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United States DVD Sales Chart for Week Ending February 26, 2012

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  TitleUnits
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Week
%
Change
Total
Units
Spending
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Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
1 new Puss in Boots 833,510   833,510  $14,278,026  $14,278,026 1
2 (1) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 478,685 -67% 4,268,176  $9,128,523  $77,631,536 3
3 new Tower Heist 392,083   392,083  $6,661,490  $6,661,490 1
4 new J. Edgar 304,648   304,648  $4,566,674  $4,566,674 1
5 (-) The Bodyguard 161,868   161,868  $966,352  $966,352 953
6 new Weeds: Season Seven 122,693   122,693  $2,329,940  $2,329,940 1
7 (2) The Help 109,690 -66% 4,364,386  $1,895,443  $73,347,046 12
8 (11) Downton Abbey: Series 2 100,484 +42% 423,326  $2,159,401  $8,260,250 8
9 (-) Downton Abbey: Series 1 80,371   80,371  $1,365,503  $1,365,503 60
10 (3) Real Steel 74,766 -45% 1,198,290  $986,164  $20,852,488 5
11 (-) The Lorax 74,682   74,682  $970,119  $970,119 2
12 (16) Treasure Buddies 55,678 -10% 819,327  $1,001,647  $14,095,978 4
13 new The Way 53,761   53,761  $671,475  $671,475 1
14 (14) The Rum Diary 52,094 -24% 120,250  $885,077  $2,043,047 2
15 (27) Courageous 51,344 +215% 809,530  $699,819  $13,789,027 6
16 (17) The Twilight Saga: Eclipse 50,511 -3% 9,390,358  $414,190  $164,411,639 65
17 (15) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II 41,259 -36% 6,338,151  $618,472  $86,887,032 16
18 (20) Moneyball 36,508 +22% 936,088  $639,620  $16,582,699 7
19 (23) In Time 33,691 +31% 372,969  $600,037  $5,739,163 4
20 (18) A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas 31,340 -17% 301,369  $469,787  $4,517,522 3
21 (22) Drive 31,257 +17% 413,596  $486,359  $6,405,674 4
22 (21) The Lion King 30,590 +3% 1,532,426  $621,063  $28,255,987 887
23 new The Son of No One 25,339   25,339  $405,171  $405,171 1
24 (12) The Hangover Part II 19,786 -72% 3,385,411  $160,267  $43,014,601 12
25 (-) How to Train Your Dragon 17,504 +8,004% 6,530,338  $219,624  $121,611,393 72
26 (26) The Thing 17,411 -7% 189,084  $323,148  $3,368,256 4
27 (24) Abduction 15,300 -23% 393,312  $253,368  $6,087,517 6
28 (28) Dolphin Tale 15,166 +5% 1,414,361  $234,921  $21,210,869 10
29 (-) Transformers: Dark of the Moon 13,420 +303% 2,748,363  $242,231  $46,726,096 22
30 (30) Dream House 13,010 +12% 130,803  $237,823  $2,360,050 4

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.