The Weekly RoundUp
The Features
– Anna Popplewell, William Moseley & Georgie Henley (Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - 2005)
– Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain - 2005)
– Liza Minnelli (Liza With a “Z” - 1972)
– Tony Danza & Terrence Howard (Crash - 2005)
The Prices
TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostco3rd Rock from the Sun: Most Hilarious…$8.99$8.99$9.99--**9 To 5 SE$13.99$14.99$15.99$14.99-2005 Astros: Championship Season$14.99$16.99$15.99--Adv. Of Sherlock…Smarter Brother$9.99$9.99$12.99--Ambulance Girl$9.99$12.99$12.99--The Anniversary$11.19$11.99$12.99--A-Team: Season 4$34.99$39.99$39.99--Bee Season$19.99$19.99$19.99$19.99-Be Still$13.99$15.99$15.99--Blue Thunder SE$14.99$14.99$15.99--**Brokeback Mountain$16.98$16.99$17.99$16.99$18.99Carole Lombard: Glamour Coll.$18.99$22.99$19.99--Category 7: End of the World$19.99$15.99$19.99--Chronicles/Narnia: Lion…Wardrobe CE (2-disc)$23.26$26.99$24.99$29.99$25.99**Chronicles/Narnia: Lion…Wardrobe (1-disc)$19.98$14.99$13.99$14.99-Crash SE (2-disc)$19.96$16.99$17.99$16.99-David Spade Collection$27.99$28.99$34.99--Dawson’s Creek: Season 6$33.96$34.99$34.99$34.99-Dirty (2005)$22.49$22.99$17.99$19.99-Far Side of the Moon$18.69$19.99$19.99--Films of Faith Collection$19.49$24.99$24.99--Full House: Season 3$19.49$21.99$24.99$22.99-Garbage Pail Kids: Complete Series$18.99$22.99$19.99--Knight Rider: Season 4$34.99$39.99$39.99--Little Manhattan$19.99$19.99$19.99$19.99-Liza With a “Z”$19.49$21.99$24.99$22.99-The Long Good Friday$14.99$15.99$15.99--Mae West: Glamour Collection$18.99$22.99$19.99--Magnum, P.I.: Season 4$34.99$34.99$39.99-$33.99Marlene Dietrich: Glamour Collection$18.99$22.99$19.99--Mel Brooks Boxset Collection$68.96$69.99$99.99$79.99-The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima$14.99$14.99$15.99--Mona Lisa$14.99$15.99$15.99--New York Doll$13.99$19.99$15.99--The Nun’s Story$14.99$14.99$15.99--The President’s Last Bang$20.99$24.99$24.99--Renegade: Season 2 & 3-$29.99---Seven Beauties$19.49$24.99$24.99--Shoes of the Fisherman$14.99$14.99$15.99--Star Trek: Fan Collective/Time Travel$31.96$27.99$34.99--Swept Away…By an Unusual Destiny…$22.49$19.99$19.99--Take Me$26.99$24.99$24.99--Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 4$11.19$9.99$12.99--Thank God It’s Friday$13.39$12.99$14.94--Tripping the Rift: Season 2$19.49$19.99$17.99$19.99-Ushpizin$20.99$24.99$19.99--Viewtiful Joe: Volume 2$17.98$22.99$15.99--The World’s Greatest Lover$9.99$9.99$12.99--
Individual titles included in box sets listed above:
Carole Lombard: Glamour Collection: Man of the World, We’re Not Dressing, Hands Across the Table, Love Before Breakfast, The Princess Comes Across, True Confession.
David Spade Collection: Tommy Boy-Holy Shnike Edition, Black Sheep, Dickie Roberts-Former Child Actor.
Films of Faith Collection: The Nun’s Story, The Shoes of the Fisherman, The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima.
Mae West: Glamour Collection: Night After Night, I’m No Angel, Goin’ To Town, Go West Young Man, My Little Chickadee.
Marlene Dietrich: Glamour Collection: Morocco, Blond Venus, The Devil Is a Woman, Flame of New Orleans, Golden Earrings.
