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The DVDs Australia loved

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List of most most purchased DVDs since 1998, prepared by David Dale, using data from GFK Australia. Last updated July 14, 2008.

Top selling DVDs of all time
1. Finding Nemo (2004)
2 Shrek 2 (2004)
3 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
4 The Two Towers (2003)
5 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2006)
6 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2003)
7 Return of the King (2004)
8 Fellowship of the Ring (2002)
9 Monsters Inc
10 Pirates of the Caribbean (2004)
To read and discuss the complete charts, go to The culture

11 Pirates 2: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
12 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2002)
13 The Incredibles (2005)
14 40 Dirty Dancing (2000)
15 Madagascar (2005)
16 Shrek (2001)
17 The Fast and the Furious (2002)
18 Ice Age (2002)
19 The Matrix (1999)
20 Cars (2006)
21 Gladiator (2000)
22 The Notebook (2005)
23 Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
24 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
25 Lion King (2004)
26 Troy (2004)
27 The Simpsons Movie (2007)
28 Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
29 Happy Feet (2007)
30 Dances With Wolves (2001)
31 Spider-Man (2002)
32 Matrix Reloaded (2003)
33 Ice Age 2 - The Meltdown (2006)
34 Transformers (2007)
35 The Chronicles of Narnia (2006)
36 Grease (2002)
37 2 Fast 2 Furious (2006)
38 Gone in 60 Seconds (2001)
39 Toy Story 2 (2000)
40 Pirates 3: At World's End (2007)
41 Casino Royale (2007)
42 Love Actually (2004)
43 Four Weddings and a Funeral (2001)
44 Batman Begins (2005)
45 Black Hawk Down (2002)
46 The Devil Wears Prada (2007)
47 Indiana Jones Box Set (2003)
48 Matrix Revolutions (2004)
49 Shrek The Third (2007)
50 Shark Tale (2005)
51 The Last Samurai (2004)
52 Star Wars 1: The Phantom Menace (2001)
53 Night At The Museum (2007)
54 Summer Heights High (2007)
55 Scooby Doo (2002)
56 10 Things I Hate About You (2000)
57 War of the Worlds (2005)
58 How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days (2003)
59 Sweet Home Alabama (2003)
60 Spiderman 2 (2004)
61 Over The Hedge (2006)
62 Star Wars Trilogy (2004)
63 High School Musical 2 (2007)
64 Braveheart (2000)
65 The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
66 Brother Bear (2004)
67 Willy Wonka 30th anniversary (2001)
68 50 First Dates (2004)
69 Reservoir Dogs (2003)
70 The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
71 Robots (2005)
72 The Eagles: Hell Freezes Over (2000)
73 Mean Girls (2004)
74 Garfield The Movie (2004)
75 Polar Express (2005)
76 Walk The Line (2006)
77 Kenny (2006)
78 The Shawshank Redemption (2005)
79 Kill Bill Vol 1 (2004)
80 Kill Bill Vol 2 (2004)
81 Swordfish (2001)
82 We Were Soldiers (2002)
83 My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2003)
84 Zoolander (2002)
85 Terminator (2001)
86 Daddy Day Care (2003)
87 Titanic (1999)
88 A Bug's Life (2003)
89 Passion of the Christ (2004)
90 A Knight's Tale (2002)
91 Bridget Jones Diary (2001)
92 XXX (2003)
93 Chicken Run (2001)
94 Moulin Rouge (2001)
95 Ocean's 11 (2002)
96 Meet The Fockers (2005)
97 8 Mile (2003)
98 Spiderman 3 (2007)
99 Terminator 3 (2003)
100 The Mummy Returns (2001)
Other big sellers:
Chicago (2003)
The Simpsons Season 1
Back To The Future Trilogy
Seinfeld Series 3
The Simpsons Season 3
Lilo and Stitch
84 Little Britain Series 1
Kath and Kim Series 3
James Bond monster box
Alien Quadrilogy collection
The Sopranos Season 4
Sex and The City Beauty Case
The Terminator
Die Another Day
Carl Barron Live
Pink Panther film collection
Minority Report
Borat
Bad Boys 2
Once Were Warriors
Coyote Ugly
The Mummy
Robbie Williams What We Did Last Summer
The Sopranos Season 2
Blackadder Collectors Edition Series 1-4
The O.C. Season 1
The Simpsons Season 2
The Sopranos season 1
The Rocky Collection box set
The Sopranos Season 3
The O.C. Season 2
Bee Gees: One Night Only
The Godfather Collection
Fawlty Towers box set
Seinfeld Series 1 and 2
Band of Brothers box set

David Dale is the author of Who We Are -- A snapshot of Australia today (Allen and Unwin). His latest book is Soffritto -- A delicious Ligurian memoir. For further observations of Australian attitudes and behaviour, go to Who we are.