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United States Combined DVD and Blu-ray Sales Chart for Week Ending September 30, 2012

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RankTitleUnits
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Week
Total
Units
Spending
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Total
Spending
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1 The Avengers 5,098,958 5,098,958  $104,806,017  $104,806,017 1
2 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 146,966 146,966  $1,983,242  $1,983,242 1
3 Snow White and the Huntsman 145,485 1,743,581  $3,136,022  $33,835,794 3
4 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3 112,724 451,468  $2,299,283  $8,599,852 2
5 American Horror Story: Season 1, Murder House 107,473 107,473  $3,002,676  $3,002,676 1
6 The Hunger Games 102,953 8,072,283  $2,015,291  $147,569,897 7
7 The Cabin in the Woods 83,616 388,079  $1,381,231  $6,505,679 2
8 Barbie: The Princess and The Popstar 77,210 657,914  $1,062,410  $8,782,904 3
9 Family Guy Volume 10 72,202 72,202  $1,494,581  $1,494,581 1
10 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 71,480 335,515  $1,415,206  $5,666,257 2
11 People Like Us 64,063 64,063  $1,278,057  $1,278,057 1
12 Resident Evil: Damnation 60,173 60,173  $1,025,164  $1,025,164 1
13 Thor 59,963 3,084,245  $841,685  $62,287,134 55
14 Captain America: The First Avenger 53,588 3,743,287  $882,311  $78,418,836 49
15 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 52,254 4,230,729  $1,025,822  $84,020,780 8
16 The Big Bang Theory: Season 5 52,096 626,450  $1,582,921  $17,922,199 54
17 Iron Man 2 51,942 8,016,077  $498,954  $174,086,881 105
18 Battleship 46,315 1,155,244  $936,678  $23,324,042 5
19 Bond 50 46,045 46,045  $6,646,638  $6,646,638 1
20 The Incredible Hulk 40,585 3,786,738  $388,052  $62,211,091 206

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.