Home Media Magazine - September 7-13, 2008 - (Page 20) Home A R C H Media RESE RESEARCH Market Research Kelly Burner (kburner@questex.com) To get an early weekly report of our research via fax (by participating in our data-gathering effort), call the Home Media Research department at 714/338-6756. TOP 10 RANK STREET TITLE I N - S TO RE RE N TA L S Week ended August 31, 2008 VIDEO DATE LABEL GENRE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning What Happens in Vegas Street Kings Prom Night 21 The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior Redbelt Smart People The Bank Job Nim’s Island Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 8/26/08 8/19/08 8/19/08 7/22/08 8/19/08 8/26/08 8/12/08 7/15/08 8/5/08 8/19/08 Fox Fox Sony Pictures Sony Pictures Universal Sony Pictures Disney/Miramax Lionsgate Fox Universal Comedy Thriller Horror Drama Adventure Drama Comedy Thriller Family Comedy Source: Blockbuster Inc. 8 9 10 ‘Mermaid’ Floats to No. 1 By Thomas K. Arnold ollywood’s gamble with movies made directly for home video release continues to pay off — big time. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment topped the national sales chart the week ended Aug. 31 with the direct-to-video prequel The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning, even though the film was up against the $80 million theatrical hit What Happens in Vegas. Vegas, from 20th Century Fox, did debut at No. 2 on the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart, but it sold only about 60% as many copies as Mermaid. The success of Mermaid comes in the wake of several other strong sales showings by DTV titles, including Universal Studios’ The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior, which debuted at No. 4 on the sales chart the previous week after H selling more than 1 million DVDs and Blu-ray Discs its first six days in stores. Another nontheatrical release, the seasontwo set of the TV series “Heroes,” from Universal, bowed at No. 3 on the home video sales chart for the week ended Aug. 31. Disney’s new collector’s edition of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas debuted at No. 4, while the previous week’s top seller, Camp Rock, slipped to No. 5. On Home Media Magazine’s video rental chart for the week, What Happens in Vegas debuted at No. 1, bumping the previous weeks’ top renter, 20th Century Fox’s Street Kings, to No. 2. On the Blu-ray Disc chart, the sales crown went to The Nightmare Before Christmas, with season two of “Heroes” a strong No. 2 and Vegas at No. 3. TOP 10 RANK STREET TITLE I N DI E RE TA I L E R RE N TA L S Week ended August 31, 2008 VIDEO DATE LABEL GENRE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 What Happens in Vegas Street Kings The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 21 Nim’s Island Prom Night The Bank Job Definitely, Maybe Son of Rambow 8/26/08 8/19/08 8/19/08 8/19/08 7/22/08 8/5/08 8/19/08 7/15/08 6/24/08 8/26/08 Fox Fox Universal Universal Sony Pictures Fox Sony Pictures Lionsgate Universal Paramount Comedy Thriller Adventure Comedy Drama Family Horror Thriller Comedy Comedy Source: iDEA DataMine www.idealink.org/datamine TOP 20 SELLERS Week Ended August 31, 2008 RANK THIS LAST WEEK WEEK TITLE GENRE VIDEO LABEL WEEKS ON CHART BOX OFFICE (MILLIONS) INDEX 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 What Happens in Vegas Fox New New New New 1 New 2 New 3 4 5 New 6 11 7 New 44 13 9 20 The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning What Happens in Vegas Heroes: Season 2 The Nightmare Before Christmas Camp Rock Entourage: The Complete Fourth Season Street Kings One Tree Hill: The Complete Fifth Season Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior Dexter: The Second Season NCIS: The Fifth Season House: Season Four 21 Prom Night The Shield: Season 6 The Little Mermaid Batman Begins Nim’s Island The Riddick Trilogy Animated Comedy Fantasy Animated Musical Comedy Thriller Drama Music Adventure Thriller Drama Drama Drama Horror Drama Animated Action Family Sci-Fi Disney Fox Universal Disney Disney HBO Video Fox Warner Disney Universal Paramount Paramount Universal Sony Pictures Sony Pictures Sony Pictures Disney Warner Fox Universal 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 6 2 1 4 12 4 4 DTV $80.25 NTV Re-Release Cable Cable $26.42 NTV $65.28 DTV Cable Cable NTV $81.16 $43.87 Cable Re-Release $205.30 $47.99 Re-Release 100.00 60.04 54.47 33.75 19.90 16.16 12.56 11.30 10.10 8.78 7.48 6.61 6.60 6.50 6.42 6.40 5.82 5.42 4.97 4.70 8 9 10 11 Unit volume for the top 20 DVD sellers in the week ended August 31, 2008, was 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Up 27% from the previous week. Source: Nielsen VideoScan First Alert 20 Home Media Magazine September 7–13, 2008 http://www.idealink.org/datamine
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