The Weekly RoundUp
The Features
– Claudette Colbert and a cast of 1000s! (Cleopatra - 1934)
– Diane Varsi & Orson Welles (Compulsion - 1959)
– Cast (SNL: Best of Commercial Parodies – 1975-2005)
– The Dirty Dozen - 1967
– Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds & Jim Brown (100 Rifles – 1969)
– Zac Efron & Vanessa Anne Hudgens (High School Musical – 2006)
The Prices
TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostco100 Rifles$11.19$9.99$12.99 - - The 4400: Season 2$27.29$31.99$34.99 - - All You’ve Got$18.69$19.99$16.99$16.99 - Back Door to Hell$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - BloodRayne: Dir. Cut (NR)$17.96$17.99$16.99 - - BloodRayne: (Rated)$18.99 - $27.00 - - The Blue Iguana$13.49$12.99$12.99 - - Boondock Saints SE (NR)$16.96$17.99$17.99 - - The Booth$18.69$19.99$19.99 - - Boston Legal: Season 1$33.96$34.99$34.99$34.99$33.99Bourne Supremacy (HD-DVD)$24.49$29.99$33.99 - $23.99Bugaloos$26.19$28.99$29.99 - - Catherine the Great$18.69$19.99$19.99 - - Cecil B. DeMille Collection$41.99$49.99$49.99 - - Cheaper By the Dozen 2$16.96$16.99$13.99$16.99 - Chronicles of Riddick (HD-DVD)$24.49$29.99$33.99 - - Classic Crime Coll: Street Justice$26.99$24.99$24.99 - - Classic Western Coll: The Outlaws$26.99$24.99$24.99 - - The Closer: Season 1$28.96$27.99$34.99 - $27.99Compulsion (1959)$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - The Culpepper Cattle Company$11.19$9.99$12.99 - - Deadwood: Season 2$62.96$62.99$64.99$69.99$67.99Decision Before Dawn$11.19$9.99$12.99 - - The Dirty Dozen SE$17.96$17.99$19.99 - - The Dog Whisperer: Season 1$48.86$49.99$39.99 - - Game 6$25.19$20.99$28.00 - - Guns at Batasi$11.19$9.99$12.99 - - Heroes of War Coll: Frontline Combat$26.99$26.99$24.99 - - Heroes of War Coll: Navy Battles$26.99$24.99$24.99 - - Heroes of War Coll: Soldier’s Stories$26.99$26.99$24.99 - - Harlan County USA (CC)$27.99$28.99$34.99 - - High School Musical$26.99$14.99$13.99$16.99 - Hollow Man 2$16.99$19.99$17.99 - - Immortal Sergeant$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - Jim Henson’s Storyteller: Def. Coll.$13.99$14.99$15.99 - - Julie Johnson$22.49$19.99$19.99 - - Kingdom of Heaven: Dir. Cut (4-disc)$17.46$24.99$22.99 - - The Last Wagon$11.19$9.99$12.99 - - London$16.99$19.99$24.97 - - The Longest Day SE$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - M*A*S*H: Season 10$27.99$27.99$27.99$29.99 - Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey$18.96$22.99$16.99 - - Murder, Inc. (1960)$11.19$9.99$12.99 - - One Last Thing…$22.49$24.99$24.99 - - Patton SE$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - The Proud Ones$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - Samurai Jack: Season 3$19.49$24.99$24.99 - - SNL: Best of Cheri Oteri$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - SNL: Best of Commercial Parodies$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - The Seven-Ups (1973)$11.19$9.99$12.99 - - Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre (1967)$11.19$9.99$12.99 - - These Thousand Hills$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - Tora! Tora! Tora! SE$14.99$17.99$15.99 - - TransAmerica$16.96$16.99$17.99$16.99 - U-571 (HD-DVD)$24.49$29.99$33.99 - - Van Helsing (HD-DVD)$24.49$29.99$33.99 - - Viridiana (CC)$19.96$24.99$19.99 - - Who Gets to Call It Art?$16.47$24.99$27.00 - - Wings: Seasons 1 & 2$27.29$31.99$27.99 - - WWE: Wrestlemania 22$19.96$19.99$14.99 - - X-Men Evolution: Season 3$13.99$14.99$15.99 - - Yellow Sky$11.19$9.99$12.99 - - You’re In the Navy Now$11.19$12.99$12.99 - -
(CC) after a title = New release in the Criterion Collection.
(HD-DVD) after a title = New High-Definition release.
Individual titles included in box sets listed above:
Cecil B. DeMille Collection: Sign of the Cross, Four Frightened People, Cleopatra, The Crusades, Union Pacific.
