Rentrak Announces Box Office Numbers for Weekend of February 19, 2010

Rentrak Announces Box Office Numbers for Weekend of February 19, 2010

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ:RENT), today announced the weekend theatrical box office numbers for the weekend period of February 19 through February 21, 2010 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 Sunday February 21, 2010 include:

Weekend
Rank Title Distributor Gross Cume Locations
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1 Shutter Island Paramount $40,200,000 $40,200,000 2991
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2 Valentine's Day Warner Bros. $17,160,000 $87,422,086 3665
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3 Avatar 20th Century Fox $16,100,000 $687,821,154 2581
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4 Percy Jackson &
The Olympians:
Lightning 20th Century Fox $15,300,000 $58,760,392 3396
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5 The Wolfman Universal $9,846,265 $50,314,890 3223
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6 Dear John Sony $7,300,000 $65,971,213 3062
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7 Tooth Fairy 20th Century Fox $4,500,000 $49,867,120 2523
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8 Crazy Heart Fox Searchlight $3,025,000 $21,585,198 1089
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9 From Paris With Love Lionsgate $2,500,000 $21,199,675 2311
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10 Edge Of Darkness Warner Bros. $2,210,000 $40,313,911 2118
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11 The Book Of Eli Warner Bros. $1,845,000 $90,732,086 1455
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12 When In Rome Disney $1,747,000 $29,354,070 1627
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Weekend of 2/19/10 to 2/21/10

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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 a 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, China, France, Germany, Mexico, Russia, Spain and the United Kingdom. For more information on any of Rentrak's services, please visit www.rentrak.com.

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Sallie Olmsted Amanda Bartz
(310) 854-8124 (310) 854-8151
solmsted@rogersandcowan.comabartz@rogersandcowan.com

Source: Rentrak Corporation

CONTACT: Sallie Olmsted, +1-310-854-8124, solmsted@rogersandcowan.com,
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