This Week on DVD: October 2, 2007

Here are a few of the titles you can find on the rental shelves this Tuesday:

• 1408:  starring John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson
• Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Collector’s Edition):  starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder
• Caligula (Three-Disc Imperial Edition):  starring Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren
• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer:  starring Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis
• The Jungle Book (Platinum Edition): starring Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot
• Misery (Special Edition):  starring Kathy Bates, James Caan
• Species (Collector’s Edition):  starring Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen

Click here to see the TV-On-DVD options for this week.
Click here to see the new titles released on HD DVD and Blu-Ray.

Box Office Breakdown:  Almighty Only Does Alrighty

Question: When is being the #1 movie just not enough? (Hint:  You have three chances to answer this question correctly).

Answer(s):

1. When the critics don’t really have anything good to say about you
2. When you made less than 1/2 of what your predecessor did on opening weekend
3. When it cost over $175 million just to create you

Apparently having God on your side doesn’t guarantee you heavenly box office numbers.  Evan Almighty, the follow-up to 2003’s Bruce Almighty, failed to bring in a large congregation this past weekend.  Although it did better than the rest of the flock, it’s $32 million take paled in comparison to Bruce’s $68 million opening.  And then there’s that glaring $175 million bill…

Of course, we shouldn’t feel so badly about Steve Carell’s career.  I have a feeling that God is providing for him in other ways.

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