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Just one new film managed to finish in the top five on the rental charts, but it easily took top spot. National Treasure was more than 50% higher than its nearest rival with $10.57 million in DVD rentals and $1.46 million in VHS rentals for $12.03 million total. The film also finished first in DVD sales and second in VHS sales, (behind The Incredibles.)
Slipping to second place was Meet the Fockers with $7.78 million in combined rentals ahead of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events with $6.37. Blade: Trinity lost about a third of its opening week rentals adding $5.25 million while Ocean Twelve was well back with $3.64 million.
Another new release, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera just missed the top five with $3.41 million in combined sales while The Sandlot 2 earned $1.29 million, a very strong result for a direct-to-DVD release.
On the down side, the rental market continues to suffer down 10.4% from last weekend to $133.1 million. Year-to-date total rental revenues have hit $2.9 billion, off last years pace by 1.5% so far.
Newcomers lead the DVD sales charts as National Treasure and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera finished 1 and 2. Blade: Trinity held up well dropping to third place ahead of Meet the Fockers while last week's winner, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, fell all the way to fifth place.
Two TV on DVD entries placed very well on the charts with Gilmore Girls Season Three and Enterprise Season 1 finishing 17th and 18th respectively.
Submitted by: C.S.Strowbridge
Date posted: 2005-05-14
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