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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 November 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 Mamma Mia! ((2008, had sold 460,000 at 5/2/09)
10 Pirates of the Caribbean (2004)
11 Shrek 2 (2004)
12 Dirty Dancing (2000)
13 The Notebook (2005)
14 Pirates 2: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
15 The Matrix (1999)
16 The Dark Knight (2008)
17 The Fast and the Furious (2002)
18 Gladiator (2000)
19 Cars (2006)
20 The Incredibles (2005)
21 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2002)
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22 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
23 Ice Age (2002)
24 Madagascar (2005)
25 Shrek (2001)
26 Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
27 Dances With Wolves (2001)
28 Casino Royale (2007)
29 Batman Begins (2005)
30 Lion King (2004)
31 Underbelly (2008)
32 Troy (2004)
33 The Simpsons Movie (2007)
34 Matrix Reloaded (2003)
35 Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
36 Happy Feet (2007)
37 Love Actually (2004)
38 Spider-Man (2002)
39 Grease (2002)
40 Andre Rieu live in Australia (2008, had sold 300,000 yo 1/4/2009)
41 10 Things I Hate About You (2000)
42 2 Fast 2 Furious (2006)
43 Transformers (2007)
44 The Chronicles of Narnia (2006)
45 The Devil Wears Prada (2007)
46 Summer Heights High (2007)
47 Gone in 60 Seconds (2001)
48 Toy Story 2 (2000)
49 Pirates 3: At World's End (2007)
50 Star Wars 1: The Phantom Menace (2001)
51 Black Hawk Down (2002)
52 Shrek The Third (2007)
53 Ice Age 2 - The Meltdown (2006)
54 Alvin and the Chipmunks (2008)
55 Indiana Jones Box Set (2003)
56 Four Weddings and a Funeral (2001)
57 Twilight (2009, had sold 250,000 at 1/5/2009)
58 Sex and the City movie (2008)
59 Australia (2009)
60 Kung Fu Panda (2008)
61 Matrix Revolutions (2004)
62 Shark Tale (2005)
63 The Last Samurai (2004)
64 Night At The Museum (2007)
65 27 Dresses (2008)
66 The Bourne Ultimatum (2007, had sold 200,000 at 5/2/09)
67 Scooby Doo (2002)
68 War of the Worlds (2005)
69 How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days (2003)
70 Sweet Home Alabama (2003)
71 Spiderman 2 (2004)
72 Over The Hedge (2006)
73 Star Wars Trilogy (2004)
74 High School Musical 2 (2007)
75 Braveheart (2000)
76 The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
77 Brother Bear (2004)
78 Willy Wonka 30th anniversary (2001)
79 50 First Dates (2004)
80 Reservoir Dogs (2003)
81 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 The Little Book of Australia -- A snapshot of who we are (Allen and Unwin). For daily updates on Australian attitudes, bookmark blogs.sunherald.com.au/whoweare.