The Weekly RoundUp
The Features
– Fantastic Four (2005)
– Russell Crowe & Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man - 2005)
– James Garner (Rockford Files: Season 1 - 1974)
– Lucille Ball & Clifton Webb (The Dark Corner - 1946)
The Prices
| TITLE | Amazon | BestBuy | CrcCity | Target | Costco |
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| 24: Season 4 | $45.49 | $44.99 | $44.99 | $44.99 | $44.99 |
| American Kickboxer 1 | $13.48 | $9.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| American Ninja 4 | $13.48 | $9.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| American Ninja 5 | $13.48 | $9.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| American Samurai | $13.48 | $9.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Volume 4 | $20.99 | $21.99 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - |
| Arizona | $13.45 | $12.99 | $14.94 | - | - |
| Batman: TAS: Volume 4 | $30.99 | $35.99 | $29.99 | - | - |
| Belle of the Yukon | $11.20 | $12.99 | $14.94 | - | - |
| Boyz/Hood, Baby Boy, Poetic Just. Box Set | $31.45 | $29.99 | $24.99 | - | - |
| Chain of Command | $13.48 | $9.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Cinderella Man CE | $31.49 | $32.99 | $32.99 | - | - |
| **Cinderella Man | $17.98 | $16.99 | $17.99 | $15.99 | $18.99 |
| Cirque du Soleil Anniversary Coll. | $101.96 | - | $135.95 | - | - |
| Combat! Complete Series (32-discs) | $209.99 | $254.99 | $299.99 | - | - |
| The Dark Corner | $10.49 | $12.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Delta Force 3 | $13.48 | $9.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| **Dirty Love (R & NR) | $20.23 | $17.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| **Dukes of Hazzard (NR) | $16.98 | $16.99 | $13.99 | $15.99 | - |
| Everybody Loves Raymond: Season 5 | $29.98 | $34.99 | $29.99 | $29.99 | - |
| **Fantastic Four | $15.98 | $14.99 | $13.99 | $14.99 | $18.99 |
| Fantastic Four LE Gift Set | - | $29.99 | - | - | - |
| Felicity: American Girl Adventure | $14.98 | $14.99 | $15.99 | - | - |
| Felicity (with bracelet) | $18.73 | - | $19.99 | - | - |
| Felicity (w/ book and doll) | - | - | - | $24.99 | - |
| Fifty/Fifty | $13.48 | $9.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| A Fine Mess | $13.99 | $14.99 | $15.99 | - | - |
| Footballer’s Wives: Season 2 | $23.99 | $24.99 | $29.99 | - | - |
| Forbidden Games (CC) | $20.99 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Four Minutes | $20.99 | $27.99 | $24.99 | - | - |
| Full House: Season 2 | $20.99 | $25.99 | $24.99 | $22.99 | - |
| Fun With Dick & Jane | $10.46 | $14.99 | $14.94 | - | - |
| Garfield & Friends: Volume 5 | $27.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| Gargoyles: Season 2 | $27.99 | $35.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| Green Acres: Season 3 | $20.96 | $29.99 | $24.99 | - | - |
| The Happy Elf | $13.99 | $12.99 | $15.99 | $14.99 | - |
| Hellbound | $13.48 | $9.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| He-Man & She-Ra Christmas Special | $13.99 | $14.99 | $15.99 | - | - |
| The Hitman | $13.48 | $9.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Imagine: John Lennon DE | $13.99 | $13.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Jackass: Volume 1 | $13.99 | $12.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Jackass Box Set | $49.49 | $39.99 | $34.99 | $39.99 | - |
| Kid Galahad | $11.20 | $12.99 | $14.94 | - | - |
| Kiss of Death | $10.49 | $12.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Konga | $11.20 | $11.99 | $14.94 | - | - |
| Ladies in Lavender | $18.87 | $16.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Land Raiders | $13.45 | $11.99 | $14.94 | - | - |
| Law & Order: Fourth Year | $34.99 | $43.99 | $59.99 | - | - |
| MacGyver: Season 4 | $27.29 | $31.99 | $34.99 | $27.99 | $25.99 |
