Rentrak Announces Box Office Numbers for Weekend of February 26, 2010

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentrak Corporation (Nasdaq: RENT), today announced the weekend theatrical box office numbers for the weekend period of February 26 through February 28, 2010 according to the company's Box Office Essentials™ theatrical box office data collection and analytical service.

The twelve estimated top producing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday February 28, 2010 include:

    
    
    Rank  Title         Distributor     Weekend Gross       Cume     Locations
    ----  -----         -----------     -------------       ----     ---------
    1 Shutter Island    Paramount           22,260,000    75,136,066      3003
    2 Cop Out           Warner Bros.        18,565,000    18,565,000      3150
    3 Crazies, The      Overture Films      16,521,000    16,521,000      2477
    4 Avatar            20th Century Fox    14,000,000   706,904,794      2456
    5 Percy Jackson &   
       The Olympians: 
       Lightning  Fox   20th Century Fox     9,800,000    71,214,859      3302
    6 Valentine's Day   Warner Bros.         9,505,000   100,358,204      3578
    7 Dear John         Sony                 5,000,000    72,623,598      3006
    8 Wolfman, The      Universal            4,123,265    57,243,525      3043
    9 Tooth Fairy       20th Century Fox     3,450,000    53,866,121      2249
    10 Crazy Heart      Fox Searchlight      2,540,000    25,087,112      1148
    11 Blind Side, The  Warner Bros.         1,295,000   248,812,504       945
    12 Book Of Eli, The Warner Bros.         1,130,000    92,524,462       975

Weekend of 2/26/10 to 2/28/10

© Rentrak Corporation 2010 -Content in Rentrak Theatrical box office updates is produced and/or compiled by Rentrak Corporation and its Box Office Essentials® theatrical box office data collection and analytical service, and is covered by provisions of the Copyright Act.  The material presented herein is intended to be available for public use.  You may reproduce the content of the box office updates in any format or medium without first obtaining permission, subject to the following requirements: (1) the material must be reproduced accurately; and (2) any publication or issuance of any part of the material to others must acknowledge Rentrak Corporation as the source of the material.

About Box Office Essentials

Box Office Essentials provides each studio with password-protected, real-time, web browser-based and 24/7 access to data pertaining specifically to their movie release titles.  A sophisticated toolset allows studio distribution executives to view and analyze the information at different levels of detail and across a multitude of attributes (by theatre circuit, DMA, time zone, etc.), enhancing their ability to make faster, and better informed decisions.  Additional features include online school calendars (K-12 and college), interactive release schedule and 24-hour subscriber support.

About Rentrak Corporation

Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT) is a global digital media measurement and research company, serving the most recognizable companies in the entertainment industry.  With  reach across numerous platforms including box office, home entertainment, on-demand and linear television, broadband and mobile, Rentrak is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with additional offices worldwide in Los Angeles, New York City, Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Mexico, Russia, Spain and the United Kingdom.  For more information on any of Rentrak's services, please visit www.rentrak.com.

SOURCE Rentrak Corporation

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