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Top 25 retail video titles, ranked by units sold, 2006; Australian titles listed in bold


DVD

In 2006, there were over 35,000 DVD titles sold in Australia. The 25 top-selling DVDs (ranked by units) accounted for 7.7 per cent of the total retail value, according to GfK Retail and Technology Australia. The Australian comedy Kenny reached number 7, the first Australian title in the top 25 since the re-release of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in 2004.

Rank Title Distributor
1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Warner Bros
2 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Buena Vista
3 Cars Buena Vista
4 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Buena Vista
5 Dirty Dancing: 15th Anniversary Edition Magna
6 Ice Age 2: The Meltdown Fox
7 Kenny Madman
8 Over the Hedge Paramount
9 High School Musical Buena Vista
10 Batman Begins Warner Bros
11 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roadshow
12 The Polar Express Warner Pros
13 Madagascar Paramount
14 King Kong: Single Disc Limited Edition Universal
15 Mr & Mrs Smith Fox
16 Napoleon Dynamite Paramount
17 Pride & Prejudice (2005) Universal
18 Underworld: Evolution Sony
19 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Buena Vista
20 War of the Worlds Paramount
21 Walk the Line Fox
22 Notebook Roadshow
23 X-Men: The Last Stand Fox
24 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Paramount
25 The Wizard of Oz Warner

Source: GfK Retail and Technology Australia. Data may only be reproduced with permission.

Notes:
Based on a non-extrapolated sample of around 85 per cent of Australian retailers.
Excludes collections of multiple titles.
Australian titles include Australian productions and productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).

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VHS

VHS sales have fallen dramatically over the last few years following the introduction of DVDs. Due to very low demand for VHS titles (less than 1 per cent of total units sold in 2007), this table will no longer be updated.

Rank Title Distributor
1 Peter Pan (2003) Universal
2 Starsky & Hutch (2004) Buena Vista
3 Dimples Fox
4 Predator: Special Edition Fox
5 The English Patient Roadshow
6 The Wiggles: Sailing Around the World Roadshow
7 The Wiggles: Cold Spaghetti Western Roadshow
8 The Wiggles: Live Hot Potatoes! Roadshow
9 The Wiggles: Top of the Tots Roadshow
10 The Wiggles: Wiggly Safari Roadshow
11 The Wiggles: Wiggle Bay Roadshow
12 The Wild Thornberrys Movie Paramount
13 Babe Universal
14 Dodgeball: Uncut Version Fox
15 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Paramount
16 The Wiggles: Toot Toot! Roadshow
17 The Wiggles: Wiggly Show Roadshow
18 The Wiggles: Wake Up Jeff Roadshow
19 The Haunted Mansion Buena Vista
20 I, Robot Fox
21 The Wiggles: Wiggly World Roadshow
22 Van Helsing Universal
23 Madagascar Paramount
24 Peter Pan Fox
25 Dorothy the Dinosaur & Friends Roadshow

Source: GfK Retail and Technology Australia. Data may only be reproduced with permission.

Notes:
Based on a non-extrapolated sample of around 85 per cent of Australian retailers.
Excludes collections of multiple titles.
Australian titles include Australian productions and productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).

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