What’s Hot

Last week’s Top 5 rentals: “Good Will Hunting,” “Sphere,” “Wag the Dog,” “As Good as It Gets” and “Fallen.”

Last week’s Top 5 sellers: “Spirit of Mickey,” “Grease 20th Anniversary With CD,” “Spice World,” “Dennis the Menace Strikes Again” and “Grease.”

What’s New

In stores this week:

“Hard Rain” (Paramount), action-thriller starring Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater. (R)

“The Gingerbread Man” (Polygram), John Grisham thriller starring Kenneth Branagh. (R)

“Dark City” (New Line), sci-fi thriller starring Rufus Sewell. (R)

“Little Men” (Warner, $20), Louisa May Alcott story. (PG)

“A Brother’s Kiss” (BMG), drama starring Rosie Perez. (R)

“Red Cherry” (Fox Lorber), Chinese drama.

“Live Flesh” (Orion), Pedro Almodovar’s latest. (R)

“The Pentagon Wars” (HBO), comedy starring Kelsey Grammer. (R)

“The Original Avengers Home Video Collection” (A&E;, $30 per set; $13 each), two boxed-sets featuring six episodes each from the 1967 season of the British series.

“The Very Best of St. Elsewhere” (New Video, $60), eight episodes from the series.

“Titanica” (Miramax, $20), documentary on Titanic.

“The Peacekeeper” (Trimark), action-thriller starring Dolph Lundgren. (R)

What’s Coming

Tuesday: “The Wedding Singer,” “Jackie Brown,” “The Proposition,” “Deceiver,” “Police Story,” “Blues Brothers 2000,” “The Black Cauldron” and “Meet the Deedles.”

Aug. 11: “The Man in the Iron Mask,” “The Big Lebowski,” “Niagara, Niagara,” “Mr. Nice Guy” and “Senseless.”

Aug. 18: “The Apostle,” “Kundun,” “The Borrowers,” “The Newton Boys” and “An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn.”

Rental video charts provided by VSDA

VidTrac, sales charts by VideoScan Inc.