Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of December 30, 2012

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Dec. 30, 2012 04:06 PM

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30, 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 December 30, 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, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the No. 1 film in the world for the third consecutive weekend with an estimated weekend gross of $139 million from 63 markets. The film only dropped 12% from last weekend. The current worldwide total now stands at $687 million. Also, Skyfall is now over $1 billion worldwide after this weekend."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, December 30, 2012 are below.

Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The - Warner Bros. - $32.9M
Django Unchained - The Weinstein Company - $30.7M
Les Miserables - Universal - $28.0M
Parental Guidance - 20th Century Fox - $14.8M
Jack Reacher - Paramount - $14.0M
This Is 40 - Universal - $13.2M
Lincoln - Disney - $7.5M
Guilt Trip, The - Paramount - $6.7M
Monsters, Inc. - Disney - $6.4M
Rise Of The Guardians - Paramount - $4.9M
Skyfall - Sony - $4.6M
Silver Linings Playbook - The Weinstein Company - $4.1M

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
Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The	139,420,000	106,500,000	32,920,000	686,703,000	464,000,000	222,703,000	WB	63	WB
Les Miserables	66,327,440	38,300,000	28,027,440	116,165,865	48,700,000	67,465,865	UNI	9	UNI
Life Of Pi	43,025,000	39,200,000	3,825,000	304,695,184	220,000,000	84,695,184	FOX	57	FOX
Jack Reacher	32,110,000	18,100,000	14,010,000	67,161,000	22,500,000	44,661,000	PAR	33	PAR
Django Unchained	30,688,000	-	30,688,000	64,008,265	-	64,008,265	MUL	1	TWC
Wreck-It Ralph	22,405,000	20,400,000	2,005,000	275,855,000	100,200,000	175,655,000	DIS	41	DIS
Parental Guidance	21,800,000	7,000,000	14,800,000	36,588,692	7,000,000	29,588,692	FOX	8	FOX
Rise Of The Guardians	16,500,000	11,600,000	4,900,000	255,430,000	165,200,000	90,230,000	PAR	60	PAR
Skyfall	14,900,000	10,300,000	4,600,000	1,000,246,774	710,600,000	289,646,774	SNY	61	SNY
This Is 40	13,185,850	-	13,185,850	37,191,140	75,000	37,116,140	UNI	1	UNI
Lincoln	7,509,000	-	7,509,000	132,039,000	-	132,039,000	DIS	1	DIS
Guilt Trip, The	6,700,000	-	6,700,000	21,102,000	-	21,102,000	PAR	1	PAR
Tower, The	6,600,000	6,600,000	-	6,700,000	6,700,000	-	CJ	1	CJ
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2	6,450,000	4,000,000	2,450,000	806,129,776	520,000,000	286,129,776	MUL	75	LGF
Monsters, Inc.	6,363,000	-	6,363,000	18,490,000	-	18,490,000	DIS	1	DIS
Pitch Perfect	6,358,295	6,200,000	158,295	93,103,578	28,700,000	64,403,578	UNI	16	UNI
Silver Linings Playbook	4,110,000	-	4,110,000	36,060,722	8,700,000	27,360,722	MUL	1	TWC
De L'autre Cote Du Periph	4,000,000	4,000,000	-	9,000,000	9,000,000	-	MUL	1	-
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away	3,700,000	1,300,000	2,400,000	14,807,000	7,400,000	7,407,000	PAR	6	PAR

*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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