The Weekly RoundUp
The Features
– WALL•E - 2008
– Cast (Tropic Thunder – 2008)
– Gad Elmaleh & Audrey Tatou (Priceless – 2006)
– Cast (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 – 2008)
– Cannibal! The Musical – 1996
– High Fidelity: Adventures of the Guarneri String Quartet – 1988
The Prices
SD-DVD TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostco300 Limited Collector’s Edition$36.99$34.99 - - - Bones: Season 3$37.99$38.99$39.99$39.99$37.79Burke’s Law: Season 1 Volume 2$21.99$24.99 - - - Cannibal! The Musical (13th Anniv. Edition)$21.99$19.99 - - - Charmed: Complete Series$174.99$179.99 - $159.99$159.99Columbia Best Pictures Collection (11 films)$121.99$99.99 - - $89.99Daniel Boone: Season 6$44.99$44.99 - - - David Lynch: Lime Green Set$129.99 - - - - Doctor Who: Complete Fourth Series$64.99$69.99 - - - Encounters at the End of the World$19.99$19.99 - - - Garden Party$24.99$19.99 - - - Gonzo: Life & Work of Hunter S. Thompson$18.99$22.99 - - - Griffith Masterworks #2$66.99$89.99 - - - Hannah Montana: Season 1$26.99$27.99 - - - Hawaii 5-0: Season 5$36.99$39.99 - - - Heathers: Limited Edition Locker$80.99$89.99 - - - High Fidelity: Adv.’s Guarneri String Quartet$22.49$19.99 - - - Jeff Dunham: Very Special Christmas Special$9.99$9.99 - - - McHale’s Navy$27.99$29.99 - - - Monty Python’s Holy Trinity$29.99$34.99 - - - Complete Monty Python’s Flying Circus Megaset$89.99$89.99 - - - The Odd Couple: Final Season$28.99$34.99 - - - The Odd Couple: Complete Series$119.99$169.99 - - - Priceless$25.99$14.99 - - - **Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2$15.99$15.99$17.99$16.99 - Spongebob Squarepants: Season 5 Vol. 2$18.99$22.99 - - - Star Trek: The Original Series: Season 3$66.99$69.99 - - - The Texan (10 discs)$62.99$59.99 - - - Tropic Thunder$16.99$14.99$15.99$16.99 - Tropic Thunder (Director’s Cut)$22.99$22.99$22.99$22.99 - Victor Borge Classic Collection$35.99 - - - - Wall•E (1 disc)$14.99$14.99$14.99$15.99$18.99Wall•E SE (3 disc)$22.99$29.99$27.99$29.99 - The Who: Kilborn 1977$14.99 - - - $14.98The Zombie Diaries$14.99$14.99 - - -
BLU-RAY TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoAwake$19.99$24.99 - - - Blue Streak$19.99$24.99 - - - Encounters at the End of the World$24.49$24.99 - - - Extreme$20.99$24.99 - - - Heathers$16.49$24.99 - - - Heathers: Limited Edition Locker$80.99$89.99 - - - Jeff Dunham: Very Special Christmas Special$17.49$19.99 - - - Kitaro$13.95$19.99 - - - Lucky Number Slevin$19.99$24.99 - - - Mad Money$23.99$27.99 - - - Mirrormask$19.99$24.99 - - - National Security$20.99$24.99 - - - Paris, je t’aime$16.99$19.99 - - - Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us$19.95$29.99 - - - Priceless$18.99$29.99 - - - Revolver$20.99$24.99 - - - Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2$24.95$29.99 - - - Southland Tales$19.99$24.99 - - - The Stendahl Syndrome$21.99$24.99 - - - Tropic Thunder$26.95$27.99$26.99$27.99 - The Universe: Season 1$39.99$39.99 - - - Wall•E (2 disc)$24.95$26.99$26.99$25.99$26.99Wall•E (3 disc)$24.99$29.99 - $29.99 - The Who: Kilborn 1977$20.49$29.99 - - -
(CC) after a title = New release in the Criterion Collection.
