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Rentrak Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of May 24, 2015
[May 24, 2015]

Rentrak Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of May 24, 2015


LOS ANGELES, May 24, 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 24, 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 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' led the international box office this weekend with $45.8 million in 91 territories; the film has taken in $860M, including a phenomenal $210 million in China, where it opened on May 12. Disney's 'Tomorrowland' posted an estimated $26.7 million in its opening weekend of international release from 65 territories representing approximately 56% of the international marketplace.  Meanwhile, Universal's 'Pitch Perfect 2' opened in eight new territories and the weekend estimate is $15.2 million in 37 territories for a total of $61.7 million and Fox's Melissa McCarthy action comedy 'Spy' opened early in the Asia/Pacific region this weekend, capturing $12.5 million from 1,772 screens in 10 markets with North America and 52 International markets opening the weekend of June 5.  Warner Bros.' 'Mad Max: Fury Road' crossed the $100 million mark internationally this weekend bringing its worldwide total to $212 million."

The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, May 24, 2015, are below.

1. Avengers: Age Of Ultron - Disney - $66.7M
2. Mad Max: Fury Road - Warner Bros. - $62.1M
3. Tomorrowland - Disney - $58.9M
4. Pitch Perfect 2 - Universal - $45.5M
5. Poltergeist - 20th Century Fox - $31.3M
6. Spy - 20th Century Fox - $12.5M
7. Home - 20th Century Fox - $6.1M
8. Furious 7 - Universal - $5.1M
9. P.K. - UTV Motion Pictures - $4.5M
10. Hot Pursuit - Warner Bros. - $3.5M
11. Treacherous, The – Lotte Entertainment - $3.4M
12. Chronicles of Evil - CJ Entertainment - $3.1M

The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, May 24, 2015, are below.

1. Tomorrowland - Disney - $32.2M
2. Pitch Perfect 2 - Universal - $30.3M
3. Mad Max: Fury Road - Warner Bros. - $23.9M
4. Poltergeist - 20th Century Fox - $23.0M
5. Avengers: Age Of Ultron - Disney - $20.9M
6. Hot Pursuit - Warner Bros. - $3.5M
7. Far From The Madding Crowd - Fox Searchlight - $2.3M
8. Furious 7 - Universal - $2.1M
9. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 - Sony - $1.8M
10. Home - 20th Century Fox - $1.7M
11. Age Of Adaline, The - Lionsgate - $1.4M
12. Woman In Gold - The Weinstein Company - $0.8M

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.

Dom

Avengers: Age Of Ultron

66,695,000

45,800,000

20,895,000

1,263,865,479

859,800,000

404,065,479

 DIS

92

 DIS

Mad Max: Fury Road

62,085,000

38,200,000

23,885,000

211,615,279

124,300,000

87,315,279

 WB

71

 WB

Tomorrowland

58,859,000

26,700,000

32,159,000

58,859,000

26,700,000

32,159,000

 DIS

66

 DIS

Pitch Perfect 2

45,549,000

15,200,000

30,349,000

179,535,595

61,700,000

117,835,595

 UNI

38

 UNI

Poltergeist

31,300,000

8,300,000

23,000,000

31,300,000

8,300,000

23,000,000

 FOX

36

 FOX

Spy

12,500,000

12,500,000

-

12,500,000

12,500,000

-

 FOX

10

 FOX

Home

6,080,000

4,400,000

1,680,000

360,594,929

192,600,000

167,994,929

 FOX

27

 FOX

Furious 7

5,124,105

3,000,000

2,124,105

1,499,013,290

1,152,000,000

347,013,290

 UNI

61

 UNI

P.K.

4,500,000

4,500,000

-

95,600,000

85,000,000

10,600,000

 UTV

1

 UTV

Hot Pursuit

3,475,000

-

3,475,000

29,920,240

1,000,000

28,920,240

 WB

1

 WB

Treacherous, The

3,400,000

3,400,000

-

3,475,000

3,475,000

-

 LOT

1

-

Chronicles of Evil

3,100,000

3,100,000

-

11,300,000

11,300,000

-

 CJ

1

 CJ

Far From The Madding Crowd

2,780,000

500,000

2,280,000

14,942,605

9,500,000

5,442,605

 FOX

9

 FSL

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

2,555,000

800,000

1,755,000

98,672,709

33,100,000

65,572,709

 SNY

49

 SNY


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


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About Rentrak 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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