Rentrak Theatrical Announces Box Office Estimates for Weekend of March 6, 2009

Rentrak Theatrical Announces Box Office Estimates for Weekend of March 6, 2009

LOS ANGELES, March 8 /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 March 6 through March 8, 2009 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, March 8, 2009 by Rentrak Theatrical include:

      Rank Title                                   Weekend Gross    Locations        1  Watchmen                                $55,655,000           3611        2  Tyler Perry's Madea Goes To Jail         $8,800,000           2151        3  Taken                                    $7,450,000           3016        4  Slumdog Millionaire                      $6,925,000           2890        5  Paul Blart Mall Cop                      $4,200,000           2558        6  He's Just Not That Into You              $4,020,000           2445        7  Coraline                                 $3,313,497           1959        8  Confessions of a Shopaholic              $3,121,000           2290        9  Jonas Brothers: 3D Concert Experience    $2,785,000           1276       10  Fired Up                                 $2,600,000           1798       11  Gran Torino                              $2,100,000           1520       12  The Reader                               $2,086,051           1175    Weekend of 03/06/09 to 03/08/09   (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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