| Magnificent Seven: Season 1 | $20.96 | $29.99 | $24.99 | - | - |
| M*A*S*H: Season 9 | $27.99 | $29.99 | $34.99 | $29.99 | - |
| Matt Helm Lounge Box Set | $23.99 | $34.99 | $29.99 | - | - |
| The Mummy Lives | $13.48 | $9.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Murder, She Wrote: Season 2 | $34.99 | $32.99 | $39.99 | - | $33.99 |
| Newlyweds: Final Season | $18.89 | $16.99 | $17.99 | $16.99 | - |
| Pam Grier Collection (Fox In A Box) | $20.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | - | - |
| Pet Alien: Lighter Side of Doom | $6.99 | $12.99 | $9.99 | - | - |
| Power Rangers SPD 4: Boom | $13.99 | $18.99 | $17.99 | - | - |
| Power Rangers SPD 5: Zapped | $13.99 | $18.99 | $17.99 | - | - |
| Proud Family Movie | $13.99 | $16.99 | $17.99 | - | - |
| Ride Beyond Vengeance | $13.45 | $12.99 | $14.94 | - | - |
| Rockford Files: Season 1 | $27.99 | $29.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| Roseanne: Season 2 | $27.99 | $29.99 | $34.99 | $24.99 | - |
| Saved/Bell-New Class: Seasons 6 & 7 | $29.99 | $34.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| Shoot the Piano Player (CC) | $27.99 | $28.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| Spanking the Monkey | $10.99 | $14.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| Star Wars – Clone Wars: Volume 2 | $13.99 | $12.99 | $12.99 | $14.99 | - |
| Star Wars Original Trilogy | $34.99 | $32.99 | $29.99 | $34.99 | - |
| Superman: TAS: Volume 2 | $18.99 | $23.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Super Nanny: Season 1 | - | - | - | $19.99 | - |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Vol. 3 | $11.23 | $10.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
| That’s So Raven: House Party | $13.99 | $16.99 | $17.99 | - | - |
| Thundercats: Season 1 Vol. 2 | $44.99 | $44.99 | $59.99 | $44.99 | - |
| Two Hands | $20.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | - | - |
| Walt Disney Treasures: Donald Duck V. 2 | $22.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | - | - |
| Walt Disney Treasures: Spin & Marty | $22.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | - | - |
| Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities | $22.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | - | - |
| W. D. Treasures: Elfego Baca/Swamp Fox | $22.99 | $24.99 | $24.99 | - | - |
| West Wing: Season 5 | $38.99 | $39.99 | $39.99 | $39.99 | $38.49 |
| Where the Sidewalk Ends | $10.49 | $12.99 | $12.99 | - | - |
(CC) after a title = a new Criterion Collection release.
Individual Titles included in Collections listed above:
Matt Helm Lounge Box Set: Silencers, Wrecking Crew, Ambushers, Murderer’s Row.
Pam Grier Collection (Fox in a Box): Coffy, Foxy Brown, Sheba Baby.
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! Cinderella Man AND Dukes of Hazzard (NR) AND Fantastic Four AND Star Wars Original Trilogy are all available in
both OAR and MAR versions...
get the correct one(s) !
Dirty Love is being released in
both Rated and Unrated versions...
get the one that’s right for you ! Also, note that
Dukes of Hazzard is also being released in a PG-13 version but it is MAR ONLY!...
stay away!!!
--Another HUGE TV on DVD week…with a nice smattering of new film releases mixed in, too.
--For those who don’t know, the Star Wars OT is getting a re-release this week. My understanding is that it does not include the bonus disc that came in the first DVD release of the OT…but the cardboard slipcase has original poster cover art.
--For all RoundUp readers who have kids into American Girl dolls (or are into AG dolls themselves!), there are a bunch of variations on the Felicity DVD that’s being released this week. There’s DVD-only, DVD with an on-pack bracelet, and at Target an EXCLUSIVE doll and book.
