THE CURRENT HITS

Recent releases have taken over the No. 1 spots on both the sales and rental divisions of Billboard magazine’s list of the nation’s most popular videocassettes. “The Woman in Red” replaces “All of Me” as the top rental item, while “Star Trek III” dislodges “Purple Rain” as the best seller.

BITS: Grammy winners Tina Turner and Lionel Richie both enter the Top 10 sales with their new music videocassettes. . . . All three “Star Trek” features are in the Sales Top 10. . . . New residents of the Top 10 on the rentals chart are “Red Dawn” and “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai.” . . . New arrivals on the sales chart: “Once Upon a Time in America” (No. 27) and “Red Dawn” (No. 36). New on the rentals list are “Star Trek III” (No. 8), “Bachelor Party” (No. 34) and “Revenge of the Nerds” (No. 35).

TOP VIDEOCASSETTES, RENTALS

1. “The Woman in Red” (Vestron).

2. “All of Me” (Thorne/EMI/HBO).

3. “Police Academy” (Ladd Company/Warner Home Video).

4. “Tightrope” (Warner Bros./Warner Home Video).

5. “Red Dawn” (MGM/UA Home Video).

6. “The Natural” (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video).

7. “The Evil That Men Do” (RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video).

8. “Star Trek III--the Search for Spock” (Paramount).

9. “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai” (Vestron).

10. “Romancing the Stone” (CBS-Fox Video).

TOP VIDEOCASSETTES, SALES

1. “Star Trek III--the Search for Spock” (Paramount).

2. “Jane Fonda’s Workout” (Karl Video).

3. “Purple Rain” (Warner Bros./Warner Home Video).

4. “Prime Time” (Karl Video).

5. “Star Trek II--the Wrath of Khan” (Paramount).

6. “Raquel, Total Beauty and Fitness” (Total Video/Thorne/EMI Home Video).

7. “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (Paramount).

8. “Lionel Richie All Night Long” (Brockman Enterprises/RCA/Columbia).

9. “Tina Turner Private Dancer” (TDV/Sony Video).

10. “Star Trek: the Motion Picture” (Paramount).