Travis McClain

Billboard has posted its annual year-end chart information, and while we generally think of it as a music magazine, there is data pertaining to DVD. Their ranked list is as follows:

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/yeare...nd+Video+Sales

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2. Ratatouille
3. Shrek the Third
4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
5. Iron Man
6. The Bourne Ultimatum
7. The Simpsons Movie
8. Alvin and the Chipmunks
9. I Am Legend
10. Superbad
11. National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
12. Enchanted
13. Live Free or Die Hard
14. Transformers
15. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
16. Hairspray
17. High School Musical 2
18. Bee Movie
19. American Gangster
20. Sex and the City: The Movie
21. 300
22. Juno
23. Spider-Man 3
24. Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
25. The Game Plan
26. Planet Earth: The Complete Series
27. 101 Dalmations: Platinum Edition
28. No Country for Old Men
29. 3:10 to Yuma
30. The Incredible Hulk
31. Sleeping Beauty
32. 27 Dresses
33. Ocean's Thirteen
34. Snow Buddies
35. The Bucket List
36. I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
37. Tinkerbell
38. Rush Hour 3
39. The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
40. The Kingdom

wm lopez

Thank you very much for this info!
I was trying to find this out on their website but they wanted me to sign up and pay. I glad to see THE GODFATHER reissue didn't sell on dvd. MAybe studios will stop all this double dipping.

Travis McClain

I'm not a subscriber, either. This chart data is currently available for free. Also, remember that The Godfather restoration DVDs came out in late September. Very few of the top 40 titles came out as late as they did. While we're at it, the re-releases weren't quite a double dip, as they really did take great pains to boost the quality of the transfers for that release. I would say a true double-dip would be the Star Wars DVDs, where the same nine discs keep getting circulated.

GenPion

I own 16 of the 40, all of which I purchased on HD DVD or Blu-ray.

And I've watched 5 of those since purchasing them.

Um... Jeez.

manicsounds

and not a single Criterion....

RyoHazuki

This was expected?

Xiroteus

I have fourteen of those, I am always curious about sale charts.

Not big enough.

QuirkyMovieGirl

I own 12, have watched 7.

Disney's got to be happy with this list...

nycbrent

Although moderately interesting, I'm not exactly sure what use this list has. Since very few DVDs that came out toward the end of the year are on here, it is really not a list of "movies released in 2008 that were the most popular," which I think would be a more interesting list. Given this format, it seems likely that Batman The Dark Knight will be #1 next year, but it's not even mentioned on this list.

jjcool

Bolding is mine. That was the big glaring omission that I saw on this list. This is due to a late release, obviously. Thats why I don't put much credence in lists like that, for that reason. Some surprises on this list though. I would have thought Transformers would be much higher, and I am Legend would be lower. Of the 40 listed, I own 14 and have bought 17. I am would like to see sales data for the first week of release of these dvd's. Wonder what a top 40 list of just first week sales would be like.

pridesticks06

That would be something that would have more meaning imo. I'd like to see it too. Some of these were out most of the year and didn't Transforms come out in '07? I Am Legend was out in Feb. of 08. So those dvds have had months to sell. But first week sales would be an indication I would like to see, as you said.

Of the list, I own 17.

tofu

I suppose that I should be proud that I don't own every single disc on that list. I own 12 of them.

ctyankee

Obviously this list has no credibility as reflecting full 2008 numbers. That means it has no credibility at all.

Yakuza Bengoshi

I've personally got none of these, though my wife has one on Blu-ray.

LosingMyMind

I've got 4. Indiana Jones, Superbad, Live Free or Die Hard, Spider-Man 3

Saw IV isn't on the list? Blasphemy!

mikelowry

11 out of 40 for me. Not bad I guess.

Rockmjd23

I own 7 with a few on wish list.

Kory

Between my girlfriend and I, we own 23.

GenPion

Sex and the City: The Movie or Hairspray?

DeanoBKN

I own 14 of those. Glad to see 3:10 to Yuma ranked, if only to say the Western genre is still kicking somewhat.

tanman

I guarantee you the Dark Knight sold more last year then the Kingdom. The whole list is invalid if it is supposed to be for the whole year.

hotsexyboi

I only own 10 movies off that list..lol but I guess thats good

oldboy87

I own 23 of em; had a couple more, but I sold/traded them after watching

rw2516

Traditionally fall releases sell more the following year than the year released. This goes back decades with album releases. Some of the biggest selling albums of all time, released in the fall were the top sellers the following year. Same with top 40 singles. A new single released in Nov. would start at the bottom and move up, making the top ten or #1 in jan. and ruling the charts for jan. and feb. Titanic hit theaters on Christmas '97. Did it make more in just that one week than a summer blockbuster that had been out for months?
The Dark Knight will continue to sell steadily day after day through '09 and likely sell way more this year than it did between release day and 12/31.

mikelowry

The Dark Knight is gonna be tops for 2009.