See also: Weekly Blu-ray Sales Chart - Weekly DVD and Blu-ray Sales Combined Chart - DEG Watched at Home Top 20 - Netflix Daily Top 10

United States DVD Sales Chart for Week Ending January 8, 2012

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  TitleUnits
this
Week
%
Change
Total
Units
Spending
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Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
1 new Contagion 372,102   372,102  $5,577,809  $5,577,809 1
2 (1) The Hangover Part II 196,358 -31% 3,046,045  $1,947,871  $39,541,627 5
3 (5) Dolphin Tale 151,818 -18% 1,027,627  $2,275,752  $15,404,129 3
4 (2) The Help 145,008 -35% 3,496,954  $2,454,985  $59,872,534 5
5 (4) Rise of the Planet of the Apes 133,882 -31% 1,767,139  $2,006,891  $31,563,479 4
6 new Justified: The Complete Second Season 122,533   122,533  $2,449,435  $2,449,435 1
7 new Don't Be Afraid of the Dark 107,426   107,426  $1,825,168  $1,825,168 1
8 (3) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II 107,240 -47% 6,108,943  $1,071,328  $84,068,752 9
9 (-) Family Guy: Volume Nine 92,579   92,579  $2,399,648  $2,399,648 4
10 (8) Kung Fu Panda 2 91,240 -27% 1,730,716  $1,637,758  $28,160,116 4
11 (17) Cowboys and Aliens 71,183 -13% 1,147,718  $1,112,590  $19,577,243 5
12 new Shark Night 70,997   70,997  $1,064,245  $1,064,245 1
13 new I Don't Know How She Does It 68,169   68,169  $1,226,360  $1,226,360 1
14 (13) Friends with Benefits 65,355 -29% 909,886  $1,181,618  $16,123,023 6
15 (6) Final Destination 5 64,076 -63% 236,827  $960,499  $3,550,036 2
16 (16) The Smurfs 62,774 -25% 1,812,698  $1,119,888  $31,145,378 6
17 (11) Apollo 18 61,435 -43% 169,744  $920,911  $2,544,463 2
18 (7) Smallville: The Complete Tenth Season 59,461 -61% 521,713  $1,698,206  $18,801,059 6
19 (19) Colombiana 57,081 -29% 323,371  $1,018,896  $5,251,147 3
20 (-) Bridesmaids 53,694 +36% 3,951,933  $804,873  $53,960,013 16
21 (14) Midnight in Paris 53,540 -40% 421,525  $963,185  $7,304,412 3
22 (20) Warrior 50,724 -33% 273,832  $792,816  $3,842,513 3
23 (21) Straw Dogs 44,131 -42% 510,600  $831,869  $8,261,806 3
24 (-) Green Lantern 39,294 +89% 1,250,988  $566,619  $17,635,729 13
25 (28) Mr. Popper's Penguins 37,608 -25% 1,045,526  $695,372  $17,622,940 5
26 (24) The Change-up 37,143 -39% 845,120  $556,774  $13,814,389 9
27 (18) Crazy, Stupid, Love 37,024 -54% 1,269,678  $351,358  $16,429,136 10
28 (22) Cars 2 36,129 -49% 4,498,506  $638,038  $74,449,994 10
29 (15) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I 32,912 -63% 7,210,624  $231,042  $86,912,262 39
30 (26) The Lion King 31,705 -46% 1,234,278  $581,910  $21,793,225 880

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.