May 22nd, 2008 at 9:29 am

Apparently some people would disagree if a say ‘Untraceable’ is not worth your popcorn. Sony Pictures’ $35 million crime thriller wasn’t a major success in theaters. It grossed $28 million domestically and managed to add another $22 million overseas. But it did make the number one spot in DVD sales last week, beating the $15 million ‘The Great Debaters’ with Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker.
‘Untraceable’ came in second for rentals, doing $6.9 million. The $22 million Diane Keaton comedy ‘Mad Money’ came in first, with $7.3 million in rentals. The number one from last week, ‘P.S. I Love You,’ added another $5.9 million in rentals, making a total of $13.1 million. And lastly, the first ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ movie topped the Blu-ray chart, with ‘Untraceable’ coming in second. All those numbers are making me dizzy.
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May 15th, 2008 at 1:15 pm

Hillary Swank’s ‘P.S. I Love You’ made some impact at the DVD stores last week. The $30 million romance made over $140 million at the box office worldwide and is now coming in at number one for DVD rentals and sales. ‘P.S. I Love You’ made $7.2 million in rentals, followed by ‘27 Dresses’ with another $6.1 million and ‘First Sunday’ with $5.6 million. Ice Cube’s ‘First Sunday’ was only successful in the US and made a little under $40 million at the box office.
The total for ‘27 Dresses’ now stands at $13.4 million in rentals and is holding up well against ‘The Golden Compass,’ which made another $5.3 million. ‘Twister’ came in as the number one ‘Blu-ray,’ where ‘The Golden Compass’ came in second.
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May 9th, 2008 at 6:40 am

Every week for the last couple of weeks, the newest DVD released topped the older ones. And this week is no exception. The two biggest DVD releases were the romantic comedy ‘27 Dresses’ and the epic adventure ‘The Golden Compass.’
The $180 million ‘The Golden Compass’ did well, but was topped by ‘27 Dresses’ in both rentals and sales. The epic fantasy didn’t take off at the US box office last year with only $70 million, but still made $300 million overseas. It made another $6.5 million in its first week in US rentals.
While less successful outside the US, the $30 million ‘27 Dresses’ continued to do good domestic numbers. It made another $7.4 million on top of the $76 million it made at the US box office. The only place where ‘The Golden Compass’ managed to beat ‘27 Dresses’ was in the Blu-ray department, but we all know these don’t account for much yet.