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While the big story in video retail was the full-steam rush of prerelease orders for Titanic, it was sales of another transatlantic adventure, Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, that kept the industry perking through the late-summer dog days. Though August rentals have been slack compared with those of a year ago, recent VidTrac numbers for the first six months of 1998 show that rental revenue is up a healthy 6 percent from 1997. The period's top title: Air Force One, with $55.8 million in rentals, followed by Conspiracy Theory, The Devil's Advocate, The Game, and G.I. Jane.
TAPE RENTALS
LAST WEEK WEEKS ON CHART
1 1 THE WEDDING SINGER Adam Sandler, New Line 4 2 2 U.S. MARSHALS Tommy Lee Jones, Warner 6 3 3 THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK Leonardo DiCaprio, MGM 3 4 5 THE APOSTLE Robert Duvall, Universal 2 5 8 GOOD WILL HUNTING Matt Damon, Miramax 8 6 4 THE BORROWERS John Goodman, PolyGram 2 7 7 JACKIE BROWN Pam Grier, Miramax 4 8 0 THE NEWTON BOYS Matthew McConaughey, Fox 2 9 6 THE BIG LEBOWSKI Jeff Bridges, PolyGram 3 10 9 HARD RAIN Christian Slater, Paramount 4
TAPE SALES 1 -- POCAHONTAS II: JOURNEY TO A NEW WORLD Animated, Walt Disney, $26.99 1 2 -- TODD MCFARLANE'S SPAWN 2 Animated, HBO, $19.98 1 3 5 AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY Mike Myers, New Line, $14.98 26 4 3 THE BORROWERS John Goodman, PolyGram, $22.95 2 5 1 THE BLACK CAULDRON Animated, Walt Disney, $26.99 4 6 4 AN AMERICAN TAIL 2 PACK Animated, Universal, $32.98 3 7 -- MORTAL KOMBAT ANNIHILATION Robin Shou, New Line, $14.98 1 8 -- THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE Al Pacino, Warner, $19.98 1 9 -- CHASING AMY Ben Affleck, Miramax, $19.99 1 10 2 THE FULL MONTY Robert Carlyle, Fox, $14.98 2
