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When looking at the year that was, in DVD and VHS at least, one comes away with one word: ugly. And if you were so inclined, you could add grumpy, ogreish, and irresistible--at least judging by the 2001 sales charts. Shrek was the king of the castle, with the fuzzy Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas and the monstrous (in its own way) Pearl Harbor flip-flopping for second place. And if you're wondering why all of this is a big deal, think about what you'd do with a couple hundred million bucks.
TOP 10 2001 VHS SALES
VHS COPIES EW VIDEO GROSS SOLD GRADE
1 SHREK Animated $228 13.9 A 2 DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH... Jim Carrey $192 11.4 F 3 DINOSAUR Animated $153 8.4 B- 4 PEARL HARBOR Ben Affleck $119.2 7.3 B 5 LADY AND THE TRAMP II... Animated $119.1 6.5 B 6 THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE Animated $115 6.2 B+ 7 102 DALMATIANS Glenn Close $93 5.9 A- 8 REMEMBER THE TITANS Denzel Washington $88 5.7 B 9 SPY KIDS Antonio Banderas $83 5.1 C+ 10 THE PRINCESS DIARIES Anne Hathaway $80 5.3 B+
TOP 10 2001 DVD SALES
DVD COPIES EW VIDEO GROSS SOLD GRADE
1 SHREK Animated $157 8.0 A 2 PEARL HARBOR Ben Affleck $144 7.4 B 3 DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH... Jim Carrey $104 5.5 F 4 PLANET OF THE APES Mark Wahlberg $101 4.4 C- 5 CAST AWAY Tom Hanks $97 4.4 B+ 6 STAR WARS: EPISODE I... Ewan McGregor $96 4.2 A 7 THE GODFATHER COLLECTION Al Pacino $85 1.2 A 8 THE MUMMY RETURNS Brendan Fraser $79 5.3 C- 9 JURASSIC PARK III Sam Neill $75 4.3 C- 10 SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS Animated $74 4.0 A-
SOURCE: VIDEO BUSINESS FROM JAN. 1-DEC. 30, 2001 VIDEO GROSS AND COPIES SOLD FIGURES IN MILLIONS
