The Video Software Dealers Association Announces VidTrac Results for Home Video Rental Activity for the Week Ended February 10, 2002.Entertainment Editors & Video Writers --(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2002 Please find attached the latest VidTrac "Top Ten" renting VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. , DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. and videogame titles for the week ending 2/10/02. Please note that at 12:00am PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there 14 February 2002, we finalized See finalization. our last and most critical adjustment to the VidTrac methodology. This adjustment targeted and changed turn and revenue values for video and game properties upward and in other cases down as benchmarked from the previous week. The process undergone reflects (i) a thorough analysis, and subsequently (ii) a rewritten from scratch code base which ensures the proper identification and processing of video and game titles at the DMA (1) (Digital Media Adapter) See digital media hub. (2) (Document Management Alliance) A specification that provides a common interface for accessing and searching document databases. level (designated market area) in relation to the previous reallocation Noun 1. reallocation - a share that has been allocated again allocation, allotment - a share set aside for a specific purpose 2. reallocation of video retail stores within the VidTrac tier configuration. Once we were able to identify our 'weakest link' with respect to title matching, we in turn reran re·ran v. Past tense and past participle of rerun. all 52 weeks of data at the brick and mortar See bricks and mortar. level for the year 2001. The data attributes for 2001 and 2002 have met our strict criteria for quality control and thus you should feel completely confident in the use of this data. Please direct all enquiries concerning this matter to Brad Hackley, Director of Research 818.385.1500 X237
Top 10 Renting VHS Titles For the Week Ending February 10, 2002
This Last Weeks Weekly Total
Week's Week's Video in Earnings Earnings
Rank Rank Title Label Release (M) (M)
1 1 Rat Race Paramount 2 $4.78 $10.12
2 New Captain Corelli's
Mandolin Universal 1 $3.58 $3.60
3 3 American Pie 2 Universal 4 $2.92 $22.33
4 2 Atlantis: Lost
Empire, The BV/Disney 2 $2.83 $6.57
5 5 Fast And The
Furious, The Universal 6 $2.43 $30.34
6 7 Jeepers Creepers MGM 5 $1.99 $16.13
7 4 Kiss Of The
Dragon 20th Century
Fox 3 $1.98 $8.71
8 6 Glass House,
The (2001) Columbia
TriStar 6 $1.80 $14.64
9 10 What's The Worst
That Could
Happen? MGM 6 $1.55 $14.66
10 8 Rock Star (2000) Warner 3 $1.54 $6.03
Top 10 Renting DVD Titles For the Week Ending February 10, 2002
This Last Weeks Weekly Total
Week's Week's Video in Earnings Earnings
Rank Rank Title Label Release (M) (M)
1 1 Rat Race Paramount 2 $2.51 $5.21
2 2 American Pie 2 Universal 4 $1.65 $12.96
3 New Captain Corelli's
Mandolin Universal 1 $1.61 $1.64
4 3 Kiss Of The
Dragon 20th Century
Fox 3 $1.41 $6.01
5 6 Rock Star (2000) Warner 3 $1.11 $4.24
6 4 Atlantis: Lost
Empire, The BV/Disney 2 $1.06 $2.44
7 5 Fast And The
Furious, The Universal 6 $1.04 $15.37
8 7 Jeepers Creepers MGM 5 $0.95 $7.75
9 8 Glass House,
The (2001) Columbia
TriStar 6 $0.87 $6.95
10 10 What's The Worst
That Could
Happen? MGM 6 $0.84 $7.48
Top 10 Renting Game Titles For the Week Ending February 10, 2002
Last Weekly Total
Week's Street Earnings Earnings
Rank Rank Title Platform Date (M) (M)
1 1 Grand Theft Auto 3 PS2 10/03/01 $0.47 $7.67
2 2 Max Payne PS2 11/20/01 $0.27 $3.30
3 3 NBA 2K2 PS2 01/15/02 $0.22 $0.85
4 6 Final Fantasy X PS2 12/28/01 $0.19 $1.85
5 4 Agent Under Fire PS2 11/14/01 $0.19 $3.54
6 9 Metal Gear Solid 2:
Sons Of Liberty PS2 11/14/01 $0.14 $3.87
7 - Salt Lake 2002 PS2 01/30/02 $0.13 $0.18
8 7 Tony Hawk's Pro
Skater 3 PS2 10/31/01 $0.12 $4.09
9 8 NFL 2K2 PS2 10/24/01 $0.12 $1.80
10 5 Maximo: Ghost To
Glory PS2 02/12/02 $0.12 $0.41
National Rental Spending For the Week Ending February 10, 2002
VHS: $104.6 million (-29.6% from $148.58 million in 2001)
Year-to-Date 2002: $739.3 million (-19.7% from
$920.8 million in 2001)
DVD: $41.7 million (+108.0% from $20.1 million in 2001)
Year-to-Date 2002: $297.3 million (+126.7% from
$131.1 million in 2001)
Video Games: $14.4 million (+9.3% from $13.13 million in 2001)
Year-to-Date 2002: $102.0 million (+18.2% from $86.3 million in 2001)
VidTrac Reports are prepared by the VSDA from information provided by
Streamlined Solutions, Inc.
