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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 January 30, 2010.

Top selling DVDs of all time
1. Finding Nemo (2004)
2 Mamma Mia! (2008)
3 Monsters Inc (2002)
4 Fellowship of the Ring (2002)
5 The Two Towers (2003)
6 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2003)
7 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2006)
8 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
9 Return of the King (2004)
10 Pirates of the Caribbean (2004)
11 The Notebook (2005)
12 Shrek 2 (2004)
13 Dirty Dancing (2000)
14 The Dark Knight (2008)
15 Pirates 2: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
16 Cars (2006)
17 The Matrix (1999)
18 The Incredibles (2005)
19 Ice Age (2002)
20 Gladiator (2000)
21 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
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22 Casino Royale (2007)
23 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2002)
24 The Simpsons Movie (2007)
25 Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
26 Dances With Wolves (2001)
27 Underbelly series 1 (2008)
28 Batman Begins (2005)
29 Happy Feet (2007)
30 Troy (2004)
31 Matrix Reloaded (2003)
32 Love Actually (2004)
33 The Devil Wears Prada (2007)
34 10 Things I Hate About You (2000)
35 Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
36 Lion King (2004)
37 Spider-Man (2002)
38 Shrek (2001)
39 Grease (2002)
40 2 Fast 2 Furious (2006)
41 Madagascar (2005)
42 The Chronicles of Narnia (2006)
43 Australia (2009)
44 Transformers (2007)
45 The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
46 Pirates 3: At World's End (2007)
47 Summer Heights High (2007)
48 Toy Story 2 (2000)
49 Zoolander (2002)
50 Twilight (2008)
51 The Fast and the Furious (2002)
52. P!nk - Funhouse Tour: Live In Australia (2009) - 400,000 copies sold at 31/12/2009
53 Star Wars 1: The Phantom Menace (2001)
54 Black Hawk Down (2002)
55 Shrek The Third (2007)
56. Andre Rieu - Live In Australia (2008) 315,000 at 31/12/2009
57 Gone in 60 Seconds (2001)
58 Ice Age 2 - The Meltdown (2006)
59 Alvin and the Chipmunks (2008)
60. P!nk - Live From Wembley Arena (2007)
61. Michael Jackson - #1's (2003) 300,000 at 31/12/2009
62 Indiana Jones Box Set (2003)
63 Four Weddings and a Funeral (2001)
64 Sex and the City movie (2008)
65 Kung Fu Panda (2008)
66 Matrix Revolutions (2004)
67 Shark Tale (2005)
68 The Last Samurai (2004)
69 Night At The Museum (2007)
70 27 Dresses (2008)
71 The Bourne Ultimatum (2007, had sold 200,000 at 5/2/09)
72 Scooby Doo (2002)
73 War of the Worlds (2005)
74 How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days (2003)
75 Sweet Home Alabama (2003)
76 Spiderman 2 (2004)
77 Over The Hedge (2006)
78 Star Wars Trilogy (2004)
79 High School Musical 2 (2007)
80 Braveheart (2000)
81 The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
82 Brother Bear (2004)
83 Willy Wonka 30th anniversary (2001)
84 50 First Dates (2004)
85 Reservoir Dogs (2003)
86 Robots (2005)
87 The Eagles: Hell Freezes Over (2000)
88 Mean Girls (2004)
89 Garfield The Movie (2004)
90 Polar Express (2005)
91 Walk The Line (2006)
92 Kenny (2006)
93 The Shawshank Redemption (2005)
94 Kill Bill Vol 1 (2004)
95 Kill Bill Vol 2 (2004)
96 Swordfish (2001)
97 We Were Soldiers (2002)
98 My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2003)
99 Terminator (2001)
100 Daddy Day Care (2003)
101 Titanic (1999)
102 A Bug's Life (2003)
103 Passion of the Christ (2004)
104 A Knight's Tale (2002)
105 Bridget Jones Diary (2001)
106 XXX (2003)
107 Chicken Run (2001)
108 Moulin Rouge (2001)
109 Ocean's 11 (2002)
110 Meet The Fockers (2005)
111 Hairspray (2007)
112 8 Mile (2003)
113 Spiderman 3 (2007)
114 Terminator 3 (2003)
115 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.