Rentrak Announces Top DVD & Blu-ray Sales And Rentals For Week Ending December 30, 2012

Rentrak Announces Top DVD & Blu-ray Sales And Rentals For Week Ending December
                                   30, 2012

PR Newswire

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7, 2013

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- RENTRAK CORPORATION (NASDAQ: RENT)
today announced the Top-10 DVD & Blu-ray sales and rentals according to the
company's Retail Essentials and Home Video Essentials tracking services
which are based on estimated consumer spending per data collected for the week
ending December 30, 2012.

RENTRAK TOP-10 DVD & BLU-RAY SALES*

RANK TITLE                          STUDIO                   WEEKS IN RELEASE
1    Ted                            Universal (NYSE: GE)     3
2    The Dark Knight Rises          Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) 4
3    Pitch Perfect                  Universal (NYSE: GE)     2
4    Resident Evil: Retribution     Sony (NYSE: SNE)         2
5    Total Recall (2012)            Sony (NYSE: SNE)         2
6    Brave                          Disney (NYSE: DIS)       7
7    Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days FOX (NASDAQ: NWS)        2
8    The Bourne Legacy              Universal (NYSE: GE)     3
9    The Dark Knight Trilogy        Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) 4
10   Ice Age: Continental Drift     FOX (NASDAQ: NWS)        3

*Week ended December 29, 2012

RENTRAK TOP-10 DVD & BLU-RAY RENTALS

RANK TITLE                      STUDIO                        WEEKS IN RELEASE
1    The Dark Knight Rises**    Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX)      4
2    Total Recall (2012)        Sony (NYSE: SNE)              2
3    Trouble With The Curve**   Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX)      2
4    The Watch (2012)**         FOX (NASDAQ: NWS)             7
5    Men In Black 3             Sony (NYSE: SNE)              5
6    Resident Evil: Retribution Sony (NYSE: SNE)              2
7    Premium Rush               Sony (NYSE: SNE)              2
8    Savages (2012)**           Universal (NYSE: GE)          7
9    Lawless (2012)             Anchor Bay/Starz (NASDAQ:     5
                                LSTZA)
10   Hope Springs (2012)        Sony (NYSE: SNE)              4

**Titles have delayed availability in certain rental outlets

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About Retail Essentials®
Retail Essentials measures weekly consumer sales activity on standard DVD and
Blu-ray Disc titles in the U.S. brick-and-mortar channel. No other service
provides faster access to in-depth market data and weekly estimations of gross
consumer spending. Rentrak delivers sell-through data broken down by DVD
title, format, category, genre, TV market and more, within 72 hours after the
close of each business week. Clients can access current, weekly, and
historical title sales data to competitively benchmark industry performance.

About Home Video Essentials ®
Home Video Essentials is Rentrak's exclusive rental point-of-sale (POS)
tracking system, which calculates title-level performance via rental
transactions on over 65,000 DVD and video game properties in the
brick‑and‑mortar, by-mail/online subscription and kiosk channels across North
America. Rentrak is the world's largest processor of rental data, measuring in
excess of one billion transactions each year from more than 5,000
storefronts, over 40,000 kiosks and over 24 million by-mail/online disc rental
subscribers within 72 hours after the close of each business week. Clients are
able to identify consumer trends, quantify performance, and benchmark findings
against the broader business sector.

About Rentrak Corporation
Rentrak (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,
multi-screen television, and home video, Rentrak has developed more efficient
metrics to be used as currencies for the evaluation and selling of media.
Rentrak is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with additional U.S. and
international offices. For more information on Rentrak, please visit
www.rentrak.com.

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Sallie Olmsted                          Amanda Bialek
(310) 854-8124                          (310) 854-8151
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