Some of this week’s new movie and TV releases on DVD:
Arizona
Belle of the Yukon
Berlinguer I Love You
Chain of Command
The Dark Corner
The Dukes of Hazzard
Fantastic Four
Felicity: An American Girl
Adventure
Fifty/Fifty
A Fine Mess
The Future of Food
Hellbound
The Hitman
Imagine: John Lennon Deluxe
Edition
Kid Galahad
Kiss of Death
Ladies in Lavender
The Matt Helm Lounge: The
Silencers, Murderer’s Row, The Ambushers, The Wrecking Crew
The Mummy Lives
Roll Bounce
Shoot the Piano Player
Star Wars: Clone Wars – Vol. 2
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Here are this week’s top videos in rentals and sales:
RENTALS
1. Madagascar
2. The Skeleton Key
3. Stealth
4. Charlie/Chocolate Factory
5. Christmas With the Kranks
SALES
1. Chocolate Factory (widescreen)
2. Star Wars: … Sith (widescreen)
3. Chocolate Factory (full screen)
4. Star Wars: … Sith (full screen)
5. Stealth (widescreen)
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Books’ magic onscreen
“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” is going up against some stiff competition in terms of box office. Here are the top five films adapted from children’s books (first figure is total domestic gross, second is opening weekend, in millions):
1
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
$317.6
$90.3, 2001
2
Shrek
$267.7
$42.3, 2001
3
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
$262
$88.4, 2002
4
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
$260
$55.1, 2000
5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
$249.5
$93.7, 2004
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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
$19.9
$229.3 (three weeks)
2
Aeon Flux
$12.7 (one week)
3
Walk the Line
$9.5
$68.3 (three weeks)
4
Yours, Mine & Ours
$8.3
$34.4 (two weeks)
5
Just Friends
$5.6
$21.1 (two weeks)
6
Pride & Prejudice
$4.6
$22.6 (four weeks)
7
Rent
$4.4
$23.7 (two weeks)
8
Chicken Little
$4.4
$124.1 (five weeks)
9
Derailed
$2.3
$32.7 (four weeks)
10
In the Mix
$1.9
$8.6 (two weeks)
