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`Phone Booth` rings up top sales, rentals
LA, July 18: - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is ringing up big revenues with its release of `Phone Booth,` starring Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland and Forest Whitaker.
LA, July 18: - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is ringing up big revenues with its release of "Phone Booth," starring Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland and Forest Whitaker.
Fox's psychological thriller topped the charts for DVD sales and rentals for the week ending July 13, according to Nielsen VideoScan and Video Store magazine research, respectively.
"Phone Booth" generated an estimated $11.58 million in rental revenue during its first five days on store shelves and took the No. 1 slot on VideoScan's First Alert DVD sales chart during the same frame.
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment's debut of "Basic," starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson, came in a very close second in both initial DVD sales and rental revenue. The suspense drama earned an estimated $11.34 million in rental revenue after five days and nearly matched initial numbers coming from VideoScan's First Alert DVD sales for the week ending July 13.
Paramount Home Entertainment's debut of "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days," which sold nearly 3 million combined VHS and DVD units during its first five days on store shelves, emerged as the No. 1-selling VHS during its second week in release, followed by Warner Home Video's "Kangaroo Jack" and "The Jungle Book 2," according to VideoScan's First Alert VHS sales chart for the week ending July 13.
"How to Lose a Guy," starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, earned an estimated $10.93 million in rental revenue last week for a total 12-day rental tally of about $22.8 million, according to Video Store magazine research. It was the third-best-selling DVD for the week ending July 13, according to initial reports from VideoScan.
Miramax's "Gangs of New York," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz, is believed to have sold more than 2.5 million combined VHS and DVD units during its video debut.
It was the No. 4 best-selling DVD during its second week in release and earned an estimated $10.30 million in that same frame, for a rental total of about $21.6 million after 12 days on rental shelves.
Nielsen VideoScan is a service of VNU that collects VHS and DVD sales data from a sampling of all categories of retail stores. VideoScan charts do not include sales data from Wal-Mart and Toys "R" Us. Most other sell-through retailers are represented.
"Phone Booth" generated an estimated $11.58 million in rental revenue during its first five days on store shelves and took the No. 1 slot on VideoScan's First Alert DVD sales chart during the same frame.
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment's debut of "Basic," starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson, came in a very close second in both initial DVD sales and rental revenue. The suspense drama earned an estimated $11.34 million in rental revenue after five days and nearly matched initial numbers coming from VideoScan's First Alert DVD sales for the week ending July 13.
Paramount Home Entertainment's debut of "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days," which sold nearly 3 million combined VHS and DVD units during its first five days on store shelves, emerged as the No. 1-selling VHS during its second week in release, followed by Warner Home Video's "Kangaroo Jack" and "The Jungle Book 2," according to VideoScan's First Alert VHS sales chart for the week ending July 13.
"How to Lose a Guy," starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, earned an estimated $10.93 million in rental revenue last week for a total 12-day rental tally of about $22.8 million, according to Video Store magazine research. It was the third-best-selling DVD for the week ending July 13, according to initial reports from VideoScan.
Miramax's "Gangs of New York," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz, is believed to have sold more than 2.5 million combined VHS and DVD units during its video debut.
It was the No. 4 best-selling DVD during its second week in release and earned an estimated $10.30 million in that same frame, for a rental total of about $21.6 million after 12 days on rental shelves.
Nielsen VideoScan is a service of VNU that collects VHS and DVD sales data from a sampling of all categories of retail stores. VideoScan charts do not include sales data from Wal-Mart and Toys "R" Us. Most other sell-through retailers are represented.
Video Store magazine, a leading business-to-business weekly serving the home entertainment industry, compiles and analyzes VHS and DVD rental data through an interactive methodology using a multisource predictive model with data from a statistically significant national sample of video retailers.
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