Rentrak Announces Box Office Numbers for Weekend of May 21, 2010

Rentrak Announces Box Office Numbers for Weekend of May 21, 2010

LOS ANGELES, May 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT), today announced the weekend theatrical box office numbers for the weekend period of May 21 through May 23, 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, May 23, 2010 include:

Weekend
Rank Title Distributor Gross Cume Locations

1 Shrek Forever Paramount

After (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:$71)(NYSE:250)(NYSE:000)(NYSE:$71)(NYSE:250)(NYSE:000)(NYSE:4359 )(NYSE:VIA.B)

2 Iron Man 2 Paramount $26,600,000 $251,264,803 4177

(NYSE:VIA)(NYSE: )(NYSE:VIA.B)

3 Robin Hood Universal $18,699,175 $66,095,645 3505
(NYSE:GE)
4 Letters To Summit
Juliet Entertainment $9,100,000 $27,426,241 2975
5 Just Wright Fox Searchlight $4,225,000 $14,631,640 1831
(NASDAQ:NWS)
6 MacGruber Universal $4,145,375 $4,145,375 2551
(NYSE:GE)
7 Date Night 20th Century Fox $2,825,000 $90,660,314 1869
(NASDAQ:NWS)
8 A Nightmare On Warner Bros.
Elm Street (NYSE:TWX) $2,285,000 $59,931,112 2125

9 How To Train Paramount

Your Dragon (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:$1)(NYSE:850)(NYSE:000)(NYSE:$210)(NYSE:939)(NYSE:707)(NYSE:1751 )(NYSE:VIA.B)

10 Kites Reliance Big
Entertainment
PVT. Ltd. $952,682 $952,682 208
11 The Back-Up
Plan CBS Films $900,000 $35,876,777 1079
(NYSE:CBS)
12 Babies Focus Features $707,813 $5,084,942 395
(NYSE:GE)

Weekend of 5/21/10 to 5/23/10

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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, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico, 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 Bialek
(310) 854-8124 (310) 854-8151
solmsted@rogersandcowan.comabialek@rogersandcowan.com

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CONTACT: Sallie Olmsted, +1-310-854-8124, solmsted@rogersandcowan.com,
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& Cowan for Rentrak Corporation

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