Mel Brooks Boxset Collection: Blazing Saddles, History of the World Part 1, Robin Hood: Men In Tights, Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety, To Be or Not to Be, Twelve Chairs, Silent Movie.
The Disclaimer Standard disclaimer: All prices are taken from the websites of each chain, or from their printed Sunday advertisements. All prices are subject to change by each chain. Prices and inventory in-store may or may not match the website price.
"LP" in the RoundUp table means a store’s Sunday flyer says "Low Price". That means I could not locate a definite price for the item, and the ad is all I have to go on. Retailers use these phrases in advertisements so that they do not violate MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) agreements with the studios. Doing so can cost them thousands or even millions of dollars in co-op advertising funds.
I, obviously, cannot include EVERY title released in a given week in the RoundUp. The titles included are those that I am interested in...as well as those which I consider will be of interest to a majority of consumers (and sometimes I’ll miss one!). I don't get paid for this, and I don't have the time to list every DVD. So, please don't complain! If there is a title not included in the RoundUp that you want to see, just look it up yourself, and be nice enough to post and share the results with everyone!
Note that I cannot include Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club prices in the RoundUp. They set prices at individual stores based on nearby competition, so there is no way I can say here what price you'll find at YOUR local Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club location. And, as always, Circuit City does not guarantee their sale prices in Hawaii.
The Specials
**BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL! 9 To 5 SE AND Brokeback Mountain AND Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1-disc) are ALL available in both MAR and OAR versions...get the correct one!
--Best Buy has got LOTS of special deals this week!
--To start things off, BB is still working a deal on last week’s big release, King Kong. Save $5, instantly, when you buy King Kong (2005) ($19.99 for 1-disc) and ANY OTHER advertised new release this week. Must be purchased on same receipt.
--Best Buy is advertising FREE Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay Book, instantly, with the purchase of Brokeback Mountain on DVD. $16 value. (7761219) Minimum 20 per store. No rainchecks.
--Best Buy is also advertising that you can purchase a CaseLogic 40-0DVD wallet for only $3 (a $19.99 value) with the purchase of The Chronicles of narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Must be purchased on same receipt. Minimum 45 per store. No rainchecks.
--Best Buy, this week, continues its deal on Bambi II (are they having a hard time getting rid of these?!). Save $3, instantly, with the purchase of Bambi II and ANY Disney title. That WOULD include Narnia—for anyone who’s interested. Minimum 35 per store. No rainchecks.
--Best Buy also has a “save $5, instantly, deal” when you buy BOTH Little Manhattan AND Bee Season on DVD ($19.99 apiece). Must be purchased on same receipt.
--The Best Buy price on Tripping the Rift: Season 2 DVD listed in the table above came from bestbuy.com. The listing shows the same TtR: S2 that will be available at any store. HOWEVER, the Sunday flyers are showing an EXCLUSIVE to Best Buy UNRATED version of the set which is priced at $21.99!
--You will also notice in the grid that Best Buy also this week has an EXCLUSIVE on Renegade: Seasons 2 & 3 set at $29.99.
--I think it’s worth mentioning that Best Buy is advertising special prices of $14.99 on Walk the Line (1-disc) and Waiting… (NR). I’m also very surprised to see Roman Polanski’s version of Oliver Twist (2005) in the $7.49 listings!
--I continue to be at a disadvantage at deadline again this week as my local papers have failed to supply me with an early Circuit City flyer. My CC information has been culled from various internet sources—including circuitcity.com.
--Circuit City has its own EXCLUSIVE deal when you buy Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at their stores. FREE DOWNLOAD CONTENT when you buy either the 1-disc or 2-disc Narnia DVDs. Explore the making of the weaponry and discover parts of Narnia which noone else can. Download codes provided at point of sale. Codes valid 4-4-06 thru 4-30-06 and while supplies last. Minimum 80 per store.
--Circuit City also has the exact same deal as BB to save $5, instantly, when you buy BOTH Little Manhattan AND Bee Season ($19.99 apiece). In-store only. Must be purchased on same receipt.