Individual titles included in box sets listed above:
Columbia Best Pictures Collection: 1934 It Happened One Night, 1938 You Can't Take It with You, 1949 All the King's Men, 1953 From Here to Eternity, 1954 On the Waterfront, 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1962 Lawrence of Arabia, 1966 A Man for All Seasons, 1968 Oliver!, 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer, 1982 Gandhi
David Lynch Lime Green Set: ERASERHEAD – REMASTERED VERSION, ERASERHEAD SOUND TRACK, THE SHORT FILMS OF DAVID LYNCH, THE ELEPHANT MAN, THE ELEPHANT MAN EXTRAS – DVD DEBUT, WILD AT HEART, INDUSTRIAL SYMPHONY No. 1 – DVD DEBUT, BLUE VELVET – NEW LYNCH APPROVED 5.1 SOUND MIX, DUMBLAND, MYSTERY DISC – DVD DEBUT, BOOKLET – FEATURING RARE LYNCH IMAGERY.
Griffith Masterworks #2: Way Down East, The Avenging Conscience, Abraham Lincoln, The Struggle, Sally of the Sawdust, D.W. Griffith: Father of Film.
Monty Python’s Holy Trinity: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life.
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! Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is being released, this week, in both OAR and MAR versions! Get the right one!
--A BIG CHANGE to this week’s (and all future) RoundUps! Circuit City has stopped listing it’s DVD and Blu-ray titles on it’s website. Click on “Movies” on cc.com or call their toll-free number and you will be directed to shop at your closest store. This could mean a big change in marketing for the beleaguered retailer. So…the only titles listed for Circuit City from here on will be those found in their weekly flyer.
--Best Buy has a Wall•E Puzzle Cube with the purchase of ANY version of Wall•E on DVD or Blu-ray or ANY GAME version. Minimum 50 per store. No rainchecks. Limit 1 per customer.
--EXCLUSIVE FREE T-SHIRTS @ Best Buy with the purchase of Tropic Thunder on Blu-ray ONLY!
--Best Buy is advertising a Limited Edition set of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants this week. Includes both movies in the series plus a book and more. .
--Best Buy also has EXCLUSIVE STEELBOOK PACKAGING with it’s copies of Doctor Who: Complete Series Four. No rainchecks.
--Best Buy also has a slew of TV season sets on sale for $14.99 apiece this week. No rainchecks. Limit 1 per customer.
--Best Buy has a list of Disney titles on sale for $5.99 apiece…or 6/$30. Regularly $9.99 to $12.99.
--Best Buy also has a short list of horror titles 2/$20. Regularly $14.99 to $17.99.
--Best Buy Odds and Ends: A list of titles for $6.99 and a list of “Quadruple Feature” DVDs for $9.99.
--Circuit City has EXCLUSIVE BEHIND-THE-SCENES MATERIAL with its copies of Tropic Thunder (2-disc SE or Blu-ray). While supplies last.
--Circuit City is advertising $6.99 titles called “Rockin’ Flicks” which come with a FREE EXCLUSIVE 6-MONTH SUBSCRIPTION TO ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE. Titles shown include: 13 Going on 30, Rent, Stand By me, Stomp the Yard. More titles in-store. Titles may vary by store.
--The following Blu-ray titles are $14.99 this week at Circuit City: Aeon Flux, Beerfest, Bullitt, A Clockwork Orange, Enter the Dragon, Flags of Our Fathers, The Fugitive, House of Wax, The Italian Job, The Shining, Swordfish, Top Gun.
--Circuit City Odds and Ends: A list of titles for $6.49, $7.49 and $9.99.
--How about a FREE TREE, this week, from Target?!? Buy ANY version of Wall•E and get a special code to enter on-line. A FREE TREE SEEDLING will be delivered to your home. Quantities limited. No rainchecks.
--Target also has an EXCLUSIVE PATCH with their copies of the 2-disc SE of Tropic Thunder. Quantities limited. No rainchecks.
--@ Target, this week, buy Bones: Season 3 and get a FREE $5 TARGET GIFTCARD.
--Target has the following Blu-ray titles on sale for $19: Indiana Jones IV: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Iron Man, Kung Fu Panda.
--Target also has a LOT of TV Shows on DVD on sale this week for $12.98 & $14.98 (Includes season sets of Family Guy, Friends, Gilmore Girls, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Nip/Tuck, The O.C., One Tree Hill, The Simpsons, .
--Target Odds and Ends: A list of DVDs for $6.50 & $10.00.
