THE WALKING DEAD Season 4 Tops DVD & Blu-ray Sales, Week Ending 8/31

By: Sep. 08, 2014
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Rentrak Corporation (RENT) today announced the Top-10 DVD & Blu-ray Disc 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 Aug. 31, 2014.

The highly-anticipated fifth season of "The Walking Dead" returns to AMC on October 12. "The Walking Dead" is based on the comic book series created and written by Robert Kirkman and published by Skybound, Kirkman's imprint at Image Comics.
Based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics, "The Walking Dead" tells the story of the months and years that follow after a zombie apocalypse, and follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, who travel in search of a safe and secure home.

The series stars Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes; Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon; Steven Yeun as Glenn; Lauren Cohan as Maggie; Chandler Riggs as Carl; Danai Gurira as Michonne; Melissa McBride as Carol; Michael Cudlitz as Abraham; Emily Kinney as Beth; Chad L. Coleman as Tyreese; Sonequa-Martin Green as Sasha; and Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Bob Stookie. The series is executive produced by Showrunner Scott M. Gimple, Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd, David Alpert, Greg Nicotero and Tom Luse.

RENTRAK TOP-10 DVD & BLU-RAY DISC SALES*:

RANK

TITLE

STUDIO

WEEKS IN RELEASE

1

The Walking Dead: The Complete Fourth Season

Anchor Bay (LSTZA)

1

2

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Sony (NYSE: SNE)

2

3

Sons of Anarchy: Season Six

FOX (FOX and FOXA)

1

4

Blended

Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX)

1

5

Divergent

Summit (NYSE: LGF)

4

6

God's Not Dead

Pure Flix Entertainment

4

7

Frozen

Disney (NYSE: DIS)

24

8

Heaven Is for Real

Sony (NYSE: SNE)

6

9

The LEGO Movie

Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX)

11

10

Muppets Most Wanted

Disney (NYSE: DIS)

3

*Week ended Aug. 30, 2014

RENTRAK TOP-10 DVD & BLU-RAY DISC RENTALS:

RANK

TITLE

STUDIO

WEEKS IN RELEASE

1

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Sony (NYSE: SNE)

2

2

Divergent

Summit (NYSE: LGF)

4

3

The Other Woman (2014)**

FOX (FOX and FOXA)

5

4

Transcendence (2014)**

Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX)

6

5

Noah (2014)

Paramount (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B)

5

6

Sabotage (2014)**

Universal (CMCSA)

6

7

Heaven Is For Real

Sony (NYSE: SNE)

6

8

Rio 2**

FOX (FOX and FOXA)

7

9

God's Not Dead

Pure Flix Entertainment

4

10

Rage (2014)

Image (RLJE)

3

**Titles have delayed availability at certain rental outlets.

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