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United States Combined DVD and Blu-ray Sales Chart for Week Ending August 19, 2012

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RankTitleUnits
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Week
Total
Units
Spending
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Week
Total
Spending
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1 The Hunger Games 3,212,372 3,212,372  $57,687,151  $57,687,151 1
2 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 843,388 3,309,404  $18,077,149  $65,039,998 2
3 Dexter: Season 6 336,433 336,433  $8,989,419  $8,989,419 47
4 Glee: The Complete Third Season 141,476 141,476  $3,928,978  $3,928,978 1
5 The Raid: Redemption 101,161 101,161  $1,916,112  $1,916,112 1
6 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 85,958 3,792,009  $1,008,778  $63,439,919 10
7 Community: Season 3 76,597 76,597  $1,528,876  $1,528,876 48
8 Wrath of the Titans 70,176 1,674,138  $941,674  $29,597,654 8
9 Batman Begins 64,413 5,446,888  $466,209  $58,587,778 357
10 Hatfields and McCoys 55,988 642,206  $1,176,591  $13,305,504 3
11 The Expendables 54,247 4,385,657  $496,371  $70,465,384 91
12 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 53,086 95,852  $465,252  $790,712 829
13 21 Jump Street 50,350 2,020,941  $891,694  $36,437,814 8
14 Marley 44,289 171,938  $767,015  $2,542,531 2
15 Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat 40,329 1,452,525  $275,715  $12,884,443 440
16 American Reunion 40,051 1,152,666  $766,686  $21,346,743 6
17 The Three Stooges 38,414 966,900  $766,366  $19,642,986 5
18 The Dark Knight 37,855 19,590,112  $332,798  $290,913,657 193
19 Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol 37,803 2,566,604  $406,360  $42,020,233 18
20 Project X 36,590 1,097,974  $432,784  $17,720,371 9

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.