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This article has no information about home video releases except for a mention of the original rental VHS. Other articles about equally prominent movies have dedicated sections describing DVD and Blu-ray releases, including information about any differences, special content, etc. This article should too. — 38.49.72.17 ( talk) 15:40, 2 April 2024 (UTC) reply

https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1996/BB-1996-01-06.pdf, Page 54.

I'm feeling this is a more reliable source than the Almanac source, which lists Shawshank as No. 7. according to its own source from "Alexander and Associates/ Video Flash NY". Where does the Almanac source say top 10 in the entire United States? Billboard is nationwide, so it seemed bizarre Shawshank is only at No. 7 on video rentals for 1995. Also the preceding source from Variety explicitly mentions Shawshank as "the most rented video of 1995". What do you guys think? Michael0986 ( talk) 22:57, 21 April 2024 (UTC) reply