--Fans of Tripping the Rift will have a quandary this week. Whether to get the EXCLUSIVE Unrated version at BB…or to go with the Rated version at Circuit City to also get a FREE BONUS DISC which contains never-before-seen pilot episode ($17.99).
--Worth mentioning that Circuit City is also advertising a FREE SNEAK PEEK DVD featuring the new theatrical release “Take the Lead”. Available with the purchase of ANY DVD movie. Contains behind-the-scenes preview of Take the Lead starring Antonio Banderas and Rob Brown, in theaters everywhere 4-7-2006. Minimum 96 per store. In-store only.
--Target is offering an EXCLUSIVE this week with The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe…a FREE LITHOGRAPH. Quantity limited; no rainchecks.
--Target is advertising that they WILL have the 2-disc Narnia DVD…but they list no price in the flyer.
--Target also has a FREE audio CD available with its copies of Brokeback Mountain on DVD. The CD contains an audio version of the short story Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx. Quantity limited; no rainchecks.
--Target also hauls out their usual FREE $5 GiftCard offer this week with three select titles: Liza With a “Z”, Dawson’s Creek: Season 6, and Full House: Season 3. Quantity limited; no rainchecks.
--Target is having a HUGE Buy 2, Get 1 FREE sale this week—which involves a combination of $19.99 DVDs and video games (GameCube, Xbox and PS2). Of the 70 total titles involved, eight are DVDs (all Disney): Lady & the Tramp (50th AE), Bambi II, Bambi, Cinderella, Kronk’s New Groove, Herbie Fully Loaded (Lindsey Lohan), Valiant, Sky High.
--PHEW! Lots of good deals this week on some pretty good titles! Must…get…some…rest!
The Markdowns
The latest markdowns according to DavisDVD:
EFFECTIVE: April 4, 2006 (Studio/Titles/New SRP)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Blue in the Face, I Love I Love You Not, The Innocent, Love in the Time of Money, My Son the Fanatic, A Price Above Rubies, Priest, Squeeze, Torrents of Spring, The Truce, The Very Thought of You ... $14.99
The Features
– Anna Popplewell, William Moseley & Georgie Henley (Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - 2005)
– Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain - 2005)
– Liza Minnelli (Liza With a “Z” - 1972)
– Tony Danza & Terrence Howard (Crash - 2005)
The Prices
TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostco3rd Rock from the Sun: Most Hilarious…$8.99$8.99$9.99--**9 To 5 SE$13.99$14.99$15.99$14.99-2005 Astros: Championship Season$14.99$16.99$15.99--Adv. Of Sherlock…Smarter Brother$9.99$9.99$12.99--Ambulance Girl$9.99$12.99$12.99--The Anniversary$11.19$11.99$12.99--A-Team: Season 4$34.99$39.99$39.99--Bee Season$19.99$19.99$19.99$19.99-Be Still$13.99$15.99$15.99--Blue Thunder SE$14.99$14.99$15.99--**Brokeback Mountain$16.98$16.99$17.99$16.99$18.99Carole Lombard: Glamour Coll.$18.99$22.99$19.99--Category 7: End of the World$19.99$15.99$19.99--Chronicles/Narnia: Lion…Wardrobe CE (2-disc)$23.26$26.99$24.99$29.99$25.99**Chronicles/Narnia: Lion…Wardrobe (1-disc)$19.98$14.99$13.99$14.99-Crash SE (2-disc)$19.96$16.99$17.99$16.99-David Spade Collection$27.99$28.99$34.99--Dawson’s Creek: Season 6$33.96$34.99$34.99$34.99-Dirty (2005)$22.49$22.99$17.99$19.99-Far Side of the Moon$18.69$19.99$19.99--Films of Faith Collection$19.49$24.99$24.99--Full House: Season 3$19.49$21.99$24.99$22.99-Garbage Pail Kids: Complete Series$18.99$22.99$19.99--Knight Rider: Season 4$34.99$39.99$39.99--Little Manhattan$19.99$19.99$19.99$19.99-Liza With a “Z”$19.49$21.99$24.99$22.99-The Long Good Friday$14.99$15.99$15.99--Mae West: Glamour Collection$18.99$22.99$19.99--Magnum, P.I.: Season 4$34.99$34.99$39.99-$33.99Marlene Dietrich: Glamour Collection$18.99$22.99$19.99--Mel Brooks Boxset Collection$68.96$69.99$99.99$79.99-The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima$14.99$14.99$15.99--Mona