TAKEN 2 Leads Box Office Weekend of 10/7, Followed by HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA & PITCH PERFECT

Rentrak Corporation today announced the worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of October 7, 2012 as compiled by the company's Box Office Essentials™ and International Box Office Essentials theatrical measurement services.

Rentrak's President of Theatrical Worldwide, Ron Giambra commented, "Taken 2 opens at No. 1 worldwide with an estimated weekend gross of $105 million in 51 territories."

The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, October 7, 2012 are below.

Taken 2 - 20th Century Fox - $50.0M
Hotel Transylvania - Sony - $26.3M
Pitch Perfect - Universal - $14.7M
Looper - Sony - $12.2M
Frankenweenie - Disney - $11.5M
End Of Watch - Open Road - $4.0M
Trouble with the Curve - Warner Bros. - $3.9M
House At The End Of The Street - Relativity Media - $3.7M
Master, The - The Weinstein Company - $1.8M
Finding Nemo - Disney - $1.6M
Perks Of Being A Wallflower, The - Lionsgate - $1.5M
Resident Evil: Retribution - Sony - $1.1M

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