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Video buffs certainly had no trouble Finding Nemo: The Pixar-animated phenom swam up to both No. 1 spots, selling more than 17 million discs and tapes during its first week in stores. Snaps also go to Reese Witherspoon’s spunky comedy Legally Blonde 2, which received a fair judgment at No. 2. Meanwhile, buyers were still there for their Friends, in its fifth season on DVD, and renters eager for a little holiday comic relief went nuts for Adam Sandler’s animated musical Eight Crazy Nights, pushing it into the top 10.

TOP 10 DVD SALES BOX OFFICE WEEKS EW GROSS ON VIDEO TO DATE* CHART GRADE LAST WEEK

1 — FINDING NEMO $339.4 1 A 2 — LEGALLY BLONDE 2 $89.9 1 B 3 2 THE MATRIX RELOADED (WIDE) $281.5 4 C+ 4 1 THE HULK (WIDE) $132.2 2 — 5 7 THE LION KING: PLATINUM EDITION (WIDE) $312.9 5 A- 6 — FRIENDS: THE COMPLETE FIFTH SEASON — 1 — 7 6 28 DAYS LATER (WIDE) $45.1 3 A- 8 3 CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE (WIDE) $100.8 3 B+ 9 4 THE ADVENTURES OF INDIANA JONES (WIDE) — 3 A 10 9 THE ITALIAN JOB (WIDE) $106.1 5 B-

TOP 10 TAPE RENTALS VIDEO BOX OFFICE WEEKS EW GROSS GROSS ON VIDEO TO DATE* TO DATE* CHART GRADE LAST WEEK

1 — FINDING NEMO $4.4 $339.4 1 A 2 — LEGALLY BLONDE 2 $3.1 $89.9 1 B 3 1 THE HULK $4.8 $132.2 2 — 4 4 THE ITALIAN JOB $10.4 $106.1 5 B- 5 5 THE MATRIX RELOADED $8.8 $281.5 4 C+ 6 2 28 DAYS LATER $5.6 $45.1 3 A- 7 3 CHARLIE’S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE $5.6 $100.8 3 B+ 8 6 DADDY DAY CARE $13.3 $104.2 7 B- 9 — EIGHT CRAZY NIGHTS $1.2 $23.6 1 — 10 7 WRONG TURN $5.3 $15.4 4 D+

SOURCES: VIDEO BUSINESS/VIDTRAC FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOV. 9, 2003; NIELSEN EDI *IN MILLIONS

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