LOS ANGELES, March 8, 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 8,
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, "Warner Bros. had a great weekend
globally with Will Smith in 'Focus'
taking the top spot in the worldwide derby with $27.7 million, 'Jupiter Ascending' leading the
charge in the international arena with $25.3
million and their 'American Sniper' crossing the
$500 million milestone in global box
office. Notably, Sony's sci-fi entry 'Chappie' opened in the second
spot worldwide this weekend with $27.0
million."
The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in
descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, March 8, 2015, are below.
1. Focus - Warner Bros. - $27.7M
2. Chappie - Sony - $27.0M
3. Jupiter Ascending - Warner Bros. - $26.5M
4. Kingsman: The Secret Service - 20th Century Fox - $25.3M
5. Fifty Shades Of Grey - Universal - $23.3M
6. Big Hero 6 - Disney - $19.9M
7. American Sniper - Warner Bros. - $19.1M
8. Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Water - Universal -
$16.6M
9. Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The - 20th Century Fox -
$14.2M
10. From Vegas to Macau II - Multiple - $10.0M
11. Wolf Totem - Multiple - $9.5M
12. Unfinished Business - 20th Century Fox - $7.4M
The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in
descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, March 8, are below.
1. Chappie - Sony - $13.3M
2. Focus - Warner Bros. - $10.0M
3. Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The - Fox Searchlight -
$8.6M
4. Kingsman: The Secret Service - 20th Century Fox - $8.3M
5. Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Water - Paramount -
$7.0M
6. Fifty Shades Of Grey - Universal - $5.6M
7. McFarland, USA - Disney - $5.3M
8. Lazarus Effect, The - Relativity Media - $5.1M
9. DUFF, The - Lionsgate - $4.8M
10. Unfinished Business - 20th Century Fox - $4.8M
11. American Sniper - Warner Bros. - $4.5M
12. Still Alice - Sony Pictures Classics - $1.7M
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)
|
Distributors
|
|
Title
|
Worldwide
|
Int'l
|
Domestic
|
Worldwide
|
Int'l
|
Domestic
|
Int'l
|
No. of
Terr
|
Domestic
|
|
Focus
|
27,720,000
|
17,700,000
|
10,020,000
|
71,573,496
|
37,000,000
|
34,573,496
|
WB
|
50
|
WB
|
|
Chappie
|
27,000,000
|
13,700,000
|
13,300,000
|
27,000,000
|
13,700,000
|
13,300,000
|
SNY
|
54
|
SNY
|
|
Jupiter
Ascending
|
26,455,000
|
25,300,000
|
1,155,000
|
152,054,276
|
107,000,000
|
45,054,276
|
WB
|
54
|
WB
|
|
Kingsman: The Secret
Service
|
25,300,000
|
17,000,000
|
8,300,000
|
248,827,750
|
150,800,000
|
98,027,750
|
FOX
|
68
|
FOX
|
|
Fifty Shades Of
Grey
|
23,303,880
|
17,700,000
|
5,603,880
|
527,747,690
|
371,300,000
|
156,447,690
|
UNI
|
60
|
UNI
|
|
Big Hero 6
|
19,925,000
|
19,600,000
|
325,000
|
604,811,971
|
383,500,000
|
221,311,971
|
DIS
|
26
|
DIS
|
|
American
Sniper
|
19,110,000
|
14,600,000
|
4,510,000
|
500,208,980
|
163,000,000
|
337,208,980
|
WB
|
58
|
WB
|
|
Spongebob
Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Water
|
16,600,000
|
9,600,000
|
7,000,000
|
259,392,859
|
110,400,000
|
148,992,859
|
UNI
|
52
|
PAR
|
|
Second Best Exotic
Marigold Hotel
|
14,200,000
|
5,600,000
|
8,600,000
|
29,600,000
|
21,000,000
|
8,600,000
|
FOX
|
10
|
FSL
|
|
From Vegas to Macau
II
|
10,000,000
|
10,000,000
|
-
|
133,000,000
|
133,000,000
|
-
|
MUL
|
5
|
-
|
|
Wolf Totem
|
9,500,000
|
9,500,000
|
-
|
95,000,000
|
95,000,000
|
-
|
MUL
|
2
|
-
|
|
Unfinished
Business
|
7,400,000
|
2,600,000
|
4,800,000
|
7,400,000
|
2,600,000
|
4,800,000
|
FOX
|
16
|
FOX
|
|
Paddington
|
6,860,000
|
5,600,000
|
1,260,000
|
239,559,868
|
167,500,000
|
72,059,868
|
MUL
|
16
|
TWC
|
|
Lazarus Effect,
The
|
5,800,000
|
700,000
|
5,100,000
|
18,100,316
|
700,000
|
17,400,316
|
MUL
|
6
|
REL
|
|
McFarland,
USA
|
5,318,000
|
-
|
5,318,000
|
29,426,431
|
-
|
29,426,431
|
DIS
|
1
|
DIS
|
|
Birdman
|
5,133,000
|
4,400,000
|
733,000
|
94,849,827
|
53,300,000
|
41,549,827
|
FOX
|
40
|
FSL
|
|
DUFF, The
|
4,850,000
|
-
|
4,850,000
|
26,116,076
|
-
|
26,116,076
|
MUL
|
1
|
LGF
|
|
Imitation Game,
The
|
4,661,000
|
3,500,000
|
1,161,000
|
204,983,673
|
116,500,000
|
88,483,673
|
MUL
|
33
|
TWC
|
|
Dukhless 2
|
3,700,000
|
3,700,000
|
-
|
1,718,283
|
1,718,283
|
-
|
UNI
|
1
|
-
|
|
Dragon
Blade
|
3,500,000
|
3,500,000
|
-
|
107,000,000
|
107,000,000
|
-
|
MUL
|
4
|
-
|
|
*Territory is a movie
studio term for regions of the world consisting of various
countries.
|
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