LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3, 2016 /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 Jan. 3, 2016, 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's 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' continues its record-breaking run at an astounding pace, crossing $1.5 billion globally this weekend after 19 days in release and now stands as the sixth highest grossing movie of all-time worldwide, passing 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' and is on track to pass Universal's 'Furious 7' and 'Marvel's The Avengers' to take the number four global spot. Homegrown title 'Detective Chinatown' made its mark in the China movie market earning an impressive $45 million there this weekend."

The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Jan. 3, are below.


    1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Disney - $184.6M
    2. Detective Chinatown - Multiple - $45.0M
    3. Mr. Six - Multiple - $38.3M
    4. Daddy's Home - Paramount Pictures - $38.2M
    5. Mojin: The Lost Legend - Multiple - $32.0M
    6. Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Road Chip - 20th Century Fox - $22.1M
    7. Nuovo progetto Di Checco Zalone - Multiple - $20.0M
    8. Joy - 20th Century Fox - $19.7M
    9. Peanuts Movie, The - 20th Century Fox - $17.4M
    10. Hateful Eight, The - Multiple - $16.2M
    11. Point Break - Multiple - $13.6M
    12. Good Dinosaur, The - Disney - $13.5M

The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Jan. 3, are below.


    1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Disney - $88.3M
    2. Daddy's Home - Paramount - $29.0M
    3. Hateful Eight, The - The Weinstein Company - $16.2M
    4. Sisters - Universal - $12.6M
    5. Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Road Chip - 20th Century Fox - $11.8M
    6. Joy - 20th Century Fox - $10.4M
    7. Big Short, The - Paramount - $9.0M
    8. Concussion - Sony - $8.0M
    9. Point Break - Warner Bros. - $6.8M
    10. Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, The - Lionsgate - $4.6M
    11. Good Dinosaur, The - Disney - $4.0M
    12. Creed - Warner Bros. - $3.9M

Full details regarding the global domestic and international box office results are listed in the table below.



                                                                                   Wknd BO Estimate (USD)     Wknd Release Cume (USD)    Distributor
                                                                                   ---------------------      ----------------------     -----------

    Title                                                                                Worldwide                     Int'l               Domestic             Worldwide               Int'l              Domestic              Int'l      Terr       Dom
    -----                                                                                ---------                     -----               --------             ---------               -----              --------              -----      ----       ---

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens                                                                  184,600,000                 96,300,000             88,300,000           1,510,766,000        770,500,000           740,266,000        DIS        N/A       DIS
    ----------------------------                                                                  -----------                 ----------             ----------           -------------        -----------           -----------        ---        ---      ---

    Detective Chinatown                                                                            45,000,000                 45,000,000                      -             58,000,000         58,000,000                     -       MUL          1        CHA
    -------------------                                                                            ----------                 ----------                    ---             ----------         ----------                   ---       ---        ---       ---

    Mr. Six                                                                                        38,280,000                 38,000,000                280,000              93,059,347         92,000,000             1,059,347        MUL          2        CHA
    -------                                                                                        ----------                 ----------                -------              ----------         ----------             ---------        ---        ---       ---

    Daddy's Home                                                                                   38,200,000                  9,200,000             29,000,000             115,584,495         21,900,000            93,684,495        PAR         16        PAR
    ------------                                                                                   ----------                  ---------             ----------             -----------         ----------            ----------        ---        ---       ---

    Mojin: The Lost Legend                                                                         32,000,000                 32,000,000                      -            230,816,974        230,000,000               816,974        MUL          3        WGU
    ----------------------                                                                         ----------                 ----------                    ---            -----------        -----------               -------        ---        ---       ---

    Alvin And The Chipmunks: Road                                                                  22,100,000                 10,300,000             11,800,000              91,676,600         24,300,000            67,376,600        FOX         17        FOX
    -----------------------------                                                                  ----------                 ----------             ----------              ----------         ----------            ----------        ---        ---       ---

    Nuovo progetto Di Checco Zalone                                                                20,000,000                 20,000,000                      -             20,000,000         20,000,000                     -       MUL          1                -
    -------------------------------                                                                ----------                 ----------                    ---             ----------         ----------                   ---       ---        ---              ---

    Joy                                                                                            19,700,000                  9,300,000             10,400,000              51,821,500         13,100,000            38,721,500        FOX         29        FOX
    ---                                                                                            ----------                  ---------             ----------              ----------         ----------            ----------        ---        ---       ---

