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The Video Software
Dealers Association Announces VidTrac Results for Home
Video Rental Activity for the
Week Ended Aug. 19, 2001
Top 10 Renting VHS Titles
For the Week Ending August 19, 2001
This Last Weeks Weekly Total
Week's Week's in Earnings Earnings
Rank Rank Title Video Label Release (M) (M)
1 1 The Mexican DreamWorks 2 $6.63 $16.38
2 New Enemy at the Gates Paramount 1 $6.01 $6.04
3 New 15 Minutes New Line 1 $5.48 $5.50
4 2 The Family Man Universal 5 $4.25 $40.10
5 3 Chocolat (2000) BV/Miramax 2 $3.52 $8.42
6 4 3000 Miles to
Graceland Warner 2 $2.71 $6.86
7 5 Wedding Planner Columbia TriStar 7 $2.24 $35.61
8 New Josie and the
Pussycats Universal 1 $2.09 $2.10
9 7 Cast Away 20th Century Fox 10 $2.08 $59.67
10 11 O Brother, Where
Art Thou? BV/Touchstone 10 $1.97 $30.78
Top 10 Renting DVD Titles
For the Week Ending August 19, 2001
This Last Weeks Weekly Total
Week's Week's in Earnings Earnings
Rank Rank Title Video Label Release (M) (M)
1 New 15 Minutes New Line 1 $2.30 $2.33
2 1 The Mexican DreamWorks 2 $2.28 $5.82
3 New Enemy at the Gates Paramount 1 $1.94 $1.96
4 2 3000 Miles to
Graceland Warner 2 $1.33 $3.28
5 3 The Family Man Universal 5 $1.10 $13.12
6 4 Chocolat (2000) BV/Miramax 2 $1.05 $2.58
7 5 Unbreakable BV/Touchstone 8 $0.66 $16.08
8 New Tomcats Columbia TriStar 1 $0.56 $0.57
9 6 Down to Earth
(2000) Paramount 6 $0.54 $7.55
10 7 Double Take (2000) BV/Touchstone 5 $0.46 $4.72
Top 5 Renting Video Game Titles
For the Week Ending August 19, 2001
Weekly Total
Street Earnings Earnings
Rank Title Platform Date (M) (M)
1 Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec PS2 07/13/01 $0.30 $2.59
2 Mario Party 3 N64 05/07/01 $0.21 $5.84
3 NBA Street PS2 06/19/01 $0.20 $2.36
4 Pokemon Crystal GBC 07/30/01 $0.18 $0.40
5 NCAA Football 2002 PS2 07/24/01 $0.18 $0.66
National Rental Spending (For the Week Ending August 19, 2001)
VHS: $141.24 million (-0.3% from $141.65 million in 2000)
Year-to-Date 2001: $4.54 billion
(-10.3% from $5.06 billion in 2000)
DVD: $32.71 million (+209.7% from $10.56 million in 2000)
Year-to-Date 2001: $868.43 million
(+181.6% from $308.35 million in 2000)
Video Games: $15.10 million (-8.1% from $16.44 million in 2000)
Year-to-Date 2001: $521.24 million
(-11.3% from $587.83 million in 2000)
Upcoming Releases
Date Title Distributor Release Type
8/21/01 Say It Isn't So Fox VHS Rental/DVD Sell Through
8/21/01 Hannibal MGM VHS Rental/DVD Sell Through
8/28/01 Joe Dirt CTHE VHS Rental/DVD Sell Through
8/28/01 Exit Wounds Warner/New Line VHS Rental/DVD Sell Through
Source: VSDA VidTrac.
VidTrac Reports are prepared by the VSDA from information provided
by Streamlined Solutions, Inc.
NEW IN THEATERS
Opening in theaters everywhere this week, John Carpenter's "GHOSTS OF
MARS" features the talents of hip-hop star ICE CUBE and actress
NATASHA HENSTRIDGE. Set 200 years in the future, a small group of
police, headed by Melanie Ballard (Henstridge), is given the task of
escorting a criminal, Desolation Williams (Ice Cube), from a mining
town on the outskirts of Mars. Unbeknownst to the cops, a mining
expedition in the area disturbs an ancient defense system that
unleashes the ghosts of the Martian warriors who previously inhabited
the area. Melanie Ballard and her team band together with the
dangerous Desolation Williams in an attempt to fight the alien spirits
intent on destroying all human life. For similar sci-fi action
thrillers, check out these films on video.
"Red Planet" "Jason X" "Species" "Starship Troopers" "Dark City"
"Mission to Mars" "Twelve Monkeys" "Screamers" "The Alien" Series
"Planet of the Apes" "Escape From L.A." "Village of the Damned"
NEW ON VIDEO
Coming to video on August 31 is the Australian comedy "THE DISH,"
starring SAM NEILL and PATRICK WARBURTON. Set days before the historic
1969 walk on the moon, this film chronicles the story of a group of
Australian technicians who agree to set up a satellite dish for NASA
to broadcast man's first steps on the moon. Conflict and comedy arises
when the Aussie technicians decide to place the satellite on a sheep
farm in the rural Australian outback. Cultural differences between the
Americans and Australians, the town's sporadic electricity supply, a
concerned NASA official, and the proud local people, all contribute to
mounting tension as the world depends on the Aussies for footage of
the first moon walk. Check out these other films starring these
versatile actors.
SOURCE: VIDEO SOFTWARE DEALERS ASSOCIATION
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