The Features
– WALL•E - 2008
– Cast (Tropic Thunder – 2008)
– Gad Elmaleh & Audrey Tatou (Priceless – 2006)
– Cast (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 – 2008)
– Cannibal! The Musical – 1996
– High Fidelity: Adventures of the Guarneri String Quartet – 1988
The Prices
SD-DVD TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostco300 Limited Collector’s Edition$36.99$34.99 - - - Bones: Season 3$37.99$38.99$39.99$39.99$37.79Burke’s Law: Season 1 Volume 2$21.99$24.99 - - - Cannibal! The Musical (13th Anniv. Edition)$21.99$19.99 - - - Charmed: Complete Series$174.99$179.99 - $159.99$159.99Columbia Best Pictures Collection (11 films)$121.99$99.99 - - $89.99Daniel Boone: Season 6$44.99$44.99 - - - David Lynch: Lime Green Set$129.99 - - - - Doctor Who: Complete Fourth Series$64.99$69.99 - - - Encounters at the End of the World$19.99$19.99 - - - Garden Party$24.99$19.99 - - - Gonzo: Life & Work of Hunter S. Thompson$18.99$22.99 - - - Griffith Masterworks #2$66.99$89.99 - - - Hannah Montana: Season 1$26.99$27.99 - - - Hawaii 5-0: Season 5$36.99$39.99 - - - Heathers: Limited Edition Locker$80.99$89.99 - - - High Fidelity: Adv.’s Guarneri String Quartet$22.49$19.99 - - - Jeff Dunham: Very Special Christmas Special$9.99$9.99 - - - McHale’s Navy$27.99$29.99 - - - Monty Python’s Holy Trinity$29.99$34.99 - - - Complete Monty Python’s Flying Circus Megaset$89.99$89.99 - - - The Odd Couple: Final Season$28.99$34.99 - - - The Odd Couple: Complete Series$119.99$169.99 - - - Priceless$25.99$14.99 - - - **Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2$15.99$15.99$17.99$16.99 - Spongebob Squarepants: Season 5 Vol. 2$18.99$22.99 - - - Star Trek: The Original Series: Season 3$66.99$69.99 - - - The Texan (10 discs)$62.99$59.99 - - - Tropic Thunder$16.99$14.99$15.99$16.99 - Tropic Thunder (Director’s Cut)$22.99$22.99$22.99$22.99 - Victor Borge Classic Collection$35.99 - - - - Wall•E (1 disc)$14.99$14.99$14.99$15.99$18.99Wall•E SE (3 disc)$22.99$29.99$27.99$29.99 - The Who: Kilborn 1977$14.99 - - - $14.98The Zombie Diaries$14.99$14.99 - - -
BLU-RAY TITLEAmazonBestBuyCrcCityTargetCostcoAwake$19.99$24.99 - - - Blue Streak$19.99$24.99 - - - Encounters at the End of the World$24.49$24.99 - - - Extreme$20.99$24.99 - - - Heathers$16.49$24.99 - - - Heathers: Limited Edition Locker$80.99$89.99 - - - Jeff Dunham: Very Special Christmas Special$17.49$19.99 - - - Kitaro$13.95$19.99 - - - Lucky Number Slevin$19.99$24.99 - - - Mad Money$23.99$27.99 - - - Mirrormask$19.99$24.99 - - - National Security$20.99$24.99 - - - Paris, je t’aime$16.99$19.99 - - - Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us$19.95$29.99 - - - Priceless$18.99$29.99 - - - Revolver$20.99$24.99 - - - Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2$24.95$29.99 - - - Southland Tales$19.99$24.99 - - - The Stendahl Syndrome$21.99$24.99 - - - Tropic Thunder$26.95$27.99$26.99$27.99 - The Universe: Season 1$39.99$39.99 - - - Wall•E (2 disc)$24.95$26.99$26.99$25.99$26.99Wall•E (3 disc)$24.99$29.99 - $29.99 - The Who: Kilborn 1977$20.49$29.99 - - -
(CC) after a title = New release in the Criterion Collection.
