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 Dec. 7, 2014, as compiled by the company’s theatrical measurement services.
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Rentrak’s Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, “It’s a “Mockingjay” world and the numbers just keep adding up as the latest “Hunger Games” installment generated another $31.6 million in 87 international markets to cross the $300 million mark and $21.6 million in North America, thus bringing its worldwide total to $560.5 million. Notably the historical epic “Exodus: Gods and Kings” enjoyed its international debut of $23 million in just 10 territories in advance of its North American release later this week.”
The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014, are below.
- Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, The – Multiple – $53.2M
- Penguins Of Madagascar – 20th Century Fox – $34.6M
- Interstellar – Warner Bros./Paramount – $30.8M
- Fleet of Time – Multiple – $29.0M
- Exodus: Gods And Kings – 20th Century Fox – $23.0M
- Horrible Bosses 2 – Warner Bros. – $15.7M
- Paddington – Multiple – $13.0M
- Big Hero 6 – Disney – $12.1M
- Crossing, The – Multiple – $8.1M
- Dumb And Dumber To – Multiple – $7.9M
- Pyramid, The – 20th Century Fox – $5.2M
- Women Who Flirt – Multiple – $5.1M
The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014, are below.
- Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, The – Lionsgate – $21.6M
- Penguins Of Madagascar – 20th Century Fox – $11.1M
- Horrible Bosses 2 – Warner Bros. – $8.6M
- Big Hero 6 – Disney – $8.1M
- Interstellar – Paramount – $8.0M
- Dumb And Dumber To – Universal – $4.2M
- Theory Of Everything, The – Focus Features – $2.7M
- Gone Girl – 20th Century Fox – $1.5M
- Pyramid, The – 20th Century Fox – $1.4M
- Birdman – Fox Searchlight – $1.1M
- St. Vincent – The Weinstein Company – $1.1M
- Nightcrawler – Open Road – $1.1M
Full details regarding the global domestic and international box office results are listed in the table below.
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Title,Worldwide,Int’l,Domestic,Worldwide,Int’l,Domestic
“Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1″,”53,200,000″,”31,600,000″,”21,600,000″,”560,526,831″,”302,800,000″,”257,726,831″
Penguins Of Madagascar,”34,600,000″,”23,500,000″,”11,100,000″,”144,090,536″,”94,500,000″,”49,590,536″
Interstellar,”30,800,000″,”22,800,000″,”8,000,000″,”593,056,962″,”434,400,000″,”158,656,962″
Fleet of Time,”29,000,000″,”29,000,000″,-,”29,000,000″,”29,000,000″,-
Exodus: Gods And Kings,”23,000,000″,”23,000,000″,-,”23,000,000″,”23,000,000″,-
Horrible Bosses 2,”15,700,000″,”7,100,000″,”8,600,000″,”59,174,766″,”23,100,000″,”36,074,766″
Paddington,”13,000,000″,”13,000,000″,-,”15,000,000″,”15,000,000″,-
Big Hero 6,”12,130,000″,”4,000,000″,”8,130,000″,”240,348,239″,”62,800,000″,”177,548,239”
“Crossing, The”,”8,100,000″,”8,100,000″,-,”8,100,000″,”8,100,000″,-
Dumb And Dumber To,”7,868,800″,”3,700,000″,”4,168,800″,”120,580,535″,”42,500,000″,”78,080,535″
“Pyramid, The”,”5,150,000″,”3,800,000″,”1,350,000″,”5,150,000″,”3,800,000″,”1,350,000″
Women Who Flirt,”5,077,000″,”5,000,000″,”77,000″,”18,263,567″,”18,000,000″,”263,567″
Fury,”4,570,000″,”3,700,000″,”870,000″,”180,734,273″,”97,500,000″,”83,234,273″
“French, The”,”3,000,000″,”3,000,000″,-,”3,000,000″,”3,000,000″,-
Theory Of Everything,”2,950,000″,”282,000″,”2,668,000″,”13,895,434″,”282,000″,”13,613,434″
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*Territory is a movie studio term for regions of the world consisting of various countries.
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