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RUNNING THE 'NUMBERS'
It's the week of the bad seeds. Sandra Bullock hunts for a pair of oh-so-naughty high schoolers who think they've committed the perfect crime in Murder by Numbers, the big debut, while Malcolm in the Middle's Frankie Muniz fibs his way through No. 5, Big Fat Liar. On the DVD front, it was a swingin' week for musicals both old and good, as Grease and A Hard Day's Night came out in style. Still, there's no displacing the digital juggernaut that is Monsters, Inc.
TOP 10 TAPE RENTALS
VIDEO BOX OFFICE WEEKS EW LAST GROSS TO GROSS TO ON VIDEO WEEK DATE DATE CHART GRADE
1 1 PANIC ROOM Jodie Foster $9.5 $95.3 2 B- 2 2 MONSTERS, INC. Animated $8.6 $255.9 2 A 3 -- MURDER BY NUMBERS Sandra Bullock $3.2 $31.9 1 C- 4 3 CHANGING LANES Ben Affleck $11.2 $66.8 3 B 5 -- BIG FAT LIAR Frankie Muniz $2.0 $47.8 1 B+ 6 4 HIGH CRIMES Ashley Judd $15.9 $41.5 5 C 7 5 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS Josh Hartnett $3.5 $38.0 2 C+ 8 8 FRAILTY Bill Paxton $3.4 $13.1 2 B+ 9 6 THE ROOKIE Dennis Quaid $15.2 $75.6 5 A- 10 7 BLADE II Wesley Snipes $10.5 $81.7 4 B-
TOP 10 DVD SALES
LAST GROSS TO WEEKS ON EW VIDEO WEEK DATE* CHART GRADE
1 1 MONSTERS, INC. Animated $255.9 2 A 2 -- A HARD DAY'S NIGHT The Beatles $1.0 1 A 3 -- GREASE (FULL-SCREEN) John Travolta $28.4 1 B 4 -- BIG FAT LIAR Frankie Muniz $47.8 1 B+ 5 2 PANIC ROOM Jodie Foster $95.3 2 B- 6 5 CHANGING LANES Ben Affleck $66.8 3 B 7 4 THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO Jim Caviezel $54.2 3 B- 8 3 BLADE II Wesley Snipes $81.7 4 B- 9 6 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS Josh Hartnett $38.0 2 C+ 10 -- MURDER BY NUMBERS (FULL-SCREEN) Sandra Bullock $31.9 1 C-
SOURCE: VIDEO BUSINESS/VIDTRAC FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPT. 29, 2002. *BOX OFFICE GROSS-TO-DATE FIGURES IN MILLIONS SOURCE: NIELSEN EDI AND EXHIBITOR RELATIONS CO., INC.
