New on video
Some of this week’s new releases on DVD:
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Younger Brother
The Anniversary
Around the World in 72 Days (2000)
Bailey’s Billion$
Bee Season
Blue Thunder: The Special Edition
Brokeback Mountain
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Crash Special Edition
Dirty
The Great War
The Last Place on Earth
Little Manhattan
The Long Good Friday
Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
Mona Lisa
Nine to Five: Sexist, Egotistical, Lying, Hypocritical Bigot Edition
The Nun’s Story
The Old Curiosity Shop
Seven Beauties
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Silver Streak
Swept Away
Take Me
Thank God It’s Friday
The World’s Greatest Lover
This week’s top videos in rentals and sales:
RENTALS
1. A History of Violence
2. Walk the Line
3. Jarhead
4. Hary Potter/Goblet of Fire
5. Just Friends
SALES
1. A History of Violence
2. … Goblet of Fire (widescreen)
3. … Goblet of Fire (full screen)
4. … Goblet of Fire Special Edition
5. Barbie: Fairytopia
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How best pictures fared
Oscar rivals “Crash” and “Brokeback Mountain” are both out today on DVD. “Crash,” of course, was the winner, but it trailed “Brokeback” at the box office by almost $30 million. Here’s a look at the box office performance of the past five Oscar best- picture winners (first figure is total domestic gross, second is opening weekend, in millions):
1
Crash
$54.6
$9.1, 2005
2
Million Dollar Baby
$100.5
$12.3, 2004
3
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
$377
$72.6, 2003
4
Chicago
$170.7
$8.2, 2002
5
A Beautiful Mind
$170.7
$16.6, 2001
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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
Ice Age: The Meltdown
$68 (one week)
2
Inside Man
$15.4
$52.5 (two weeks)
3
ATL
$11.6 (one week)
4
Failure to Launch
$6.5
$73.1 (four weeks)
5
V for Vendetta
$6.3
$56.7 (three weeks)
6
Stay Alive
$4.5
$17.3 (two weeks)
7
She’s the Man
$4.4
$26.6 (three weeks)
8
Slither
$3.9 (one week)
9
The Shaggy Dog
$3.2
$53.6 (four weeks)
10
Basic Instinct 2
$3.2 (one week)
