RENTRAK CORPORATION LOS ANGELES, May 24, 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 May 24, 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, "Disney/Marvel's 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' led the international box office this weekend with $45.8 million in 91 territories; the film has taken in $860M, including a phenomenal $210 million in China, where it opened on May 12. Disney's 'Tomorrowland' posted an estimated $26.7 million in its opening weekend of international release from 65 territories representing approximately 56% of the international marketplace. Meanwhile, Universal's 'Pitch Perfect 2' opened in eight new territories and the weekend estimate is $15.2 million in 37 territories for a total of $61.7 million and Fox's Melissa McCarthy action comedy 'Spy' opened early in the Asia/Pacific region this weekend, capturing $12.5 million from 1,772 screens in 10 markets with North America and 52 International markets opening the weekend of June 5. Warner Bros.' 'Mad Max: Fury Road' crossed the $100 million mark internationally this weekend bringing its worldwide total to $212 million."
The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, May 24, 2015, are below.
1. Avengers: Age Of Ultron - Disney - $66.7M
2. Mad Max: Fury Road - Warner Bros. - $62.1M
3. Tomorrowland - Disney - $58.9M
4. Pitch Perfect 2 - Universal - $45.5M
5. Poltergeist - 20th Century Fox - $31.3M
6. Spy - 20th Century Fox - $12.5M
7. Home - 20th Century Fox - $6.1M
8. Furious 7 - Universal - $5.1M
9. P.K. - UTV Motion Pictures - $4.5M
10. Hot Pursuit - Warner Bros. - $3.5M
11. Treacherous, The - Lotte Entertainment - $3.4M
12. Chronicles of Evil - CJ Entertainment - $3.1M
The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, May 24, 2015, are below.
1. Tomorrowland - Disney - $32.2M
2. Pitch Perfect 2 - Universal - $30.3M
3. Mad Max: Fury Road - Warner Bros. - $23.9M
4. Poltergeist - 20th Century Fox - $23.0M
5. Avengers: Age Of Ultron - Disney - $20.9M
6. Hot Pursuit - Warner Bros. - $3.5M
7. Far From The Madding Crowd - Fox Searchlight - $2.3M
8. Furious 7 - Universal - $2.1M
9. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 - Sony - $1.8M
10. Home - 20th Century Fox - $1.7M
11. Age Of Adaline, The - Lionsgate - $1.4M
12. Woman In Gold - The Weinstein Company - $0.8M
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
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Title Worldwide Int'l Domestic Worldwide Int'l Domestic Int'l No. of Terr. Dom
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Avengers: Age Of Ultron 66,695,000 45,800,000 20,895,000 1,263,865,479 859,800,000 404,065,479 DIS 92 DIS
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Mad Max: Fury Road 62,085,000 38,200,000 23,885,000 211,615,279 124,300,000 87,315,279 WB 71 WB
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Tomorrowland 58,859,000 26,700,000 32,159,000 58,859,000 26,700,000 32,159,000 DIS 66 DIS
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Pitch Perfect 2 45,549,000 15,200,000 30,349,000 179,535,595 61,700,000 117,835,595 UNI 38 UNI
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Poltergeist 31,300,000 8,300,000 23,000,000 31,300,000 8,300,000 23,000,000 FOX 36 FOX
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Spy 12,500,000 12,500,000 - 12,500,000 12,500,000 - FOX 10 FOX
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Home 6,080,000 4,400,000 1,680,000 360,594,929 192,600,000 167,994,929 FOX 27 FOX
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Furious 7 5,124,105 3,000,000 2,124,105 1,499,013,290 1,152,000,000 347,013,290 UNI 61 UNI
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P.K. 4,500,000 4,500,000 - 95,600,000 85,000,000 10,600,000 UTV 1 UTV
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Hot Pursuit 3,475,000 - 3,475,000 29,920,240 1,000,000 28,920,240 WB 1 WB
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Treacherous, The 3,400,000 3,400,000 - 3,475,000 3,475,000 - LOT 1 -
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Chronicles of Evil 3,100,000 3,100,000 - 11,300,000 11,300,000 - CJ 1 CJ
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Far From The Madding Crowd 2,780,000 500,000 2,280,000 14,942,605 9,500,000 5,442,605 FOX 9 FSL
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Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 2,555,000 800,000 1,755,000 98,672,709 33,100,000 65,572,709 SNY 49 SNY
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for regions of the world
consisting of various countries.
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