News for Aug. 15, 2002

BoxOfficeMojo Rental Stats Update

8/15/02, 4:42 pm EST - Strider

Brandon Gray
Boxofficemojo.com

The rentals stats for LOTR's first week on home video are in. People may have been so busy buying LOTR, that it didn't break any rentals records. The epic fantasy minted $6.02 million in DVD rentals and $6.79 million in VHS rentals top both charts for the week ending August 11. By comparison, Harry Potter did $5.34 million on DVD and $7.41 million on VHS in its first week. [More]