The Weekly RoundUp
The Features
– Angelina Jolie (Wanted – 2008)
– Ingrid Bergman (Casablanca – 1942)
– Josef von Sternberg, Merle Oberon, Charles Laughton (I Claudius – 1937)
– Lauren Bacall, Allen Ludden, Jack Palance (Password – 1965)
– Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly (Step Brothers – 2008)
– White Dog – 1982
The Prices
SD-DVD TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoBam Magera: Where the #$&% is Santa?$18.99$19.99$19.99 - - The Best of Dr. Katz$13.99$14.99$14.99 - - The Best of Password$21.99$19.99$19.99 - - Cannon: Season 1 Volume 2$26.99$29.99$29.99 - - Casablanca Ultimate CE$38.99$39.99$38.99$39.99$39.99Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian$15.99$14.99$15.99$15.99$18.99Chronicles/Narnia: Prince Caspian CE (3-disc)$22.99$27.99$27.99$29.99 - The Day the Earth Stood Still (2-disc)$13.99$14.99$12.99 - - Fly Me to the Moon (in 3-D)$23.49$19.99$17.99$15.99 - Frost/Nixon Interview$18.49$19.99$19.99 - - Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear!$12.99$14.99$17.99 - - I Claudius (1976) & The Epic That Never Was$44.99$34.99$49.98 - - Jake & the Fatman: Season 1 Volume 2$26.99$29.99$29.99 - - Law and Order: Sixth Year$35.98$44.99$59.98 - - The Longshots$25.99$19.99$19.99$19.99 - Lower Learning$23.99$24.99$19.99 - - The Man Called Flintstone$12.99$14.99$17.99 - - My Father My Lord$26.99$24.99$21.99 - - My Mexican Shivah$24.95 - - - - Perry Mason: Season 3 Volume 2$35.99$39.99$49.99 - - Saturday Night Live: Season 4$48.99$54.99$69.98$44.99 - **Step Brothers (1-disc) (R & NR)$17.49$16.99$15.99$16.99 - Step Brothers SE (2-disc) NR$22.99$22.99$22.99$22.99 - **Wanted (1-disc) (R & NR)$16.99$15.99$15.99$15.99$18.99Wanted SE (2-disc) NR$22.99$22.99$22.99$22.99 - Wanted LE Collector’s Gift Set$42.99$39.99$39.99 - - White Dog (CC)$26.99$24.99$21.99 - - World Within: C.G. Jung in his Own Words$26.99$24.99$21.99 - - The X-Files: I Want to Believe (1-disc)$17.99$19.99$17.99$16.99 - The X-Files: I Want to Believe Ult. Ed.$23.99$24.99$22.99$22.99$21.99
BLU-RAY TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoAustin Powers Collection$44.99$49.99$69.99 - - Bam Magera: Where the #$&% is Santa?$20.95$24.99$19.99 - - Casablanca Ultimate Coll. Edition$41.49$44.99$41.99 - $41.49Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2-disc)$24.99$24.99$26.99$26.99$26.99Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (3-disc) $24.99$34.99$29.99$29.99 - Chronicles/Narnia (2 Movie Bundle) (Amz. Excl.)$39.95 - - - - The Contract$16.99$19.99$19.99 - - The Day of the Dead$16.99$19.99$19.99 - - The Day the Earth Stood Still$20.49$29.99$29.99 - - Home Alone$23.99$29.99$29.99 - - Immortal$11.99$17.99$17.99 - - Jingle All the Way$23.95$29.99$29.99 - - La Femme Nikita$19.99$24.99$19.99 - - The Longshots$26.49$29.99$34.00 - - The Messenger: Story of Joan of Arc$19.99$24.99$19.99 - - The Shawshank Redemption$19.99$24.99$34.00 - - Sin City (Import)$29.99 - - - - Step Brothers (2-disc) NR$24.99$26.99$27.99$29.99 - Stranger Than Fiction SE$19.99$24.99$19.99 - - Wanted$26.99$26.99$26.99$26.99$26.99Wanted LE Collector’s Gift Set$43.99$49.99$44.99 - - The X-Files: Fight the Future$22.99$29.99$29.99 - - The X-Files: I Want to Believe$25.99$29.99$29.99$29.99$25.99The X-Files (2 Movie Bundle)$39.99$49.99$59.99 - -
(CC) after a title = New release in the Criterion Collection.
Individual titles included in box sets listed above:
Chronicles of Narnia (2 Movie Bundle) (Amazon Exclusive) (Blu-ray): The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe; Prince Caspian.
The X-Files (2 Movie Bundle) (Blu-ray): Fight the Future, I Want to Believe.
