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NEMESIS DVD #1 in Debut Week, Tenth TREK Moves 1.3 Million Copies

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Posted: 10:08:05 on May 29 2003
By: Steve Krutzler
Dept: Star Trek: Nemesis

The Hollywood Reporter reports today that the debut of STAR TREK NEMESIS on DVD last week brought Paramount Home Entertainment the #1 spot in overall DVD sales for the period. Selling 1.3 million copies, the Nielsen VideoScan's First Alert DVD sales chart reports that NEMESIS bested ANTWONE FISHER for the top position. That film, directed by Hollywood heavyweight Denzel Washington, surprised industry insiders by selling over one million units in its debut.

The tenth TREK film made $10.6 million in video rental sales in its first five days, according to Video Store magazine data published by the trade. The number one rental spot was taken by ANALYZE THAT, a comedy sequel starring Billy Crystal and Robert de Niro, which made $13.6 in the period. NEMESIS was "clearly expected to perform well on DVD because of its genre, brand recognition and cult following" according to HR.

The pic disappointed at the box office with just $43 million domestically, the lowest of any TREK feature. You can read more about the week's DVD chart-toppers here.

You can read TrekWeb's review of the NEMESIS DVD here.

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Does this include VHS sales?
By Flake ( flaky@ukonline.co.uk) at 08:27:52 on May 31 2003
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If not then add an extra 25% for the VHS sales!

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The same will occur with ENT
By Berman My Man ( ) at 17:44:03 on May 29 2003
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Mark my words, if you think this is a justification that the box office was unfair to NEMESIS, I'll wager that despite the poor ratings, when ENT comes out on DVD, you'll see a similar surge that defies its TV ratings. You'll be hard pressed to find a free copy of ENT for at least the first two weeks.

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RE: The same will occur with ENT...nope by Scorned @ 11:31:19 ET on 31 May

RE: The same will occur with ENT...nope by Berman My Man @ 22:44:24 ET on 1 Jun

RE: The same will occur with ENT...nope by Scorned @ 23:11:34 ET on 1 Jun

RE: The same will occur with ENT...nope by Berman My Man @ 23:53:01 ET on 1 Jun

RE: The same will occur with ENT...nope by Scorned @ 22:18:45 ET on 2 Jun

10.5 mil in video rental
By Grand Admiral Thrawn ( grandfleetadmiralthrawn@hotmail.com) at 16:26:16 on May 29 2003
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Its nearly half of Nemesis opening weekend. I guess people have decided to give Nemesis a chance and bid TNG goodbye with some more respect. DVD sales is good news too. Mine Walmart was sold out too when the movie first came out with me grabbing the last copy

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Insurrection DVD sales?
By Hbasm ( ) at 14:57:59 on May 29 2003
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I'm glad to hear about Nemesis good DVD sale. Does anyone remember how the Insurrection DVD performed during it's first week? Of course these numbers shouldn't be directly compared as more people today have DVD.

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RE: Insurrection DVD sales? by Falcor5 @ 15:08:25 ET on 29 May

Great news
By El4short ( ) at 14:10:02 on May 29 2003
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I'm really thrilled to hear some good news for Nemesis. I can add to the good sales reports, 'cause I was at Target this morning and was happy to see they were sold out. Plus, our local WalMart was sold out when I stopped by on Monday to do an errand. And they had a pretty big display on opening day, when I picked up my copy (on sale for $14.88 -- sorry Steve).

Elrond L.
Salinas, CA

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Sold Out!
By RichCD ( ) at 11:18:01 on May 29 2003
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There was nary a copy to be found when I was looking this past weekend. I went to three different stores and all were sold out - including Best Buy, which had a massive Nemesis display that was completely empty.

Trek is not dead - it just needs the right TLC.

Rich

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RE: Sold Out! by TREKMAN85 @ 18:26:06 ET on 29 May
RE: Tied? by Scorned @ 13:41:26 ET on 29 May

Finally some good Trek news
By Lt Santiago ( rsantiagojr@startrekmail.com) at 10:21:57 on May 29 2003
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I certainly think Nemesis deserved to do a lot better than it has, I'm glad to see the DVD is helping the cause some... BTW does anyone know how the DS9 sets have been doing?

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buying ds9 from wal-mart!!! by StarFleet_Captain @ 20:08:50 ET on 29 May
RE: Finally some good Trek news by ]X-Men[Wolverine @ 12:15:43 ET on 29 May
RE: Finally some good Trek news by sbender @ 12:14:44 ET on 29 May

RE: Finally some good Trek news by ]X-Men[Wolverine @ 16:56:57 ET on 29 May