The Weekly RoundUp
The Features
– Jack Black & Mos Def (Be Kind Rewind – 2008)
– Jean-Paul Belmondo & Jacques Dacqmine (L & R center) (Class Tous Risques – 1960)
– Taryn Manning & Freddie Prinze, Jr. (Jack & Jill vs. the World – 2008)
– The Sword in the Stone – 1963
The Prices
| SD-DVD TITLE | Amazon | BestBuy | CrcCity | Target | Costco |
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| Alive or Dead | $23.99 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Be Kind Rewind | $17.99 | $17.99 | $19.99 | $17.99 | - |
| Burn Notice: Season 1 | $34.99 | $34.99 | $49.98 | - | - |
| Californication: Season 1 | $25.99 | $29.99 | $27.99 | $26.99 | - |
| Caramel | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Carmen Miranda Collection | $37.49 | $44.99 | $49.98 | - | - |
| Classe Tous Risques (CC) | $21.99 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Doll Face | $11.19 | $12.99 | $14.98 | - | - |
| Dynasty: Season 3 Volume 1 | $24.99 | $29.99 | $29.99 | - | - |
| ER: Season 9 | $32.99 | $32.99 | $49.98 | - | - |
| Fanny | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| **Fool’s Gold | $16.99 | $16.99 | $14.99 | $16.99 | - |
| The Gang’s All Here | $11.19 | $12.99 | $14.98 | - | - |
| Greenwich Village | $11.19 | $12.99 | $14.98 | - | - |
| Hudson Brothers Razzle-Dazzle Show | $29.98 | - | - | - | - |
| If I’m Lucky | $11.19 | $12.99 | $14.98 | - | - |
| It’s a Boy Girl Thing | $12.99 | - | $19.99 | - | - |
| Jack and Jill vs. the World | $22.49 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Jericho: Season 2 | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Jericho: Complete Series | $48.99 | $59.99 | $69.98 | - | - |
| Joy Division | $19.99 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| The Jungle Book 2 SE | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - |
| Just Add Water | $18.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Love and Other Disasters | $24.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Meerkat Manor: Season 3 | $18.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| My Mom’s New Boyfriend | $18.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| National Lampoon’s Bag Boy | $23.99 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| The Nude Bomb | $14.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - | - |
| Popeye & Friends: Volume 1 | $10.99 | $9.99 | $14.98 | - | - |
| Popeye the Sailor Vol. 2 (1938-’40) | $24.49 | $24.99 | $29.99 | - | - |
| Rails and Ties | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Sabrina the Teenage Witch: Season 4 | $29.99 | $29.99 | $34.99 | - | - |
| So I Married an Axe Murderer DE | $17.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - | - |
| Something for the Boys | $11.19 | $12.99 | $14.98 | - | - |
| Suite Life/Zack/Cody: Lipsynchin’ Rain | $14.99 | $16.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | - |
| Super High Me | $19.99 | $14.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| Sword in the Stone (45th Anniv. Ed.) | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - |
| Transformers (Animated Movie) | $14.99 | $14.99 | $14.99 | $12.99 | - |
| Under the Same Moon | $21.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | - |
| **Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins | $16.99 | $16.99 | $14.99 | $17.99 | - |
| BLU-RAY TITLE | Amazon | BestBuy | CrcCity | Target | Costco |
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| Be Kind Rewind | $24.95 | $29.99 | $26.99 | $29.99 | - |
| Fool’s Gold | $24.95 | $29.99 | $27.99 | $29.99 | - |
| Men in Black | $19.95 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
| So I Married an Axe Murderer | $19.95 | $24.99 | $19.99 | - | - |
(CC) after a title = New release in the Criterion Collection.
Individual titles included in box sets listed above:
Carmen Miranda Collection: The Gang’s All Here, If I’m Lucky, Something for the Boys, Greenwich Village, Doll Face.
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 Careful! Fool’s Gold AND
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins are being released in BOTH OAR and MAR releases!
