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Muscle works for Demi Moore. G.I. Jane's chart-topping debut is Moore's best showing since Disclosure hit stores in June 1995. According to VidTrac, Jane earned $5.7 million, more than twice the first-week take of Moore's 1996 G-string saga, Striptease. Muscle didn't work as well as it might have for the animated Hercules, which led the sales chart with 58 copies per store. But even The Hunchback of Notre Dame moved 86 copies per store its first week. Then again, in that Disney adventure Demi voiced the gypsy Esmeralda, another strong and strong-willed woman.
TAPE RENTALS
LAST WEEK WEEKS ON CHART 1 -- G.I. JANE Demi Moore, Hollywood 1 2 2 NOTHING TO LOSE Martin Lawrence, Touchstone 3 3 1 THE GAME Michael Douglas, PolyGram 3 4 3 CONSPIRACY THEORY Mel Gibson, Warner 6 5 4 CON AIR Nicolas Cage, Touchstone 9 6 6 FIRE DOWN BELOW Steven Seagal, Warner 5 7 7 MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING Julia Roberts, Columbia TriStar 9 8 -- HERCULES Animated, Walt Disney 1 9 5 SOUL FOOD Vanessa L. Williams, FoxVideo 4 10 8 MONEY TALKS Chris Tucker, New Line 4
TAPE SALES
1 -- HERCULES Animated, Walt Disney, $26.99 1 2 1 SOUL FOOD Vanessa L. Williams, FoxVideo, $19.98 4 3 -- EVITA Madonna, Hollywood, $19.95 1 4 R THE PRINCESS BRIDE Cary Elwes, MGM/UA, $14.99 18 5 R THE BLUES BROTHERS John Belushi, Universal, $19.98 9 6 2 SLEEPING BEAUTY Animated, Walt Disney, $26.99 21 7 -- EMMA Gwyneth Paltrow, Miramax, $19.95 1 8 3 THE JUNGLE BOOK Animated, Walt Disney, $26.99 36 9 5 MEN IN BLACK Will Smith, Columbia TriStar, $24.99 11 10 -- ONE FINE DAY George Clooney, FoxVideo, $14.98 1
LIMITED-RELEASE RENTALS
1 -- CITY OF INDUSTRY Harvey Keitel, Orion 1 2 -- BRASSED OFF Ewan McGregor, Miramax 1 3 2 EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU Woody Allen, Miramax 25 4 1 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. Kiefer Sutherland, Columbia TriStar 13 5 4 CRASH James Spader, New Line 25 6 6 SWINGERS Jon Favreau, Miramax 37 7 -- PIPPI LONGSTOCKING Animated, Warner 10 8 3 PARADISE ROAD Glenn Close, FoxVideo 15 9 10 BLISS Craig Sheffer, Columbia TriStar 6 10 9 SHILOH Blake Heron, Warner 32
SOURCE: VIDEO BUSINESS FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEB. 8, 1998 LIMITED-RELEASE RENTALS HAD THEATRICAL RELEASES OF NO MORE THAN 475 SCREENS SOURCES: VIDEO BUSINESS FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEB. 1, 1998; SOME DATA PROVIDED BY VIDTRAC; RELEASE DATA FROM EXHIBITOR RELATIONS R: REENTRY
