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In its first full week available, The Lord of the Rings: The Ret...

In its first full week available, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King from New Line Home Entertainment was the top-rented DVD in the U.S., Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended May…

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30 showed Thurs. Rentrak said the title earned $6.64 million on DVD in the week for a total of $6.73 million to date. Last week’s #1 DVD -- Paramount’s Paycheck -- slipped one notch to #2, earning an additional $4.54 million for a total of $9.50 million to date.