Rentrak Announces Home Video Market Results for the Week Ending 8/22/04

Rentrak Announces Home Video Market Results for the Week Ending
8/22/04 


PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 26  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- U.S. consumer spending on
combined DVD/VHS rentals was down (-) 4.2% from the previous week.

Weekly spending was down slightly (-) 2.5% from the same week last year.

The Angelina Jolie suspense pic Taking Lives was the #1 video last week,
dropping Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Vol. 2 to #4. The controversial stem
cell research themed Godsend debuted at #2.

  Top 10 Renting Videos (Combined DVD/VHS)

  This   Last                                                    Wks
  Wk     Wk      Title                           Studio          Out
  1      NEW     Taking Lives                     WAR             1
  2      NEW     Godsend                          LNG             1
  3       2      Hidalgo                          TOU             3
  4       1      Kill Bill: Volume 2              MRX             2
  5       3      13 Going On 30                   COL             3
  6       4      Johnson Family Vacation          FOX             2
  7       6      The Prince & Me                  PAR             2
  8      NEW     New York Minute                  WAR             1
  9       7      Starsky & Hutch                  WAR             5
  10      5      Hellboy                          COL             4



Top 10 rental charts are based on preliminary data. Ranking are subject to
change upon receipt of additional data. Up-to-date information on video and
videogame rentals are available on Home Video Essentials. Home Video Essentials
is a product of Rentrak Corporation.

For more information, contact Brad Hackley, 1-866-333-6214, or . 

DATASOURCE: Rentrak Corporation



CONTACT:  Brad Hackley of Rentrak Corporation, 1-866-333-6214, or





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