The Sun-Herald

WHO WE ARE: 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 January 30, 2009.

Top selling DVDs of all time
1. Finding Nemo (2004)
2 Fellowship of the Ring (2002)
3 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2003)
4 The Two Towers (2003)
5 Monsters Inc (2002)
6 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2006)
7 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
8 Return of the King (2004)
9 Pirates of the Caribbean (2004)
10 Shrek 2 (2004)
11 Dirty Dancing (2000)
12 The Notebook (2005)
13 Pirates 2: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
14 The Fast and the Furious (2002)
15 Mamma Mia! (2008, sold 460,000 at 5/2/09)
16 The Matrix (1999)
17 Gladiator (2000)
18 The Incredibles (2005)
19 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2002)
20 Ice Age (2002)
To read and discuss the complete charts, go to The culture

21 Madagascar (2005)
22 Shrek (2001)
23 Cars (2006)
24 Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
25 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
26 Lion King (2004)
27 Underbelly (2008)
28 Troy (2004)
29 The Simpsons Movie (2007)
30 Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
31 Happy Feet (2007)
32 The Dark Knight (2008)
33 Dances With Wolves (2001)
34 Spider-Man (2002)
35 Matrix Reloaded (2003)
36 Alvin and the Chipmunks (2008)
37 Ice Age 2 - The Meltdown (2006)
38 Transformers (2007)
39 Casino Royale (2007)
40 The Chronicles of Narnia (2006)
41 Grease (2002)
42 2 Fast 2 Furious (2006)
43 Gone in 60 Seconds (2001)
44 Toy Story 2 (2000)
45 Pirates 3: At World's End (2007)
46 Love Actually (2004)
47 Four Weddings and a Funeral (2001)
48 Batman Begins (2005)
49 Black Hawk Down (2002)
50 The Devil Wears Prada (2007)
51 Indiana Jones Box Set (2003)
52 Sex and the City movie (2008)
53 Kung Fu Panda (2008)
54 Matrix Revolutions (2004)
55 Shrek The Third (2007)
56 Summer Heights High (2007)
57 Shark Tale (2005)
58 The Last Samurai (2004)
59 Star Wars 1: The Phantom Menace (2001)
60 Night At The Museum (2007)
61 Andre Rieu Live in Australia (2008)
62 27 Dresses (2008)
63 The Bourne Ultimatum (2007 - 200,000 at 5/2/09)
64 Scooby Doo (2002)
65 10 Things I Hate About You (2000)
66 War of the Worlds (2005)
67 How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days (2003)
68 Sweet Home Alabama (2003)
69 Spiderman 2 (2004)
70 Over The Hedge (2006)
71 Star Wars Trilogy (2004)
72 High School Musical 2 (2007)
73 Braveheart (2000)
74 The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
75 Brother Bear (2004)
76 Willy Wonka 30th anniversary (2001)
77 50 First Dates (2004)
78 Reservoir Dogs (2003)
79 The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
80 Robots (2005)
81 The Eagles: Hell Freezes Over (2000)
82 Mean Girls (2004)
83 Garfield The Movie (2004)
84 Polar Express (2005)
85 Walk The Line (2006)
86 Kenny (2006)
87 The Shawshank Redemption (2005)
88 Kill Bill Vol 1 (2004)
89 Kill Bill Vol 2 (2004)
90 Swordfish (2001)
91 We Were Soldiers (2002)
92 My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2003)
93 Zoolander (2002)
94 Terminator (2001)
95 Daddy Day Care (2003)
96 Titanic (1999)
97 A Bug's Life (2003)
98 Passion of the Christ (2004)
99 A Knight's Tale (2002)
100 Bridget Jones Diary (2001)
101 XXX (2003)
102 Chicken Run (2001)
103 Moulin Rouge (2001)
104 Ocean's 11 (2002)
105 Meet The Fockers (2005)
106 Hairspray (2007)
107 8 Mile (2003)
108 Spiderman 3 (2007)
109 Terminator 3 (2003)
110 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.