Rentrak Theatrical Announces Box Office Numbers for Weekend of April 17, 2009

Rentrak Theatrical Announces Box Office Numbers for Weekend of April 17, 2009

LOS ANGELES, April 19 /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 April 17 through April 19, 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, April 19, 2009 by Rentrak Theatrical include:

     Rank Title                                Weekend Gross      Locations        1 17 Again                               $24,065,000           3255        2 State Of Play                          $14,099,090           2803        3 Monsters vs. Aliens                    $12,900,000           3662        4 Hannah Montana The Movie               $12,666,000           3118        5 Fast & Furious                         $12,289,530           3674        6 Crank High Voltage                      $6,510,000           2223        7 Observe And Report                      $4,055,000           2727        8 Knowing                                 $3,478,000           2405        9 I Love You, Man                         $3,370,000           2202       10 The Haunting in Connecticut             $3,150,000           2255       11 Dragonball Evolution                    $1,575,000           2181       12 Adventureland                           $1,291,000           1412    Weekend of 04/17/09 to 04/19/09   (C) 2009 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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CONTACT: Sallie Olmsted, +1-310-854-8124, solmsted@rogersandcowan.com,
or Amanda Bartz, +1-310-854-8151, abartz@rogersandcowan.com

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

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