Individual titles included in box sets listed above:
Columbia Best Pictures Collection: 1934 It Happened One Night, 1938 You Can't Take It with You, 1949 All the King's Men, 1953 From Here to Eternity, 1954 On the Waterfront, 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1962 Lawrence of Arabia, 1966 A Man for All Seasons, 1968 Oliver!, 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer, 1982 Gandhi
David Lynch Lime Green Set: ERASERHEAD – REMASTERED VERSION, ERASERHEAD SOUND TRACK, THE SHORT FILMS OF DAVID LYNCH, THE ELEPHANT MAN, THE ELEPHANT MAN EXTRAS – DVD DEBUT, WILD AT HEART, INDUSTRIAL SYMPHONY No. 1 – DVD DEBUT, BLUE VELVET – NEW LYNCH APPROVED 5.1 SOUND MIX, DUMBLAND, MYSTERY DISC – DVD DEBUT, BOOKLET – FEATURING RARE LYNCH IMAGERY.
Griffith Masterworks #2: Way Down East, The Avenging Conscience, Abraham Lincoln, The Struggle, Sally of the Sawdust, D.W. Griffith: Father of Film.
Monty Python’s Holy Trinity: Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life.
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! Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is being released, this week, in both OAR and MAR versions! Get the right one!
--A BIG CHANGE to this week’s (and all future) RoundUps! Circuit City has stopped listing it’s DVD and Blu-ray titles on it’s website. Click on “Movies” on cc.com or call their toll-free number and you will be directed to shop at your closest store. This could mean a big change in marketing for the beleaguered retailer. So…the only titles listed for Circuit City from here on will be those found in their weekly flyer.
--Best Buy has a Wall•E Puzzle Cube with the purchase of ANY version of Wall•E on DVD or Blu-ray or ANY GAME version. Minimum 50 per store. No rainchecks. Limit 1 per customer.
--EXCLUSIVE FREE T-SHIRTS @ Best Buy with the purchase of Tropic Thunder on Blu-ray ONLY!
--Best Buy is advertising a Limited Edition set of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants this week. Includes both movies in the series plus a book and more. .
--Best Buy also has EXCLUSIVE STEELBOOK PACKAGING with it’s copies of Doctor Who: Complete Series Four. No rainchecks.
--Best Buy also has a slew of TV season sets on sale for $14.99 apiece this week. No rainchecks. Limit 1 per customer.
--Best Buy has a list of Disney titles on sale for $5.99 apiece…or 6/$30. Regularly $9.99 to $12.99.
--Best Buy also has a short list of horror titles 2/$20. Regularly $14.99 to $17.99.
--Best Buy Odds and Ends: A list of titles for $6.99 and a list of “Quadruple Feature” DVDs for $9.99.
--Circuit City has EXCLUSIVE BEHIND-THE-SCENES MATERIAL with its copies of Tropic Thunder (2-disc SE or Blu-ray). While supplies last.
--Circuit City is advertising $6.99 titles called “Rockin’ Flicks” which come with a FREE EXCLUSIVE 6-MONTH SUBSCRIPTION TO ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE. Titles shown include: 13 Going on 30, Rent, Stand By me, Stomp the Yard. More titles in-store. Titles may vary by store.
--The following Blu-ray titles are $14.99 this week at Circuit City: Aeon Flux, Beerfest, Bullitt, A Clockwork Orange, Enter the Dragon, Flags of Our Fathers, The Fugitive, House of Wax, The Italian Job, The Shining, Swordfish, Top Gun.
--Circuit City Odds and Ends: A list of titles for $6.49, $7.49 and $9.99.
--How about a FREE TREE, this week, from Target?!? Buy ANY version of Wall•E and get a special code to enter on-line. A FREE TREE SEEDLING will be delivered to your home. Quantities limited. No rainchecks.
--Target also has an EXCLUSIVE PATCH with their copies of the 2-disc SE of Tropic Thunder. Quantities limited. No rainchecks.
--@ Target, this week, buy Bones: Season 3 and get a FREE $5 TARGET GIFTCARD.
--Target has the following Blu-ray titles on sale for $19: Indiana Jones IV: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Iron Man, Kung Fu Panda.
--Target also has a LOT of TV Shows on DVD on sale this week for $12.98 & $14.98 (Includes season sets of Family Guy, Friends, Gilmore Girls, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Nip/Tuck, The O.C., One Tree Hill, The Simpsons, .
--Target Odds and Ends: A list of DVDs for $6.50 & $10.00.
