Here are this week’s top videos in rentals and sales:
RENTALS
1. Chocolate Factory 2005
2. Christmas With the Kranks
3. The Devil’s Rejects
4. Bewitched
5. Star Wars: … Sith (widescreen)
SALES
1. Chocolate Factory (widescreen)
2. Star Wars: … Sith (widescreen)
3. Chocolate Factory (full screen)
4. Christmas With the Kranks
5. Chocolate Factory (deluxe set)
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Some of this week’s new movie and TV releases on DVD:
Confession
Death to the Supermodels
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
The Frighteners: Director’s Cut
The Great Muppet Caper
Havoc
Legends of the Fall
Lila Says
Loving Couples
March of the Penguins
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Muppet Movie
Muppet Treasure Island
Murderball
New Guy
A River Runs Through It Deluxe Edition
Sky High
Tremors Attack Pack
Yule profits
The holidays are when retailers cash in, but how well do those Christmas movies do? Here’s a look at the top five (first figure is total domestic gross, second is opening weekend, in millions):
1
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
$260
$55.1, 2000
2
Elf
$173.4
$31.1, 2003
3
The Polar Express
$164.2
$23.3, 2004
4
The Santa Clause
$144.8
$19.3, 1994
5
The Santa Clause 2
$139.2
$29, 2002
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Box office
Here are last week’s gross revenues in millions of dollars at North American theaters for the top 10 films, followed by total amount grossed and number of weeks in release in parentheses.
1
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
$54.7
$201 (two weeks)
2
Walk the Line
$19.2
$54 (two weeks)
3
Yours, Mine and Ours
$17.6
$24.3 (one week)
4
Chicken Little
$12.6
$118.4 (four weeks)
5
Rent
$10
$17.1 (one week)
6
Just Friends
$9.2
$13.2 (one week)
7
Pride & Prejudice
$7.2
$16 (three weeks)
8
Derailed
$4
$29.3 (three weeks)
9
In the Mix
$4.4
$6.1 (one week)
10
The Ice Harvest
$3.7
$5 (one week)
