Rentrak Announces Top DVD & Blu-ray Sales And Rentals For Week Ending November 4, 2012


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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RENTRAK CORPORATION (NASDAQ: RENT) today announced the Top-10 DVD & Blu-ray sales and rentals according to the company's Retail Essentials and Home Video Essentials tracking services which are based on estimated consumer spending per data collected for the week ending November 4, 2012.

RENTRAK TOP-10 DVD & BLU-RAY SALES *

RANK

TITLE

STUDIO

WEEKS IN RELEASE

1

Disney Fairies: Secret of the Wings

Disney (NYSE: DIS)

2

2

The Campaign

Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX)

1

3

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Paramount (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B)

3

4

Magic Mike

Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX)

2

5

Marvel's The Avengers (2012)

Disney (NYSE: DIS)

6

6

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF)

2

7

Prometheus

FOX (NASDAQ: NWS)

4

8

Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection

FOX (NASDAQ: NWS)

2

9

Dark Shadows

Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX)

5

10

Cinderella

Disney (NYSE: DIS)

5

*Week ended November 3, 2012

RENTRAK TOP-10 DVD & BLU-RAY RENTALS

RANK

TITLE

STUDIO

WEEKS IN RELEASE

1

Marvel's The Avengers (2012)**

Disney (NYSE: DIS)

6

2

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

DreamWorks  (NASDAQ: DWA)

3

3

That's My Boy (2012)

Sony (NYSE: SNE)

3

4

Snow White And The Huntsman**

Universal (NYSE: GE)

8

5

Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection

Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF)

2

6

Dark Shadows (2012)**

Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX)

5

7

Magic Mike**

Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX)

2

8

Five-Year Engagement**

Universal (NYSE: GE)

9

9

Battleship (2012)**

Universal (NYSE: GE)

10

10

Rock of Ages (2012)**

New Line (NYSE: TWX)

4

**Titles have delayed availability in certain rental outlets

©Rentrak Corporation and its Home Entertainment data collection and analytical service are covered by provisions of the Copyright Act.  The material presented herein is intended to be available for public use.  You may reproduce the content of the home entertainment updates in any format or medium without first obtaining permission, subject to the following requirements: (1) the material must be reproduced accurately; and (2) any publication or issuance of any part of the material to others must acknowledge Rentrak Corporation as the source of the material.

About Retail Essentials®

Retail Essentials measures weekly consumer sales activity on standard DVD and Blu-ray Disc titles in the U.S. brick-and-mortar channel. No other service provides faster access to in-depth market data and weekly estimations of gross consumer spending. Rentrak delivers sell-through data broken down by DVD title, format, category, genre, TV market and more, within 72 hours after the close of each business week. Clients can access current, weekly, and historical title sales data to competitively benchmark industry performance.

About Home Video Essentials®

Home Video Essentials is Rentrak's exclusive rental point-of-sale (POS) tracking system, which calculates title-level performance via rental transactions on over 65,000 DVD and video game properties in the brick‑and‑mortar, by-mail/online subscription and kiosk channels across North America. Rentrak is the world's largest processor of rental data, measuring in excess of one billion transactions each year from more than 5,000 storefronts, over 40,000 kiosks and over 24 million by-mail/online disc rental subscribers within 72 hours after the close of each business week. Clients are able to identify consumer trends, quantify performance, and benchmark findings against the broader business sector.

About Rentrak Corporation

Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT) is a global digital media measurement and research company, serving the most recognizable companies in the entertainment industry. With a reach across numerous platforms including box office, multi-screen television, and home video, Rentrak has developed more efficient metrics to be used as database currencies for the evaluation and selling of media. Rentrak is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with additional U.S. and international offices. For more information on Rentrak, please visit www.rentrak.com.

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Sallie Olmsted

Amanda Bialek

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SOURCE Rentrak Corporation


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