Rentrak Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of March 22, 2015

LOS ANGELES, March 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT), the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the official worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of March 22, 2015, as compiled by the company's theatrical measurement services.

As the trusted official standard for real-time worldwide box office reporting, Rentrak provides the only theater-level reporting in the world. Customers are able to analyze admissions and gross results around the world using Rentrak's suite of products.

Rentrak's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, "The Young Adult or YA audience showed up in droves around the world as Lionsgate's 'The Divergent Series: Insurgent' grossed $101 million in its first weekend with $47 million coming from 9,500 screens in 76 international markets & $54 million in North America. Notably, the film which stars Shailene Woodley & a solid ensemble cast is the #1 film in 66 of those markets."

The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, March 22, 2015, are below.

1. Divergent Series: Insurgent, The - Multiple - $101.0M
2. Cinderella - Disney - $75.6M
3. Home - 20th Century Fox - $19.2M
4. Taken 3 - 20th Century Fox - $18.6M
5. Lost And Love - Multiple - $16.3M
6. Kingsman: The Secret Service - 20th Century Fox - $13.1M
7. Focus - Warner Bros. - $11.2M
8. Run All Night - Warner Bros. - $10.1M
9. Chappie - Sony - $7.8M
10. Big Hero 6 - Disney - $6.8M
11. Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The - 20th Century Fox - $6.7M
12. American Sniper - Warner Bros. - $6.6M

The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, March 22, are below.

1. Divergent Series: Insurgent, The - Lionsgate - $54.0M
2. Cinderella - Disney - $34.5M
3. Run All Night - Warner Bros. - $5.1M
4. Gunman, The - Open Road - $5.0M
5. Kingsman: The Secret Service - 20th Century Fox - $4.6M
6. Do You Believe? - Pure Flix - $4.0M
7. Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The - Fox Searchlight - $3.5M
8. Focus - Warner Bros. - $3.3M
9. Chappie - Sony - $2.6M
10. Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Wat - Paramount - $2.4M
11. McFarland, USA - Disney - $2.2M
12. American Sniper - Warner Bros. - $1.6M

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 Territories	Domestic
Divergent Series: Insurgent, The	101,025,000	47,000,000	54,025,000	101,025,000	47,000,000	54,025,000	MUL	77	LGF
Cinderella	75,592,000	41,100,000	34,492,000	253,141,134	131,100,000	122,041,134	DIS	46	DIS
Home	19,200,000	19,200,000	-	19,200,000	19,200,000	-	FOX	9	FOX
Taken 3	18,600,000	18,600,000	-	312,886,642	224,200,000	88,686,642	FOX	6	FOX
Lost And Love	16,285,000	16,200,000	85,000	16,585,000	16,500,000	85,000	MUL	5	CHA
Kingsman: The Secret Service	13,100,000	8,500,000	4,600,000	295,870,443	181,300,000	114,570,443	FOX	48	FOX
Focus	11,200,000	7,900,000	3,300,000	120,403,477	71,000,000	49,403,477	WB	65	WB
Run All Night	10,120,000	5,005,000	5,115,000	34,921,888	15,200,000	19,721,888	WB	24	WB
Chappie	7,750,000	5,100,000	2,650,000	71,604,439	43,300,000	28,304,439	SNY	70	SNY
Big Hero 6	6,775,000	6,600,000	175,000	644,772,305	422,800,000	221,972,305	DIS	21	DIS
Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The	6,650,000	3,200,000	3,450,000	58,525,100	34,400,000	24,125,100	FOX	34	FSL
American Sniper	6,645,000	5,000,000	1,645,000	528,205,753	184,200,000	344,005,753	WB	55	WB
Gunman, The	5,908,707	900,000	5,008,707	5,908,707	900,000	5,008,707	MUL	9	OPRD
Fifty Shades Of Grey	5,593,955	4,300,000	1,293,955	558,322,120	394,500,000	163,822,120	UNI	61	UNI
Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Wat	5,550,000	3,200,000	2,350,000	279,993,851	121,200,000	158,793,851	PAR	49	PAR
Whiplash	3,056,778	3,000,000	56,778	33,038,327	20,000,000	13,038,327	MUL	21	SPC
Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb	2,900,000	2,900,000	-	351,172,282	238,400,000	112,772,282	FOX	6	FOX
*Territory is a movie studio term for regions of the world consisting of various countries.

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