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In its 3rd week available, Star Wars: Battlefront for PS2 from L...

In its 3rd week available, Star Wars: Battlefront for PS2 from LucasArts Entertainment was again the top- rented videogame in the U.S., Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Oct. 10 showed. The title…

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earned $383,401 for PS2 in the week, for $1.19 million to date. The Xbox version of the game dropped 3 to #7, earning $259,132, for $827,521 to date. Activision and Midway Games each had 2 SKUs in the top 10. Activision’s were Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 for PS2 at #2 in its first week ($373,486) and X-Men: Legends for PS2 at #6 (up one in its 3rd week, $266,590 and $589,094). Midway’s were Mortal Kombat: Deception for PS2 at #3 in its first week ($349,693) and the Xbox version at #10 ($222,251). But Electronic Arts had the most top 10 SKUs, with 3 PS2 titles: Def Jam Fight For N.Y. at #4 (down 2 in its 3rd week, $317,215 and $1.02 million), Madden NFL 2005 at #5 (down 2 in its 9th week, $282,768 and $3.61 million) and Burnout 3 at #9 (down 3 in its 5th week, $232,232 and $1.22 million). Microsoft’s Fable, meanwhile, fell 3 to #8 in its 4th week ($238,177 and $913,295).