LOS ANGELES, March 1 /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 February 27 through March 1, 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 9:30AM Pacific on Sunday, March 1, 2009 by Rentrak Theatrical include:
Rank Title Weekend Gross Locations
1 Tyler Perry's Madea Goes To Jail $16,500,000 2052
2 Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience $12,700,000 1271
3 Slumdog Millionaire $12,150,000 2943
4 Taken $9,950,000 3089
5 He's Just Not That Into You $5,875,000 2858
6 Street Fighter $5,650,000 1136
7 Paul Blart Mall Cop $5,600,000 2698
8 Coraline $5,252,363 2063
9 Confessions of a Shopaholic $4,490,000 2534
10 Fired Up $3,800,000 1811
11 Friday The 13th $3,705,000 2760
12 Gran Torino $2,975,000 1750
Weekend of 02/27/09 to 03/01/09
(C) 2009 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 website at Rentrak.com.
Contacts: Rogers & Cowan for Rentrak Corporation,
Sallie Olmsted Amanda Bartz
(310) 854-8124 (310) 854-8151
solmsted@rogersandcowan.com abartz@rogersandcowan.com
