Timing may not be everything, but in video, it's close. After only one week in stores, Trespass, directed by Walter Hill (48 HRS.) and featuring rap megastars Ice Cube and Ice-T, bursts onto the top 10 rentals chart. Although the film-about a pair of white fortune hunters who run afoul of black gang members-initially looked to become a crossover hit along the lines of New Jack City, it fizzled at the box office, earning just over $12 million. But its video success shouldn't be too surprising: Hollywood insiders agree that releasing the violent urban thriller smack in the middle of the Christmas season may have doomed its theatrical run. VIEWERS* RENTALS WEEKS ON CHART
1 7 The Distinguished Gentleman 2 Eddie Murphy (Hollywood) 2 2 Passenger 57 5 Wesley Snipes (Warner) 3 1 Under Siege 7 Steven Seagal (Warner) 4 3 The Mighty Ducks 4 Emilio Estevez (Disney) 5 4 The Player 7 Tim Robbins (New Line) 6 5 Hero 5 Dustin Hoffman (Columbia TriStar) 7 6 Consenting Adults 6 Kevin Kline (Hollywood) 8 16 Trespass 2 Bill Paxton (MCA/Universal) 9 9 Sneakers 12 Robert Redford (MCA/Universal) 10 8 The Last Of The Mohicans 10 Daniel Day-Lewis (FoxVideo)
SALES
1 1 Sing-Along Songs: Friend Like Me 3 Animated (Disney, $12.99) 2 2 Pinocchio 8 Animated (Disney, $24.99) 3 - Playmate Of The Year 1993 1 Erotica (Playboy, $19.95) 4 4 Beauty And The Beast 29 Animated (Disney, $24.99) 5 5 Mclintock! 4 John Wayne (GoodTimes, $19.98) 6 6 The Freddy Mercury Tribute Concert 4 Elton John (Hollywood, $19.99) 7 8 Dances With Wolves 8 Kevin Costner (Orion, $14.98) 8 9 NBA Jam Session 2 Sports (CBS/Fox, $14.98) 9 7 The Terminator 49 Arnold Schwarzenegger (Hemdale, $9.95) 10 - Barney's Magical Musical Adventure 13 Barney (Lyons, $14.95)
for the week ending May 16
