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[[file:PurpleRainHomeVideo_USAad1984.jpg|x200px|Purple Rain Home Video advert published in USA press, November 1984]] [[file:PurpleRainHomeVideoRetailPoster.png|x200px|Purple Rain Home Video retail poster]] [[file:PurplerainHomeVideoCounterDisplay.png|x200px|Purple Rain Home Video counter display]] | [[file:PurpleRainHomeVideo_USAad1984.jpg|x200px|Purple Rain Home Video advert published in USA press, November 1984]] [[file:PurpleRainHomeVideoRetailPoster.png|x200px|Purple Rain Home Video retail poster]] [[file:PurplerainHomeVideoCounterDisplay.png|x200px|Purple Rain Home Video counter display]] | ||
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− | |Quotations & trivia = On 8 December 1984, '''Purple Rain Home Video''' enters the Top Videocassettes sales chart at position 5, beating blockbusters movies like | + | |Quotations & trivia = On 8 December 1984, '''Purple Rain Home Video''' enters the Top Videocassettes sales chart at position 5, beating blockbusters movies like “Star Wars” (6), “Yentl” (7) and “Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes” (8). It also makes a better debut (position 14) in the rentals chart than blockbusters "The Empire Strikes Back" (16) and “Conan the Destroyer” (22) a week before. On 22 December 1984, the home video reaches position 1 in the sales charts, pushing down the “The Empire Strikes Back” (still N°1 in rentals) at position 2 and remains there for 12 consecutive weeks (approx. 3 months). |
* In a Billboard article, WEA claims having initially shipped 400,000 videocassettes of Purple Rain, and 70,000 reorders in the two weeks following its release. | * In a Billboard article, WEA claims having initially shipped 400,000 videocassettes of Purple Rain, and 70,000 reorders in the two weeks following its release. | ||
* '''Purple Rain Home Video''' remained in the Top Videocassette sales charts from 8 December 1984 to 16 November 1985, which amounts almost a year (50 weeks). | * '''Purple Rain Home Video''' remained in the Top Videocassette sales charts from 8 December 1984 to 16 November 1985, which amounts almost a year (50 weeks). |
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