PORTLAND, Ore., June 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ –Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT), the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the top weekly cross-platform entertainment rankings for June 24, 2015.

Dinosaurs and a new Pixar movie turned the box office inside out as Universals Jurassic World continues its record smashing run with a massive worldwide weekend of $267.1 million, propelling the movie past the $1 billion global mark on Monday in a record 13 days! The movie also posted the biggest second weekend gross ever in North America with $106.6 million.

In more good box office news, Disney/Pixars Inside Outgot off to a fantastic start this weekend with a global total of $131.4 million that combines the second biggest North American debut for a Pixar title of $90.4 million plus $41 million from the international territories.Notably, SPL 2, a Hong Kong-Chinese action movie, took third place worldwide this weekend with $29 million and a to-date total of $40 million.

Lionsgates teen comedy The DUFF rises above to take the top place on our Movies on Demand chart, followed by Warner Bros. American Sniper and Focus.

Meanwhile, Warner Bros. Jupiter Ascending literally ascends back to number one on our digital purchases and rentals chart. Disneys running flick, McFarland USA, starring Kevin Costner, debuted strong digitally in its first week of release, coming in at number four.

At the top of our DVD and Blu-ray Disc sales chart, Foxs Kingsman: The Secret Service guards its place at number one against Warner Bros. American Sniper at number two. On the rentals side, Universals Fifty Shades of Grey dominates the top spot followed by Paramounts kid favorite The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water.

Telemundos El Seor de los Cielos once again tops our viewer engagement for broadcast telecasts chart, followed by the 2015 NBA Finals on ABC. And on our top viewer engagement for cable telecasts chart,VH1s Love and Hip Hop Atlanta battles it out for number one with ABC Familys Pretty Little Liars.

On our combined social media and digital engagement chart for viewers of broadcast and cable telecasts, the Pretty Little Liars summer premier kicked off with a bang with more than 147k interactions with a reminder poston Instagram. In the second spot, one of the most popular segments on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Mean Tweets, was back in action with the NBA Edition posted onFacebook. In third, Americas Got Talent had an inspiring performance by a young blind dancer named Benjamin Yonattan, whose video earned 797k+ views on YouTube.

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Movies on Demand
Digital Movies Sales amp; Rentals
TV amp; Social Media Engagement

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