Ariel has new 'Beginning' on DVD
Home video prequel outsells 'What Happens in Vegas'
Hollywood's gamble with movies made directly for DVD tone ending continues to pay off -- large time.
Disney Home Entertainment topped the national sales chart for the week ending Aug. 31 with the direct-to-video sequel "The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning," even though the film was up against the $80 million theatrical bump off "What Happens in Vegas."
"Vegas," from Fox, debuted at No. 2 on the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart, but it only sold about 60% as many copies as "Mermaid."
The success of "Mermaid" comes in the rouse of various other strong sales showings by DTV titles, including Universal's "The Scorpion King 2: Rise of the Warrior," which debuted at No. 4 on the sales chart the previous week after selling more than than 1 million DVDs and Blu-ray Discs its first six days in stores.
Another nontheatrical release, the second-season set up of NBC's "Heroes," from Universal, bowed at No. 3 on the home video sales chart for the workweek ending Aug. 31. Disney's new collector's edition of "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas" debuted at No. 4, while the previous week's top vender, "Camp Rock," slipped to No. 5.
On Home Media Magazine's tV rental graph for the week, "Vegas" debuted at No. 1, bumping the previous week's top renter, Fox's "Street Kings," to No. 2.
On the Blu-ray chart, the gross sales crown went to "Nightmare," with Season 2 of "Heroes" a strong No. 2 and "Vegas" at No. 3.
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