WB / New Line $4.88 DVDs--WalMart

[jayceman]

Love em or hate em, Wal-Mart does it again!

The pallets just hit the stores here so expect them elsewhere in the next several days/week or so if not already out,

Wal Mart cut another one time buy deal and has pallet displays of $4.88 DVDs, mostly from Warner Bros/ New Line. Most are WS or WS/FS flippers unless indicated--

Titles include:
Ace Ventura (FS only)
Devil's Advocate
Eraser
Romeo Must Die
Frequency
Under Siege
Wild Wild West
Lethal Weapon 4 (others also)
Demolition Man
Driven
The Negotiator
The Art of War
Money Talks
Rush Hour 2
U.S. Marshals
Three Amigos

and several others

Does anyone know if Three Amigos is WS or FS or both??? The outside sleeve (HBO) did not say..

Feel free to post the other titles (which I had or didn't want so don't remember) and I started a new thread on this as people for some reason get a little lost in reading through the catch-all $6 bargain bin thread

Enjoy!

[bob1089]

Cool... theres a few movies from my CH list that just got removed!!! thanks!

[Artman]

Will have to check it out. Any chance some of those NL titles are in keepcases? Frequency for ex..

[LBCrazyFool]

Will have to check it out. Any chance some of those NL titles are in keepcases? Frequency for ex..

Frequency was in a snapper at my local WalMart. I do remember that Rush Hour 2 was in the red keepcase. In addition to the ones listed I saw the first Rush Hour (snapper) and A Time To Kill. Lethal Weapon 2 was the old edition and Lethal Weapon 3 was the Director's Cut. I did not see the first one.

[QuanTum]

Does anyone know if Three Amigos is WS or FS or both??? The outside sleeve (HBO) did not say..

Three Amigos is WS; letterboxed but not anamorphic.

It's a great movie. Buy it. Everybody!

[stingermck]

We've got these displays in the back. Its for a fathers day promotion, so it may take till next week for them to be out. To add to the list:

Rush Hour 1
Glimmer Man
Mortal Kombat 2
Lethal Weapon 4

[Shimmer35]

Thanks! I probably would have never known because I hardly ever shop at Walmart. Hopefully they will have copies of Three Amigos and Devil's Advocate. Damn, will Ace Ventura ever be released in Widescreen?

[Sweet Baby James]

Add-
Exit Wounds
Murder at 1600
Poltergeist
Deep Blue Sea

[hondo21]

Frequency :thumbsup:

I borrowed it off a friend back when it came out and liked it. May have to pick it up at that price.

[dx23]

I wonder if they are ever going to re-release those Lethal Weapon movies in proper special editions?

[Cameron]

Rush hour will be mine

also note that a Poltergeist is on the way....so buyer beware

[PopcornTreeCt]

May have to finally pick up Rush Hour. I really hope Demolition Man gets the 2-disc treatment like New Jack City recently.

[eau]

Thanks for the heads up. May pick up Driven and U.S. Marshals.

[Big Worms]

Thanks! Will have to look out for this display.

[atari2600]

sweet...finally a couple movies on the cheapo walmart list i want! thanks!

[Aphex Twin]

Will there be Lord of the Rings?

[Dabaomb]

Will there be Lord of the Rings?

I doubt it...the theatrical versions still have an MSRP of $19.99 so they sell at $14.99 at most stores.

[cajun_junky]

I may pick up The negotiator and Deep Blue Sea for that price. Beats the heck out of enduring the commercials on cable to watch these shows.

[emerald9999]

They did not have this display at the Martinez Wal-Mart. Has anyone in the SF Bay Area seen it? They did have at Union City last time there was a $4.88 display but I haven't made it there yet this week.

[babyjor10]

Sweet, I'll check it out next time I go.

And what's this about a new Poltergeist release? I heard about a possible SE a few years ago, but last I heard it was cancelled.

[Samuel]

They had Hard Times also, too bad it's Fullscreen only. :mad:

[brooke789]

I checked my Wal-mart this evening and there was no sign of the 4.88 DVDs. Maybe they haven't gotten them out yet.

