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United States DVD Sales Chart for Week Ending September 16, 2012

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  TitleUnits
this
Week
%
Change
Total
Units
Spending
this
Week
Total
Spending
Weeks
1 new Snow White and the Huntsman 753,135   753,135  $13,036,767  $13,036,767 1
2 new Barbie: The Princess and The Popstar 393,664   393,664  $5,290,844  $5,290,844 1
3 (-) The Big Bang Theory: Season 5 376,191   376,191  $10,236,157  $10,236,157 52
4 (1) The Hunger Games 151,079 -49% 5,570,519  $3,000,429  $97,043,438 5
5 new What to Expect When You're Expecting 149,723   149,723  $2,298,248  $2,298,248 1
6 new Castle: The Complete Fourth Season 147,087   147,087  $4,187,567  $4,187,567 1
7 new Spartacus Vengeance - The Complete Second Season 115,832   115,832  $2,578,420  $2,578,420 1
8 new The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Third Season 110,184   110,184  $4,105,456  $4,105,456 1
9 (6) Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 83,221 -35% 3,081,678  $1,654,433  $55,549,147 6
10 (22) Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 82,092 +188% 201,656  $432,362  $1,186,121 833
11 (-) Titanic 76,745   76,745  $3,199,123  $3,199,123 681
12 (2) The Lucky One 73,355 -62% 783,684  $1,097,391  $11,723,912 3
13 (4) Battleship 72,301 -55% 604,460  $1,443,128  $11,036,213 3
14 (-) Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper 65,673   65,673  $338,216  $338,216 137
15 (-) Dr Seuss s Cat in the Hat 60,929   60,929  $389,946  $389,946 467
16 (-) The Little Rascals 58,142   58,142  $349,433  $349,433 708
17 (-) Batman Begins 56,109 +478% 4,481,737  $385,430  $47,836,825 361
18 (5) Think Like a Man 55,280 -63% 622,154  $998,910  $10,872,332 3
19 (3) Safe 51,891 -70% 225,082  $784,592  $3,697,665 2
20 (13) Pirates! Band of Misfits 41,453 -26% 207,129  $744,496  $3,608,927 3
21 (10) The Walking Dead: Season 2 41,046 -56% 348,313  $1,308,546  $9,643,833 49
22 (9) Grey’s Anatomy: Season 8 35,831 -65% 138,889  $1,376,269  $4,724,623 52
23 (20) Dexter: Season 6 33,451 -2% 475,181  $1,043,671  $13,251,582 51
24 (7) Five Year Engagement 33,336 -73% 156,398  $681,054  $2,965,085 2
25 (-) Jillian Michaels: 30 Day Shred 29,583 +54% 1,649,006  $204,419  $14,361,110 235
26 (17) Homeland: The Complete First Season 28,705 -33% 158,377  $850,816  $3,871,490 3
27 (25) NCIS: The Complete Ninth Season 28,549 +17% 228,088  $940,975  $7,505,735 4
28 (-) 21 Jump Street 27,436 +75% 1,744,009  $430,471  $30,341,841 12
29 (12) Criminal Minds: Season 7 26,116 -60% 90,832  $861,045  $2,808,349 52
30 (8) Sons of Anarchy Season 4 24,111 -79% 424,592  $956,242  $11,828,702 3

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.