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Rentrak Theatrical Announces Box Office Estimates for Weekend of August 10, 2008

2008-08-10 13:30:00

Rentrak Theatrical Announces Box Office Estimates for Weekend of August 10, 2008

    LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10 /EMWNews/ -- Rentrak Theatrical, a

business unit of Rentrak Corporation (Nasdaq: RENT), today announced the

weekend theatrical box office estimates for the weekend period of August 8

through August 10, 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, August 10, 2008 by Rentrak Theatrical include: Rank Title Weekend Gross Locations 1 The Dark Knight $26,030,000 4025 2 Pineapple Express $22,400,000 3072 3 The Mummy: The Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor $16,113,170 3778 4 Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2 $10,770,000 2707 5 Step Brothers $8,900,000 3182 6 Mamma Mia! $8,080,820 3194 7 Journey To The Center Of The Earth $4,855,000 1970 8 Hancock $3,300,000 2258 9 Swing Vote $3,106,000 2213 10 WALL-E $3,045,000 2144 11 Space Chimps $1,650,000 1631 12 Hellboy II: The Golden Army $1,253,525 1015 Weekend of 08/08/2008 to 08/10/2008 (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 [email protected] [email protected]

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