See also: Top-selling Blu-rays for 2012 - Combined Top-Selling Videos for 2012

Top-Selling DVDs in the United States 2012

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RankTitleUnits SoldTotal Consumer Spending
1 The Hunger Games 7,434,058 $123,736,419
2 Brave 5,892,322 $99,646,500
3 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 5,759,872 $103,644,863
4 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 5,078,621 $76,547,775
5 The Avengers 4,761,539 $88,640,643
6 The Dark Knight Rises 4,414,531 $54,548,655
7 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 3,690,720 $46,476,426
8 Ted 3,423,343 $59,643,566
9 Madagascar 3: Europes's Most Wanted 3,023,440 $49,393,562
10 Puss in Boots 2,831,265 $46,292,327
11 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked 2,534,893 $40,884,577
12 Secret of the Wings 2,371,290 $43,648,936
13 Hop 2,326,123 $38,242,910
14 Magic Mike 2,133,928 $27,893,940
15 21 Jump Street 1,999,300 $33,684,810
16 The Help 1,957,583 $31,755,547
17 The Amazing Spider-Man 1,828,251 $31,851,414
18 The Muppets 1,735,219 $29,748,109
19 Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol 1,689,007 $23,950,382
20 Snow White and the Huntsman 1,673,475 $28,330,177
21 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 1,563,816 $23,423,774
22 The Vow 1,532,619 $25,459,591
23 The Lucky One 1,532,462 $18,504,854
24 Act of Valor 1,530,270 $25,814,412
25 Real Steel 1,523,386 $25,949,607
26 Ice Age: Continental Drift 1,494,659 $24,664,742
27 We Bought a Zoo 1,477,898 $23,557,856
28 Men in Black 3 1,468,196 $24,581,395
29 Safe House 1,448,397 $24,271,262
30 War Horse 1,443,985 $26,571,013
31 Pitch Perfect 1,432,851 $26,784,824
32 Journey 2 Mysterious Island 1,398,009 $21,003,824
33 Mirror Mirror 1,363,364 $23,436,776
34 Happy Feet Two 1,321,251 $19,805,029
35 Wrath of the Titans 1,311,554 $19,151,160
36 The Big Bang Theory: Season 5 1,240,766 $32,728,819
37 Moneyball 1,228,737 $20,568,746
38 Bridesmaids 1,206,085 $14,665,262
39 John Carter 1,202,192 $20,906,292
40 Project X 1,173,923 $16,446,987
41 Barbie: The Princess and The Popstar 1,152,632 $15,788,251
42 Hugo 1,125,830 $18,120,279
43 Elf 1,115,073 $9,257,189
44 The Lion King 1,107,803 $20,785,814
45 The Expendables 2 1,089,162 $16,754,915
46 Immortals 1,087,958 $18,824,232
47 The Dark Knight 1,075,745 $6,051,654
48 Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2 1,074,218 $13,543,372
49 The Three Stooges 1,071,917 $20,559,925
50 Dolphin Tale 1,064,014 $15,195,963
51 The Campaign 1,061,063 $14,438,320
52 Game of Thrones: Season 1 1,059,977 $36,408,202
53 Dark Shadows 1,057,453 $14,688,097
54 The Adventures of Tintin 1,046,549 $16,001,840
55 The Bourne Legacy 1,037,511 $19,465,700
56 American Reunion 1,033,021 $17,709,513
57 The Bodyguard 1,017,282 $5,738,082
58 Downton Abbey: Series 2 1,014,363 $20,632,188
59 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II 1,013,727 $10,995,055
60 The Hangover Part II 1,006,414 $9,880,500
61 The Descendants 1,006,059 $15,431,223
62 National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 997,862 $9,295,137
63 Courageous 984,467 $16,347,306
64 Prometheus 975,477 $16,285,293
65 Treasure Buddies 971,591 $16,661,321
66 Batman Begins 969,537 $5,701,041
67 True Blood: The Complete Fourth Season 962,161 $30,391,103
68 Red Tails 944,197 $14,583,659
69 Underworld: Awakening 943,158 $15,818,478
70 Despicable Me 931,910 $8,910,992
71 Contraband 920,396 $15,511,199
72 Battleship 896,989 $15,557,901
73 Hatfields and McCoys 872,852 $16,955,012
74 A Christmas Story 863,659 $8,240,370
75 Footloose 849,146 $13,886,038
76 Contagion 844,760 $12,488,924
77 Think Like a Man 838,396 $14,294,219
78 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse 837,254 $8,160,388
79 Tower Heist 820,173 $14,337,337
80 Tangled 817,896 $12,597,111
81 Joyful Noise 811,276 $11,616,311
82 Captain America: The First Avenger 800,603 $13,154,756
83 Rise of the Planet of the Apes 790,033 $12,633,448
84 The Grey 788,079 $12,899,860
85 The Polar Express 787,286 $6,822,821
86 Cinderella 770,135 $34,742,898
87 Thor 743,655 $10,609,686
88 The Odd Life of Timothy Green 742,390 $12,681,142
89 This Means War 736,322 $11,032,852
90 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 686,125 $11,453,005
91 Beauty and the Beast 685,664 $14,604,921
92 Mary Poppins 677,207 $13,275,522
93 Rock of Ages 675,540 $9,164,358
94 The Dark Knight Trilogy 674,974 $17,522,325
95 New Year’s Eve 662,434 $9,346,206
96 ParaNorman 657,460 $12,044,768
97 The Twilight Saga: New Moon 652,060 $5,570,378
98 Tyler Perry's Good Deeds 644,437 $10,754,875
99 J. Edgar 643,835 $9,631,757
100 Jack and Jill 642,374 $11,798,264

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.