See also: Top-selling DVDs for 2012 - Top-Selling Blu-rays for 2012

Top-Selling Video Titles in the United States 2012

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RankTitleUnits SoldTotal Consumer Spending
1 The Hunger Games 10,254,093 $180,387,249
2 The Avengers 9,374,003 $202,709,760
3 Brave 8,010,301 $147,868,820
4 The Dark Knight Rises 7,643,821 $127,340,017
5 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 7,153,272 $134,722,415
6 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 6,356,261 $106,985,523
7 Ted 5,314,770 $101,559,833
8 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 5,156,777 $76,189,215
9 Madagascar 3: Europes's Most Wanted 3,962,006 $69,842,205
10 Puss in Boots 3,706,074 $67,332,607
11 The Amazing Spider-Man 3,076,493 $59,396,251
12 Secret of the Wings 3,061,106 $61,280,432
13 Hop 3,021,760 $51,219,678
14 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked 2,960,639 $51,109,932
15 Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2,800,652 $44,689,945
16 Snow White and the Huntsman 2,545,661 $46,197,582
17 The Muppets 2,523,792 $51,158,350
18 Magic Mike 2,455,785 $34,984,660
19 21 Jump Street 2,430,593 $41,966,672
20 The Help 2,250,364 $39,750,372
21 Cinderella 2,241,837 $68,308,988
22 Act of Valor 2,227,590 $40,920,177
23 Ice Age: Continental Drift 2,213,695 $40,355,762
24 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2,206,322 $36,071,598
25 Men in Black 3 2,176,275 $41,717,415
26 Real Steel 2,163,525 $44,135,764
27 Prometheus 2,119,611 $40,077,394
28 Wrath of the Titans 2,009,950 $34,810,018
29 The Bourne Legacy 1,961,819 $40,251,659
30 Safe House 1,954,011 $35,296,742
31 War Horse 1,881,171 $37,970,552
32 Pitch Perfect 1,873,082 $36,436,525
33 The Dark Knight 1,779,658 $14,638,626
34 The Lucky One 1,775,882 $22,350,470
35 John Carter 1,762,266 $34,990,630
36 Hugo 1,744,093 $33,200,973
37 We Bought a Zoo 1,743,669 $30,281,790
38 The Vow 1,733,151 $30,309,190
39 Journey 2 Mysterious Island 1,694,660 $28,499,196
40 Immortals 1,686,379 $33,683,643
41 The Expendables 2 1,681,399 $28,511,381
42 Moneyball 1,674,301 $29,612,217
43 Game of Thrones: Season 1 1,600,763 $63,770,744
44 Batman Begins 1,597,913 $11,780,028
45 Mirror Mirror 1,579,275 $28,350,958
46 Lady and the Tramp 1,577,507 $43,355,302
47 The Lion King 1,561,108 $32,859,700
48 Happy Feet Two 1,557,198 $25,589,225
49 The Adventures of Tintin 1,515,453 $27,791,049
50 Project X 1,478,194 $22,129,664
51 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II 1,462,540 $20,074,098
52 Battleship 1,450,495 $28,006,653
53 The Dark Knight Trilogy 1,411,215 $42,908,216
54 Underworld: Awakening 1,402,038 $25,570,454
55 Dark Shadows 1,400,407 $22,072,095
56 Bridesmaids 1,368,928 $17,928,068
57 The Big Bang Theory: Season 5 1,367,680 $36,780,114
58 American Reunion 1,340,710 $24,360,157
59 Elf 1,335,284 $11,375,886
60 Captain America: The First Avenger 1,331,276 $27,172,071
61 Contraband 1,278,362 $23,796,732
62 National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 1,273,796 $12,449,165
63 The Hangover Part II 1,272,116 $13,914,197
64 Despicable Me 1,268,468 $14,613,053
65 The Campaign 1,254,673 $18,970,774
66 Thor 1,242,319 $20,007,126
67 The Descendants 1,226,736 $19,936,709
68 Dolphin Tale 1,214,444 $18,957,068
69 Red Tails 1,193,455 $20,581,153
70 The Three Stooges 1,191,034 $23,387,914
71 Rise of the Planet of the Apes 1,163,267 $19,107,927
72 True Blood: The Complete Fourth Season 1,162,681 $38,836,965
73 Barbie: The Princess and The Popstar 1,152,632 $15,788,251
74 Courageous 1,122,421 $19,167,648
75 Contagion 1,116,523 $18,224,830
76 Downton Abbey: Series 2 1,110,126 $23,043,178
77 The Grey 1,101,367 $19,701,976
78 Beauty and the Beast 1,097,560 $24,998,641
79 Treasure Buddies 1,088,496 $19,618,227
80 Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2 1,074,218 $13,543,372
81 The Bodyguard 1,063,985 $6,304,833
82 Tower Heist 1,046,069 $19,237,018
83 Hatfields and McCoys 1,043,722 $21,244,185
84 Drive 1,043,620 $17,753,227
85 Tangled 1,030,433 $18,363,194
86 The Polar Express 1,026,191 $11,596,384
87 Finding Nemo 997,034 $29,086,818
88 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse 966,627 $10,744,637
89 Footloose 960,276 $16,597,483
90 Think Like a Man 952,230 $16,588,280
91 A Christmas Story 941,942 $9,364,433
92 This Means War 915,176 $14,612,113
93 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 901,973 $16,155,458
94 The Odd Life of Timothy Green 890,705 $16,636,610
95 Joyful Noise 890,578 $13,238,528
96 Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter 884,658 $15,213,381
97 ParaNorman 880,870 $17,568,280
98 In Time 859,963 $15,039,161
99 The Walking Dead: Season 2 852,327 $29,233,275
100 Rock of Ages 849,203 $12,932,348

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.