LOS ANGELES, Nov 29, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ ----Rentrak Corporation (Nasdaq: RENT), today announced the weekend theatrical box office estimates for the weekend period of November 27 through November 29, 2009 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, November 29, 2009 include:

   
   
   
   Rank    Title              Distributor     Weekend      Cume     Locations
   Gross
   1  The Twilight Saga:   Summit
   New Moon             Entertainment 42,500,000   230,674,318    4042
   2  The Blind Side       Warner Bros.   40,125,000   100,250,000    3140
   3  2012                 Sony           18,000,000   138,776,000    3444
   4  Old Dogs             Disney         16,846,000    24,085,000    3425
   5  Disney's A
   Christmas Carol     Disney         16,003,000   105,373,000    3013
   6  Ninja Assassin       Warner Bros.   13,135,000    21,010,000    2503
   7  Planet 51            Sony           10,200,000    28,457,000    3035
   8  Precious: Based on
   the Novel 'Push'    Lionsgate       7,090,000    32,440,000     663
   9  Fantastic Mr. Fox    20th Century
   Fox            7,020,000    10,108,315    2033
   10  The Men Who Stare    Overture
   At Goats             Films          1,533,000    30,552,328    1119
   11  The Road             The Weinstein
   Company        1,522,870     2,000,814     111
   12  Boondock Saints II:
   All Saints Day      Apparition      1,250,167     5,677,368     373
   
   Weekend of 11/27/09 to 11/29/09
   
   
   
   

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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, based in Portland, Oregon, is an information management company serving clients in the media, entertainment, retail and advertising industries. The company's Entertainment Essentials(R) suite of services is redefining media measurement in the digital broadband era. Entertainment Essentials provides customers with near-real-time, actionable insight into performance of content distributed over a wide variety of modern media technologies. Available by license or subscription, each Entertainment Essentials application allows executives to analyze detailed industry-wide and title-specific data to make decisions that enhance the bottom line and provide competitive advantage. For further information, please visit Rentrak's corporate website at Rentrak.com.

   
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