Wanted LE Collector’s Gift Set (SD & Blu-ray): The 2-disc SEs, collectible packaging “pierced with a bullet, creating a shattering effect to the outer case”, photo book of assassins, collectible postcards, acrylic frame motion 3-D film cell.
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! Step Brothers (1-disc) AND Wanted (1-disc) are BOTH being released, this week, in RATED and UNRATED versions! Get the one that’s right for you!
--Both Best Buy AND Circuit City, this week, are advertising FREE MOVIE MONEY with their copies (both SD & Blu-ray) of The Day the Earth Stood Still. CC includes NO description of the movie money in their flyer, however, BB says the movie money will be available via on-line redemption code. Value = $7.50. The Day the Earth Stood Still in theaters 12-12-08. Movie money valid 12-12-08 thru 1-31-09. Minimum two per store. No rain checks. In-store only.
--Best Buy will also have an EXCLUSIVE FREE NIGHTLIGHT with the purchase, this week, of Fly Me to the Moon. Minimum three per store. No rainchecks. Limit one per customer.
--Purchase ANY version of Chronicles of Narnia: Price Caspian @ BB this week and save $5 on the purchase of a DVD from a list of Disney holiday titles.
--Also @ BB this week, an EXCLUSIVE LITHOGRAPH with the purchase of ANY version of Wanted. Minimum 15 per store. No rainchecks. Limit one per customer.
--BB’s got a nice selection of recent SD releases marked down from $19.99 to $13.99.
--BB also has a number of holiday titles listed for $14.99 (including the new Charlie Brown’s Christmas release and 50th anniversary edition How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
--The following Blu-ray discs are on sale for $19.99 @ Best Buy this week: The 40-Year Old Virgin, American Gangster, Batman: The Movie, Eastern Promises, The Italian Job, Knocked Up, Madagascar, Patton, Top Gun, X-Men 3: The Last Stand.
--The following Blu-ray discs are $24.99 this week @ BB: Butch Cassidy & the Sundance kid, Flags of Our Fathers, Ice Age, Live Free or Die Hard, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Night at the Museum.
--Best Buy says if you buy ANY TWO of the above ($19.99 or $24.99) Blu-ray discs, You can get a FREE $10 Best Buy GIFTCARD. Buy ANY THREE and get a FREE $20 BB GIFTCARD, instantly.
--Buy ANY Sony Vaio Blu-ray-capable PC @ BB and you earn the right to be able to purchase one of the following $29.99 BD titles and getting one free: 21, Casino Royale, Superbad, Vantage Point.
--Buy the Planet Earth set on Blu-ray at Best Buy this week (for $74.99) and get an EXCLUSIVE FREE T-SHIRT. Minimum two per store. No rainchecks. Limit one per customer.
--Along the same vein, purchase Talladega Nights (SD $14.99) @ BB this week and get an EXCLUSIVE RICKY BOBBY BOBBLEHEAD DOLL. Well, it’s sort of the same vein. Okay. Maybe not.
--Best Buy has a number of $19.99 titles available in a 2/$30 deal: The Elephant Kingdom, Gettysburg, Mars: Quest for Life, Snakes, The World’s Biggest and Baddest Bugs. Must be purchased on same receipt.
--Best Buy Odds and Ends: Best Buy has lists of DVDs for sale @ $4.99 & $9.99.
--Circuit City has an EXCLUSIVE CHROME KEYCHAIN with the Wanted SE (2-disc). Available on-line and in most stores. While supplies last.
--@ Circuit City, get a FREE $5 Circuit City giftcard AND a FREE “Horton Hears a Who!” Interactive Card (whatever that is), instantly, when you buy a $12.99 title from the following list: Anastasia, Firehouse Dog, Garfield’s FunFest, Home Alone, Ice Age, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, Mrs. Doubtfire, Night at the Museum. Regular $14.99. Titles may vary by store.
--The following holiday titles are $9.99 @ CC this week: A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Story, Elf, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, It’s a Wonderful Life, Jingle All the Way, Miracle on 34th Street (1947), National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Polar Express, Shrek the Halls, White Christmas.
--Circuit City Odds and Ends: Lists of titles for $3.99 & $6.99.
--Target, this week, is advertising an EXCLUSIVE GIFT with its copies of the Casablanca Ultimate CE. The flyer says nothing more than “Exclusive Gift.” Your guess is as good as mine. Quantity limited. No rainchecks.
--Target also has EXCLUSIVE PRODUCTION NOTES with its copies of the Wanted SE (2-disc).
--Some GREAT PRICES on “gift sets” @ Target this week (among those shown): Back to the Future Trilogy ($14.99), Die Hard Trilogy Ult. Coll. ($12.99) and the Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (6 films) ($12.99!).
--Target Odds and Ends: A list of DVDs for $4.75 & $10.00.
