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Rentrak Announces Top DVD & Blu-ray Sales And Rentals For Week Ending December 16, 2012
Dec. 24, 2012 07:51 PM
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24, 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 December 16, 2012.
RENTRAK TOP-10 DVD & BLU-RAY SALES*
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RANK
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TITLE
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STUDIO
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WEEKS IN RELEASE
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1
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Ted
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Universal (NYSE: GE)
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1
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2
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The Dark Knight Rises
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Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX)
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2
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3
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The Bourne Legacy
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Universal (NYSE: GE)
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1
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4
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Ice Age: Continental Drift
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Fox (NASDAQ: NWS)
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1
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5
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Brave
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Disney (NYSE: DIS)
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5
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6
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The Dark Knight Trilogy
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Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX)
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2
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7
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The Avengers (2012)
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Disney (NYSE: DIS)
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12
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8
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Men in Black 3
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Sony (NYSE: SNE)
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3
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9
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Finding Nemo
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Disney (NYSE: DIS)
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2
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10
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The Amazing Spider-Man
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Sony (NYSE: SNE)
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6
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*Week ended December 15, 2012RENTRAK TOP-10 DVD & BLU-RAY RENTALS
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RANK
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TITLE
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STUDIO
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WEEKS IN RELEASE
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1
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Men In Black 3
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Sony (NYSE: SNE)
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3
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2
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The Watch (2012)**
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Fox (NASDAQ: NWS)
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5
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3
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Hope Springs (2012)
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Sony (NYSE: SNE)
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2
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4
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Lawless (2012)
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Anchor Bay (NASDAQ: LSTZA)
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3
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5
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Savages (2012)**
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Universal (NYSE: GE)
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5
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6
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The Expendables 2
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Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF)
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4
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7
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The Campaign (2012)**
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Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX)
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7
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8
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The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
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Sony (NYSE: SNE)
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6
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9
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Brave (2012)**
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Disney (NYSE: DIS)
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5
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10
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Ted (2012)
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Universal (NYSE: GE)
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1
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**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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