[jgiv]

No luck at my local couple of wal marts either. Hopefully they will get these out soon. There are a few titles I would like to get.

[conehead433]

Titles spotted at this sale:

A Time To Kill
Above The Law
Ace Ventura (FS)
Assassins
Deep Blue Sea
Deep Cover
Demolition Man
Devil's Advocate
Driven
Eraser
Exit Wounds
Frequency
Lethal Weapon 2, 3 & 4
Money Talks
Mortal Kmombat: Annihilation
Murder At 1600
Poltergeist
Ricochet
Romeo Must Die
Rush Hour 1 & 2
Set It Off
The Art of War
The Glimmer Man
The Negotiator
Thirteen Ghosts
Three Amigos
Under Siege
U.S. Marshals
Wild Wild West

Decent sale for Wal Mart. This may not be a complete list. I was disappointed that Lethal Weapon I wasn't included. I don't recall seeing Hard Times among the titles. Rush Hour and Rush Hour II were both in keepcases at my WM.

[dsa_shea]

I want to know about that supposed Poltergeist as well.

[Nesbit]

I wish Maverick would be included in one of these sales. Anyone seen it by chance?

[sataniko]

Hopefully I'll be able to pick up:

Assassins
Demolition Man
Murder at 1600

I'll check my local Walmart tomorrow morning.

[Dr. Calamari]

As soon as I saw this thread, I ran down to our local Wal Mart and grabbed a copy of Frequency. So, after work tonight I opened up the snapper case, removed the security tape, and discovered...

No DVD! Gaaaaaaah! I've never had this happen, ever, since I started buying DVD's a couple of years ago! Anyone else ever have this traumatizing experience?

I'm going to go to Wal Mart tomorrow morning and see what they can do about this...I've heard they're pretty good about returns, etc.

[Jah-Wren Ryel]

Good luck on that one. Some walmart's have ultra-paranoid employees who will accuse you of returning stuff just to steal 10 cents in tax, while others still care about customer service. If I were you, I would get the 24-hour wal-mart customer service 800# off their website and have it in the car so if the locals shoot you down, you can immediately appeal. The 800# people are usually much better about keeping the customer happy.

[jayceman]

$4.88 "secret" is officially out--

On the front page of the Wal Mart ad in today's papers, so the "hot" titles will likely be going quickly--get 'em while you can

[Manzana]

There are a few titles in the $4.88 list I'd like to buy (most of the titles I already have or don't want), but I don't want any of them bad enough to fight the crowds over the Memorial Weekend even though Walmart is pretty close by. On weekday mornings (except holidays) it's possible for me to park near the store where I can walk inside in about 30 seconds. On a weekend or holiday I have to park on the other side of the large parking lot and it takes a couple minutes to walk inside and the lines at every register are a minimum of 10 people deep.

I'll try for the $4.88 DVDs on Tuesday morning, but if everything I want has been cleaned out over the weekend (as I fully expect to happen) then so be it. There are lots of deals I've passed on (including up to $40 in savings on non-DVD items) on weekends or holidays because I hate fighting traffic and crowds.

Too bad Walmart couldn't have waited until AFTER the Memorial Day weekend to put out the $4.88 bins. So my only hope will be that Walmart will restock them. The last round of $4.88 Paramount DVDs lasted a while, but again they didn't have to survive a holiday weekend.

[SteveA]

I didn't see the Wal-Mart ad in my paper today (maybe I'm blind or maybe no ad). But an employee in the Vancouver, WA store told me a couple of days ago that their display was going up June 1. YMMV.

[fumanstan]

I doubt it...the theatrical versions still have an MSRP of [b]$14.99[.b] so they sell at $19.99 at most stores.

Do you have that backwards by any chance :p

[Dr. Calamari]

Good luck on that one. Some walmart's have ultra-paranoid employees who will accuse you of returning stuff just to steal 10 cents in tax, while others still care about customer service. If I were you, I would get the 24-hour wal-mart customer service 800# off their website and have it in the car so if the locals shoot you down, you can immediately appeal. The 800# people are usually much better about keeping the customer happy.