--Best Buy, this week, is advertising a LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE Gift Set of the Fantastic Four.
Includes: Fantastic Four DVD, CD-ROM featuring the first 23 issues, annual of the Ultimate Fantastic Four comic book series, exclusive Ultimate Fantastic Four issue 12 comic book and eight collectible round trading cards in a cool metal tin. Minimum 36 per store. No rainchecks. The price is $29.99.
--Best Buy Reward Zone members are eligible to instantly receive a FREE King Kong Production Sketch Journal, sponsored by Kodak, when you purchase Cinderella Man standard edition or Cinderella Man Collector’s Edition DVD. Also included: $3 coupon good toward King Kong: Peter Jackson’s Production Diaries available on December 13.
See King Kong in theaters 12/14/05. Minimum 25 per store. No rainchecks.
--At Best Buy, fans of 24 can save $15 instantly, on Season 1 – 3 of 24 when you purchae Season 4 of 24.
Must be purchased on same receipt.
--Best Buy is also promoting an EXCLUSIVE on-pack “Clip-On Clock” with Season 4 of 24.
Minimum 15 per store. No rainchecks.
--Best Buy’s Sunday Flyer says you could win an autographed Jackass t-shirt instantly! Buy Jackass: Volume 1 on DD and open up your bonus Jackass T-shirt. It may be autographed by the entire cast!
Minimum 30 per store. No rainchecks.
--Not to be outdone by BB, Circuit City has their own EXCLUSIVE collectible comic book/photo novel with the purchase of Fantastic Four on DVD ($7/99 value). It’s a 92-page, full-color, adventure featuring the superheroes and their struggle with their new identities.
While supplies last. Minimum 10 per store.
--Not to be outdone by either BB or CC, Target is offering an EXCLUSIVE BONUS DVD with its copies of Fantastic Four. With behind-the-scenes footage of Fantastic Four and trailers from other great Fox movies.
Items are packaged together. Quantity limited. No rainchecks.
--Target, this week, is promoting an EXCLUSIVE title: Super Nanny: Season 1. This is an ABC program starring Jo Frost which is listing at Target for $19.99.
--Target also is offering a FREE $5 GiftCard with the purchase of the following 4 discs: 24: Season 4, M*A*S*H: Season 9, Roseanne: Season 2, and The Happy Elf.
GiftCard automatically given at register; no rain checks. All things being equal (prices, that is) that $5 GiftCard easily makes Target the place for 24 fans to get the latest season on DVD.
--And, Target is advertising an EXCLUSIVE American Girl Doll and mini-book with the $24.99 purchase of the Felicity: An American Girl Doll Adventure DVD.
Items are packaged together. Quantity limited. No rainchecks.
--K-Mart prices this week:
Quote:
Low Price: Fantastic Four, Cinderella Man, Dukes of Hazzard.
$14.99: The Happy Elf, That’s So Raven: House Party.
$29.99 Everybody Loves Raymond: Season 5
$39.99 West Wing: Season 5
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--Coconuts/FYE/TWEC prices this week:
Quote:
Low Price: Cinderella Man, Fantastic Four.
$12.99 Dukes of Hazzard ($19.99 - $7 rebate)
$14.99 Felicity: An American Girl Adventure, Star Wars: Clone Wars Vol. 2, Imagine: John Lennon DE.
$19.99 Aqua Teen Hunger Force Vol. 4, Newlyweds: Final Season, Full House: Season 2, Pam Grier Collection (Fox in a Box).
$29.99 MacGyver: Season 4, M*A*S*H: Season 9, Everybody Loves Raymond: Season 5.
$34.99 Star Wars Original Trilogy
$39.99 West Wing: Season 5, Jackass Box Set
$44.99 24: Season 4, Thundercats: Season 1 Volume 2.
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The Markdowns
The latest markdowns according to
DavisDVD:
EFFECTIVE: December 6, 2005 (Studio/Titles/New SRP)
None to Report.
