Rentrak Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of August 24, 2014

Rentrak (RENT), the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the official worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of Aug. 24, 2014, 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 "Guardians of The Galaxy" topped the global box office this weekend with $38.3 million as it reclaims the number one spot in North America and brings its total worldwide tally to a number approaching half a billion dollars. Universal's action film "Lucy" had a tremendous weekend in 42 international territories as it topped the international chart with $34 million."

The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, are below.

1. Guardians Of The Galaxy - Disney - $38.3M
2. Lucy - Multiple - $37.5M
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Paramount - $32.3M
4. Expendables 3, The - Multiple - $23.1M
5. How To Train Your Dragon 2 - 20th Century Fox - $18.7M
6. If I Stay - Warner Bros. - $16.4M
7. Four 3, The Multiple - $15.1M
8. Into The Storm Warner Brothers - $12.6M
9. Let's Be Cops - 20th Century Fox - $12.3M
10. Frank Miller's Sin City Dame To Kill For - Multiple - $11.4M
11. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes - 20th Century Fox - $9.6M
12. When The Game Stands Tall Sony - $9.1M

The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, are below.

1. Guardians Of The Galaxy - Disney - $17.6M
2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Paramount - $16.8M
3. If I Stay - Warner Bros. - $16.4M
4. Let's Be Cops - 20th Century Fox - $11.0M
5. When The Game Stands Tall - Sony - $9.1M
6. Giver, The - The Weinstein Company - $6.7M
7. Expendables 3, The - Lionsgate - $6.6M
8. Frank Miller's Sin City Dame To Kill For - The Weinstein Company - $6.5M
9. Hundred-Foot Journey, The - Disney - $5.6M
10. Into The Storm - Warner Bros. - $3.8M
11. Lucy - Universal - $3.5M
12. Boyhood - IFC Films - $1.9M

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
Guardians Of The Galaxy	38,331,000	20,700,000	17,631,000	489,484,857	237,600,000	251,884,857	DIS	67	DIS
Lucy	37,536,000	34,000,000	3,536,000	216,771,270	103,000,000	113,771,270	MUL	43	UNI
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	32,300,000	15,500,000	16,800,000	238,809,806	93,200,000	145,609,806	PAR	36	PAR
Expendables 3, The	23,100,000	16,500,000	6,600,000	65,218,177	37,700,000	27,518,177	MUL	31	LGF
How To Train Your Dragon 2	18,710,000	18,200,000	510,000	574,516,962	402,400,000	172,116,962	FOX	28	FOX
If I Stay	16,355,000	-	16,355,000	16,355,000	-	16,355,000	WB	1	WB
Four 3, The	15,100,000	15,100,000	-	15,100,000	15,100,000	-	MUL	2	-
Into The Storm	12,600,000	8,800,000	3,800,000	68,601,384	30,300,000	38,301,384	WB	44	WB
Let's Be Cops	12,300,000	1,300,000	11,000,000	47,646,168	2,400,000	45,246,168	FOX	13	FOX
Frank Miller's Sin City Dame To Kill For	11,377,000	4,900,000	6,477,000	11,377,000	4,900,000	6,477,000	MUL	4	TWC
Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes	9,600,000	8,500,000	1,100,000	556,960,970	353,000,000	203,960,970	FOX	42	FOX
When The Game Stands Tall	9,100,000	-	9,100,000	9,100,000	-	9,100,000	SNY	1	SNY
Hercules	9,030,000	8,200,000	830,000	160,616,296	90,700,000	69,916,296	PAR	30	PAR
Hundred-Foot Journey, The	8,562,000	3,000,000	5,562,000	40,350,000	7,600,000	32,750,000	MUL	6	DIS
Pirates, The	8,300,000	8,300,000	-	40,200,000	40,200,000	-	LOT	1	WGUI
Giver, The	8,130,000	1,400,000	6,730,000	25,500,538	1,400,000	24,100,538	MUL	4	TWC
Temporary Family	6,800,000	6,800,000	-	6,800,000	6,800,000	-	MUL	4	ASIA
Inbetweeners Movie 2, The	6,700,000	6,700,000	-	49,200,000	49,200,000	-	MUL	2	-
Step Up All In	6,060,000	5,300,000	760,000	67,224,048	53,500,000	13,724,048	MUL	45	LGF
Transformers: Age Of Extinction	5,785,000	5,400,000	385,000	1,065,124,603	821,300,000	243,824,603	PAR	45	PAR
Fault In Our Stars, The	5,443,000	5,300,000	143,000	281,038,189	156,600,000	124,438,189	FOX	20	FOX
Sex Tape	3,700,000	3,700,000	-	76,841,894	38,900,000	37,941,894	SNY	46	SNY

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

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