Classic Crime Collection – Street Justice: Murder, Inc. The French Connection, The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, The Seven-Ups.
Classic Western Collection – The Outlaws: The Proud Ones, Forty Guns, Broken Lance, The Culpepper Cattle Company.
Heroes of War Collection – Frontline Combat: Halls of Montezuma, Decision Before Dawn, D-Day the Sixth of June, Guadalcanal Diary.
Heroes of War Collection – Navy Battles: The enemy Below, The Frogmen, Morituri, Sink the Bismark!.
Heroes of War Collection – Soldier’s Stories: Men of Honor, Courage Under Fire, Tigerland, The Thin Red Line.
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
**WOW!
For the first time in a LOOOOONG time, there are NO new releases this week in a Modified Aspect Ratio!
--Phew! HUGE week! A ton of box sets. New TV on DVD releases. Some SEs of film classics. A couple of Criterions. Some recent theatrical and TV releases. And, some high-def releases. A real “something for everybody” week.
--In the High-Definition/Software forums of the HTF there is discussion that Blazing Saddles has been announced for Tuesday. I cannot find any evidence of that at the e-tailers or retailers. I would just figure that the prices listed for all the other HD-DVDs this week would hold up for Blazing Saddles if it is being rushed out this week.
--Best Buy, this week, is advertising an EXCLUSIVE “THE PRACTICE” BONUS DVD with their copies of Boston Legal: Season 1. On-pack. Includes 4-episode prequel to Boston Legal. Minimum 8 per store. No rainchecks.
--Save $30, instantly, at Best Buy when you buy Seasons 1 ($54.99) AND 2 ($63.99) of Deadwood. Must be purchased on same receipt. $55 + $64 = $119. $119 - $30 = $89. $89/2 = $$44.50 apiece. Good deal!
--Best Buy is holding one of its 2/$20 promotions when you buy BOTH High School Musical on DVD ($14.99) and High School Musical soundtrack CD ($9.99) (Includes 2 CDs, ringtones, poster and 8 karaoke tracks). Save $5.
--Circuit City has an EXCLUSIVE FREE RINGTONE this week with its copies of All You’ve Got. A free Ciara “1, 2 Step” ringtone.
--Circuit City is now also doing a deal on High School Musical. Buy both the DVD ($13.99) and soundtrack CD ($9.99) and receive an EXCLUSIVE FREE $5 Circuit City GIFT CARD.
--Circuit City has two deals on some WWE stuff this week. Save $5 with the purchase of Wrestlemania 22 on DVD ($14.99) and the audio CD WWE Wreckless Intent ($10.99). But…BEWARE…this seems to be a $5 mail-in rebate towards a future pay-per-view WWE event with purchase. The CC ad says that you’ll save $5 with the joint purchase…but in small print it adds that there is the $5 mail-in rebate on the pay-per-view purchase.
--Circuit City is also promoting an EXCLUSIVE FREE “See No Evil” PENDANT (in the shape of a meat hook) with the WWE merchandise. I don’t think the WWE has anything to do with “See No Evil”, but what the heck do I know?!
While supplies last. Minimum 10 per store.
--Target is advertising a FREE MINI YEARBOOK with its copies of High School Musical on DVD. Quantity limited, no rainchecks.
--Target is also advertising an EXCLUSIVE BONUS CD with its copies of All You’ve Got.
--And what would a week be without Target offering a FREE $5 GiftCard? This week, get your Target $5 GiftCard with the purchase of either M*A*S*H: Season 10 OR Boston Legal: Season 1. Quantity limited, no rainchecks.
--Many locations are advertising that their copies of BloodRayne: Director’s Cut (NR) will include a PC videogame “BloodRayne 2” A $25 value.
