LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7 CA-Rentrak-box-office
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentrak Theatrical, a
business unit of Rentrak Corporation (Nasdaq: RENT), today announced the
weekend theatrical box office estimates for the weekend period of September 5
through September 7, 2008 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 9:30AM Pacific on Sunday, September 7, 2008 by Rentrak
Theatrical include:
Rank Title Weekend GrossLocations
1 Bangkok Dangerous$7,800,0002650
2 Tropic Thunder $7,500,0003446
3 The House Bunny $5,900,0002736
4 The Dark Knight $5,715,0002575
5 Traitor $4,660,0002108
6 Babylon A.D. $4,000,0003425
7 Death Race $3,594,5402586
8 Disaster Movie $3,300,0002642
9 Mamma Mia! $2,713,2001904
10 Pineapple Express$2,400,0001802
11 Vicky Cristina Barcelona $2,202,000 718
12 Mirrors $1,825,0001559
Weekend of 09/05/2008 to 09/07/2008
(C) 2008 by Rentrak Corporation
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 Web site at Rentrak.com.
Contacts: Rogers & Cowan for Rentrak Corporation
Sallie Olmsted Amanda Bartz
(310) 854-8124 (310) 854-8151
solmsted@rogersandcowan.comabartz@rogersandcowan.com
SOURCE Rentrak Corporation
