'X-Men' DVD Stands Tall

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The year's second-biggest movie is going to kickoff the fourth-quarter DVD-selling season. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is expected to announce Friday that X-Men: The Last Stand, which since its May 26 theatrical opening has grossed $233 million at the boxoffice, will arrive on DVD on Oct. 3 in two extras-laden special editions. "It's a big enough title that we believe it will perform from street date all the way through Christmas, and we've got a campaign behind it to ensure that it does," 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment senior vp marketing communications Steve Feldstein said. The announcement follows Paramount Home Entertainment slotting Over the Hedge for Oct. 17 and Fox snagging the lucrative pre-Thanksgiving date of Nov. 21 for Ice Age: The Meltdown. Visit HollywoodReporter.com For more on this.