Rentrak Announces Top DVD & Blu-ray Sales and Rentals for Week Ending May 11, 2014

Rentrak Announces Top DVD & Blu-ray Sales and Rentals for Week Ending May 11, 2014

LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT) today announced the Top-10 DVD & Blu-ray Disc 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 May 11, 2014.

RENTRAK TOP-10 DVD & BLU-RAY DISC SALES*:


RANK TITLE STUDIO WEEKS IN
RELEASE
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1 Frozen Disney (NYSE: DIS) 8
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2 The Hobbit: The Warner Bros. (NYSE:
Desolation of Smaug TWX) 5
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3 Son of Batman Warner Bros. (NYSE:
TWX) 1
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4 The Legend of
Hercules Summit (NYSE: LGF) 2
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5 Ride Along Universal (NASDAQ:
CMCSA) 4
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6 Veronica Mars Warner Bros. (NYSE:
TWX) 1
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7 The Nut Job Universal (NASDAQ:
CMCSA) 4
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8 The Secret Life of
Walter Mitty FOX (NASDAQ: FOX) 4
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9 The Pirate Fairy Disney (NYSE: DIS) 6
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10 Labor Day Paramount (NYSE: VIA
and VIA.B) 2
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*Week ended May 10, 2014

RENTRAK TOP-10 DVD & BLU-RAY DISC RENTALS:


RANK TITLE STUDIO WEEKS IN
RELEASE
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1 The Hobbit: The Warner Bros. (NYSE:
Desolation of Smaug** TWX) 5
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2 The Legend Of Hercules Summit (NYSE: LGF) 2
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3 47 Ronin (2013)** Universal (NASDAQ:
CMCSA) 6
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4 The Wolf of Wall Street Paramount (NYSE: VIA
and VIA.B) 7
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5 Frozen (2013)** Disney (NYSE: DIS) 8
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6 Labor Day (2014) Paramount (NYSE: VIA
and VIA.B) 2
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7 Anchorman 2: The Legend Paramount (NYSE: VIA
Continues and VIA.B) 6
--- ----------------------- --------------------- ---

8 12 Years A Slave** FOX (NASDAQ: FOX) 10
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9 Homefront (2013)** Universal (NASDAQ:
CMCSA) 9
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10 Gravity (2013)** Warner Bros. (NYSE:
TWX) 11
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**Titles have delayed availability at certain rental outlets.

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About Retail Essentials(®
)Rentrak's Retail Essentials is the home entertainment industry's leading service for weekly DVD and Blu-ray Disc sales insights from the brick-and-mortar market. Retail Essentials publishes estimated title-level national consumer spending and units sold within 72 hours after the close of each business week, giving users the ability to track industry performance and analyze the competitive landscape. Learn more.

About Home Video Essentials(®
)As the world's largest processor of DVD and Blu-ray Disc rental activity, Rentrak's Home Video Essentials is the only source for title-level, weekly home entertainment rental information from all sources: brick-and-mortar stores, by-mail/online subscription video and kiosks throughout the U.S. and Canadian markets. With Home Video Essentials, clients are able to quantify performance and benchmark findings against the industry, enabling them to make timely, informed business decisions and compete more effectively in the rental market. Learn more.

About Rentrak Corporation
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 Video on Demand 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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