Rentrak, which measures the performance of movies, announced Sunday the worldwide box office estimates for the weekend of August 2, as compiled by the company’s theatrical measurement services.
According to Rentrak, Paramount Pictures’ Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation starring Tom Cruise opened with $121 million box office collections.
“Paramount’s ‘Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation’ shows Tom Cruise’s global star power is on full tilt as the latest in the two decades old franchise rakes in an impressive $121 million this weekend in 41 territories, including North America,” said Rentrak’s senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian.
“With 25 markets set to release the film in the coming weeks, including China on September 8th, the film still has a ton of earnings potential on the horizon.”
According to Rentrak, the top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, August 2, 2015, are below.
1. Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation – Paramount Pictures – $121.0M
2. Minions – Universal – $51.3M
3. Ant-Man – Disney – $32.6M
4. Pixels – Sony – $30.2M
5. Monster Hunt – Multiple – $27.0M
6. Inside Out – Disney – $22.3M
7. Vacation – Warner Bros. – $14.8M
8. Assassination, The – Showbox – $12.7M
9. Paper Towns – 20th Century Fox – $10.6M
10. Southpaw – Multiple – $10.5M
11. Trainwreck – Universal – $10.0M
12. Dynasty Woman: Yang Gui Fei – Multiple – $9.0M
Rentrak is the entertainment and marketing industries’ leading provider of worldwide consumer viewership information, measuring actual viewing behavior of movies and TV everywhere.
Photo / Video courtesy: Paramount Pictures
