‘Megamind’ is Year’s First Animated Film to Top All Three Home Video Charts (original) (raw)
Megamind has become the first animated movie this year to score a triple play on all three home video charts. Paramount Home Entertainment’s release of the DreamWorks film debuted at No. 1 on the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert and Blu-ray Disc sales charts as well as _Home Media Magazine_‘s rental chart for the week ending Feb. 27.
What made this feat all the more amazing was that the disc was released on a Friday instead of a Tuesday, so sales and rental data is drawn from just three days instead of the usual six.
Coming in a close second on the two sales charts was the Warner comedy Due Date, the 100.4millionboxofficehitstarring∗∗RobertDowneyJr.∗∗and∗∗ZachGalifianakis∗∗.Megamind,whichfeaturesanall−starvoicecastthatincludes∗∗WillFerrell∗∗and∗∗BradPitt∗∗,tookin100.4 million box office hit starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis. Megamind, which features an all-star voice cast that includes Will Ferrell and Brad Pitt, took in 100.4millionboxofficehitstarring∗∗RobertDowneyJr.∗∗and∗∗ZachGalifianakis∗∗.Megamind,whichfeaturesanall−starvoicecastthatincludes∗∗WillFerrell∗∗and∗∗BradPitt∗∗,tookin147.9 million.
Because Warner delays shipping its new releases to Netflix and Redbox by 28 days, Due Date was only available for rent at brick-and-mortar stores and debuted on the national rental chart at No. 20.
The No. 2 rental, according to _Home Media Magazine_‘s market research department, was Walt Disney’s You Again, holding down the same position it held last week.
A third new release, Warner’s All-Star Superman, an animated original movie, debuted at No. 5 on First Alert and No. 3 on Nielsen’s dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart.
The previous week’s top seller and renter, 20th Century Fox’s Unstoppable and Summit Entertainment’s RED, each slipped to No. 3 this week on their respective charts.
Of the three new releases, All-Star Superman sold the highest percentage of total units on Blu-ray Disc (53%), followed by Megamind (36%) and Due Date (33%).
Check out this exclusive deleted scene from Megamind.
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