The Features
– Angelina Jolie (Wanted – 2008)
– Ingrid Bergman (Casablanca – 1942)
– Josef von Sternberg, Merle Oberon, Charles Laughton (I Claudius – 1937)
– Lauren Bacall, Allen Ludden, Jack Palance (Password – 1965)
– Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly (Step Brothers – 2008)
– White Dog – 1982
The Prices
SD-DVD TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoBam Magera: Where the #$&% is Santa?$18.99$19.99$19.99 - - The Best of Dr. Katz$13.99$14.99$14.99 - - The Best of Password$21.99$19.99$19.99 - - Cannon: Season 1 Volume 2$26.99$29.99$29.99 - - Casablanca Ultimate CE$38.99$39.99$38.99$39.99$39.99Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian$15.99$14.99$15.99$15.99$18.99Chronicles/Narnia: Prince Caspian CE (3-disc)$22.99$27.99$27.99$29.99 - The Day the Earth Stood Still (2-disc)$13.99$14.99$12.99 - - Fly Me to the Moon (in 3-D)$23.49$19.99$17.99$15.99 - Frost/Nixon Interview$18.49$19.99$19.99 - - Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear!$12.99$14.99$17.99 - - I Claudius (1976) & The Epic That Never Was$44.99$34.99$49.98 - - Jake & the Fatman: Season 1 Volume 2$26.99$29.99$29.99 - - Law and Order: Sixth Year$35.98$44.99$59.98 - - The Longshots$25.99$19.99$19.99$19.99 - Lower Learning$23.99$24.99$19.99 - - The Man Called Flintstone$12.99$14.99$17.99 - - My Father My Lord$26.99$24.99$21.99 - - My Mexican Shivah$24.95 - - - - Perry Mason: Season 3 Volume 2$35.99$39.99$49.99 - - Saturday Night Live: Season 4$48.99$54.99$69.98$44.99 - **Step Brothers (1-disc) (R & NR)$17.49$16.99$15.99$16.99 - Step Brothers SE (2-disc) NR$22.99$22.99$22.99$22.99 - **Wanted (1-disc) (R & NR)$16.99$15.99$15.99$15.99$18.99Wanted SE (2-disc) NR$22.99$22.99$22.99$22.99 - Wanted LE Collector’s Gift Set$42.99$39.99$39.99 - - White Dog (CC)$26.99$24.99$21.99 - - World Within: C.G. Jung in his Own Words$26.99$24.99$21.99 - - The X-Files: I Want to Believe (1-disc)$17.99$19.99$17.99$16.99 - The X-Files: I Want to Believe Ult. Ed.$23.99$24.99$22.99$22.99$21.99
BLU-RAY TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoAustin Powers Collection$44.99$49.99$69.99 - - Bam Magera: Where the #$&% is Santa?$20.95$24.99$19.99 - - Casablanca Ultimate Coll. Edition$41.49$44.99$41.99 - $41.49Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2-disc)$24.99$24.99$26.99$26.99$26.99Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (3-disc) $24.99$34.99$29.99$29.99 - Chronicles/Narnia (2 Movie Bundle) (Amz. Excl.)$39.95 - - - - The Contract$16.99$19.99$19.99 - - The Day of the Dead$16.99$19.99$19.99 - - The Day the Earth Stood Still$20.49$29.99$29.99 - - Home Alone$23.99$29.99$29.99 - - Immortal$11.99$17.99$17.99 - - Jingle All the Way$23.95$29.99$29.99 - - La Femme Nikita$19.99$24.99$19.99 - - The Longshots$26.49$29.99$34.00 - - The Messenger: Story of Joan of Arc$19.99$24.99$19.99 - - The Shawshank Redemption$19.99$24.99$34.00 - - Sin City (Import)$29.99 - - - - Step Brothers (2-disc) NR$24.99$26.99$27.99$29.99 - Stranger Than Fiction SE$19.99$24.99$19.99 - - Wanted$26.99$26.99$26.99$26.99$26.99Wanted LE Collector’s Gift Set$43.99$49.99$44.99 - - The X-Files: Fight the Future$22.99$29.99$29.99 - - The X-Files: I Want to Believe$25.99$29.99$29.99$29.99$25.99The X-Files (2 Movie Bundle)$39.99$49.99$59.99 - -
(CC) after a title = New release in the Criterion Collection.
Individual titles included in box sets listed above:
Chronicles of Narnia (2 Movie Bundle) (Amazon Exclusive) (Blu-ray): The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe; Prince Caspian.
The X-Files (2 Movie Bundle) (Blu-ray): Fight the Future, I Want to Believe.
