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 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 Full details regarding the global domestic and international box office results are listed in the table below.
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