Universal's Despicable Me 2 is No. 1 for Third Consecutive Weekend

Rentrak Corporation 

, the global leader in box office measurement, today announced the worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of July 21, 2013 as compiled by the company's Box Office Essentials™ and International Box Office Essentials™ theatrical measurement services. As the trusted standard for all studio box office reporting, Rentrak provides intelligence into overnight theatre-level reporting across the global theatrical market. Coupled with the official reported data, studios are able to analyze admissions and gross results in over 50 territories using Rentrak's suite of products. Rentrak's President of Theatrical Worldwide, Ron Giambra commented, "Despicable Me 2 is the No. 1 film in world for the third consecutive weekend with an estimated weekend gross of $60.5 million from 51 markets, its worldwide cume now stands at $584.6 million. The film's international total of $308.4 million is now higher than the lifetime international total of the original. Also, Monsters University's worldwide total surpassed $500 million this weekend. It's the seventh Pixar film in a row to do so and of Pixar's 14 films, 10 have gone on to gross more than $500 million in global box office." The