LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT), the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of Aug. 3, 2014 as compiled by the company's Box Office Essentials® and International Box Office Essentials' theatrical measurement services.
As the trusted standard for all studio box office reporting, Rentrak provides intelligence into overnight theatre-level reporting across the global theatrical market. Coupled with the official reported data, studios are able to analyze admissions and gross results in over 50 territories using Rentrak's suite of products.
Rentrak's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, "Star Lord and his pals boosted the summer box office as Disney/Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy' enjoys a massive global debut of $160.4 million in 43 territories, topping the international chart with $66.4 million and the North American box office with the highest August debut ever of $94 million. Notably, Paramount's 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' has joined the elite billion dollar top 20 global box office club."
The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, are below.
1. Guardians Of The Galaxy - Disney - $94.0M
2. Lucy - Universal - $18.3M
3. Get On Up - Universal - $14.0M
4. Hercules - Paramount - $10.7M
5. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes - 20th Century Fox - $8.7M
6. Planes: Fire and Rescue - Disney - $6.4M
7. Purge: Anarchy, The - Universal - $5.6M
8. Sex Tape - Sony - $3.5M
9. And So It Goes - Freestyle Releasing - $3.3M
10. Most Wanted Man, A - Roadside Attractions - $3.3M
11. Boyhood - IFC Films - $2.5M
12. Transformers: Age Of Extinction - Paramount - $2.2M
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) | Distributor | |||||||
Title | Worldwide | Int'l | Domestic | Worldwide | Int'l | Domestic | Int'l | No. of Terr | Domestic |
Guardians Of The Galaxy | 160,400,000 | 66,400,000 | 94,000,000 | 160,400,000 | 66,400,000 | 94,000,000 | DIS | 43 | DIS |
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes | 56,200,000 | 47,500,000 | 8,700,000 | 449,329,673 | 260,000,000 | 189,329,673 | FOX | 71 | FOX |
White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom, The | 40,000,000 | 40,000,000 | - | 44,000,000 | 44,000,000 | - | MUL | 6 | - |
Roaring Currents | 30,000,000 | 30,000,000 | - | 35,000,000 | 35,000,000 | - | CJ | 1 | CJ |
Hercules | 24,900,000 | 14,200,000 | 10,700,000 | 108,848,048 | 56,500,000 | 52,348,048 | PAR | 36 | PAR |
Lucy | 23,383,420 | 5,100,000 | 18,283,420 | 84,670,805 | 5,100,000 | 79,570,805 | MUL | 5 | UNI |
Transformers: Age Of Extinction | 21,300,000 | 19,100,000 | 2,200,000 | 1,004,965,915 | 763,800,000 | 241,165,915 | PAR | 61 | PAR |
How To Train Your Dragon 2 | 21,215,000 | 20,000,000 | 1,215,000 | 465,269,057 | 296,700,000 | 168,569,057 | FOX | 37 | FOX |
Continent | 17,000,000 | 17,000,000 | - | 82,500,000 | 82,500,000 | - | MUL | 1 | - |
Get On Up | 14,030,580 | - | 14,030,580 | 14,030,580 | - | 14,030,580 | UNI | 1 | UNI |
Purge: Anarchy, The | 13,651,040 | 8,100,000 | 5,551,040 | 82,262,015 | 19,300,000 | 62,962,015 | UNI | 36 | UNI |
Girl Friends | 13,000,000 | 13,000,000 | - | 13,020,000 | 13,020,000 | - | MUL | 3 | - |
Planes: Fire and Rescue | 9,924,000 | 3,500,000 | 6,424,000 | 77,596,000 | 30,000,000 | 47,596,000 | DIS | 31 | DIS |
22 Jump Street | 8,300,000 | 7,100,000 | 1,200,000 | 289,861,082 | 101,400,000 | 188,461,082 | SNY | 46 | SNY |
Ruroni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire Arc | 8,000,000 | 8,000,000 | - | 8,000,000 | 8,000,000 | - | WB | 1 | - |
Sex Tape | 7,750,000 | 4,200,000 | 3,550,000 | 51,708,464 | 17,800,000 | 33,908,464 | SNY | 27 | SNY |
Brick Mansions | 7,500,000 | 7,500,000 | - | 42,896,829 | 22,500,000 | 20,396,829 | MUL | 1 | REL |
Step Up All In | 5,800,000 | 5,800,000 | - | 26,200,000 | 26,200,000 | - | MUL | 25 | LGF |
KUNDO: Age of the Rampant | 5,100,000 | 5,100,000 | - | 34,000,000 | 34,000,000 | - | SHO | 1 | WGUI |
Dragon Nest: Warriors' Dawn | 4,250,000 | 4,250,000 | - | 5,500,000 | 5,500,000 | - | MUL | 1 | - |
And So It Goes | 3,994,160 | 650,000 | 3,344,160 | 12,672,943 | 2,200,000 | 10,472,943 | MUL | 5 | FREE |
Most Wanted Man, A | 3,624,265 | 300,000 | 3,324,265 | 7,358,914 | 300,000 | 7,058,914 | MUL | 2 | ROAD |
Boyhood | 3,522,210 | 1,000,000 | 2,522,210 | 15,565,590 | 8,000,000 | 7,565,590 | MUL | 6 | IFC |
Godzilla | 3,200,000 | 3,200,000 | - | 507,222,103 | 307,300,000 | 199,922,103 | WB | 1 | WB |
House That Never Dies, The | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | - | 61,500,000 | 61,500,000 | - | MUL | 1 | - |
*Territory is a movie studio term for regions of the world consisting of various countries.
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