Lisa$14.99$15.99$15.99--New York Doll$13.99$19.99$15.99--The Nun’s Story$14.99$14.99$15.99--The President’s Last Bang$20.99$24.99$24.99--Renegade: Season 2 & 3-$29.99---Seven Beauties$19.49$24.99$24.99--Shoes of the Fisherman$14.99$14.99$15.99--Star Trek: Fan Collective/Time Travel$31.96$27.99$34.99--Swept Away…By an Unusual Destiny…$22.49$19.99$19.99--Take Me$26.99$24.99$24.99--Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 4$11.19$9.99$12.99--Thank God It’s Friday$13.39$12.99$14.94--Tripping the Rift: Season 2$19.49$19.99$17.99$19.99-Ushpizin$20.99$24.99$19.99--Viewtiful Joe: Volume 2$17.98$22.99$15.99--The World’s Greatest Lover$9.99$9.99$12.99--
Individual titles included in box sets listed above:
Carole Lombard: Glamour Collection: Man of the World, We’re Not Dressing, Hands Across the Table, Love Before Breakfast, The Princess Comes Across, True Confession.
David Spade Collection: Tommy Boy-Holy Shnike Edition, Black Sheep, Dickie Roberts-Former Child Actor.
Films of Faith Collection: The Nun’s Story, The Shoes of the Fisherman, The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima.
Mae West: Glamour Collection: Night After Night, I’m No Angel, Goin’ To Town, Go West Young Man, My Little Chickadee.
Marlene Dietrich: Glamour Collection: Morocco, Blond Venus, The Devil Is a Woman, Flame of New Orleans, Golden Earrings.
Mel Brooks Boxset Collection: Blazing Saddles, History of the World Part 1, Robin Hood: Men In Tights, Young Frankenstein, High Anxiety, To Be or Not to Be, Twelve Chairs, Silent Movie.
The Disclaimer Standard disclaimer: All prices are taken from the websites of each chain, or from their printed Sunday advertisements. All prices are subject to change by each chain. Prices and inventory in-store may or may not match the website price.
"LP" in the RoundUp table means a store’s Sunday flyer says "Low Price". That means I could not locate a definite price for the item, and the ad is all I have to go on. Retailers use these phrases in advertisements so that they do not violate MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) agreements with the studios. Doing so can cost them thousands or even millions of dollars in co-op advertising funds.
I, obviously, cannot include EVERY title released in a given week in the RoundUp. The titles included are those that I am interested in...as well as those which I consider will be of interest to a majority of consumers (and sometimes I’ll miss one!). I don't get paid for this, and I don't have the time to list every DVD. So, please don't complain! If there is a title not included in the RoundUp that you want to see, just look it up yourself, and be nice enough to post and share the results with everyone!
Note that I cannot include Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club prices in the RoundUp. They set prices at individual stores based on nearby competition, so there is no way I can say here what price you'll find at YOUR local Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club location. And, as always, Circuit City does not guarantee their sale prices in Hawaii.
The Specials
**BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL! 9 To 5 SE AND Brokeback Mountain AND Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1-disc) are ALL available in both MAR and OAR versions...get the correct one!
--Best Buy has got LOTS of special deals this week!
--To start things off, BB is still working a deal on last week’s big release, King Kong. Save $5, instantly, when you buy King Kong (2005) ($19.99 for 1-disc) and ANY OTHER advertised new release this week. Must be purchased on same receipt.
--Best Buy is advertising FREE Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay Book, instantly, with the purchase of Brokeback Mountain on DVD. $16 value. (7761219) Minimum 20 per store. No rainchecks.
