PORTLAND, Ore., March 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak
(NASDAQ: RENT), the leader in precisely measuring movies and
TV everywhere, today announced the top weekly cross-platform
entertainment rankings for March 11,
2015.
Warner Bros. had a great weekend globally
and internationally with Will
Smith in "Focus" taking the top spot in the worldwide derby
with $27.72 million (while taking
second place this weekend in North America with
$10 million). The Wachowski's sci-fi epic "Jupiter Ascending"
led the charge on the international chart with $25.3 million and "American Sniper" crossed 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 million, while taking the number one spot in
North America with $13.3 million.
In Movies on Demand action, Lionsgate's "The Hunger Games:
Mockingjay Part 1," the third movie in "The Hunger Games" series,
opened strong in its first week landing in the number
one position. RADiUS-TWC's title, "The Last Five Years,"
continues to show a strong performance, climbing the charts to the
15th spot. Of note, Fox has seven of the top 20 titles, largely
thanks to the success of their key Oscar® winners like "Birdman"
and other Oscar®-nominated films.
The DVD and Blu-ray sales chart has a new hero in the number
one spot as Disney's animated blockbuster "Big Hero 6"
generates huge interest in its debut, while last week's number one
seller, Warner Bros.' "Game of Thrones: The Complete Fourth Season"
continues strong, but moves into the second spot in its second
week. On the rental side of the DVD and Blu-ray ledger, Fox's
thriller "Gone Girl" continues to be a major draw as does
Universal's action film "Lucy," starring Scarlett Johansson.
On our Movies on Demand chart, the PG-rated family-friendly
"Big Hero 6" is the big winner, followed in second place by
the very R-rated "Horrible Bosses 2" from Warner Bros. Third place
belongs to Oscar® winner Eddie Redmayne in Universal's "The Theory of
Everything."
CBS' "NCIS" family wins big on our broadcast TV engagement chart
again this week with "NCIS" and "NCIS: New Orleans" at number one and three
respectively, while ABC's "The Oscars" takes the second spot.
AMC's ever-popular "The Walking Dead" tops the cable TV
engagement chart once again, followed by VH1's "Love and Hip Hop"
and TNT's "Rizzoli & Isles."
Finally, in our combined social media and digital engagement for
viewers of broadcast and cable telecasts, ABC's "The Oscars" got a
big assist from Facebook to lead the charge on the social media
activity chart with live post updates throughout the
night. The "Welcome to the 87th #Oscars!" opening number was
the most engaging post with over
320,000 interactions. The second place program, NBC's
"Saturday Night Live" benefited from YouTube clips for the
40th Anniversary special continuing to be uploaded to the channel.
A slew of remix videos that were uploaded to YouTube helped Fox's
"Empire" round out the top three with more than 41,000 YouTube
views.
Click the links below to view the most recent charts:
Worldwide Box Office
Domestic Box Office
DVD & Blu-ray Disc Sales
DVD & Blu-ray Disc Rentals
Movies on Demand
Digital Movies Sales & Rentals
TV & Social Media Engagement
About Rentrak Corporation
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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Office: 818.917.9697
Email: pauld@rentrak.com
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