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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - ``Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' was the leading home video rental in the United States in its first week of release, according to data issued by the Video Software Dealers Association for the week ended Nov. 18.

The following is the trade group's list of the top 10 U.S. rental videos for the week. Shown are latest rank / previous week's rank (+ denotes new release), movie title, number of weeks in release, weekly earnings and total earnings in millions of dollars.

1/+ Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 1 $ 7.38 $ 7.41

2/+ America's Sweethearts 1 $ 7.16 $ 7.19

3/1 Shrek 3 $ 6.17 $21.09

4/2 Legally Blonde 2 $ 5.80 $13.91

5/3 Swordfish 3 $ 5.10 $19.93

6/4 The Animal 3 $ 3.26 $11.68

7/5 Dr. Dolittle 2 4 $ 2.53 $17.22

8/6 Baby Boy 2 $ 2.27 $ 5.95

9/7 Cats & Dogs 5 $ 1.85 $15.85

10/8 A Knight's Tale 8 $ 1.58 $26.30