VIDEO RENTALS : ‘Glory’ Overtakes ‘Daisy’

It took “Glory” two weeks to do what no other movie could do in the last two months--drive “Driving Miss Daisy” out of the No. 1 spot on the Billboard magazine rental chart. “Miss Daisy” slid into second gear, finally slipping to No. 2. “Glory,” a Civil War drama featuring the performance that won Denzel Washington a best supporting actor Oscar, ascended to No. 1 largely because the Civil War is all the rage these days thanks to that lauded PBS TV series. It looks like “Born on the Fourth of July,” which dropped a notch to No. 3, won’t reach the top of the Billboard chart after all. Debuts: “The Fire Birds” (No. 22), with Nicolas Cage and Tommy Lee Jones, and the seamy, unrated “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer” (No. 30).

* Disney’s “Peter Pan” jumped from No. 17 to No. 8 in its second week on the chart. More significant, though, is that it shot to No. 1 on the sales chart, which measures sales to video retailers and distributors. At $24.99 it could be the biggest seller in the home-video market this holiday season.

Ranking Weeks Ranking 2 Weeks On Rental Top Rentals Last Week Ago Chart 1.”Glory”(RCA/Columbia) 6 ... 2 2.”Driving Miss Daisy” 1 1 10 (Warner) 3.”Born on the Fourth 2 2 8 of July”(MCA/Universal) 4.”Bad Influence” 3 3 5 (RCA/Columbia) 5.”Joe Versus the Volcano” 5 5 7 (Warner) *”Peter Pan”(Disney) 17 ... 2