'Surrogates' Tops Weekly BLOCKBUSTER(R) Hit List of 'Top 10 Rented DVDs'

DALLAS, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Topping the BLOCKBUSTER® (NYSE: BBI, BBI.B) Hit List of "Top 10 Rented DVD Titles" for the week ending Jan. 31 is "Surrogates."  Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots.  Based on the 2005–2006 comic book series of the same name, "Surrogates" is directed by Jonathan Mostow and stars Bruce Willis and Radha Mitchell.

BLOCKBUSTER® Hit List

Top 10 Renting DVD Titles at U.S. BLOCKBUSTER stores for the week ending Jan. 31, 2010:

1. Surrogates
2. Whip It
3. The Invention of Lying
4. Michael Jackson's This Is It
5. Gamer
6. The Hurt Locker
7. Saw VI
8. Whiteout
9. The Hangover
10. Pandorum

Top 10 Selling DVD Titles at U.S. BLOCKBUSTER stores for the week ending Jan. 31, 2010:

1. Michael Jackson's This Is It
2. Surrogates
3. Saw VI
4. Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself
5. Whip It
6. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
7. Gamer
8. The Hurt Locker
9. The Heartbreak Kid
10. A Might Heart

Top 10 Online Renting DVD Titles at Blockbuster.com for the week ending Jan. 31, 2010:

1. Surrogates
2. Whip It
3. Gamer
4. The Invention of Lying
5. Whiteout
6. The Hurt Locker
7. Inglourious Basterds
8. The Hangover
9. A Perfect Getaway
10. Julie & Julia

Top 10 Renting Blu Ray DVD Titles at U.S. BLOCKBUSTER stores for the week ending Jan. 31, 2010:

1. Surrogates
2. Gamer
3. Saw VI
4. Michael Jackson's This Is It
5. The Hurt Locker
6. Whiteout
7. The Invention of Lying
8. Pandorum
9. Inglourious Basterds
10. District 9

Top 10 Download-to-Rent Movie Titles at Blockbuster.com for the week ending Jan. 31, 2010:

1. Whip It
2. Whiteout
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. Gamer
5. Julie & Julia
6. The Invention of Lying
7. District 9
8. Public Enemies
9. Angels & Demons
10. Paranormal Activity

Top 10 Download-to-Own Titles at Blockbuster.com for the week ending Jan. 31, 2010:

1. Michael Jackson's This Is It
2. Dexter: Do you Take Dexter Morgan?: Season 3, Ep 12
3. Dexter: Our Father: Season 3, Ep 1
4. Dexter: All in the Family: Season 3, Ep 4
5. Dexter: The Damage a Man Can Do: Season 3, Ep 8
6. Weeds: Perro Insano: Ep 510
7. Dexter: Turning Biminese: Season 3, Ep 5
8. Weeds: Ducks and Tigers: Ep 511
9. Weeds: Machetes Up Top: Ep 502
10. Weeds: Wonderful Wonderful: Ep 501

Top 10 Renting Video Game Titles at U.S. BLOCKBUSTER stores for the week ending Jan. 31, 2010:

1. Mass Effect 2 –  X360
2. Army of Two: The 40th Day – X360
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – X360
4. New Super Mario Bros. – Wii
5. Army of Two: The 40th Day – PS3
6. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – PS3
7. Darksiders – X360
8. Left 4 Dead 2 – X360
9. Assassin's Creed 2 – X360
10. Darksiders – PS3

These DVD Rental New Releases are hitting the streets Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010:

• Couples Retreat
• The Time Traveler's Wife
• The Stepfather
• A Serious Man
• The Collector
• Free Style
• Serious Moonlight
• Dare
• Bronson
• Peter and Vandy
• XIII: The Conspiracy
• Sons of Anarchy: S1-4D-D4
• Shoot First and Pray You Live
• Ice Castles
• Polar Storm
• The Life &Times of Tim: S1-D1
• The Life &Times of Tim: S1-D2
• Endgame
• Maneater – Miniseries
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse – Minnie's Bow-tique
• Midgets vs. Mascots
• Dante's Inferno
• Troubled Water
• One Hot Summer
• The Two Plates
• The Stick Up Kids
• Mas Sabe El Diablo – El Primer Golpe

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

About Blockbuster

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 downloaded directly to their family room or mobile device. With a highly recognized brand name and a library of more than 125,000 movie and game titles, Blockbuster leverages its multichannel presence to serve two million daily global customers and more than 50 million annual global customers. The company may be accessed worldwide at www.blockbuster.com.

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