DALLAS, March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Topping the BLOCKBUSTER® (NYSE: BBI, BBI.B) Hit List of "Top 10 Renting DVD Titles" for the week ending March 7 is "2012."  Disaster movie maven Roland Emmerich crafts this apocalyptic sci-fi thriller following the prophecy stated by the ancient Mayan calendar, which says that the world will come to an end on December 21, 2012.  The film stars John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton and Woody Harrelson.

BLOCKBUSTER® Hit List

Top 10 Renting DVD Titles at U.S. BLOCKBUSTER stores for the week ending March 7, 2010:

1. 2012
2. Law Abiding Citizen
3. The Box
4. Couples Retreat
5. The Informant
6. Where the Wild Things Are
7. The Hurt Locker
8. The Time Traveler's Wife
9. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
10. Dolan's Cadillac

Top 10 Selling DVD Titles at U.S. BLOCKBUSTER stores for the week ending March 7, 2010:

1. 2012
2. Where the Wild Things Are
3. Law Abiding Citizen
4. Ponyo
5. Couples Retreat
6. Zombieland
7. Passion of the Christ
8. Here Comes Peter Cottontail
9. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
10. Scarface

Top 10 Online Renting DVD Titles at Blockbuster.com for the week ending March 7, 2010:

1. 2012
2. Couples Retreat
3. Law Abiding Citizen
4. The Informant
5. The Box  
6. The Time Traveler's Wife
7. The Hurt Locker
8. Zombieland
9. Love Happens
10. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Top 10 Renting Blu Ray DVD Titles at U.S. BLOCKBUSTER stores for the week ending March 7, 2010:

1. 2012
2. Law Abiding Citizen
3. The Informant
4. The Box
5. The Hurt Locker
6. Couples Retreat
7. Where the Wild Things Are
8. The Time Traveler's Wife
9. Zombieland
10. Dolan's Cadillac

Top 10 Renting Digital Titles on BLOCKBUSTER On Demand® for the week ending March 7, 2010:

1. The Hurt Locker
2. Where the Wild Things Are
3. Couples Retreat
4. The Box
5. The Informant
6. The Time Traveler's Wife
7. Zombieland
8. Inglourious Basterds
9. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
10. Love Happens

Top 10 Selling Digital Titles on BLOCKBUSTER On Demand® for the week ending March 7, 2010:

1. 2012
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Dexter: Our Father: Season 3, Ep 1
4. Where the Wild Things Are
5. Dexter: The British Invasion: Season 2, Ep 12
6. Freedom Writers
7. Dexter: Do You Take Dexter Morgan?: Season 3, Ep 12
8. Dexter: Finding Freebo: Season 3, Ep 2
9. Twilight
10. Dexter: Go Your Own Way: Season 3, Ep 10

Top 10 Renting Video Game Titles at U.S. BLOCKBUSTER stores for the week ending March 7, 2010:

1. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – X360  
2. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – PS3
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – X360
4. Dante's Inferno – X360
5. MLB 2K10 – X360
6. New Super Mario Bros. – Wii
7. Aliens vs. Predator – X360
8. MLB 10 The Show – PS3
9. Bioshock 2 – X360
10. Dante's Inferno – PS3

These DVD Rental New Releases are hitting the streets Tuesday, March 16, 2010:

• The Princess and the Frog
• Ninja Assassin
• Did You Hear About the Morgans?
• The Fourth Kind
• Astro Boy
• Armored
• Bandslam
• Broken Embraces
• Wonderful World
• High Life
• Unrivaled
• Breaking Bad –S2-D1
• Breaking Bad –S2-D2
• Breaking Bad –S2-D3
• Breaking Bad –S2-D4
• Laffapalooza Live from Las Vegas -  Hosted by Tracy Morgan
• Billy: The Early Years of Billy Graham

For more information, check participating BLOCKBUSTER stores and online at blockbuster.com.

About Blockbuster Inc.

Blockbuster Inc. is a leading global provider of rental and retail movie and game entertainment. The company provides customers with convenient access to media entertainment anywhere, any way they want it – whether in-store, by-mail, through vending kiosks or digitally to their homes and mobile devices. With a highly recognized brand and a library of more than 125,000 movie and game titles, Blockbuster leverages its multichannel presence to serve two million daily global customers and more than 50 million annual global customers. The company may be accessed worldwide at www.blockbuster.com.

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