The Markdowns
The latest markdowns according to DavisDVD:
EFFECTIVE: May 23, 2006 (Studio/Titles/New SRP)
Universal Studios
The 40 Year-Old Virgin, American Pie: Band Camp, Broken Flowers, Cinderella Man, The Constant Gardner, Cry Wolf, Doom, The Perfect man, Pride & Prejudice, Serenity, The Skeleton Key, Two For the Money ... $19.98
Apollo 13, Assault on Pct. 13, The Big Lebowski, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Coal Miner's Daughter, Far and Away, The Far Country, High Plains Drifter, The Jerk, Joe Kidd, Love Actually, No Name on the Bullet, Return to Paradise, SNL: Alec Baldwin, SNL: David Spade, Weird Science, Winchester '73 ... $14.98
End of Days, The Family Man ... $12.98
Batteries Not Included, Biloxi Blues, Intolerable Cruelty, Jaws 2, Nurse Betty, Patch Adams, Red Dragon, Screwed, Spy Game ... $9.99
The Features
– Claudette Colbert and a cast of 1000s! (Cleopatra - 1934)
– Diane Varsi & Orson Welles (Compulsion - 1959)
– Cast (SNL: Best of Commercial Parodies – 1975-2005)
– The Dirty Dozen - 1967
– Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds & Jim Brown (100 Rifles – 1969)
– Zac Efron & Vanessa Anne Hudgens (High School Musical – 2006)
The Prices
TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostco100 Rifles$11.19$9.99$12.99 - - The 4400: Season 2$27.29$31.99$34.99 - - All You’ve Got$18.69$19.99$16.99$16.99 - Back Door to Hell$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - BloodRayne: Dir. Cut (NR)$17.96$17.99$16.99 - - BloodRayne: (Rated)$18.99 - $27.00 - - The Blue Iguana$13.49$12.99$12.99 - - Boondock Saints SE (NR)$16.96$17.99$17.99 - - The Booth$18.69$19.99$19.99 - - Boston Legal: Season 1$33.96$34.99$34.99$34.99$33.99Bourne Supremacy (HD-DVD)$24.49$29.99$33.99 - $23.99Bugaloos$26.19$28.99$29.99 - - Catherine the Great$18.69$19.99$19.99 - - Cecil B. DeMille Collection$41.99$49.99$49.99 - - Cheaper By the Dozen 2$16.96$16.99$13.99$16.99 - Chronicles of Riddick (HD-DVD)$24.49$29.99$33.99 - - Classic Crime Coll: Street Justice$26.99$24.99$24.99 - - Classic Western Coll: The Outlaws$26.99$24.99$24.99 - - The Closer: Season 1$28.96$27.99$34.99 - $27.99Compulsion (1959)$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - The Culpepper Cattle Company$11.19$9.99$12.99 - - Deadwood: Season 2$62.96$62.99$64.99$69.99$67.99Decision Before Dawn$11.19$9.99$12.99 - - The Dirty Dozen SE$17.96$17.99$19.99 - - The Dog Whisperer: Season 1$48.86$49.99$39.99 - - Game 6$25.19$20.99$28.00 - - Guns at Batasi$11.19$9.99$12.99 - - Heroes of War Coll: Frontline Combat$26.99$26.99$24.99 - - Heroes of War Coll: Navy Battles$26.99$24.99$24.99 - - Heroes of War Coll: Soldier’s Stories$26.99$26.99$24.99 - - Harlan County USA (CC)$27.99$28.99$34.99 - - High School Musical$26.99$14.99$13.99$16.99 - Hollow Man 2$16.99$19.99$17.99 - - Immortal Sergeant$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - Jim Henson’s Storyteller: Def. Coll.$13.99$14.99$15.99 - - Julie Johnson$22.49$19.99$19.99 - - Kingdom of Heaven: Dir. Cut (4-disc)$17.46$24.99$22.99 - - The Last Wagon$11.19$9.99$12.99 - - London$16.99$19.99$24.97 - - The Longest Day SE$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - M*A*S*H: Season 10$27.99$27.99$27.99$29.99 - Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey$18.96$22.99$16.99 - - Murder, Inc. (1960)$11.19$9.99$12.99 - - One Last Thing…$22.49$24.99$24.99 - - Patton SE$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - The Proud Ones$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - Samurai Jack: Season 3$19.49$24.99$24.99 - - SNL: Best of Cheri Oteri$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - SNL: Best of Commercial Parodies$14.99$14.99$15.99 - - The Seven-Ups (1973)$11.19$9.99$12.99 - - Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre (1967)$11.19$9.99$12.99 - - These Thousand Hills$11.19$12.99$12.99 - - Tora! Tora! Tora! SE$14.99$17.99$15.99 - - TransAmerica$16.96$16.99$17.99$16.99 - U-571 (HD-DVD)$24.49$29.99$33.99 - - Van Helsing (HD-DVD)$24.49$29.99$33.99 - - Viridiana (CC)$19.96$24.99$19.99 - - Who Gets to Call It Art?$16.47$24.99$27.00 - - Wings: Seasons 1 & 2$27.29$31.99$27.99 - - WWE: Wrestlemania 22$19.96$19.99$14.99 - - X-Men Evolution: Season 3$13.99$14.99$15.99 - - Yellow Sky$11.19$9.99$12.99 - - You’re In the Navy Now$11.19$12.99$12.99 - -
(CC) after a title = New release in the Criterion Collection.
(HD-DVD) after a title = New High-Definition release.
Individual titles included in box sets listed above:
Cecil B. DeMille Collection: Sign of the Cross, Four Frightened People, Cleopatra, The Crusades, Union Pacific.
