PORTLAND, Ore., May 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak
(NASDAQ: RENT), the leader in precisely measuring movies and
TV everywhere, today announced the top weekly cross-platform
entertainment rankings for May 13,
2015.
Disney/Marvel's "Avengers: Age of Ultron" continues to dominate
the global movie marketplace, holding strong as the number one
movie in many markets and boasting another impressive $68.3 million weekend internationally. It came in
ahead of China's opening this week
and has a massive global total to-date of $875.3 million. Additionally, Universal reports
"Pitch Perfect 2" is off and running with a solid $8.8 million, including number one debuts in
Australia and New Zealand this weekend in advance of its
North American debut later this week.
In North America, "Ultron"
makes it two weekends in a row at the top of the chart, posting the
second highest second weekend gross ($77.7
million), surpassing the second weekend of Fox's "Avatar"
($75.6 million), and is topped only
by "Marvel's The Avengers" ($103.1
million). Impressively, the movie ties the second
place ten-day industry record as the fastest movie to reach the
$300 million plateau (ties WB's "The
Dark Knight," topped only by the nine-day all-time record held by
"Marvel's The Avengers").
On our digital purchases and rentals chart, Warner Bros.'
"American Sniper" debuts very strong in its first week of release
taking the number one spot. Notably, "Sniper" set a January weekend
record in theaters earlier this year. Paramount's "Interstellar,"
now in its sixth week of release, continues to impress, descending
slightly to third. Fox's "Cake," starring Jennifer Aniston in one of her more dramatic
roles for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best
Actress - Motion Picture Drama, also had a strong opening week,
coming in at number five.
Both our Movies on Demand chart and our DVD & Blu-ray Disc
rentals chart is led by Sony's Kevin
Hart comedy "The Wedding Ringer" this week, while on the
sales side of the DVD and Blu-ray ledger, the well-reviewed and
much-loved "Paddington" from Anchor Bay took the top spot and thus
found its way home for keeps with enthusiastic families and their
kids.
Telemundo's "El Senor de los Cielos" and "Duenos del paraiso"
top our broadcast TV engagement chart this week with CBS's "Blue
Bloods" coming in third place. Meanwhile, VH1's "Love and Hip Hop
Atlanta" leads the charge on our cable TV engagement chart with
Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" taking second and WeTV's
"Mary Mary" in third.
On our combined social media and digital engagement chart for
viewers of broadcast and cable telecasts, NBC's "The Voice"
regained the top spot this week with only the top 10 contestants
remaining. In second, Spike TV's "Lip Sync Battle" continued
another successful week of battles with the help of Terry Crews and Mike
Tyson. In third place, ABC's long-running "Grey's Anatomy"
shocked its fan base with the death of a main character.
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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PR Specialist
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Email: aibrahim@rentrak.com
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