PORTLAND, Ore., July 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak
(NASDAQ: RENT), the leader in precisely measuring movies and
TV everywhere, today announced the top weekly cross-platform
entertainment rankings for July 1,
2015.
Universal's "Jurassic World" is the number one movie in the
world for the third week in a row with an astonishing worldwide
total of $1.238 billion after just
three weeks in theaters. Internationally, the box office juggernaut
grossed $82.5 million in 66
territories and raised the total to $737.5
million this weekend. Disney/Pixar's "Inside Out" is a fan
and critic favorite, drawing raves across the board for its
inventive and perfectly executed premise and is becoming a global
phenomenon with $266.4 million and
counting.
In North American action, "Jurassic World" continues to astound
as it shattered records, adding another $54.5 million and topping the chart for the third
straight week. It crossed the $500
million mark faster than any movie in North American box
office history on Sunday after just 17 days at the multiplex.
Disney/Pixar's "Inside Out," which got off to a fantastic start
last weekend, earned $52.3 million in
its second weekend (with a mere 42.4 percent drop), bringing its
North American total to $185.1
million.
On our digital purchases and rentals chart, 20th Century Fox's
"Kingsman: The Secret Service," was crowned again, climbing back
into the number one position. Lionsgate's "The DUFF," an American
teen comedy movie in its second week of release, which landed at
the number two spot. The one notable new release on the charts was
the Warner Bros. comedy "Get Hard," starring Will Ferrell and Kevin
Hart, which debuted at number six.
Warner Bros.' "American Sniper" takes the top spot on both our
DVD & Blu-Ray disc sales and rentals charts, while Fox's
action-packed "Kingsman: The Secret Service" takes second place on
the sales chart with Universal's "Fifty Shades of Grey" grabbing
the second spot in rentals.
Our Movies on Demand chart is led by Warner Bros.' Liam Neeson action thriller "Run All Night"
followed by director Neill
Blomkamp's futuristic robot saga "Chappie" from Sony and
teen comedy "The DUFF" from Lionsgate.
ABC's coverage of the "2015 NBA Finals" is number one on our top
viewer engagement for broadcast telecasts chart followed by
Telemundo's "El Senor de los Cielos" and "Caso cerrado – Edicion
especial" in second and third place respectively.
TNT's "Major Crimes" leads our
top viewer engagement for broadcast telecasts chart followed by
VH1's "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" and ABC Family's "Pretty Little
Liars."
On our combined social media and digital engagement chart for
viewers of broadcast and cable telecasts, ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live"
had "Game of Thrones" star Kit
Harington and a few fans doing impressions of his character
Jon Snow. The video on YouTube
earned 2M+ views. NBC's "America's Got Talent" posted a video of
13-year-old singer Alondra Santos on
Facebook. The post garnered 178k+ interactions. "SportsCenter"
posted a picture and quote from LeBron
James on Instagram, which had 124k+ interactions.
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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Email: pauld@rentrak.com
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