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OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNES
In the wake of the overwhelming coverage of the terrorist attacks, renters wanting either solace or diversion sought both new releases (like the week's big debut, the cocaine biopic Blow, starring Johnny Depp) and familiar ones (back-catalog comedies and action flicks). Maybe it was the video patrons' desire to think that someone knew more about the ghastly events than they, or anyone on television, did that also sent them Nostradamus' way. Amazon.com, as well as retailers nationwide, reported a rush for titles about the 16th-century prognosticator like The Man Who Saw Tomorrow.
TAPE RENTALS
LAST GROSS TO WEEKS ON EW VIDEO WEEK DATE CHART GRADE
1 -- BLOW Johnny Depp $53.0 1 C- 2 1 EXIT WOUNDS Steven Seagal $51.8 3 C 3 -- THE TAILOR OF PANAMA Pierce Brosnan $13.5 1 B+ 4 2 HANNIBAL Anthony Hopkins $165.1 4 B 5 3 MEMENTO Guy Pearce $25.4 2 A- 6 4 JOE DIRT David Spade $27.1 3 B 7 7 THE FAMILY MAN Nicolas Cage $75.8 9 B- 8 6 THE MEXICAN Brad Pitt $66.8 6 D- 9 5 15 MINUTES Robert De Niro $24.4 5 D+ 10 9 CHOCOLAT Juliette Binoche $71.5 6 C- 11 8 ENEMY AT THE GATES Jude Law $51.4 5 B- 12 11 O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? George Clooney $45.2 14 B 13 14 THE WEDDING PLANNER Jennifer Lopez $60.4 11 C 14 10 SEE SPOT RUN David Arquette $33.4 3 D+ 15 16 DOWN TO EARTH Chris Rock $64.2 10 C- 16 13 UNBREAKABLE Bruce Willis $95.0 12 B 17 12 3000 MILES TO GRACELAND Kevin Costner $15.7 6 D+ 18 15 CAST AWAY Tom Hanks $233.6 14 B+ 19 17 SAVE THE LAST DANCE Julia Stiles $90.9 13 B 20 24 DOUBLE TAKE Orlando Jones $29.8 9 C-
SOURCE: VIDEO BUSINESS FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPT. 16, 2001 BOX OFFICE GROSS-TO-DATE FIGURES IN MILLIONS SOURCE: ACNIELSEN EDI, INC., AND EXHIBITOR RELATIONS CO. INC.