VIDTRAC VIDTIPS -- February 14, 2002 NEW IN THEATERS Pop megastar BRITNEY SPEARS makes her national big screen debut February 15th in CROSSROADS. This coming of age movie centers on three high school girls High School Girls (女子高生 Joshi Kōsei from a small Georgia town who used to be best friends when they were younger, but now have very different personalities. They get together for the road trip of a lifetime, and along the way, they meet a musician who convinces them to go to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. to enter a music contest. This weekend check out these films starring other music artists: JANET JACKSON -- Nutty Professor II: The Klumps -- Poetic Justice AALIYAH -- Romeo Must Die DMX See DMX512. -- Exit Wounds -- Belly NEW ON VIDEO Coming to your local video store on February 19 is "O" a classic re-make of Shakespeare's Othello. Set mostly on the basketball courts of a high school, the tale focuses on a young black man named Odin (MEKHI PHIFER Mekhi Phifer (born December 29, 1974 or 1975[]) is an American actor. He has a starring role as Greg Pratt on NBC's television program ER, and won season four of Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown. ) who is convinced by a scheming best friend, Hugo (JOSH HARTNETT) that his girlfriend (JULIA STILES Julia O'Hara Stiles (born March 28, 1981) is an American stage and screen actress. After beginning her theatre career in small parts in a New York City theatre troupe, she has moved on to leading roles in plays by writers as diverse as William Shakespeare and David Mamet. ) is not being faithful to him. Unbeknownst to Odin, Hugo is in fact motivated by his own jealousy of Odin's good fortune. If you're a big fan of Shakespeare's work, check out these remakes of his classics: -- Hamlet (2000) -- 10 Things I Hate About You -- Romeo + Juliet  The introduction of this article is too short.To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, it should be expanded. (1996) -- A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare written sometime in the 1590s. It portrays the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with the Duke and Duchess of Athens, Theseus and Hippolyta, and (1999) -- Much Ado About Nothing Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare. First published in 1600, it was likely first performed in the winter of 1598-1599,[1] and it remains one of Shakespeare's most enduring plays on stage. (1993) -- As You Like It (1992) -- Macbeth (1997) -- Titus (1999) BIRTHDAY WISHES HAPPY BIRTHDAY DENISE RICHARDS! Born on February 8, 1974 in Downers Grove, Illinois Downers Grove is an affluent suburb located 19 miles (31 km) west of Chicago in DuPage County, Illinois. The population was 48,724 at the 2000 census. , this beauty is the older of 2 daughters born to Irv and Joni Richards. Denise grew up outside of Chicago and relocated to Oceanside, CA with her family when she was 15. She began working as a model and moved to Los Angeles after she graduated from high school. Denise is currently engaged to actor Charlie Sheen Charles Irwin Sheen (born September 3, 1965) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy-nominated American actor. Biography Early life Sheen was born Carlos Irwin Estevez . FILMS OF DENISE RICHARDS: Valentine The World Is Not Enough Drop Dead Gorgeous Wild Things Starship Troopers Kill Shot VidTrac VidTips is distributed weekly by the VSDA VSDA Video Software Dealers Association and is created especially for entertainment and video journalists. VidTips offer home entertainment tips for consumers regarding upcoming events, themes, celebrity birthdays and Hollywood film trivia. For more information, please contact VSDA's Research Department at (818) 385-1500. The Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) is the trade association representing the $19 billion home entertainment industry. |
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