Thanks, Jah-Ren! Fortunately I didn't run into any paranoiacs, and my return went as smoothly as could be hoped for. The customer service lady was skeptical, but approved the exchange as long as all I wanted was to pick up the same disc again, which was what I wanted. Not trying to scam Wal Mart, nosiree! I asked to open the snapper case before I took the disc home, which is Wal Mart policy anyway...all was in order, and I watched Frequency tonight. Good movie!

[cornbetts]

I have been to 2 Wal-Marts in the Denver area and neither store is running this sale. We were a little late in the $4.88 Paramount sale, so I hope it is coming. I want to pick up the Leathal Weapons!!!

[Big Worms]

I have been to 2 Wal-Marts in the Denver area and neither store is running this sale. We were a little late in the $4.88 Paramount sale, so I hope it is coming. I want to pick up the Leathal Weapons!!!
Make that 3. Brighton store is not running it.

[Dabaomb]

Do you have that backwards by any chance :p


oops, my bad....they should call me the "Typo King"

[John-In-VA]

For those of you not finding this bargain yet, I believe the Walmart ad stated at the top "prices in effect June 1st."

[Mike1055]

As soon as I saw this thread, I ran down to our local Wal Mart and grabbed a copy of Frequency. So, after work tonight I opened up the snapper case, removed the security tape, and discovered...

No DVD! Gaaaaaaah! I've never had this happen, ever, since I started buying DVD's a couple of years ago! Anyone else ever have this traumatizing experience?

I'm going to go to Wal Mart tomorrow morning and see what they can do about this...I've heard they're pretty good about returns, etc.

I bought The Jeff Healey Band Live at Montreux 1999 from Circuit City a few weeks back and the case was empty. I took it back the next day, the first employee wasn't sure what to do and called over another worker who said it happens and told me to go get another copy. I made sure the disc was in it before I left.

[Samuel]

I stopped by Walmart today and they had the bin set up and it looked untouched. I suspect because there was no sign or prices advertised.

[davey_4964]

I checked at our wal-mart yesterday..no display and the employee i talked to knew nothing about it.

[Brent L]

I just got back from my local WalMart, Seneca SC, and I went a tad overboard. I wanted to pick up the Lethal Weapon flicks, but I held off because they didn't have the first one. That said, now that I've thought about it, I'm going to go back and get Lethal Weapon 2-4 since this is too good of a price. All I'll have to do is pick up the first one for cheap and I'll have the series finally. Anyway, I did pick up ten titles:

-A Time To Kill
-Frequency
-Little Nicky
-Money Talks
-The Negotiator
-Romeo Must Die
-Rush Hour (keepcase)
-Rush Hour 2 (keepcase)
-Three Amigos
-U.S. Marshals

I don't think I was supposed to buy these yet though. As I was looking through all of the DVDs, two workers came over and started packing it up. As soon as I walked away they rolled the setup into the back of the store. I take it that 6/1/05 date is indeed official.

They still let me buy them though, and they did ring up fine.

[Samuel]

Time To Kill was tempting for me but I'll held off since I last checked it's a flipper.

[Manzana]

I visited the $4.88 rack at my Walmart and it was full, so maybe it was just put up. I mainly wanted Lethal Weapon 2 & 3 Director's Cuts (having picked up #1 some time ago), but LW 2 was the old dual-format edition.

Are other people finding their $4.88 racks don't have the LW 2 Director's Cut or is it just my store?

I bought 10 titles with half of them ones I've never seen. I figure I've got at least 30 days (my Walmart never can give me a straight answer on the return period... sometimes they say 30, 45, 60, or even 90 days if unopened) to rent the movies (which will cost less than $1 each if I can find them) and decide if I want to keep them. I've learned I can't wait weeks to watch them and decide because the racks could be gone by then. I passed on all the flippers (such as A Time to Kill) and dual format ones (such as Above the Law) because I prefer more bitrate dedicated to the movies or extras.