--Best Buy is also advertising that you can purchase a CaseLogic 40-0DVD wallet for only $3 (a $19.99 value) with the purchase of The Chronicles of narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Must be purchased on same receipt. Minimum 45 per store. No rainchecks.
--Best Buy, this week, continues its deal on Bambi II (are they having a hard time getting rid of these?!). Save $3, instantly, with the purchase of Bambi II and ANY Disney title. That WOULD include Narnia—for anyone who’s interested. Minimum 35 per store. No rainchecks.
--Best Buy also has a “save $5, instantly, deal” when you buy BOTH Little Manhattan AND Bee Season on DVD ($19.99 apiece). Must be purchased on same receipt.
--The Best Buy price on Tripping the Rift: Season 2 DVD listed in the table above came from bestbuy.com. The listing shows the same TtR: S2 that will be available at any store. HOWEVER, the Sunday flyers are showing an EXCLUSIVE to Best Buy UNRATED version of the set which is priced at $21.99!
--You will also notice in the grid that Best Buy also this week has an EXCLUSIVE on Renegade: Seasons 2 & 3 set at $29.99.
--I think it’s worth mentioning that Best Buy is advertising special prices of $14.99 on Walk the Line (1-disc) and Waiting… (NR). I’m also very surprised to see Roman Polanski’s version of Oliver Twist (2005) in the $7.49 listings!
--I continue to be at a disadvantage at deadline again this week as my local papers have failed to supply me with an early Circuit City flyer. My CC information has been culled from various internet sources—including circuitcity.com.
--Circuit City has its own EXCLUSIVE deal when you buy Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at their stores. FREE DOWNLOAD CONTENT when you buy either the 1-disc or 2-disc Narnia DVDs. Explore the making of the weaponry and discover parts of Narnia which noone else can. Download codes provided at point of sale. Codes valid 4-4-06 thru 4-30-06 and while supplies last. Minimum 80 per store.
--Circuit City also has the exact same deal as BB to save $5, instantly, when you buy BOTH Little Manhattan AND Bee Season ($19.99 apiece). In-store only. Must be purchased on same receipt.
--Fans of Tripping the Rift will have a quandary this week. Whether to get the EXCLUSIVE Unrated version at BB…or to go with the Rated version at Circuit City to also get a FREE BONUS DISC which contains never-before-seen pilot episode ($17.99).
--Worth mentioning that Circuit City is also advertising a FREE SNEAK PEEK DVD featuring the new theatrical release “Take the Lead”. Available with the purchase of ANY DVD movie. Contains behind-the-scenes preview of Take the Lead starring Antonio Banderas and Rob Brown, in theaters everywhere 4-7-2006. Minimum 96 per store. In-store only.
--Target is offering an EXCLUSIVE this week with The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe…a FREE LITHOGRAPH. Quantity limited; no rainchecks.
--Target is advertising that they WILL have the 2-disc Narnia DVD…but they list no price in the flyer.
--Target also has a FREE audio CD available with its copies of Brokeback Mountain on DVD. The CD contains an audio version of the short story Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx. Quantity limited; no rainchecks.
--Target also hauls out their usual FREE $5 GiftCard offer this week with three select titles: Liza With a “Z”, Dawson’s Creek: Season 6, and Full House: Season 3. Quantity limited; no rainchecks.
--Target is having a HUGE Buy 2, Get 1 FREE sale this week—which involves a combination of $19.99 DVDs and video games (GameCube, Xbox and PS2). Of the 70 total titles involved, eight are DVDs (all Disney): Lady & the Tramp (50th AE), Bambi II, Bambi, Cinderella, Kronk’s New Groove, Herbie Fully Loaded (Lindsey Lohan), Valiant, Sky High.
--PHEW! Lots of good deals this week on some pretty good titles! Must…get…some…rest!
The Markdowns
The latest markdowns according to DavisDVD:
EFFECTIVE: April 4, 2006 (Studio/Titles/New SRP)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Blue in the Face, I Love I Love You Not, The Innocent, Love in the Time of Money, My Son the Fanatic, A Price Above Rubies, Priest, Squeeze, Torrents of Spring, The Truce, The Very Thought of You ... $14.99