    Peanuts Movie, The                                                                             17,350,000                 16,800,000                550,000             205,884,800         77,100,000           128,784,800        FOX         45        FOX
    ------------------                                                                             ----------                 ----------                -------             -----------         ----------           -----------        ---        ---       ---

    Hateful Eight, The                                                                             16,240,000                          -            16,240,000              29,577,963                  -           29,577,963        MUL          1        TWC
    ------------------                                                                             ----------                        ---            ----------              ----------                ---           ----------        ---        ---       ---

    Point Break                                                                                    13,645,000                  6,800,000              6,845,000              80,230,000         57,800,000            22,430,000        MUL         22        WB
    -----------                                                                                    ----------                  ---------              ---------              ----------         ----------            ----------        ---        ---       ---

    Good Dinosaur, The                                                                             13,504,000                  9,500,000              4,004,000             243,815,000        129,100,000           114,715,000        DIS         55        DIS
    ------------------                                                                             ----------                  ---------              ---------             -----------        -----------           -----------        ---        ---       ---

    Sisters                                                                                        13,232,050                    650,000             12,582,050              66,105,430          4,400,000            61,705,430        SNY         14        UNI
    -------                                                                                        ----------                    -------             ----------              ----------          ---------            ----------        ---        ---       ---

    Big Short, The                                                                                 11,200,000                  2,200,000              9,000,000              37,378,000          4,400,000            32,978,000        PAR         10        PAR
    --------------                                                                                 ----------                  ---------              ---------              ----------          ---------            ----------        ---        ---       ---

    Himalayas, The                                                                                 11,000,000                 11,000,000                      -             43,074,997         43,000,000                74,997        CJE          1        CJE
    --------------                                                                                 ----------                 ----------                    ---             ----------         ----------                ------        ---        ---       ---

    Little Door Gods                                                                               10,000,000                 10,000,000                      -             12,500,000         12,500,000                     -       MUL          1                -
    ----------------                                                                               ----------                 ----------                    ---             ----------         ----------                   ---       ---        ---              ---

    Concussion                                                                                      9,400,000                  1,400,000              8,000,000              26,770,000          1,400,000            25,370,000        SNY          8        SNY
    ----------                                                                                      ---------                  ---------              ---------              ----------          ---------            ----------        ---        ---       ---

    Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2                                                                 9,025,000                  4,400,000              4,625,000             635,922,959        361,700,000           274,222,959        MUL         62        LGF
    -------------------------------                                                                 ---------                  ---------              ---------             -----------        -----------           -----------        ---        ---       ---

    Heart For Heaven                                                                                7,000,000                  7,000,000                      -             10,000,000         10,000,000                     -       PER          1                -
    ----------------                                                                                ---------                  ---------                    ---             ----------         ----------                   ---       ---        ---              ---

    Spectre                                                                                         5,600,000                  5,600,000                      -            864,100,000        667,000,000           197,100,000        SNY         53        SNY
    -------                                                                                         ---------                  ---------                    ---            -----------        -----------           -----------        ---        ---       ---

    Ip Man 3                                                                                        5,000,000                  5,000,000                      -             15,000,000         15,000,000                     -       MUL          4        WGU
    --------                                                                                        ---------                  ---------                    ---             ----------         ----------                   ---       ---        ---       ---

    Little Prince, The                                                                              4,750,000                  4,750,000                      -             48,500,000         48,500,000                     -       MUL         21        PAR
    ------------------                                                                              ---------                  ---------                    ---             ----------         ----------                   ---       ---        ---       ---

    Creed                                                                                           4,746,000                    846,000              3,900,000             115,257,000         11,800,000           103,457,000         WB         18        WB
    -----                                                                                           ---------                    -------              ---------             -----------         ----------           -----------        ---        ---       ---

    Bridge Of Spies                                                                                 4,700,000                  4,700,000                      -            145,486,589         75,200,000            70,286,589        FOX          9        DIS
    ---------------                                                                                 ---------                  ---------                    ---            -----------         ----------            ----------        ---        ---       ---

    Danish Girl, The                                                                                3,707,000                  2,200,000              1,507,000               8,203,735          2,200,000             6,003,735        UNI          3        FOC
    ----------------                                                                                ---------                  ---------              ---------               ---------          ---------             ---------        ---        ---       ---

    In The Heart Of The Sea                                                                         3,000,000                  2,300,000                700,000              82,200,000         58,300,000            23,900,000         WB         61        WB
    -----------------------                                                                         ---------                  ---------                -------              ----------         ----------            ----------        ---        ---       ---

    *Territory is a movie studio term for regions of the world consisting of various countries.

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