Take-Two Interactive’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was again ...
Take-Two Interactive’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was again the top-rented DVD in the U.S., Rentrak said its preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Nov. 14 showed. Rentrak said the PS2 exclusive earned an additional $1.14…
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million in its 3rd week, for a total of $3.39 million to date. Microsoft’s Xbox game sequel Halo 2 was #2 in its first week ($924,612). Although the heavily-promoted and strong- selling Halo 2 didn’t unseat the latest Grand Theft Auto title, its showing was strong in a chart typically dominated by PS2 titles because of the larger installed base of that platform. It was the only game in the top 10 not for PS2. Electronic Arts was the only publisher with more than one SKU in the top 10, with 3: Madden NFL 2005 at #5 (down one in its 14th week, $212,440 in the week and $4.24 million to date), NCAA Football 2005 at #7 (up 2, 18th week, $163,045 and $3.37 million) and The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age at #8 (up 8, 2nd week, $151,083 and $259,629). Rounding out the top 10 were THQ’s WWE Smackdown! Vs. Raw at #3 (up 3, 2nd week, $294,810 and $469,551), Activision’s Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 at #4 (down 2, 6th week, $228,736 and $1.75 million), Midway’s Mortal Kombat: Deception at #6 (down 3, 6th week, $193,554 and $1.44 million), LucasArts Entertainment’s Star Wars: Battlefront at #9 (down 4, 8th week, $150,909 and $1.87 million) and Sony Computer Entertainment’s Killzone at #10 (up an unusual 118 in its 2nd week, $128,308 and $149,063).