It must have been divine intervention: How else to explain this week's MVP, Angels in the Outfield? While the family comedy about a hapless baseball team was expected to do well on video (after all, it racked up $50.2 million in theaters), it managed to outspark the steamy, higher-profile Sylvester Stallone-Sharon Stone action flick The Specialist. Angels slid safely in at No. 1 on the rentals chart, and thanks to its low sticker price, it landed at No. 2 on the sales roster. On a less heavenly note, the Marisa Tomei-Robert Downey Jr. romantic comedy Only You failed to make a love connection with audiences, swooning on the rentals chart at a less-than-heart-pounding No. 15.
TOP 10 TAPE RENTALS
LAST WEEKS ON WEEK CHART
1 - ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD Danny Glover, Walt Disney 1 2 3 THE RIVER WILD Meryl Streep, MCA/Universal 2 3 1 STARGATE Kurt Russell, LIVE 2 4 - THE SPECIALIST Sylvester Stallone, Warner 1 5 2 TIMECOP Jean-Claude Van Damme, MCA/Universal 5 6 4 THE LION KING Animated, Walt Disney 4 7 5 THE LITTLE RASCALS Bug Hall, MCA/Universal 6 8 9 MILK MONEY Melanie Griffith, Paramount 3 9 11 IN THE ARMY NOW Pauly Shore, Hollywood 6 10 6 TRUE LIES Arnold Schwarzenegger, FoxVideo 11
TAPE SALES
1 1 THE LION KING Animated, Walt Disney, $26.99 4 2 - ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD Danny Glover, Disney, 19.99 1 3 2 SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS Animated, Walt Disney, $26.99 22 4 3 SING ALONG SONGS: THE LION KING -- CIRCLE OF LIFE Animated, Walt Disney, $12.99 7 5 5 LITTLE GIANTS Rick Moranis, Warner, $24.96 7 6 4 THE LITTLE RASCALS Bug Hall, MCA/Universal, $24.98 6 7 6 THE RETURN OF JAFAR Animated, Walt Disney, $22.99 45 8 7 THE MASK Jim Carrey, New Line, $19.98 10 9 12 THE LAND BEFORE TIME II: THE GREAT VALLEY ADVENTURE Animated, MCA/Universal, $19.98 13 10 9 THE FLINTSTONES John Goodman, MCA/Universal, $19.98 21
FITNESS TAPE SALES 1 1 YOUR PERSONAL BEST WITH ELLE MACPHERSON Buena Vista, $19.99 9 2 2 ALI MACGRAW'S YOGA MIND & BODY Warner, $19.98 17 3 6 KATHY IRELAND: TOTAL FITNESS VIDEO UAV, 19.99 17 4 4 KATHY SMITH'S NEW YOGA A*Vision, $19.95 25 5 - CINDY CRAWFORD/THE NEXT CHALLENGE GoodTimes, $19.99 1 6 9 ABS OF STEEL WITH TAMILEE WEBB A*Vision, $9.95 153 7 3 LUCKY VANOUS: ULTIMATE FAT-BURNING WORKOUT CBS/FoxVideo, $14.98 11 8 5 REEBOK AEROSTEP PolyGram, $19.95 5 9 - KATHY SMITH: POWER STEP WORKOUT A*Vision, $19.95 1 10 7 YOGA PRACTICE FOR BEGINNERS Healing Arts, $19.98 49
SOURCE: VIDEO BUSINESS FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 26, 1995 FITNESS DATA: BILLBOARD FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1995
