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United States DVD Sales Chart for Week Ending May 17, 2009

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  TitleUnits
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Weeks
1 new Taken 1,953,555   1,953,555  $32,122,110  $32,122,110 1
2 new Underworld: Rise of the Lycans 1,241,875   1,241,875  $24,825,081  $24,825,081 1
3 (1) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 438,378 -64% 1,639,762  $7,324,639  $27,245,268 2
4 (2) Hotel for Dogs 173,280 -49% 1,284,155  $3,044,530  $22,562,604 3
5 (3) Bride Wars 147,689 -56% 1,331,350  $2,361,547  $21,288,286 3
6 (9) Bolt 133,819 +30% 3,875,545  $2,424,840  $69,253,227 9
7 (6) Twilight 112,181 -25% 7,852,621  $2,018,136  $142,060,532 9
8 (4) Last Chance Harvey 106,469 -62% 389,155  $1,595,970  $5,833,433 2
9 new Two and a Half Men - The Complete Fifth Season 96,115   96,115  $2,786,374  $2,786,374 1
10 new Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy 95,920   95,920  $1,533,761  $1,533,761 1
11 (5) Marley and Me 75,212 -52% 3,222,584  $1,137,228  $56,784,707 7
12 (10) Bedtime Stories 67,398 -30% 2,503,573  $1,155,458  $42,827,620 7
13 new Underworld Trilogy 66,812   66,812  $2,337,752  $2,337,752 1
14 new S. Darko: A Donnie Darko Tale 66,421   66,421  $1,232,774  $1,232,774 1
15 (11) Slumdog Millionaire 65,835 -31% 1,768,186  $986,867  $28,448,728 7
16 (-) The Da Vinci Code 62,709 +34,546% 6,284,619  $664,734  $98,142,448 131
17 new Passengers 62,318   62,318  $1,121,101  $1,121,101 1
18 (-) Twister 61,928 +10,939% 97,424  $733,847  $1,232,108 634
19 (8) Seven Pounds 55,286 -54% 1,246,901  $907,796  $20,336,539 7
20 (18) Quantum of Solace 53,527 -20% 2,209,114  $818,770  $38,903,169 8
21 (-) Pinocchio 52,746 +94% 2,501,253  $896,155  $42,496,288 499
22 (15) Beverly Hills Chihuahua 50,792 -31% 3,258,941  $812,164  $55,592,319 11
23 (12) The Reader 50,597 -42% 577,359  $773,122  $10,348,439 5
24 new Star Trek: The Motion Picture Trilogy 49,816   49,816  $1,469,074  $1,469,074 1
25 new The Grudge 3 49,425   49,425  $945,500  $945,500 1
26 (22) Yes Man 46,495 -24% 1,198,564  $806,358  $20,883,452 6
27 (16) The Spirit 45,892 -34% 718,125  $992,258  $15,054,034 5
28 (21) The Wrestler 40,829 -37% 513,656  $693,685  $9,207,153 4
29 (20) The Day the Earth Stood Still 40,048 -39% 1,635,121  $605,474  $27,112,499 6
30 (24) The Tale of Despereaux 37,936 -35% 1,178,244  $644,533  $20,018,366 6

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.