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SOWING THE ‘DEEDS’

A pair of box office heavyweights make their presences known on the charts this week. Adam Sandler takes his road-tested frat prankster out for a drive as a nouveau riche simpleton in Mr. Deeds, the only rental debut to break into the top 10, while Steven Spielberg’s cuddly sci-fi classic E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial phones home with a DVD-chart victory over everyone, including James Bond.

TOP 10 TAPE RENTALS

VIDEO BOX OFFICE WEEKS EW LAST GROSS TO GROSS TO ON VIDEO WEEK DATE DATE CHART GRADE

1 — MR. DEEDS Adam Sandler $6.3 $126.0 1 D 2 1 INSOMNIA Al Pacino $9.1 $67.3 2 A- 3 2 WINDTALKERS Nicolas Cage $7.8 $40.9 2 B- 4 3 SCOOBY-DOO Sarah Michelle Gellar $9.8 $153.3 3 B- 5 4 ENOUGH Jennifer Lopez $9.7 $39.7 3 C- 6 5 PANIC ROOM Jodie Foster $19.6 $95.3 6 B- 7 10 MONSTERS, INC. Animated $16.4 $255.9 6 A 8 6 THE SCORPION KING The Rock $11.7 $90.5 4 C+ 9 7 CHANGING LANES Ben Affleck $19.1 $66.8 7 B 10 9 LIFE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT Angelina Jolie $3.3 $14.4 2 D+

TOP 10 DVD SALES

LAST GROSS TO WEEKS ON EW VIDEO WEEK DATE* CHART GRADE

1 — E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (WIDE…) Henry Thomas $435.0 1 A 2 — MR. DEEDS (FULL-SCREEN) Adam Sandler $126.0 1 D 3 1 WINDTALKERS Nicolas Cage $40.9 2 B- 4 2 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Animated $145.9 3 A 5 — E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (FULL…) Henry Thomas $435.0 1 A 6 — MR. DEEDS (WIDE-SCREEN) Adam Sandler $126.0 1 D 7 5 MONSTERS, INC. Animated $255.9 6 A 8 — THE JAMES BOND COLLECTION Various 007s — 1 — 9 6 SCOOBY-DOO (FULL-SCREEN) Sarah Michelle Gellar $153.3 3 B- 10 4 INSOMNIA (WIDE-SCREEN) Al Pacino $67.3 2 A-

SOURCE: VIDEO BUSINESS/VIDTRAC FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCT. 28, 2002. *BOX OFFICE GROSS-TO-DATE FIGURES IN MILLIONS SOURCE: NIELSEN EDI AND EXHIBITOR RELATIONS CO., INC.