LOS ANGELES, May 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT) today announced the top ten DVD sales and rentals for the prior week based on estimated consumer spending.
According to the company's Retail Essentials and Home Video Essentials tracking services, the top ten selling DVDs and the top ten most-rented motion pictures, per data collected for the week ending May 22, 2011 include:
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According to the company's Retail Essentials and Home Video Essentials tracking services, the top ten selling DVDs and the top ten most-rented motion pictures, per data collected for the week ending May 22, 2011 include:
| Rentrak Top 10 Selling DVDs* | ||||
| RANK | TITLE | STUDIO | WEEKS IN RELEASE | |
| 1 | The Mechanic (2011) | Sony (NYSE: SNE) | 1 | |
| 2 | Justin Bieber: Never Say Never | Paramount (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) | 2 | |
| 3 | The Roommate | Sony (NYSE: SNE) | 1 | |
| 4 | No Strings Attached | Paramount (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) | 2 | |
| 5 | The Rite | Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) | 1 | |
| 6 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) | 6 | |
| 7 | The Green Hornet | Sony (NYSE: SNE) | 3 | |
| 8 | Tangled | Disney (NYSE: DIS) | 8 | |
| 9 | The Dilemma | Universal (NYSE: GE) | 3 | |
| 10 | The King's Speech | Anchor Bay (NASDAQ: LSTZA), The Weinstein Company | 5 | |
| *Week ended May 21, 2011 | ||||
| Rentrak Top 10 Renting DVDs | ||||
| RANK | TITLE | STUDIO | WEEKS IN RELEASE | |
| 1 | The Mechanic (2011) | Sony (NYSE: SNE) | 1 | |
| 2 | No Strings Attached (2011) | DreamWorks (NASDAQ: DWA) | 2 | |
| 3 | The Green Hornet (2011) | Sony (NYSE: SNE) | 3 | |
| 4 | The Roommate | Sony (NYSE: SNE) | 1 | |
| 5 | The Dilemma (2011) | Universal (NYSE: GE) | 3 | |
| 6 | The Rite | Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) | 1 | |
| 7 | Little Fockers | Universal (NYSE: GE) | 7 | |
| 8 | Gulliver's Travels (2010) | Fox (NASDAQ: NWS) | 5 | |
| 9 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) | 6 | |
| 10 | The King's Speech | Anchor Bay (NASDAQ: LSTZA), The Weinstein Company | 5 | |
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