November 19th, 2006
Cars led a group of
new releases that dominated the sales charts this week, however, it had to settle for a very close second place on the rental charts. Leading the way was
Mission: Impossible: III with $9.31 million while
Cars took in $9.24 million.
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November 6th, 2006
It's the first week of the month, and like usual, it's a busy, busy week.
But while there are plenty of DVDs coming out tomorrow, the list if first-run releases is weak and the recent limited releases didn't really pick up the slack (although Wordplay - Buy from Amazon was the best of that list).
This means when it came to DVD Pick of the Week we have to go back, sometimes way back.
The most recent is Grosse Pointe - The Complete Series - Buy from Amazon while fellow TV on DVD release, Police Squad! The Complete Series - Buy from Amazon, is also in up there.
For movies we have The Transformers - The Movie - 20th Anniversary Special Edition - Buy from Amazon and the two box sets James Bond - Ultimate Collection - Volume 1 and Volume 2.
I'm not going to choose just one, but I'm thinking of not picking up the Bond sets until next month when I can get the whole collection at once.
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July 25th, 2006
There were no new releases to top $10,000 on the per theatre charts this week, but two holdovers were able to accomplish that feat.
Gabrielle added one more theatre over the weekend but saw its average slip less than 17% to $12,781.
Meanwhile, Changing Times quadrupled its theatre count while seeing its average fall to $10,622.
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July 21st, 2006
Another busy week, but unlike last week there was no massive blockbuster launching its flash site. Two sites stood out this week, (not counting past winners), and they are wildly different both in terms of style and in terms of the movie they are selling:
Accepted -
Official Site and
World Trade Center -
Official Site. The former is goofy and seriously immature, while the latter is one of the most emotional sites I've ever seen. In was nearly a coin flip, but in the end I went with
Accepted -
Official Site, but I would be willing to bet the other site will win before the movie comes out.
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July 21st, 2006
It's a light week for limited releases both in terms of quantity and quality. The film with the best shot at box office success seems to be Been Rich All My Life, but it will still need a bit of luck to make it.
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