New releases played an important role on this week's rental charts, taking the top two spots. However, while The Happening and You Don't Mess With the Zohan finished one - two, Iron Man was very close behind in third. Meanwhile, Forgetting Sarah Marshall placed fourth in its second week of release, which was better than it managed on the sales chart. Finally, Sex and the City was fifth during its third weekend of release.

A pair of direct-to-DVD sequels also did relatively well on the rental charts with Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead placing 13th and Feast II: Sloppy Seconds placing 23rd. In between those two releases was The Visitor in 17th place.

- C.S.Strowbridge

Date posted: 2008-10-20