The IE Mommy

Mother’s Day is right around the corner and it’s time to celebrate moms everywhere! Redbox, America’s destination for entertainment, is celebrating moms and honoring the Top Rented Hollywood Moms of 2012! Did your favorite Hollywood mom make the list? Check it out!

1.       Katie Holmes (Jack and Jill)

2.       Bryce Dallas Howard (50/50)

3.       Robin Wright (Moneyball)

4.       Evangeline Lilly (Real Steel)

5.       Viola Davis (The Help­)

6.       Andie MacDowell (Footloose)

7.       Kate Winslet (Carnage)

8.       Angela Lansbury (Mr. Popper’s Penguins)

9.       Salma Hayek (Puss in Boots)

10.   Gwyneth Paltrow (Contagion)

Beyond the movie moms, Redbox is rewarding moms everywhere with a Facebook fan freebie for a free rental on Sunday, May 13! Simply visit Redbox’s Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/redbox and click on the app icon for “Mother’s Day.” Once there, you can send a card to anyone who is a mom, or has a mom! Make sure to check out our “Top Hollywood Mom’s” latest chart toppers!

Hitting the Redbox charts this week is new release, The Adventures of Tintin. Grab some popcorn and gather round as the comic strip “Tintin” comes to life about a fearless young reporter. While on the trail of a big story, he is led into a world of high adventure landing upon a sunken ship with a missing treasure. Will Tintin and his friends discover the treasure? Watch it and find out!

Check out other family films topping this week’s list including, Puss in Boots, Hugo and Dolphin Tale.

Find your nearest Redbox location by visiting www.redbox.com or via the Redbox iPhone^® or Android mobile apps.

Rank	Title	Release Date	Studio
1	The Adventures of Tintin	3/13/2012	Paramount
2	Puss in Boots	2/24/2012	Paramount
3	Hugo	2/28/2012	Paramount
4	Dolphin Tale	1/17/2012	Warner
5	Mr. Popper’s Penguins	1/3/2012	Fox
6	The Smurfs (2011)	12/2/2011	Sony
7	Sea Level	3/13/2012	Lions Gate
8	The Mighty Macs	2/21/2012	Sony
9	Zookeeper	10/11/2011	Sony
10	Kung Fu Panda 2	12/13/2011	Dreamworks

Starting today, Redbox is launching Redbox Trivia. Redbox Trivia is Redbox’s first movie trivia game. You will have 60 seconds to answer five questions based on popular movie trivia, and will be rewarded a $.10 discount for every correct answer. Simply go to www.redbox.com/trivia to begin playing!

Feel free to play once a day through February 5 to test your movie trivia and be rewarded with discounts on rentals!

If you’re looking for a good family movie this weekend, make sure to check out our top rented family titles including, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Kung Fu Panda 2 and The Smurfs.

Find your nearest Redbox location by visiting www.redbox.com or via the Redbox iPhone^® or Android mobile apps.

Rank	Title	Release Date	Studio
1	Mr. Popper’s Penguins	1/3/2012	Fox
2	Kung Fu Panda 2	12/13/2011	Dreamworks
3	The Smurfs (2011)	12/2/2011	Sony
4	Zookeeper	10/11/2011	Sony
5	Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World	11/22/2011	Anchor Bay
6	Cars 2	11/1/2011	Disney
7	Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer	11/8/2011	Fox
8	Rio	8/30/2011	Fox
9	Rango	7/15/2011	Paramount
10	The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!: Mario’s Adventure	12/20/2011	NCircle Entertainment

Renting more horror movies from redbox than any other city in 2011*, Columbus, Mississippi is America’s hot spot for horror.  Conversely, Marquette, Michigan tops the list of the most scared American city in 2011 – renting fewer horror movies from redbox than any other city.  Bringing frightening fun to movie fans nationwide, redbox, America’s destination for movies and games, has rented more than 39 million horror movies in 2011, and according to a national survey of redbox^® renters*, nearly 75 percent of Americans plan to celebrate Halloween with a horror movie.

America’s Horror Hot Spots and Scaredy-Cat Cities

Following are the cities that earn the honor of Redbox Horror Hot Spots, renting the highest percentage of horror movies, and the top 10 Redbox Scaredy-Cat cities, renting the fewest amount of horror movies:

Horror Hot Spots*

1.    Columbus, Miss.

2.    El Paso, Texas

3.    Lake Charles, La.

4.    Waco, Texas

5.    Jonesboro, Ark.

6.    Jackson, Tenn.

7.    Huntsville, Ala.

8.    Ardmore, Okla.

9.    Anniston, Ala.

10.  Fresno, Calif.

Scaredy Cat Cities*

1.    Marquette, Mich.

2.    Traverse City, Mich.

3.    Springfield, Ill.

4.    Peoria, Ill.

5.    Champaign, Ill.

6.    Lima, Ohio

7.    Ottumwa, Iowa

8.    Ames, Iowa

9.    Norfolk, Va.

10.  Des Moines, Iowa

Redbox 2011 National Halloween Survey

• Amp up the Fear Factor: Nine out of 10 horror movie fans believe scary movies are scarier when watched in the dark.  More than 20 percent are too scared to turn out the lights.

• Top Villains: Approximately 1 in 3 (34 percent) Americans names demons or Satan as the scariest movie villains. “Creepy kids” from movies like Orphan and The Ring come in second (19.8 percent), and “unsuspected killers” like those in Scream, Saw and Hostel (18.4 percent) closely follow in third.
• Scariest Movies of All Time: The Exorcist ranks as the top choice overall (31.2 percent) for a scream, followed by A Nightmare on Elm Street (12 percent). Paranormal Activity generates the most shrieks of newly released horror movies (34.3 percent) and ranked fourth in the overall scariest movie category (9.6 percent).

Redbox will deliver millions of screams, ghosts and goblins to homes across America this Halloween. Thrill seekers who want a scream can check out Insidious, Scream 4 and The Rite this Halloween. Families looking to get into the spirit can rent and enjoy Hocus Pocus, Spooky Buddies and Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur, among others. Gamers can check out Dead Island and Dark Souls on PS3 and Xbox 360 this Halloween. Finding the nearest redbox location is easy on www.redbox.com, via the redbox iPhone^® and Android™ apps or by texting FIND to 727272.

Are you and your family huge redbox fans? If entertainment is your thing and you love redbox, now is your chance to share your love! Now through Sunday, October 9, you can submit a picture of yourself, friends or family hugging a redbox kiosk to be entered for a chance to win a Sony home theater package worth $5,000!

Simply go to your local redbox kiosk, pose, snap a photo and upload it to www.redbox.com/shareyourlove for a chance to win. Entries will be chosen based on creativity, relevance and audience votes, so have fun and show us your love!

Redbox fans are sharing their love and you can too! Use hashtag #iloveredboxbecause in your tweets and on Facebook to share your adoration for America’s destination for movie and game rentals!

Rank	Title	Release Date	Studio
1	Rio	08/30/2011	Fox
2	The True Story of Puss ‘N Boots	09/27/2011	Phase 4 Films
3	Spooky Buddies	09/20/2011	Disney
4	Rango	07/15/2011	Paramount
5	Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil	08/16/2011	Anchor Bay
6	Marley & Me: The Puppy Years	09/13/2011	Fox
7	Mars Needs Moms	08/09/2011	Disney
8	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules	07/19/2011	Fox
9	Hocus Pocus	09/27/2011	Disney
10	Gnomeo and Juliet	05/24/2011	Disney