PORTLAND, Ore., July 15, 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 15,
2015.
Universal's adorable and profitable "Minions" took over the
Earth this weekend topping the worldwide box office chart with
$239.5 million in 57 total
territories for a whopping $395.7
million to date.
In North American box office action, Universal's "Minions" may
be small in stature, but leave a massive box office footprint with
the second biggest animated debut of all time with $115.7 million. Great marketing, a perfect
release date and multiple high profile product tie-ins made this a
guaranteed hit and perhaps one of the most perfectly realized movie
spin-offs ever.
On this week's Movies on Demand chart, Warner Bros.' R-rated
prison comedy "Get Hard" starring Will
Ferrell and Kevin Hart leads
the charge (and is also number one on our DVD and Blu-ray Disc
sales chart), followed by Sean Penn
in Universal's action drama "The Gunman" and Liam Neeson in Warner Bros.' action thriller
"Run All Night."
On our digital purchases and rentals chart, 20th Century Fox's,
"Kingsman: The Secret Service," now in its seventh week of release
enjoys its view from the top while sitting at the number one
position. Fox's animated family-friendly comedy "Home" about a
lovable misfit from another planet debuted strong on the charts in
its first week of release by landing in the number two spot. Fox's
comedy "Unfinished Business" starring Vince
Vaughn continues to bring in business in its fifth week of
release moving up the charts to the third position.
At the top of our DVD and Blu-ray Disc sales chart in its first
week of release is Warner Bros.' "Get Hard" starring Will Ferrell and Kevin
Hart. Meanwhile, Fox's action favorite "Kingsman: The Secret
Service" drops to second place in its fourth week in release and is
followed by the debut of Lionsgate's action adventure "Last
Knights" starring Morgan Freeman and
Clive Owen. This week on the DVD and
Blu-ray Disc sales side of the ledger, Warner Bros.' caper crime
comedy "Focus" starring Will Smith
and Margot Robbie continues to be an
audience favorite in its fifth week in release on the small screen
followed by "American Sniper" and "Jupiter Ascending."
Telemundo's "El Senor de los Cielos" remains perched atop our
viewer engagement for broadcast telecasts chart, followed by
Telemundo's "Caso cerrado – Edicion especial" and Univision's "Que
te perdone Dios… yo no."
Our top viewer engagement for cable telecasts chart has a
newcomer in the top spot with Hallmark's "A Country Wedding"
leading the way this week with BET's "BET Awards 2015" taking
second followed by VH1's ever-popular "Love and Hip Hop
Atlanta."
Finally, on our combined social media and digital engagement
chart for viewers of broadcast and cable telecasts, Arielle Baril, an 11-year-old opera singer, led
the way for NBC's "America's Got Talent" with a video generating
1.5M+ views on YouTube. Next up is ESPN's SportsCenter, which
posted a throwback Instagram picture from the 1992 NBA Draft that
garnered 122k+ interactions. Comedy Central's "Key & Peele"
shared a Comedy Central post on gay marriage legalization earning a
strong 31k+ interactions from sharing this post.
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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