Classic Crime Collection – Street Justice: Murder, Inc. The French Connection, The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, The Seven-Ups.
Classic Western Collection – The Outlaws: The Proud Ones, Forty Guns, Broken Lance, The Culpepper Cattle Company.
Heroes of War Collection – Frontline Combat: Halls of Montezuma, Decision Before Dawn, D-Day the Sixth of June, Guadalcanal Diary.
Heroes of War Collection – Navy Battles: The enemy Below, The Frogmen, Morituri, Sink the Bismark!.
Heroes of War Collection – Soldier’s Stories: Men of Honor, Courage Under Fire, Tigerland, The Thin Red Line.
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
**WOW!
--Phew! HUGE week! A ton of box sets. New TV on DVD releases. Some SEs of film classics. A couple of Criterions. Some recent theatrical and TV releases. And, some high-def releases. A real “something for everybody” week.
--In the High-Definition/Software forums of the HTF there is discussion that Blazing Saddles has been announced for Tuesday. I cannot find any evidence of that at the e-tailers or retailers. I would just figure that the prices listed for all the other HD-DVDs this week would hold up for Blazing Saddles if it is being rushed out this week.
--Best Buy, this week, is advertising an EXCLUSIVE “THE PRACTICE” BONUS DVD with their copies of Boston Legal: Season 1. On-pack. Includes 4-episode prequel to Boston Legal. Minimum 8 per store. No rainchecks.
--Save $30, instantly, at Best Buy when you buy Seasons 1 ($54.99) AND 2 ($63.99) of Deadwood. Must be purchased on same receipt. $55 + $64 = $119. $119 - $30 = $89. $89/2 = $$44.50 apiece. Good deal!
--Best Buy is holding one of its 2/$20 promotions when you buy BOTH High School Musical on DVD ($14.99) and High School Musical soundtrack CD ($9.99) (Includes 2 CDs, ringtones, poster and 8 karaoke tracks). Save $5.
--Circuit City has an EXCLUSIVE FREE RINGTONE this week with its copies of All You’ve Got. A free Ciara “1, 2 Step” ringtone.
--Circuit City is now also doing a deal on High School Musical. Buy both the DVD ($13.99) and soundtrack CD ($9.99) and receive an EXCLUSIVE FREE $5 Circuit City GIFT CARD.
--Circuit City has two deals on some WWE stuff this week. Save $5 with the purchase of Wrestlemania 22 on DVD ($14.99) and the audio CD WWE Wreckless Intent ($10.99). But…BEWARE…this seems to be a $5 mail-in rebate towards a future pay-per-view WWE event with purchase. The CC ad says that you’ll save $5 with the joint purchase…but in small print it adds that there is the $5 mail-in rebate on the pay-per-view purchase.
--Circuit City is also promoting an EXCLUSIVE FREE “See No Evil” PENDANT (in the shape of a meat hook) with the WWE merchandise. I don’t think the WWE has anything to do with “See No Evil”, but what the heck do I know?!
--Target is advertising a FREE MINI YEARBOOK with its copies of High School Musical on DVD. Quantity limited, no rainchecks.
--Target is also advertising an EXCLUSIVE BONUS CD with its copies of All You’ve Got.
--And what would a week be without Target offering a FREE $5 GiftCard? This week, get your Target $5 GiftCard with the purchase of either M*A*S*H: Season 10 OR Boston Legal: Season 1. Quantity limited, no rainchecks.
--Many locations are advertising that their copies of BloodRayne: Director’s Cut (NR) will include a PC videogame “BloodRayne 2” A $25 value.
The Markdowns
The latest markdowns according to DavisDVD:
EFFECTIVE: May 23, 2006 (Studio/Titles/New SRP)
Universal Studios
The 40 Year-Old Virgin, American Pie: Band Camp, Broken Flowers, Cinderella Man, The Constant Gardner, Cry Wolf, Doom, The Perfect man, Pride & Prejudice, Serenity, The Skeleton Key, Two For the Money ... $19.98
Apollo 13, Assault on Pct. 13, The Big Lebowski, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Coal Miner's Daughter, Far and Away, The Far Country, High Plains Drifter, The Jerk, Joe Kidd, Love Actually, No Name on the Bullet, Return to Paradise, SNL: Alec Baldwin, SNL: David Spade, Weird Science, Winchester '73 ... $14.98
End of Days, The Family Man ... $12.98
Batteries Not Included, Biloxi Blues, Intolerable Cruelty, Jaws 2, Nurse Betty, Patch Adams, Red Dragon, Screwed, Spy Game ... $9.99