Wanted LE Collector’s Gift Set (SD & Blu-ray): The 2-disc SEs, collectible packaging “pierced with a bullet, creating a shattering effect to the outer case”, photo book of assassins, collectible postcards, acrylic frame motion 3-D film cell.
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! Step Brothers (1-disc) AND Wanted (1-disc) are BOTH being released, this week, in RATED and UNRATED versions! Get the one that’s right for you!
--Both Best Buy AND Circuit City, this week, are advertising FREE MOVIE MONEY with their copies (both SD & Blu-ray) of The Day the Earth Stood Still. CC includes NO description of the movie money in their flyer, however, BB says the movie money will be available via on-line redemption code. Value = $7.50. The Day the Earth Stood Still in theaters 12-12-08. Movie money valid 12-12-08 thru 1-31-09. Minimum two per store. No rain checks. In-store only.
--Best Buy will also have an EXCLUSIVE FREE NIGHTLIGHT with the purchase, this week, of Fly Me to the Moon. Minimum three per store. No rainchecks. Limit one per customer.
--Purchase ANY version of Chronicles of Narnia: Price Caspian @ BB this week and save $5 on the purchase of a DVD from a list of Disney holiday titles.
--Also @ BB this week, an EXCLUSIVE LITHOGRAPH with the purchase of ANY version of Wanted. Minimum 15 per store. No rainchecks. Limit one per customer.
--BB’s got a nice selection of recent SD releases marked down from $19.99 to $13.99.
--BB also has a number of holiday titles listed for $14.99 (including the new Charlie Brown’s Christmas release and 50th anniversary edition How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
--The following Blu-ray discs are on sale for $19.99 @ Best Buy this week: The 40-Year Old Virgin, American Gangster, Batman: The Movie, Eastern Promises, The Italian Job, Knocked Up, Madagascar, Patton, Top Gun, X-Men 3: The Last Stand.
--The following Blu-ray discs are $24.99 this week @ BB: Butch Cassidy & the Sundance kid, Flags of Our Fathers, Ice Age, Live Free or Die Hard, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Night at the Museum.
--Best Buy says if you buy ANY TWO of the above ($19.99 or $24.99) Blu-ray discs, You can get a FREE $10 Best Buy GIFTCARD. Buy ANY THREE and get a FREE $20 BB GIFTCARD, instantly.
--Buy ANY Sony Vaio Blu-ray-capable PC @ BB and you earn the right to be able to purchase one of the following $29.99 BD titles and getting one free: 21, Casino Royale, Superbad, Vantage Point.
--Buy the Planet Earth set on Blu-ray at Best Buy this week (for $74.99) and get an EXCLUSIVE FREE T-SHIRT. Minimum two per store. No rainchecks. Limit one per customer.
--Along the same vein, purchase Talladega Nights (SD $14.99) @ BB this week and get an EXCLUSIVE RICKY BOBBY BOBBLEHEAD DOLL. Well, it’s sort of the same vein. Okay. Maybe not.
--Best Buy has a number of $19.99 titles available in a 2/$30 deal: The Elephant Kingdom, Gettysburg, Mars: Quest for Life, Snakes, The World’s Biggest and Baddest Bugs. Must be purchased on same receipt.
--Best Buy Odds and Ends: Best Buy has lists of DVDs for sale @ $4.99 & $9.99.
--Circuit City has an EXCLUSIVE CHROME KEYCHAIN with the Wanted SE (2-disc). Available on-line and in most stores. While supplies last.
--@ Circuit City, get a FREE $5 Circuit City giftcard AND a FREE “Horton Hears a Who!” Interactive Card (whatever that is), instantly, when you buy a $12.99 title from the following list: Anastasia, Firehouse Dog, Garfield’s FunFest, Home Alone, Ice Age, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, Mrs. Doubtfire, Night at the Museum. Regular $14.99. Titles may vary by store.
--The following holiday titles are $9.99 @ CC this week: A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Story, Elf, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, It’s a Wonderful Life, Jingle All the Way, Miracle on 34th Street (1947), National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Polar Express, Shrek the Halls, White Christmas.
--Circuit City Odds and Ends: Lists of titles for $3.99 & $6.99.
--Target, this week, is advertising an EXCLUSIVE GIFT with its copies of the Casablanca Ultimate CE. The flyer says nothing more than “Exclusive Gift.” Your guess is as good as mine. Quantity limited. No rainchecks.
--Target also has EXCLUSIVE PRODUCTION NOTES with its copies of the Wanted SE (2-disc).
--Some GREAT PRICES on “gift sets” @ Target this week (among those shown): Back to the Future Trilogy ($14.99), Die Hard Trilogy Ult. Coll. ($12.99) and the Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection (6 films) ($12.99!).
--Target Odds and Ends: A list of DVDs for $4.75 & $10.00.