I'm trying to track down a list of the all-time selling DVD and boxed sets. Anyone know where there's a list?

Finding Nemo number one.

Well deserved, I might add.

Finding Nemo is a great movie. With so many others out there, I'm surprised that its the top selling one. For some reason I thought it was the matrix.

where do you find out this kind of info? I'd like to check out this list

Maybe we can do this sometime after September 21 so we can all easily guess.

I always thought The Matrix was #1 as well.

According to my trusty World Almanac 2004, the top ten purchases of all time (through 12/31/02) are:

1. Shrek
2. Gladiator (2000)
3. A Knight's Tale
4. The Matrix
5. The Fast and the Furious
6. The Mummy Returns (2001)
7. Rush Hour 2
8. Training Day
9. Planet of the Apes (2001)
10. Remember the Titans

Something seems wrong with the list above, Spider-Man was the #1 selling DVD for the whole 2002 year. Since "The Fast and the Furious" came out the same year, I do not see how the list can be anywhere close to being correct.

http://www.dvdfile.com/news/sales_st...002/12_28.html

Maybe it's not so trusty then?

The World Almanac has Spider-Man at #10 for total purchases in 2002:

1. The Fast and the Furious
2. Training Day
3. Shrek
4. American Pie 2
5. A Knight's Tale
6. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
7. Monsters Inc.
8. Rush Hour 2
9. LOTR: FOTR
10. Spider-Man

Best selling of 2003.

1 Finding Nemo (Buena Vista) Nov. 4 18.5 $320.4
2 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (New Line/Warner) Aug. 26 14.75 280.5
3 Pirates of the Caribbean (Buena Vista) Dec. 2 13.3 235.3
4 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Warner) April 11 9.45 168.0
5 The Indiana Jones Collection (Paramount) Oct. 21 3.30 153.4
6 The Matrix Reloaded (Warner) Oct. 4 8.35 145.3
7 The Lion King Special Edition (Buena Vista) Oct. 7 7.99 136.4
8 My Big Fat Greek Wedding (HBO/Warner) Feb. 11 7.18 124.4
9 Signs (Buena Vista) Jan. 7 6.40 115.8
10 Bruce Almighty (Universal) Nov. 25 5.6 100.9

I was more interested in the top selling boxed sets; I can't find a listing there anywhere. I think Monsters, Inc. is #2 after Nemo among movies.

I doubt Nemo is number one. They were saying that almost two weeks after it was released. I still think that Matrix has sold more.

I believe the Indiana Jones Collection is currently the #1 selling Boxed Set.

I can see the Star Wars set breaking all records when its released.

No it is, every source I have seen, newspaper, internet, and TV has said that finding Nemo is the #1 selling dvd of all time.

Makes sense too, its rated G for all audiences and almost every kid owns it.

According to Video Store magazine, the top five DVDs of all time through Nov. 30, 2003, were:

1. Finding Nemo - 16.2 (million copies sold)
2. Spider-Man - 12.7
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - 12.2 (combined sales)
4. Monsters Inc. - 12.0
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - 10.8

The Matrix was the first huge title on DVD and continues to sell well, but it was big when DVDs didn't have as big a penetration as they do now. Ironically, it re-entered Video Business' top 20 list this week after a boost from The Matrix Revolutions. But, as you can see, it has a long way to go to catch up with Nemo--especially since Nemo vaulted to No. 1 in only three weeks(!).

Incidentally, Finding Nemo finally dropped out of Video Business' weekly list of the 20 top-selling DVDs this week after 23 straight weeks on the chart.

Most lists are copied from one source to another. I still don't believe that Nemo is #1.

I thought the first matrix, as far as all time goes, was the best selling dvd. and how the hell is a knight's tale up there?

It doesn't matter whether you believe it. But Nemo is indeed the No. 1 DVD with no close second. As I noted, it sold those 16.2 million copies in just a few weeks. It's much higher now.

Neither title is among the top 5 DVDs any longer. The list I posted is the most recent calculation, according to the industry publication Video Store.

That Top 5 list looks pretty accurate.
considering i own 4 of the 5 ( no love for lord of the rings)

That other top 10 list was pulled out of somewhere..

and the matrix? come on- is that even in top 10? I've never even seen it, yet know someone who owns it.

I wouldn't be surprised if LOTR:FOTR had surpassed Spider-man. LOTR is a stronger catalog title than Spidey and likely sold more over the holiday season due to new fans discovering the series thanks to Return of the King, plus the recent Oscar sweep.

You've got the right idea--although it's The Two Towers that has probably jumped into the all-time top 5.

DVD sales during the month of December were huge and arguably changed the makeup of the all-time top 5. I haven't seen an official update to the all-time list since Nov. 30, but looking at Video Business' (note, not Video Store's) top DVDs of 2004, one can project that out to make the case that the all-time top 5 is now much different.


VIDEO BUSINESS' Top 5 DVDs of 2004 (sales in millions)
1. Finding Nemo - 18.4 (so, it sold more than 2 million copies in December)
2. LOTR: The Two Towers - 14.75
3. Pirates of the Caribbean - 13.3
4. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - 9.45
5. The Matrix Reload - 8.35

Even though these are from two different industry sources, they are largely based on the same data. So, figuring that No. 2-5 on the previously posted Video Store all-time list were older titles that have relatively peaked in sales compared with newer titles, my guess about how the all-time DVD list looks now would be this:

1. Finding Nemo
2. LOTR: The Two Towers
3. Pirates of the Caribbean
4. LOTR: FOTR
5. Spider-Man

Two Towers and Pirates might have swapped places, because Pirates remained among the weekly top sellers well into this year while LOTR didn't.

My only question on these statistics (not questioning you guys, questioning the studios) has always been what is a "unit sold?" Is it a unit that was actually bought by a consumer? Or is it merely a unit that the studio shipped out to a retailer?

You've answered your own question. A unit sold has been bought by a consumer. A unit sent to a retailer has merely been shipped.

The data for both charts I posted were based on sales to customers.