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United States DVD Sales Chart for Week Ending November 2, 2008

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Week		%
Change		Total
Units		Spending
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Week		Total
Spending		Weeks
1 new Tinker Bell 1,550,868   1,550,868  $24,348,628  $24,348,628 1
2 new Journey to the Center of the Earth 843,224   843,224  $13,238,617  $13,238,617 1
3 (1) The Incredible Hulk 398,109 -74% 1,920,807  $7,045,216  $35,494,240 2
4 (2) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 307,091 -63% 3,665,303  $5,554,785  $76,768,249 3
5 (4) Iron Man 182,818 -45% 6,320,141  $3,088,546  $117,977,061 5
6 new Kit Kittredge: An American Girl 161,482   161,482  $2,766,187  $2,766,187 1
7 (3) The Strangers 147,412 -66% 580,772  $2,799,354  $10,968,190 2
8 (6) Sleeping Beauty 119,113 -33% 1,789,417  $1,785,504  $26,823,361 269
9 (5) Family Guy - Volume 6 90,974 -53% 282,834  $2,364,414  $7,350,855 2
10 (12) The Nightmare Before Christmas 63,154 +26% 853,159  $1,352,923  $19,824,948 570
11 (7) Sex and the City - The Movie 57,251 -39% 2,266,421  $1,183,928  $49,458,824 6
12 (8) The Happening 56,759 -38% 892,609  $1,134,612  $17,843,253 4
13 (9) You Don't Mess with the Zohan 54,360 -39% 772,108  $1,110,700  $15,832,347 4
14 (10) Forgetting Sarah Marshall 43,968 -29% 1,055,279  $858,458  $20,810,649 5
15 (19) Peanuts Holiday Collection 43,488 +33% 111,286  $1,304,205  $3,608,659 425
16 (-) The Polar Express 42,849 +728% 3,640,055  $632,605  $46,751,000 149
17 new L Word: The Complete Fifth Season, The 39,971   39,971  $1,438,556  $1,438,556 1
18 (11) Indiana Jones - The Complete Adventures Collection 36,134 -34% 229,593  $2,167,679  $13,952,525 3
19 (15) High School Musical 2 35,494 +2% 5,590,426  $709,525  $88,769,764 47
20 (-) August Rush 32,137 +270% 1,136,199  $417,460  $20,080,937 34
21 new Hell Ride 31,017   31,017  $402,911  $402,911 1
22 (16) Saw IV 29,419 -15% 1,759,439  $379,387  $30,061,648 41
23 new Dead Space: Downfall 26,541   26,541  $397,850  $397,850 1
24 (-) 88 Minutes 26,329 +45% 477,584  $499,988  $9,447,171 7
25 (-) Independence Day 25,763 +32% 250,017  $229,832  $3,417,138 436
26 (23) Saw 24,942 -14% 1,241,838  $182,735  $11,955,381 194
27 (-) Batman Begins 24,622 +546% 3,340,634  $172,489  $40,071,800 159
28 (25) Bee Movie 24,462 +1% 4,391,298  $390,665  $72,421,715 34
29 (-) Mr. Brooks 23,702 +321% 1,674,364  $236,783  $28,862,432 54
30 (21) The Simpsons: Season 11 23,558 -24% 246,736  $706,504  $7,399,612 476

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.