'Edge of Darkness' Tops Weekly Blockbuster(R) Hit List of Top 10 Renting DVDs

DALLAS, May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Topping the BLOCKBUSTER® (NYSE: BBI, BBI.B) Hit List of "Top 10 Renting DVD Titles" for the week ending May 16, 2010 is "Edge of Darkness."  In the intense thriller, Mel Gibson portrays Thomas Craven, a Boston detective whose only daughter is murdered outside of his home.  His grief leads him on a roller coaster ride to uncover the truth.  In doing so, Craven uncovers a dark world filled with corruption, conspiracy and government-sanctioned murder. Craven must go to the edge of darkness to uncover the truth behind his daughter's death. Gibson stars alongside Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, and Bojana Novakovic in this film directed by Martin Campbell.

BLOCKBUSTER® Hit List

Top 10 Renting DVD Titles at U.S. BLOCKBUSTER stores for the week ending May 16, 2010:

1. Edge of Darkness
2. Legion
3. Daybreakers
4. Tooth Fairy
5. It's Complicated
6. Avatar
7. Leap Year
8. Crazy Heart
9. Sherlock Holmes
10. The Blind Side

Top 10 Selling DVD Titles at U.S. BLOCKBUSTER stores for the week ending May 16, 2010:

1. Avatar
2. Legion
3. Edge of Darkness
4. Daybreakers
5. It's Complicated
6. The Tooth Fairy
7. Blow
8. The Notebook
9. 300
10. Love and Basketball

Top 10 Online Renting DVD Titles at Blockbuster.com for the week ending May 16, 2010:

1. Edge of Darkness
2. Legion
3. It's Complicated
4. Daybreakers
5. Avatar
6. Sherlock Holmes
7. The Tooth Fairy
8. Leap Year
9. The Blind Side
10. Up In the Air

Top 10 Renting Blu-Ray Titles at U.S. BLOCKBUSTER stores for the week ending May 16, 2010:

1. Edge of Darkness
2. Daybreakers
3. Legion
4. Avatar
5. It's Complicated
6. Sherlock Holmes
7. Tooth Fairy
8. Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
9. Bad Lieutenant
10. The Blind Side

Top 10 Renting Digital Titles on BLOCKBUSTER On Demand® for the week ending May 16, 2010:

1. Edge of Darkness
2. Avatar
3. Daybreakers
4. Tooth Fairy
5. Leap Year
6. It's Complicated
7. The Blind Side
8. The Lovely Bones
9. Sherlock Holmes
10. Forrest Gump

Top 10 Selling Digital Titles on BLOCKBUSTER On Demand® for the week ending May 16, 2010:

1. Legion
2. Edge of Darkness
3. Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
4. Daybreakers
5. 2012
6. Avatar
7. Tooth Fairy
8. The Hangover
9. Twilight
10. Sherlock Holmes

Top 10 Renting Video Game Titles at U.S. BLOCKBUSTER stores for the week ending May 16, 2010:

1. Lost Planet 2 – X360
2. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction – X360
3. Skate 3 – X360
4. Lost Planet 2 – PS3
5. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – X360
6. Iron Man 2 – X360
7. New Super Mario Bros. – Wii
8. Skate 3 – PS3
9. God of War III – PS3
10. Just Cause 2 – X360

These DVD Rental New Releases are hitting the streets Tuesday, May 25, 2010:

• Dear John
• The Road
• Mystery Team
• Stolen
• True Blood – S2 Disc 1
• True Blood – S2 Disc 2
• True Blood – S2 Disc 3
• True Blood – S2 Disc 4
• True Blood – S2 Disc 5
• True Blood – S2 – D4 & D5 on Blu-Ray
• The 7 Adventures Of Sinbad
• Rain Fall
• Costa Rican Summer
• The Shadow Within

For more information, check participating BLOCKBUSTER stores and online at blockbuster.com.

About Blockbuster Inc.

Blockbuster Inc. is a leading global provider of rental and retail movie and game entertainment. The company provides customers with convenient access to media entertainment anywhere, any way they want it - whether in-store, by mail, through vending kiosks or digitally to their homes and mobile devices. With a highly recognized brand and a library of more than 125,000 movie and game titles, Blockbuster leverages its multichannel presence to serve nearly 47 million global customers annually. The company may be accessed worldwide at www.blockbuster.com.

SOURCE Blockbuster

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