It would've been a really incredible deal if there were more titles I wanted, but I already owned Poltergeist (the very first DVD I ever bought for the bargain price of $20 at Costco in 1998), Demolition Man, Eraser, Frequency, LW 1 & 4, Rush Hour 1 & 2, Ace Ventura (bought back before I knew it was pan & scan), US Marshals, Murder at 1600, and Three Amigos - most of the old ones bought for $15 each at Montgomery Ward's sale back when I thought $15 was a good price for a DVD. I hope these sales keep coming.

[sataniko]

Stopped by yesterday and picked up:

Three Amigos
Assassins
Demolition Man
Murder at 1600

Maybe I'll come back tomorrow and get a few more titles.

[darkhawk]

I just bought New Line's "Set It Off"

and it's in a Keepcase

[Artman]

Picked up The Negotiator. Saw the same titles as everyone else. Thankfully these are in a nice display, atleast we can look thru them like civilized human beings.

[Dalvin]

There isn't a Wall-Mart near me, are any of these in a weekly ad online that I could download, bring to my local Best Buy, and have them pricematch it?

[Samuel]

There isn't a Wall-Mart near me, are any of these in a weekly ad online that I could download, bring to my local Best Buy, and have them pricematch it?

Here's the $4.88 page (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product_listing.gsp?cat=234431&path=0:4096:234431) or you can print a circular page by entering your zip code here:

http://www.walmart.com/ecircular/ca_ecircularfinder.gsp

[kar10]

Is the devils advocate in Full Screen/Widescreen double sided?

[Cameron]

Time To Kill was tempting for me but I'll held off since I last checked it's a flipper.

anyone confirm...

picked up rush hour and devils advocate...thought about the lethal weapon movies...but passed.

still pissed i never found any of the Eastwood movies across 3 stores

[Manzana]

Did anyone see the Lethal Weapon 2 DIRECTOR'S CUT in their Walmart's $4.88 display or was it the old edition?

[Manzana]

The Devil's Advocate I saw at Walmart was widescreen (no "full frame" transfer included). DVD Price Search only lists a widescreen edition. Why Walmart.com lists full frame is unknown.

A Time to Kill was a flipper a couple years ago. It's possible but unlikely that they converted it to a DVD-9 without telling anyone. I doubt anyone is going to buy it to open it to see if it's a flipper given the high probability.

[FatHead316]

Did anyone see the Lethal Weapon 2 DIRECTOR'S CUT in their Walmart's $4.88 display or was it the old edition?


Just the old version in the 3 Virginia Beach Walmarts.

[Mr. Cinema]

I'm headed to my local Walmart soon. I hope they have this display and actually have some in stock. There are several I need. But, my Walmart is always a madhouse, so most are probably gone.

[Nesbit]

A Time to Kill was a flipper a couple years ago. It's possible but unlikely that they converted it to a DVD-9 without telling anyone. I doubt anyone is going to buy it to open it to see if it's a flipper given the high probability.

I'll post when I pick this up later on today. For less than $5 I'll live with flipping and not feel bad if I have to double dip later.

[maingon]

at our walmart they had the directors cut of leathal weapon movies

[RevKarl]

Picked up:

Devil’s Advocate: Special Edition
Lethal Weapon 3: Director’s Cut
Three Amigos

Passed on Lethal Weapon 2, as it wasn’t the DC version.

[Nesbit]

Picked up
Demolition Man
Lethal Weapon 2 - They didn't have the DC is there any advantage to the DC other than the extra footage?
Lethal Weapon 3 - DC
A Time to Kill - Yes it's still a flipper

Any idea when this is scheduled to end? Father's Day? There's still 4 or 5 I would pick up if this ran through my next paycheck.

[Manzana]

Thanks for the confirmations that Lethal Weapon 2 is not the Director's Cut at most stores. I was wondering if only my store messed up or it was more widespread. Apparently only at 1 store and online is the DC shown.

If anyone orders LW 2 online and gets the DC or if people start to see the DC at local stores, please post here. I don't plan to go back to Walmart to check the $4.88 display again unless I see people report new titles or the LW 2 DC start showing up.

Mrs. Nesbit (of Monty Python fame?), the advantage of the DC is the extra footage plus DTS. When I want to know the difference between various DVD releases, I always start at DVD-Basen - http://www.dvd-basen.dk/uk/home.php3, and I think you could find the details of the LW DCs there. (Unfortunately some titles don't have DVD reviews anywhere, such as Junior with Arnold Schwarzenegger or titles by places like "Platinum", but on popular stuff DVD-Basen is good.)

