Rentrak Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of February 15, 2015 (1 Viewer)

[COLOR= rgb(64, 64, 64)]LOS ANGELES, Feb. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- [/COLOR]Rentrak[COLOR= rgb(64, 64, 64)] (NASDAQ: [/COLOR]RENT[COLOR= rgb(64, 64, 64)]), the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the official worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of Feb. 15, 2015, as compiled by the company's theatrical measurement services.[/COLOR]
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Rentrak's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, "Universal's erotic drama 'Fifty Shades of Grey' felt the love from audiences as it earned a whopping $239.7 million around the globe this weekend. Generating an impressive $158 million in 58 international territories (and $81.7 million in North America), this is Universal's second biggest international opening weekend ever behind 'Fast & Furious 6' at $160.3 million. Also impressive is the super cool 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' from Fox that in its second weekend internationally took no prisoners with $23.1 million in 38 territories. This combined with the $35.6 million it earned in its North American debut gives 'Kingsman' $58.7 million for the weekend and a worldwide total to date of nearly $80 million."
The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, are below.
1. Fifty Shades Of Grey - Universal - $239.7M
2. Kingsman: The Secret Service - 20th Century Fox - $58.7M
3. Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Water- Paramount Pictures - $44.0M
4. Somewhere Only We Know - Multiple - $30.0M
5. Jupiter Ascending - Warner Bros. - $25.0M
6. American Sniper - Warner Bros. - $20.1M
7. Big Hero 6 - Disney - $9.9M
8. Taken 3 - 20th Century Fox - $8.3M
9. Imitation Game, The - Multiple - $7.5M
10. Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb - 20th Century Fox - $7.1M
11. Detective K: The Laborer's Daughter – Showbox/Mediaplex - $6.2M
12. Paddington - Multiple - $5.1M
The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, are below.
1. Fifty Shades Of Grey - Universal - $81.7M
2. Kingsman: The Secret Service - 20th Century Fox - $35.6M
3. Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Water - Paramount - $30.5M
4. American Sniper - Warner Bros. - $16.4M
5. Jupiter Ascending - Warner Bros. - $9.4M
6. Seventh Son - Universal - $4.2M
7. Paddington - The Weinstein Company - $4.1M
8. Imitation Game, The - The Weinstein Company - $3.5M
9. Wedding Ringer, The - Sony - $3.4M
10. Project Almanac - Paramount - $2.7M
11. Black Or White - Relativity Media - $2.6M
12. Boy Next Door, The - Universal - $1.8M
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




Title


Worldwide


Int'l


Domestic


Worldwide


Int'l


Domestic


Int'l


No. of Terrs


Domestic




Fifty Shades Of Grey


239,670,400


158,000,000


81,670,400


239,670,400


158,000,000


81,670,400


UNI


59


UNI




Kingsman: The Secret Service


58,700,000


23,100,000


35,600,000


79,400,000


43,800,000


35,600,000


FOX


39


FOX




Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Water


44,040,000


13,500,000


30,540,000


139,972,561


46,300,000


93,672,561


PAR


30


PAR




Somewhere Only We Know


30,000,000


30,000,000


-


43,000,000


43,000,000


-


MUL


4


CHL




Jupiter Ascending


25,030,000


15,600,000


9,430,000


91,451,146


58,900,000


32,551,146


WB


66


WB




American Sniper


20,135,000


3,700,000


16,435,000


389,833,293


85,700,000


304,133,293


WB


32


WB




Big Hero 6


9,894,000


9,200,000


694,000


521,085,680


301,800,000


219,285,680


DIS


33


DIS




Taken 3


8,275,000


7,100,000


1,175,000


278,849,727


192,000,000


86,849,727


FOX


51


FOX




Imitation Game, The


7,545,000


4,000,000


3,545,000


162,677,423


83,000,000


79,677,423


MUL


31


TWC




Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb


7,100,000


6,700,000


400,000


334,005,972


223,000,000


111,005,972


FOX


24


FOX




Detective K: The Laborer's Daughter


6,200,000


6,200,000


-


7,000,000


7,000,000


-


SHO


1


-




Paddington


5,105,000


1,000,000


4,105,000


219,298,308


157,000,000


62,298,308


MUL


19


TWC




Seventh Son


4,882,930


730,000


4,152,930


97,623,370


84,200,000


13,423,370


MUL


28


UNI




Theory Of Everything


4,196,000


3,400,000


796,000


98,330,703


65,100,000


33,230,703


MUL


42


FOC




Penguins Of Madagascar


4,100,000


4,100,000


-


349,159,425


267,000,000


82,159,425


FOX


21


FOX




Hobbit: Battle Of Five Armies


3,900,000


3,900,000


-


950,161,689


697,000,000


253,161,689


WB


20


WB




Boonie Bears Movie 2


3,800,000


3,800,000


-


37,000,000


37,000,000


-


MUL


1


-




Papa ou maman?


3,500,000


3,500,000


-


10,000,000


10,000,000


-


PAT


1


-




Wedding Ringer, The


3,400,000


-


3,400,000


59,743,017


-


59,743,017


SNY


1


SNY




Birdman


3,370,000


2,500,000


870,000


72,170,685


35,700,000


36,470,685


FOX


40


FSL




Project Almanac


3,070,000


340,000


2,730,000


23,659,576


4,100,000


19,559,576


PAR


12


PAR







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" "Universal's erotic drama 'Fifty Shades of Grey' felt the love from audiences as it earned a whopping $239.7 million around the globe this weekend. Generating an impressive $158 million in 58 international territories (and $81.7 million in North America), this is Universal's second biggest international opening weekend ever behind 'Fast & Furious 6' at $160.3 million."


Wow, I am pretty much totally unaware of what 50 Shades of Grey is about other than it having something to do with sex and that it is aimed at the housewife/soccer mom market but that's a pretty gigantic opening for an R rated film about sex...albeit of the soap opera variety.


Knowing the way the big studios will chase a trend until they have milked every penny out of it does this mean we will be getting a whole bunch of films about "sex" or just more R rated soap opera fare at the local multiplex?