--I’ll guess this is a misprint in this Sunday’s Best Buy ad:
I would guess that the Popeye Volume 1 is meant to be:
--Best Buy also has FREE MOVIE MONEY TO SEE Wall*E when you buy any one 40 movies, cds or videogames listed in store. The DVDs shown are Finding Nemo, Toy Story (10th Anniv. Edition) and The Incredibles (all three priced @ $14.99).
Wall*E in theaters 6-27-08. $10 value. Valid from 6-27-08 thru 7-20-08. Minimum 50 per store. No rainchecks.
--Buy ANY TWO of the following FIVE titles and SAVE $5: Fool’s Gold, The Bucket List, Charlie Wilson’s War, P.S. I Love You, Semi-Pro.
--Get FREE E-MOVIE CASH to see Hancock in theaters with the purchase of a DVD from a list of ten titles: Bad Boys, Bad Boys II, Fifth Element, Stand By Me, Snatch, Underworld, Underworld Evolution (all listed @ $9.99). Men in Black II, Gridiron Gang, Ghost Rider (all listed @ $14.99). These ten titles are all “Best Buy EXCLUSIVE Digital Copy DVDs.”
Up to a $7.50 value at participating theaters. Valid from 7-2-08 thru 8-17-08. Minimum 4 per title per store. No rainchecks. In theaters 7-2-08.
--And, further…Best Buy is having a FREE HANCOCK SNEAK PEEK BLU-RAY DISC(!) with the purchase of any eligible Sony Blu-ray disc. The titles shown are: Men in Black & Pursuit of Happyness ($24.99 apiece) and Hitch ($19.99).
--Best Buy.com has 225 Disney titles on sale 2 for $10.
--And, Best Buy has 40 Blu-ray discs on a 2/$30 sale (or $19.99 apiece). Titles are available in-store on on-line. The six shown in the flyer are: A Few Good Men, Hellboy, Hostel, Rent, Memoirs of a Geisha, Hitch.
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Best Buy Odds and Ends: Best Buy has lists of DVDs for sale @ $4.99.
--Circuit City is advertising a 2/$30 sale on The Jungle Book 2 AND The Sword in the Stone.
--CC has a list of Blu-ray titles from which you can get FREE E-MOVIE CASH to see Hancock: Men in Black, Hitch, I Am Legend, Enemy of the State (all listed @ $19.99)
Hancock in theaters 7-2-08. Movie Ticket Value = $7.50.
--Circuit City has the following Blu-ray discs on sale for $19.99: Vertical Limit, Revenge, S.W.A.T., Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Hellboy, Kung Fu Hustle, Stealth, Dracula, Fifth Element, Blackhawk Down, Underworld, House of Flying Daggers, Layer Cake.
--Circuit City has a list of twenty $14.99 DVDs on a “Buy One, Get One Free Sale.”
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Circuit City Odds and Ends: Lists of DVDs for $4.99 and $6.99.
--It is EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC WEEK @ Target!
--Target has an EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC with it’s copies of Transformers (Animated Movie).
Quantities limited. No rainchecks.
--Target has an EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC with it’s copies of Under the Same Moon.
Quantities limited. No rainchecks.
--Target has an EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC with it’s copies of Californication: Season 1.
Quantities limited. No rainchecks.
--Target is advertising an EXCLUSIVE BONUS DVD with it’s copies of The Suite Life of Zach & Cody: Lipsynchin’ in the Rain at its stores this week.
Bonus disc includes a 20-minute sneak peek at Disney’s Camp Rock featuring the Jonas Brothers. Quantities limited. No rainchecks.
--Also @ Target this week, purchase ANY TWO of the following three titles and get a FREE $5 TARGET GIFTCARD: The Jungle Book 2, The Sword in the Stone (45th Anniv. Edition) or The Suite Life of Zach & Cody: Lipsynchin’ in the Rain.
Quantities limited. No rainchecks.
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Target Odds and Ends: None listed this week.
