Activision grabbed the top 2 spots in the top 10 videogame rental...
Activision grabbed the top 2 spots in the top 10 videogame rental chart for the week ended Nov. 30, Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data showed. Rentrak said the PS2 version of Activision’s Tony Hawk’s Underground moved up 3…
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steps to become the #1-rented title of the week, earning an additional $336,002 for total rental earnings of $1.89 million to date. The publisher’s PS2 version of True Crime: Streets of L.A., again was the #2-rented title, earning an additional $324,059 for total rental earnings of $1.33 million. Electronic Arts (EA) once again had the most titles in the top 10 with 4: Madden NFL 2004 at #3 (up 5 steps in its 16th week, earning $219,046 in the week for $4.36 million to date), Medal of Honor: Rising Sun at #4 (down 3, $217,810 in the week and $1.48 million to date); Need for Speed: Underground at #6 (down 3, $188,365 and $516,714); The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King at #8 (up 2, $166,959 and $705,163 to date). All 4 were for PS2, as were all other titles in the top 10 as Sony’s console again dominated rentals. Rounding out the top 10 were Atari’s Enter the Matrix at #5 (up from #23 in its 29th week, $189,802 and $10.26 million), THQ’s WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain at #7 again ($168,029 and $1.24 million) , Sony’s SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs at #9 (down 3, $157,493 and $1.06 million), and Square Enix’s Final Fantasy X-2 at #10 (up 5, $144,707 and $273,672). In video rentals, Rentrak said the DVD of Universal’s Bruce Almighty, in its first full week of availability, was the #1-rented title, earning $7.59 million in the week for $7.69 million to date.