Rentrak Announces Worldwide Box Office Results For Weekend Of February 24, 2013

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Feb. 24, 2013 04:06 PM

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak Corporation (Nasdaq: RENT), the global leader in box office measurement, today announced the worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of February 24, 2013 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, "A Good Day to Die Hard is the No.1 film in the world for the second consecutive weekend, with an estimated weekend gross of $45.7 million and a new worldwide cume of $185.5 million. Domestically, Identity Thief is back at No.1, its new domestic cume now stands at $93.7 million."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, February 24, 2013 are below.

Identity Thief - Universal - $14.1M
Snitch - Lionsgate - $13.0M
Escape From Planet Earth - The Weinstein Company - $11.0M
Safe Haven - Relativity Media - $10.6M
Good Day To Die Hard, A - 20th Century Fox - $10.0M
Dark Skies - The Weinstein Company - $8.8M
Silver Linings Playbook - The Weinstein Company - $6.1M
Warm Bodies - Lionsgate - $4.8M
Side Effects - Open Road - $3.5M
Beautiful Creatures - Warner Bros. - $3.4M
Zero Dark Thirty - Sony - $2.2M
Argo - Warner Bros. - $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 Territories	Domestic
Good Day To Die Hard, A	45,700,000	35,700,000	10,000,000	184,802,264	133,000,000	51,802,264	FOX	68	FOX
Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The	19,145,000	18,600,000	545,000	979,946,896	679,000,000	300,946,896	WB	45	WB
Identity Thief	14,234,030	170,000	14,064,030	94,666,560	1,000,000	93,666,560	UNI	7	UNI
Snitch	13,000,000	-	13,000,000	13,000,000	-	13,000,000	MUL	1	LGF
Safe Haven	12,000,000	1,400,000	10,600,000	53,061,643	5,000,000	48,061,643	MUL	5	REL
Silver Linings Playbook	11,051,000	5,000,000	6,051,000	159,476,146	52,000,000	107,476,146	MUL	22	TWC
Escape From Planet Earth	11,013,000	-	11,013,000	35,143,662	-	35,143,662	MUL	1	TWC
Les Miserables	9,898,290	9,300,000	598,290	394,860,155	248,200,000	146,660,155	UNI	50	UNI
Django Unchained	9,536,000	8,500,000	1,036,000	380,447,775	221,600,000	158,847,775	SNY	62	TWC
Dark Skies	8,850,000	-	8,850,000	8,850,000	-	8,850,000	MUL	1	TWC
Wreck-It Ralph	8,648,000	8,000,000	648,000	428,178,000	241,500,000	186,678,000	DIS	69	DIS
Beautiful Creatures	7,410,000	4,000,000	3,410,000	23,872,265	7,500,000	16,372,265	MUL	14	WB
Warm Bodies	7,250,000	2,500,000	4,750,000	81,668,323	23,500,000	58,168,323	MUL	23	LGF
New World	7,000,000	7,000,000	-	7,060,000	7,060,000	-	NEW	1	WGUI
Mama	6,663,000	5,500,000	1,163,000	97,619,670	27,400,000	70,219,670	UNI	20	UNI
Lincoln	6,495,000	5,000,000	1,495,000	245,118,000	66,500,000	178,618,000	FOX	49	DIS
Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters	6,440,000	4,800,000	1,640,000	163,300,554	110,400,000	52,900,554	PAR	44	PAR
Miracle In Cell No.7	6,200,000	6,200,000	-	68,500,000	68,500,000	-	NEW	1	-
Flight	5,100,000	5,100,000	-	146,872,375	53,100,000	93,772,375	PAR	42	PAR
Zero Dark Thirty	3,750,000	1,500,000	2,250,000	117,558,991	26,000,000	91,558,991	MUL	27	SNY
Life Of Pi	3,550,000	2,000,000	1,550,000	584,469,760	471,000,000	113,469,760	FOX	17	FOX
Side Effects	3,511,000	-	3,511,000	25,253,516	-	25,253,516	MUL	1	OPRD
Hotel Transylvania	3,200,000	3,200,000	-	336,913,048	188,600,000	148,313,048	SNY	28	SNY
Principe Abusivo, Il	3,200,000	3,200,000	-	11,200,000	11,200,000	-	01 D	1	-
Gangster Squad	3,200,000	3,200,000	-	95,855,063	50,400,000	45,455,063	WB	42	WB
Jack Reacher	3,077,000	3,000,000	77,000	213,072,472	133,600,000	79,472,472	PAR	27	PAR
Vive La France	2,500,000	2,500,000	-	2,500,000	2,500,000	-	GAU	1	-

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

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