For Jim Carrey, coming in at No. 1 is a Grinch -- sorry, a cinch. But perhaps Carrey's profitable holiday detour into Whoville had something to do with the stellar rental performance of his cleft-personality laffer Me, Myself & Irene. With mighty Carrey once again batting a thousand at the box office, the star's video lineup (even the underperforming Man on the Moon, a No. 4 debut) is sure to follow Seuss -- er, suit.
TAPE RENTALS
LAST GROSS WEEKS ON EW VIDEO WEEK TO DATE CHART GRADE 1 1 ME, MYSELF & IRENE Jim Carrey $90.6 1 C 2 1 HOLLOW MAN Kevin Bacon $73.2 2 B- 3 2 AUTUMN IN NEW YORK Richard Gere $37.8 2 D 4 5 GONE IN 60 SECONDS Nicolas Cage $101.7 6 D 5 3 SCARY MOVIE Marlon Wayans $157.0 5 C+ 6 4 THE ART OF WAR Wesley Snipes $30.2 3 C- 7 6 THE CELL Jennifer Lopez $61.3 4 C+ 8 7 GLADIATOR Russell Crowe $186.6 8 A 9 8 SHAFT Samuel L. Jackson $70.3 5 C+ 10 10 THE PERFECT STORM George Clooney $182.5 9 C 11 11 THE PATRIOT Mel Gibson $113.3 12 C+ 12 9 NUTTY PROFESSOR II... Eddie Murphy $123.2 6 C- 13 14 BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE Martin Lawrence $117.5 9 D+ 14 13 THE REPLACEMENTS Keanu Reeves $44.7 7 C 15 15 FREQUENCY Dennis Quaid $45.0 11 B 16 18 UNDER SUSPICION Morgan Freeman $0.3 2 B- 17 12 ROAD TRIP Breckin Meyer $68.5 4 C- 18 16 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2 Tom Cruise $215.4 10 B+ 19 17 LOSER Jason Biggs $15.6 4 D+ 20 19 RULES OF ENGAGEMENT Samuel L. Jackson $61.3 14 C-
SOURCE: VIDEO BUSINESS FOR THE WEEK ENDING JAN. 14, 2001 BOX OFFICE GROSS-TO-DATE FIGURES IN MILLIONS. SOURCE: ACNIELSEN EDI, INC., AND EXHIBITOR RELATIONS CO. INC.
