Repetition reigned on the DVD charts the week ending April 15, as the previous week’s top seller and renter, Warner Home Video’s Happy Feet and Universal Studios’ The Good Shepherd, remained at No. 1.
Happy Feet has now been the top DVD seller for three consecutive weeks, according to Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales data. The Good Shepherd has topped Home Media Magazine’s rental chart for two weeks, since its debut, and has now generated an estimated $15.8 million in rental revenue, or 26.4% of its theatrical gross.
In a week in which the biggest new release was Genius Products’ Bobby, from The Weinstein Company, the seven top renters remain unchanged from the previous week. Bobby debuted at No. 8 on the rental chart and No. 5 on the sales chart.
On the high-def disc front, Nielsen VideoScan data shows that through April 8 Blu-ray Disc titles have accounted for 69% of all next-generation software sales since the beginning of the year, with HD DVD trailing at 31%.
