THE CHARTS

'TRAINING' WHEELS

It's enough to make you think somebody plans this stuff: Just as speculation about nominations for Training Day's Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke came to a head, the video was released to stores. No surprise: The action-drama set on L.A.'s mean streets debuted at No. 1. It also won't be a surprise if Washington's Best Actor win lures lots more people to their local video purveyor. Pulling in at No. 2 was Riding in Cars With Boys, starring Drew Barrymore as--get this--a rebellious kid who overcomes enormous obstacles to achieve widespread success.

TAPE RENTALS GROSS WEEKS EW LAST TO ON VIDEO WEEK DATE CHART GRADE

1 -- TRAINING DAY Denzel Washington $76.3 1 B- 2 -- RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS Drew Barrymore $30.2 1 C+ 3 2 JOY RIDE Paul Walker $22.0 2 B 4 1 DON'T SAY A WORD Michael Douglas $55.0 5 C 5 3 HEIST Gene Hackman $23.5 2 B+ 6 5 ZOOLANDER Ben Stiller $45.2 2 C- 7 4 A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Haley Joel Osment $78.6 3 B+ 8 6 THE LAST CASTLE Robert Redford $18.2 3 C- 9 8 HARDBALL Keanu Reeves $40.2 5 B- 0 7 THE ONE Jet Li $43.9 3 B- 1 9 RAT RACE John Cleese $56.6 8 B 12 11 THE MUSKETEER Justin Chambers $27.1 4 D 13 12 JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK Jason Mewes $30.1 4 B+ 14 10 O Mekhi Phifer $16.0 5 C 15 19 CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN Nicolas Cage $25.5 7 B- 16 24 MOULIN ROUGE Nicole Kidman $57.0 14 A- 17 13 THE WASH Snoop Dogg $10.1 2 C- 18 22 HEARTS IN ATLANTIS Anthony Hopkins $24.2 6 C+ 19 -- THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME II Animated -- 1 B 20 17 THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS Vin Diesel $144.5 12 C-

SOURCE: VIDEO BUSINESS/VIDTRAC FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 24, 2002. BOX OFFICE GROSS-TO-DATE FIGURES IN MILLIONS SOURCE: ACNIELSEN EDI, INC., AND EXHIBITOR RELATIONS CO, INC.