History's THE BIBLE Leads DVD & Blu-ray Sales, Week Ending 4/14

By: Apr. 23, 2013
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RENTRAK CORPORATION (RENT) today announced the Top-10 DVD & Blu-ray sales and rentals according to the company's Retail Essentials and Home Video Essentials tracking services whichare based on estimated consumer spending per data collected for the week ending April 14, 2013.

RENTRAK TOP-10 DVD & BLU-RAY SALES*

RANK

TITLE

STUDIO

WEEKS IN RELEASE

1

The Bible (The Epic Miniseries)

FOX (NWS)

2

2

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Warner Bros (NYSE: TWX)

4

3

Lincoln

Disney (NYSE: DIS)

3

4

Les Miserables

Universal (NYSE: GE)

4

5

Wreck-It Ralph

Disney (NYSE: DIS)

6

6

Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One - Avengers

Disney (NYSE: DIS)

2

7

Life of Pi

FOX (NWS)

5

8

Rise of the Guardians

Paramount (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B)

5

9

Parental Guidance

FOX (NWS)

3

10

Game of Thrones: The Complete Second Season

Warner Bros (NYSE: TWX)

8

*Week ended April 13, 2013

RENTRAK TOP-10 DVD & BLU-RAY RENTALS

RANK

TITLE

STUDIO

WEEKS IN RELEASE

1

Life of Pi**

FOX (NWS)

5

2

Zero Dark Thirty

Sony (NYSE: SNE)

4

3

Lincoln (2012)

Buena Vista (NYSE: DIS)

3

4

Argo (2012)**

Warner Bros (NYSE: TWX)

8

5

Red Dawn*

MGM

6

6

Killing Them Softly

Anchor Bay/Starz (LSTZA)

3

7

Wreck-It Ralph

Disney (NYSE: DIS)

6

8

Rise Of The Guardians

DreamWorks (DWA)

5

9

Skyfall**

FOX (NWS)

9

10

The Collection (2012)

Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF)

3

Retail Essentials measures weekly consumer sales activity on standard DVD and Blu-ray Disc titles in the U.S. brick-and-mortar channel. No other service provides faster access to in-depth market data and weekly estimations of gross consumer spending. Rentrak delivers sell-through data broken down by DVD title, format, category, genre, TV market and more, within 72 Hours after the close of each business week. Clients can access current, weekly, and historical title sales data to competitively benchmark industry performance.

Home Video Essentials is Rentrak's exclusive rental point-of-sale (POS) tracking system, which calculates title-level performance via rental transactions on over 65,000 DVD and video game properties in the brickandmortar, by-mail/online subscription and kiosk channels across North America. Rentrak is the world's largest processor of rental data, measuring in excess of one billion transactions each year from more than 5,000 storefronts, over 40,000 kiosks and over 9 million by-mail/online disc rental subscribers after the close of each business week. Clients are able to identify consumer trends, quantify performance, and benchmark findings against the broader business sector.



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