Rentrak Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of October 5, 2014 (1 Viewer)

[COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]LOS ANGELES[/COLOR], [COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]Oct. 5, 2014[/COLOR] /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 [COLOR= rgb(51, 51, 51)]Oct. 5, 2014[/COLOR], 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, "A very diverse slate made a huge impression worldwide as 'Gone Girl' and 'Annabelle' enjoyed massive global debuts of $62.6 million and $57.2 million respectively. Notably in the international arena both the China-produced 'Breakup Buddies' and Bollywood entry 'Bang Bang' had incredibly impressive weekends in just a handful of territories each."
The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014, are below.
1. Gone Girl - 20th Century Fox - $62.6M2. Annabelle - Warner Bros. - $57.2M3. Breakup Buddies - Multiple - $38.2M4. Equalizer, The - Sony - $19.0M5. Maze Runner, The - 20th Century Fox - $28.5M6. Bang Bang - 20th Century Fox - $25.4M7. Dracula Untold - Universal - $21.0M8. Boxtrolls, The - Focus Features - $18.4M9. Black & White: The Dawn of Justice - Multiple - $10.0M10. Left Behind - Freestyle - $6.9M11. Dearest - Multiple - $6.5M12. Lucy - Multiple - $6.0M
The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014, are below.
1. Gone Girl - 20th Century Fox - $38.0M2. Annabelle - Warner Bros. - $37.2M3. Equalizer, The - Sony - $32.0M4. Boxtrolls, The - Focus Features - $12.4M5. Maze Runner, The - 20th Century Fox - $12.0M6. Left Behind - Freestyle Releasing - $6.8M7. This Is Where I Leave You - Warner Bros. - $4.0M8. Dolphin Tale 2 - Warner Bros. - $3.5M9. Guardians Of The Galaxy - Disney - $3.0M10. No Good Deed - Sony - $2.5M11. Walk Among The Tombstones, A - Universal - $2.0M12. Bang Bang - Fox International Productions - $1.2M
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 Territories
Domestic
Gone Girl
62,600,000
24,600,000
38,000,000
62,600,000
24,600,000
38,000,000
FOX
40
FOX
Annabelle
57,200,000
20,000,000
37,200,000
60,200,000
23,000,000
37,200,000
WB
25
WB
Breakup Buddies
38,240,000
38,000,000
240,000
93,240,000
93,000,000
240,000
MUL
4
CHA
Equalizer, The
32,000,000
13,000,000
19,000,000
104,086,617
39,600,000
64,486,617
SNY
71
SNY
Maze Runner, The
28,500,000
16,500,000
12,000,000
193,021,395
119,100,000
73,921,395
FOX
62
FOX
Bang Bang
25,400,000
24,185,000
1,215,000
25,570,525
24,185,000
1,385,525
FOX
9
FXIP
Dracula Untold
21,000,000
21,000,000
-
21,000,000
21,000,000
-
UNI
25
UNI
Boxtrolls, The
18,425,000
6,000,000
12,425,000
58,539,208
26,000,000
32,539,208
UNI
23
FOC
Black & White: The Dawn of Justice
10,000,000
10,000,000
-
19,000,000
19,000,000
-
MUL
3
-
Left Behind
6,850,000
-
6,850,000
6,850,000
-
6,850,000
MUL
1
FREE
Dearest
6,500,000
6,500,000
-
33,000,000
33,000,000
-
MUL
1
-
Lucy
6,081,050
5,900,000
181,050
406,322,545
280,500,000
125,822,545
MUL
65
UNI
Guardians Of The Galaxy
5,434,000
2,400,000
3,034,000
653,760,000
330,400,000
323,360,000
DIS
34
DIS
Slow Video
5,200,000
5,200,000
-
5,200,000
5,200,000
-
FOX
1
FXIP
Whistle Blower
4,900,000
4,900,000
-
5,000,000
5,000,000
-
TBD
1
-
Torrente 5
4,800,000
4,800,000
-
4,800,000
4,800,000
-
SNY
1
-
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
4,260,000
3,500,000
760,000
349,113,151
160,800,000
188,313,151
PAR
38
PAR

*Territory is a movie studio term for regions of the world consisting of various countries.
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Pretty strong opening for "Gone Girl", hope it has "Argo"-like legs at the box office. "Annabelle" opened strong, but will most likely have big declines in the coming weeks as these types of genre movies typically perform at the box office.