Top Horror DVD Rentals 2007 so far ...

[Hellbilly]

I also added a few 'thrillers'. Some of these rentals made more money then they did in theaters.
I've seen all except: Premonition, Blood And Chocolate, Thr3e and Bloodrayne 2. I have yet to watch Bloodrayne 1 so I'm in no rush to check out part 2 ...

$35.58 Disturbia (Paramount)
$35.21 Premonition (Sony)
$30.84 Pan's Labyrinth (New Line)
$30.06 Zodiac (Paramount)
$25.77 Saw III (Lionsgate)
$24.72 Vacancy (Sony)
$22.99 The Hills Have Eyes 2 (Fox)
$20.69 The Covenant (Sony)
$20.53 Snakes On A Plane (New Line)
$19.86 The Hitcher (Universal)
$18.43 The Messengers (Sony)
$18.24 Primeval (Buena Vista)
$17.95 Dead Silence (Universal)
$17.73 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (New Line)
$16.13 Turistas (Fox)
$15.37 The Grudge 2 (Sony)
$13.93 The Return (Universal)
$11.87 Hannibal Rising (Weinstein)
$09.43 Black Christmas (Weinstein)
$08.85 The Host (Magnolia)
$08.24 Blood And Chocolate (Sony)
$06.24 Thr3e (Fox)
$03.87 Sublime (Warner)
$03.80 The Abandoned (Lionsgate)
$00.89 Bloodrayne 2: Deliverance (Vivendi)

[X-human]

Sweet, Snakes on a Plane in the Top 10.

It's scary though that Bloodrayne 2 is even in the top 25.

[onebyone]

Doesn't it seem like The Covenant is a little higher on the list that you would expect?? Did that movie do better than I remembered or something, or maybe everyone was just waiting for dvd.

It took me forever to get Premonition from netflix. I am not surprised it is so high. Everyone and their brother seemed to have been renting that one. It was really very average too, save Julian McMahon's good looks of course.

[Hellbilly]

Doesn't it seem like The Covenant is a little higher on the list that you would expect?? Did that movie do better than I remembered or something, or maybe everyone was just waiting for dvd.


It was the #1 movie on its opening weekend in September 2006. Total gross was $23m (worldwide: $37m). Not a huge success, though. No idea why it did so swell rental-wise.

[Workshed]

I'm surprised Primeval did better than the Black Christmas remake. I am still unsure what the former is about. Killer croc? Some scary-looking Gollum-guy from the trailers?

[Tien21]

Primeval is about a giant killer croc. I thought it was pretty good. Especially the scenes with the croc. I think the reason it did better than Black Christmas is because Black X-Mas is a Blockbuster exclusive through that Weinstein deal so people couldn't rent it most other places like Hollywood Video.

[onebyone]

I think the reason it did better than Black Christmas is because Black X-Mas is a Blockbuster exclusive through that Weinstein deal so people couldn't rent it most other places like Hollywood Video.

I didnt think of that. That explains why Hannibal Rising is so much lower than I would've guessed, especially considering how long it is taking me to get it from netflix. Usually movies that are in a series, even if they flop at the box office, rent well.

With 1408 coming out soon, I wonder if that too will be hampered by this special deal too. Since it was a rare hit for them, you would think they would try to rent it out.

I will never really understand the Blockbuster-Weinstein deal, save that the devil HAS to be involved somehow.