Rentrak Theatrical Announces Box Office Estimates for Weekend of November 28, 2008

Rentrak Theatrical Announces Box Office Estimates for Weekend of November 28, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentrak Theatrical, a business unit of Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ:RENT) , today announced the weekend theatrical box office estimates for the weekend period of November 28 through November 30, 2008 according to the company's Box Office Essentials(TM) theatrical box office data collection and analytical service.

The twelve estimated top producing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of 9:30AM Pacific on Sunday, November 30, 2008 by Rentrak Theatrical include:

   Rank   Title                                Weekend Gross       Locations      1    Four Christmases                      $31,680,000            3310     2    Bolt                                  $26,596,000            3654     3    Twilight                              $26,370,000            3425     4    Quantum Of Solace                     $19,500,000            3501     5    Australia                             $14,815,000            2642     6    Madagascar Escape 2 Africa            $14,500,000            3709     7    Transporter 3                         $12,330,000            2626     8    Role Models                            $5,284,463            2195     9    The Boy In The Striped Pajamas         $1,690,000             582    10    Milk                                   $1,381,484              36    11    Slumdog Millionaire                    $1,366,617              49    12    Changeling                             $1,206,698            1010           Weekend of 11/28/2008 to 11/30/2008           (C) 2008 by Rentrak Corporation     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, based in Portland, Oregon, is an information management company serving clients in the media, entertainment, retail and advertising industries. The company's Entertainment Essentials(R) suite of services is redefining media measurement in the digital broadband era. Entertainment Essentials provides customers with near-real-time, actionable insight into performance of content distributed over a wide variety of modern media technologies. Available by license or subscription, each Entertainment Essentials application allows executives to analyze detailed industry-wide and title-specific data to make decisions that enhance the bottom line and provide competitive advantage. For further information, please visit Rentrak's corporate website at Rentrak.com.

    Contacts: Rogers & Cowan for Rentrak Corporation               Sallie Olmsted                Amanda Bartz              (310) 854-8124                (310) 854-8151              solmsted@rogersandcowan.com   abartz@rogersandcowan.com  

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Source: Rentrak Corporation

CONTACT: Sallie Olmsted, +1-310-854-8124, solmsted@rogersandcowan.com,
or Amanda Bartz, +1-310-854-8151, abartz@rogersandcowan.com, both of Rogers &
Cowan for Rentrak Corporation

Web site: http://www.rentrak.com/

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