LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3 /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 1

through August 3, 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 August 3, 2008 by Rentrak Theatrical

include:



   Rank        Title                               Weekend Gross     Locations



    1     The Dark Knight                            $43,800,000         4266

    2     The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor      $42,450,400         3759

    3     Step Brothers                              $16,300,000         3094

    4     Mamma Mia!                                 $13,120,670         3060

    5     Journey To The Center Of The Earth          $6,875,000         2285

    6     Swing Vote                                  $6,300,000         2213

    7     Hancock                                     $5,200,000         2782

    8     WALL-E                                      $4,747,000         2555

    9     The X-Files: I Want to Believe              $3,425,000         3185

    10    Space Chimps                                $2,840,000         2134

    11    Hellboy II: The Golden Army                 $2,527,110         1956

    12    Wanted                                      $1,257,475          892



    Weekend of 08/01/2008 to 08/03/2008



    (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.






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