Rentrak Announces Top Ten Movies on Demand Titles for Week Ending April 20, 2014

Rentrak Announces Top Ten Movies on Demand Titles for Week Ending April 20, 2014

PORTLAND, Ore., April 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT), the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the top ten Movies on Demand (MOD) titles based on consumer transaction rate. Movies on Demand are transactional (pay-per-purchase) films available through cable and telco providers.

According to the company's OnDemand Essentials service, the top ten most-viewed Movies on Demand titles, per data collected April 14-20, 2014 are below.

Rentrak Top Ten MOD Titles:


RANK TITLE STUDIO VOD RELEASE DATE MPAA RATING BOX OFFICE ($M)
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1 Ride Along* Universal (NYSE: GE) 04/15/2014 PG-13 133.9
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2 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) 04/08/2014 PG-13 258.1
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3 Frozen* Buena Vista (NYSE: DIS) 3/18/14 PG 398.4
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4 The Nut Job* Universal (NYSE: GE) 04/15/2014 PG 63.6
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5 Philomena* Anchor Bay (NASDAQ: LSTZA) 04/15/2014 PG-13 36.7
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6 August: Osage County* Anchor Bay (NASDAQ: LSTZA) 04/08/2014 R 367.1
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7 The Wolf of Wall Street* Paramount (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) 3/25/14 R 116.9
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8 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues* Paramount (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) 4/01/2014 PG-13 127.4
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9 Grudge Match* Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) 04/08/2014 PG-13 29.8
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10 47 Ronin* Universal (NYSE: GE) 4/01/2014 PG-13 38.3
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Source: Rentrak OnDemand Essentials, as dated, rank based on transaction. OnDemand Essentials includes reporting from operator partners on Television on Demand usage.

*Indicates day-and-date with home video release.

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About OnDemand Essentials(®)
Rentrak's OnDemand Essentials is the industry's first and only product measuring the consumption of Video on Demand (VOD) on more than 114 million television sets across the U.S. and Canada including viewing from every cable, telco, and satellite operator offering VOD. OnDemand Essentials is part of Rentrak's OnDemand Everywhere suite of products which includes VOD, electronic sell-through (EST), Internet Video on Demand (iVOD), streaming and linear TV viewing insights to give clients a consolidated look at Video on Demand viewing everywhere the consumer is watching.Learn more.

About Rentrak
Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT) is the entertainment and marketing industries' premier provider of worldwide consumer viewership information, precisely measuring actual viewing behavior of movies and TV everywhere. Using our proprietary intelligence and technology, combined with Advanced Demographics, only Rentrak is the census currency for VOD and movies. Rentrak provides the stable and robust audience measurement services that movie, television and advertising professionals across the globe have come to rely on to better deliver their business goals and more precisely target advertising across numerous platforms including box office, multiscreen television and home video. For more information on Rentrak, please visit www.rentrak.com.

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