THE CHARTS

HITTING THE SWEET SPOT The rookie played like a pro this week, rounding the bases to a first-place video premiere. Starring Dennis Quaid as an aging pitcher with major-league dreams, The Rookie is one of the rare G-rated live-action pictures to perform strongly on the chart. On a less wholesome front, the DVD release of The Sopranos: The Complete Third Season was cause for celebration among buyers, who snatched it up like fresh cannolis.

TOP 10 TAPE RENTALS VIDEO BOX OFFICE WEEKS EW LAST GROSS GROSS ON VIDEO WEEK TO DATE TO DATE CHART GRADE

1 — THE ROOKIE Dennis Quaid $5.1 $75.6 1 A- 2 — HIGH CRIMES Ashley Judd $4.8 $41.5 1 C 3 1 WE WERE SOLDIERS Mel Gibson $8.9 $78.1 2 B 4 — QUEEN OF THE DAMNED Aaliyah $2.8 $30.3 1 D 5 3 NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VAN WILDER Tara Reid $5.5 $21.1 2 C- 6 2 SHOWTIME Robert De Niro $9.6 $38.0 3 C 7 6 THE LORD OF THE RINGS… Elijah Wood $15.7 $313.4 4 A- 8 5 JOE SOMEBODY Tim Allen $4.6 $22.8 2 D+ 9 4 THE SWEETEST THING Cameron Diaz $4.6 $24.4 2 C 10 8 DRAGONFLY Kevin Costner $13.1 $30.1 5 D+

TOP 10 DVD SALES WEEKS EW LAST GROSS ON VIDEO WEEK TO DATE* CHART GRADE

1 1 WE WERE SOLDIERS Mel Gibson $78.1 2 B 2 — THE SOPRANOS: COMPLETE THIRD… James Gandolfini — 1 B 3 2 NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VAN WILDER Tara Reid $21.1 2 C- 4 — THE ROOKIE Dennis Quaid $75.6 1 A- 5 — HIGH CRIMES Ashley Judd $41.5 1 C 6 — RESERVOIR DOGS: COLLECTOR’S EDITION Tim Roth $28.3 1 B+ 7 — QUEEN OF THE DAMNED Aaliyah $30.3 1 D 8 3 THE LORD OF THE RINGS… (WIDE-SCREEN) Elijah Wood $313.4 4 A- 9 5 PULP FICTION: COLLECTOR’S EDITION John Travolta $107.9 2 A 10 4 ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS Ice Cube $25.5 2 F

SOURCE: VIDEO BUSINESS/VIDTRAC FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPT. 1, 2002. *BOX OFFICE GROSS-TO-DATE FIGURES IN MILLIONS

SOURCE: NIELSEN EDI AND EXHIBITOR RELATIONS CO., INC.