With artsier video renters having run through Howards End (which drops off the top 10 this week), The Crying Game finally joins the chart at No. 7 in its third week in release. Apparently, laserdisc buyers were awaiting the Oscar nominee far more eagerly than tape renters: The laser version debuts at a surprising No. 2. Meanwhile, the upward mobility of Columbia TriStar/ Voyager's laserdisc of Bram Stoker's Dracula may soon be halted. Two just-released inexpensive, wide- screen versions should cut into the sales of the current pricey ($124.99), feature-packed edition. last weeks on week Top 10 Tape Rentals chart
1 1 Unforgiven Clint Eastwood, Warner 3 2 5 The Bodyguard Kevin Costner, Warner 2 3 2 A Few Good Men Tom Cruise, Columbia TriStar 4 4 3 Bram Stoker's Dracula Gary Oldman, Columbia TriStar 5 5 4 Leap of Faith Steve Martin, Paramount 4 6 9 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III Elias Koteas, New Line 2 7 12 The Crying Game Stephen Rea, LIVE 3 8 6 Forever Young Mel Gibson, Warner 7 9 11 Lorenzo's Oil Susan Sarandon, MCA/Universal 2 10 7 Jennifer 8 Andy Garcia, Paramount 5
Sales 1 1 Pinocchio Animated, Disney, $24.99 18 2 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III Elias Koteas, New Line, $22.99 1 3 2 Sing-Along Songs: Friend Like Me Animated, Disney, $12.99 13 4 4 Richard Simmons: Sweatin' to the Oldies 2 Fitness, GoodTimes, $19.98 28 5 3 Beauty and the Beast Animated, Disney, $24.99 39 6 7 Barney Goes to School Barney, Lyons, $14.95 22 7 8 Dances With Wolves Kevin Costner, Orion, $14.98 18 8 10 The Little Mermaid: Stormy, The Wild Seahorse Animated, Disney, $12.99 22 9 9 Barney's Best Manners Barney, Lyons, $14.95 16 10 6 101 Dalmatians Animated, Disney, $24.99 68
Laserdisc Sales 1 - Unforgiven Clint Eastwood, Warner, $39.98 1 2 - The Crying Game Stephen Rea, LIVE, $34.95 1 3 1 Blade Runner Harrison Ford, Warner, $49.981 7 4 7 Bram Stoker's Dracula Gary Oldman, Columbia TriStar/Voyager, $124.99 3 5 3 Body of Evidence Madonna, MGM/UA, $34.98 5 6 2 Howards End Emma Thompson, Columbia TriStar, $39.95 7 7 4 Under Siege Steven Seagal, Warner, $29.98 13 8 8 The Last of the Mohicans Daniel Day-Lewis, FoxVideo/Image, $39.98 15 9 - Matinee John Goodman, MCA/Universal, $34.98 1 10 18 Jennifer 8 Andy Garcia, Paramount, $39.95 3