[darkhawk]

Will have to check it out. Any chance some of those NL titles are in keepcases? Frequency for ex..
My Walmart had several Freqency in keepcases.
They also had Deep Cover and Set it Off in keepcases too.

I'm still looking for Little Nicky in a keepcase but all they have are snappers

[eau]

I picked up Frequency in the dreaded snapper case. Since I haven't gotten to open it yet, I'll probably look for the keepcase version in another Walmart, and then return the snapper version.

[RyanPC]

Holy crap, Poltergeist? At that price, I don't care if an SE is in the works... I'll double dip if I have to.

[jpdude]

I picked up Money Talks for $4.88 last week in one of those glorious keepcases! A rare find for that title, so i was happy. Out of the 4 other titles i purchased, only The Negotiator was still in a crappy old cardboard snapper.

[eau]

I found Rush Hour in keepcase. Is it identical to the earlier snapper version? Btw, does it come with an insert? :p

[jpdude]

^i opened mine just for you......yes, Rush Hour in new keepcase has an insert with a chapter listing :)

[Herbster]

Everyone's talking B&M. I'd have to drive 80 miles to find a Walmart. These titles are available online. Don't know what shipping is yet, but it's gotta be cheaper than gas.

$4.88 Special Buy (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product_listing.gsp?cat=234431#)

Poltergeist
Eraser (Widescreen)
U.S. Marshals (Full Frame, Widescreen)
Negotiator, The (Widescreen)
Three Amigos (Widescreen)
Above The Law (Full Frame, Widescreen)
Art of War, The (Widescreen)
Deep Blue Sea (Widescreen)
Deep Cover (Widescreen)
Driven (Widescreen)
Exit Wounds (Widescreen)
Frequency (Full Frame)
Glimmer Man, The (Full Frame, Widescreen)
Lethal Weapon 2 (Widescreen, Director's Cut)
Lethal Weapon 3 (Widescreen, Director's Cut)
Little Nicky (Widescreen)
Money Talks (Full Frame, Widescreen)
Mortal Kombat 2: Annihilation (Full Frame, Widescreen)
Ricochet (Widescreen)
Romeo Must Die (Widescreen)
Rush Hour (Widescreen)
Rush Hour 2
Set It Off (Full Frame, Widescreen)
13 Ghosts
Time to Kill, A (Widescreen)
Wild Wild West (Widescreen)

[dadaluholla]

Shipping at wal-mart.com looks to be 1.97 per dvd. At least for me.

[Herbster]

Shipping at wal-mart.com looks to be 1.97 per dvd. At least for me.

Yeah. Same here. That's a deal killer for me. :(

[chileorgullo]

(looking at the link)

free store delivery listed?

what's this mean?

[Herbster]

(looking at the link)

free store delivery listed?

what's this mean?
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[JohnDoeUSA]

Wow, at one of my local walmarts they had stacks upon stacks of these movies in two different places near the check out lanes. It kinda makes me think twice about buying a new release dvd when it comes out or purchasing any Dvd for more than 7 or 8 bucks! Man, 4.88 is down right cheap! Is this the beginning of a dvd price war with BB, CC, and target? I hope so.......WAR, WAR, WAR, WAR

PS. Check out walmarts 2 packs movie for 9.44 when you are there for the 4.88 titles!

[GMan2819]

The Walmart in Woodbridge, VA is selling these for $3 now.

[eau]

The Walmart in Woodbridge, VA is selling these for $3 now.
Darn! That's an outrageously delicious price :drool:

[Altimus Prime]

I picked up Devil's Advocate and Deep Blue Sea. I was particulary pleased about getting Devil's Advocate. I had seen it once at WalMart in the $5 price range. Came home to check the review first, went back the next day to get it and... it was gone. Not just the title. The entire display was GONE!

So I still got it, and for even less! That's another VHS retired.

I do want Poltergeist, but I'm going to keep waiting for a new release.