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You can hardly call The Lion King II: Simba's Pride a commercial failure, but this straight-to-tape sequel to Disney's 1994 hit -- itself the best-selling video ever -- isn't exactly the cat's meow at the cash register. It moved 71 copies per store and launched to the top of the sales chart, a debut roughly equivalent to that of Aladdin and the King of Thieves (a.k.a. Aladdin III). In other words, this latest Disney sequel merely performed like a typical Disney sequel. The Mouse Factory's next animated move? A rerelease of The Rescuers on Jan. 5.
TAPE RENTALS
LAST WEEK WEEKS ON CHART
1 1 HOPE FLOATS Sandra Bullock, Fox 2 2 -- DEEP IMPACT Tea Leoni, Paramount 1 3 3 A PERFECT MURDER Gwyneth Paltrow, Warner 4 4 2 THE X-FILES Gillian Anderson, Fox 3 5 4 SPECIES II Natasha Henstridge, MGM 2 6 5 CITY OF ANGELS Nicolas Cage, Warner 7 7 8 MERCURY RISING Bruce Willis, Universal 6 8 6 BLACK DOG Patrick Swayze, Universal 3 9 7 LOST IN SPACE William Hurt, New Line 4 10 9 THE BIG HIT Mark Wahlberg, Columbia TriStar 2
TAPE SALES
1 -- THE LION KING II: SIMBA'S PRIDE Animated, Walt Disney $26.99 1 2 -- GONE WITH THE WIND Vivien Leigh, MGM, $19.95 1 3 -- CATS Elaine Paige, PolyGram, $24.95 1 4 1 HOPE FLOATS Sandra Bullock, Fox, $19.98 2 5 2 THE X-FILES Gillian Anderson, Fox, $22.98 3 6 3 TITANIC Leonardo DiCaprio, Paramount, $22.99 9 7 5 LADY AND THE TRAMP Animated, Walt Disney, $26.99 7 8 4 SOUTH PARK: VOLS. 4, 5, 6 Animated, Warner, $39.98 2 9 19 HALLOWEEN Jamie Lee Curtis, Anchor Bay, $12.95 30 10 7 LOST IN SPACE William Hurt, New Line, $22.98 4
MUSIC TAPE SALES
1 1 ALL ACCESS VIDEO Backstreet Boys, Jive/Zomba, $19.98 21 2 36 THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL CELEBRATION Andrew Lloyd Webber, PolyGram, $19.95 8 3 3 DA GAME OF LIFE Snoop Dogg, Priority, $19.98 8 4 -- ALL DAY SINGIN' AT THE DOME Various, Spring Hill, $29.98 1 5 2 VH1 DIVAS LIVE Aretha Franklin, Epic/Sony, $19.98 3 6 4 LIVE IN CONCERT Backstreet Boys, Jive/Zomba, $19.95 6 7 -- ATLANTA HOMECOMING Various, Spring Hill, $29.98 1 8 -- WOW -- 1999 Various, Sparrow, $12.98 1 9 -- MISSION 3:16 -- THE VIDEO Carman, Sparrow, $19.98 1 10 7 STREETS IS WATCHING Jay-Z, Def Jam/PolyGram, $14.95 24
SOURCE: VIDEO BUSINESS FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOV. 2, 1998 MUSIC DATA: BILLBOARD FROM THE ISSUE DATED NOV. 7, 1998
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