Handful of TV-DVD sets rack up sales
DVD buyers and renters had island fever for the second consecutive calendar week.
With no big unexampled theatrical features hitting stores, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment's "Nim's Island" remained on spinning top of the national video sales and rental charts in its sophomore week in stores.
The family jeopardize topped the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart and Home Media Magazine's rental chart for the week end Aug. 17.
The lack of new attain movies opened the sales chart to a rash of TV-DVD season sets and littler films that might non have debuted as high had there been whatsoever theatrical competition. On the First Alert sales chart, for example, Paramount's "South Park: Season 11" bowed at No. 2, patch Fox's Season 3 lay out of "Prison Break" debuted at No. 4. HBO's "The Wire: Season 5" came in at No. 6, while Disney/Miramax's "Smart People," a satiric film about academe, debuted at No. 7.
Meanwhile, on Home Media Magazine's rental chart, "Smart People" bowed at No. 2, chalking up 93% as much action in rental stores as "Nim's Island."
On the Blu-ray Disc front, Warner's "Batman Begins" remained on top of the sales graph as fans continue to flock to theaters to see "The Dark Knight." Lionsgate's "The Bank Job" was the No. 2 seller, while Sony Pictures' "21" slipped a notch to No. 3.
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