Rentrak Announces Top DVD & Blu-ray Sales and Rentals for Week
Ending November 11, 2012
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17, 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 11,
2012.
RENTRAK TOP-10 DVD & BLU-RAY
SALES*
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RANK
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TITLE
|
STUDIO
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WEEKS
IN RELEASE
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|
1
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The
Amazing Spider-Man
|
Sony
(NYSE:SNE)
|
1
|
|
2
|
The
Campaign
|
Warner
Bros. (NYSE:TWX)
|
2
|
|
3
|
Disney
Fairies: Secret of the Wings
|
Disney
(NYSE:DIS)
|
3
|
|
4
|
Madagascar
3: Europe's Most Wanted
|
Paramount
(NYSE:VIA and VIA.B)
|
4
|
|
5
|
Arthur
Christmas
|
Sony
(NYSE:SNE)
|
1
|
|
6
|
Magic
Mike
|
Warner
Bros. (NYSE:TWX)
|
3
|
|
7
|
The
Avengers (2012)
|
Disney
(NYSE:DIS)
|
7
|
|
8
|
Abraham
Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
|
Lionsgate
(NYSE:LGF)
|
3
|
|
9
|
Prometheus
|
FOX
(NASDAQ:NWS)
|
5
|
|
10
|
Tyler
Perry's Madea's Witness Protection
|
Lionsgate
(NYSE: LGF)
|
3
|
*Week ended November 10,
2012
RENTRAK TOP-10 DVD & BLU-RAY RENTALS
|
RANK
|
TITLE
|
STUDIO
|
WEEKS
IN RELEASE
|
|
1
|
Prometheus
(2012)*
|
FOX
(NASDAQ:NWS)
|
5
|
|
2
|
Magic
Mike*
|
Warner
Bros. (NYSE:TWX)
|
3
|
|
3
|
Marvel's
The Avengers*
|
Disney
(NYSE:DIS)
|
7
|
|
4
|
Madagascar
3: Europe's Most Wanted
|
DreamWorks
(NASDAQ:DWA)
|
4
|
|
5
|
That's My
Boy (2012)
|
Sony
(NYSE:SNE)
|
4
|
|
6
|
The
Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
|
Sony
(NYSE:SNE)
|
1
|
|
7
|
Madea's
Witness Protection
|
Lionsgate
(NYSE:LGF)
|
3
|
|
8
|
The Raven
(2012)*
|
FOX
(NASDAQ:NWS)
|
5
|
|
9
|
Snow White
And The Huntsman*
|
Universal
(NYSE:GE)
|
9
|
|
10
|
Dark
Shadows (2012)*
|
Warner
Bros. (NYSE:TWX)
|
6
|
**Titles have delayed availability in certain rental
outlets
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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 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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Contacts:
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Rogers
& Cowan for Rentrak Corporation
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Sallie
Olmsted
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Amanda
Bialek
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(310)
854-8124
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(310)
854-8151
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solmsted@rogersandcowan.com
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abialek@rogersandcowan.com
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