'Valentine's Day' Tops Weekly Blockbuster(R) Hit List of Top 10 Renting DVDs

'Valentine's Day' Tops Weekly Blockbuster(R) Hit List of Top 10 Renting DVDs

DALLAS, May 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Topping the BLOCKBUSTER® (NYSE: BBI)(NYSE:BBI.B) Hit List of "Top 10 Renting DVD Titles" for the week ending May 23, 2010 is "Valentine's Day." The romantic comedy follows an intertwined group of singles and couples in Los Angeles on the romantic holiday as they manage expectations, find new love, and for some, experience heartbreak. Directed by Garry Marshall, the "Valentine's Day"cast serves as a who's who of Hollywood with stars including Julia Roberts, Jamie Foxx, Kathy Bates, Ashton Kutcher, Taylor Swift, Bradley Cooper and many more.

BLOCKBUSTER® Hit List

Top 10 Renting DVD Titles at U.S. BLOCKBUSTER stores for the week ending May 23, 2010:

1. Valentine's Day
2. Edge of Darkness
3. Invictus
4. Legion
5. The Spy Next Door
6. New Daughter
7. Extraordinary Measures
8. Daybreakers
9. It's Complicated
10. Tooth Fairy

Top 10 Selling DVD Titles at U.S. BLOCKBUSTER stores for the week ending May 23, 2010:

1. Avatar
2. Valentine's Day
3. Invictus
4. Edge Of Darkness
5. It's Complicated
6. Daybreakers
7. Legion
8. The Spy Next Door
9. Blow
10. The Notebook

Top 10 Online Renting DVD Titles at Blockbuster.com for the week ending May 23, 2010:

1. Valentine's Day
2. Invictus
3. Edge of Darkness
4. Extraordinary Measures
5. It's Complicated
6. Avatar
7. Sherlock Holmes
8. Legion
9. The Tooth Fairy
10. Leap Year

Top 10 Renting Blu-Ray Titles at U.S. BLOCKBUSTER stores for the week ending May 23, 2010:

1. Valentine's Day
2. Edge Of Darkness
3. Invictus
4. Legion
5. Daybreakers
6. Avatar
7. New Daughter
8. The Spy Next Door
9. The Messenger
10. Extraordinary Measures

Top 10 Renting Digital Titles on BLOCKBUSTER On Demand® for the week ending May 23, 2010:

1. Valentine's Day
2. Edge of Darkness
3. Invictus
4. Avatar
5. Tooth Fairy
6. The Spy Next Door
7. Daybreakers
8. It's Complicated
9. Leap Year
10. Forrest Gump

Top 10 Selling Digital Titles on BLOCKBUSTER On Demand® for the week ending May 23, 2010:

1. Legion
2. Edge of Darkness
3. Extraordinary Measures
4. Valentine's Day
5. Avatar
6. Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
7. Invictus
8. Tooth Fairy
9. Ninja Assassin
10. The Blind Side

Top 10 Renting Video Game Titles at U.S. BLOCKBUSTER stores for the week ending May 23, 2010:

1. Red Dead Redemption - X360
2. Red Dead Redemption- PS3
3. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction- X360
4. Lost Planet 2- X360
5. Alan Wake- X360
6. Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands- X360
7. Split Second- X360
8. Battlefield: Bad Company 2- X360
9. Skate 3- X360
10. Lost Planet 2- PS3

These DVD Rental New Releases are hitting the streets Tuesday, June 1, 2010:

-- Alice In Wonderland
-- The Wolfman
-- Pacific Sampler
-- Wild Things: Foursome
-- The Stranger
-- Undisputed III: Redemption
-- Small Town Saturday Night
-- Life-BBC Earth-D2
-- Life-BBC Earth-D3
-- Life-BBC Earth-D4
-- Bare Knuckles
-- The Red Baron
-- Killer Swarm
-- Rampage
-- Cornered!
-- For My Father

For more information, check participating BLOCKBUSTER stores and online at blockbuster.com.

About Blockbuster Inc.

Blockbuster Inc. is a leading global provider of rental and retail movie and game entertainment. The company provides customers with convenient access to media entertainment anywhere, any way they want it - whether in-store, by mail, through vending kiosks or digitally to their homes and mobile devices. With a highly recognized brand and a library of more than 125,000 movie and game titles, Blockbuster leverages its multichannel presence to serve nearly 47 million global customers annually. The company may be accessed worldwide at www.blockbuster.com.

Source: Blockbuster Inc.

CONTACT: Rebecca Fannin, +1-202-944-1928,
Rebecca.Fannin@hillandknowlton.com, for Blockbuster Inc.

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

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