What’s Hot

* Last week’s Top 5 VHS rentals: “American Pie,” “The General’s Daughter,” ’Entrapment,” “Deep Blue Sea,” “Notting Hill.”

* Last week’s Top 5 VHS sellers: “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas,” “The Matrix” (Collectors Edition), “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,” “Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving,” “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.”

* Last week’s Top 5 DVD sellers: “American Pie,” “The Matrix,” “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,” “Saving Private Ryan,” “Deep Blue Sea.”

What’s New

In stores this week:

* “Mystery Men” (Universal), comic-book fantasy starring Ben Stiller. (PG-13).

* “Lake Placid” (Fox), comic thriller starring Bill Pullman. (R)

* “Detroit Rock City” (New Line), teen comedy starring Edward Furlong. (R)

* “The Big Brass Ring” (Columbia TriStar), political drama starring William Hurt. (R)

* “Sparkler” (Columbia TriStar), comedy. (R)

* “Oxygen” (A-Pix), thriller starring Maura Tierney. (R)

* “Relax . . . It’s Just Sex” (A-Pix), romantic comedy starring Jennifer Tilly. (R)

* “Blood Oranges” (Trimark), erotic drama starring Charles Dance. (R)

* “Running Red” (PM), adventure with Jeff Speakman. (R)

What’s Coming

* Tuesday: “Bowfinger,” “An Ideal Husband,” “The 13th Warrior,” “Illuminata,” “Twin Falls, Idaho,” “The Wood.”

* Jan. 25: “Runaway Bride,” “My Son the Fanatic,” “My Life So Far.”

* Feb. 1: “Tarzan,” “The Winslow Boy,” “Stir of Echoes,” “Love Stinks.”

* Feb. 8: “Blue Streak,” “The Astronaut’s Wife,” “Trick,” “Romance.”

* Feb. 15: “The Story of Us,” “The Muse,” “In Too Deep,” “Brokedown Palace,” “Breakfast of Champions,” “Joe the King,” “The Lovers on the Bridge.”

Rental video charts provided by VSDA

VidTrac, sales charts by VideoScan Inc.