"Terminator 3" leads US video rentals
( 2003-11-20 17:24) (Agencies)
While newly inaugurated California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger grapples with
the state's budget crisis, his latest movie turn as the Terminator is doing
brisk business in video stores across the country.
"Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines," ranked as the leading DVD and VHS
rental in the United States during its first week of release with combined
revenues of $12.2 million, according to data issued on Thursday by Rentrack
Corp.
"T3," starring Schwarzenegger in his signature role as the virtually
indestructible, gun-slinging cyborg from the future, supplanted the animated
underwater adventure "Finding Nemo" as the No. 1 video rental for the week ended
Nov. 16, the trade group said.
First-week DVD rentals of "T3" totaled $8.2 million, while VHS rentals of the
movie generated another $4 million. The film topped the North American box
office during its July 4 holiday weekend opening in theaters and went on to
gross more than $150 million domestically.
"Finding Nemo" slipped to No. 2 in its second week of video release with
combined DVD and VHS revenues of $7.6 million, followed by "Legally Blonde 2"
"Terminator 3" was released on DVD and video on Nov. 11, just six days before
Schwarzenegger was sworn in as governor of the nation's most populous
state.
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