'Harry Potter' Remains Top-Selling DVD, Blu-ray for Third Straight Week

Warner Home Video’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 remained the top-selling DVD and Blu-ray Disc for the third consecutive week, buoyed by a sweeping retail presence and attractive pricing – not to mention the Black Friday deluge of holiday shoppers who shied away from new releases in favor of recent titles better suited as gifts.

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At Target Stores, for example, the Blu-ray Disc continues to sell for $14.99 three weeks after its release, and is prominently situated on endcaps right by the checkout lanes.

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On the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart for the week ending Nov. 27, Walt Disney Studios’ Cars 2 cruised back up to No. 2 its fourth week in stores, after spending week three at No. 4. Universal Studios’ Bridesmaids staged an even more dramatic comeback, soaring back up to No. 3 from No. 11 the previous week. The romantic comedy was Amazon’s featured title for Black Friday.

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Paramount’s Super 8 debuted at No. 4 on First Alert and No. 2 on Nielsen’s dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart. The summer tentpole, a sci-fi mystery written and helmed by J.J. Abrams that grossed $127 million in U.S. theaters, generated 59 percent of its first-week sales from Blu-ray Disc.

Super 8 debuted at No. 1 on Home Media Magazine ’s video rental chart, with Lionsgate’s Conan the Barbarian bowing at No. 2 and Anchor Bay’s Spy Kids: All the Time in the World debuting at No. 4, right after holdover Horrible Bosses, from Warner.

Walt Disney Studios’ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, No. 1 the prior week, slipped to No. 6, right behind Sony Pictures’ Bad Teacher, which remains in high demand after six weeks in stores.