'Date Night' Tops Weekly Blockbuster(R) Hit List of Top 10 Renting DVDs

'Date Night' Tops Weekly Blockbuster(R) Hit List of Top 10 Renting DVDs

DALLAS, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Topping the BLOCKBUSTER® (Pink Sheets: BLOKA, BLOKB) Hit List of "Top 10 Renting DVD Titles" for the week ending August 15, 2010 is "Date Night." The hilarious Steve Carell and Tina Fey play long-time married couple Phil and Claire Foster. Worried they are in a rut, Phil and Claire go to a new, trendy restaurant for a date night. When they are told they aren't on the list for a table, Phil decides to take a reservation of a no-show couple, the Tripplehorns. Unfortunately for the Fosters, the real Tripplehorns are a thieving couple running from a group of angry mobsters. The Fosters soon find themselves on a series of crazy adventures to save their lives and ultimately, their marriage. Directed by Shawn Levy, Date Night also stars Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Kristin Wiig, Mark Ruffalo, and Leighton Meester.

BLOCKBUSTER® Hit List

Top 10 Renting DVD Titles at U.S. BLOCKBUSTER stores for the week ending August 15, 2010:

1. Date Night
2. Death At A Funeral
3. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
4. Kick-Ass
5. Clash Of The Titans
6. Repo Men
7. Cop Out
8. Ghost Writer
9. The Bounty Hunter
10. The Losers

Top 10 Selling DVD Titles at U.S. BLOCKBUSTER stores for the week ending August 15, 2010:

1. Date Night
2. Death At A Funeral
3. Kick-Ass
4. Clash Of The Titans
5. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
6. Man On Fire
7. Super Troopers
8. Cop Out
9. Princess Bride
10. Friday

Top 10 Online Renting DVD Titles at Blockbuster.com for the week ending August 15, 2010:

1. Date Night
2. Death At A Funeral
3. The Bounty Hunter
4. Clash Of The Titans
5. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
6. The Ghost Writer
7. Cop Out
8. Kick-Ass
9. The Losers
10. Hot Tub Time Machine

Top 10 Renting Blu-ray Titles at U.S. BLOCKBUSTER stores for the week ending August 15, 2010:

1. Date Night
2. Death At A Funeral
3. Kick-Ass
4. Clash Of The Titans
5. Ghost Writer
6. Cop Out
7. The Losers
8. The Bounty Hunter
9. Repo Men
10. After Life

Top 10 Renting Digital Titles on BLOCKBUSTER On Demand® for the week ending August 15, 2010:

1. Date Night
2. Clash of the Titans
3. Kick-Ass
4. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
5. Unthinkable
6. Ghost Writer
7. The Joneses
8. Cop Out
9. The Losers
10. Repo Men

Top 10 Selling Digital Titles on BLOCKBUSTER On Demand® for the week ending August 15, 2010:

1. Death At A Funeral
2. Date Night
3. Kick-Ass
4. Clash of the Titans
5. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
6. The Bounty Hunter
7. Twilight
8. The Book of Eli
9. Repo Men
10. Cop Out

Top 10 Renting Video Game Titles at U.S. BLOCKBUSTER stores for the week ending August 15, 2010:

1. Madden NFL 11- X360
2. Madden NFL 11- PS3
3. Red Dead Redemption - X360
4. Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Wii
5. Red Dead Redemption - PS3
6. NCAA Football 11- X360
7. Battlefield: Bad Company 2- X360
8. Crackdown 2- X360
9. New Super Mario Brothers- Wii
10. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2- PS3

These DVD Rental New Releases are hitting the streets Tuesday, August 24, 2010:

-- The Back Up Plan
-- City Island
-- George Romero: Survival Of The Dead
-- The Killer Inside Me
-- Ajami
-- The Square
-- Tom And Jerry: Sherlock Holmes
-- Abandoned
-- Titanic 2
-- 2:22
-- $5 A Day
-- Lost-Season 6-Disc 1
-- Lost-Season 6-Disc 2
-- Lost-Season 6-Disc 3
-- Lost-Season 6-Disc 4
-- Lost-Season 6-Disc 5
-- Gossip Girl-Season 3-Disc 1
-- Gossip Girl-Season 3-Disc 2
-- Gossip Girl-Season 3-Disc 3
-- Gossip Girl-Season 3-Disc 4
-- Gossip Girl-Season 3-Disc 5
-- Metamorphosis
-- Group Sex
-- The Truth
-- Dream Boy
-- The Confidant

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 Morris of Hill and Knowlton, +1-202-944-5169,
rebecca.morris@hillandknowlton.com, for Blockbuster Inc.

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

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