Top 20 wholesale
rental DVD titles, 2004; Australian titles listed in bold
In 2004 rental outlets purchased 8.6 million
wholesale DVD units from distributors at a value of $188.6 million.
Of the titles shipped, Shrek 2 was the top
movie when ranked by value.
Rank
Title
Video distributor
Release date
1
Shrek 2
Universal
Nov 2004
2
Master and Commander:
The Far Side of the World (single disc)
Fox
Apr 2004
3
The Day After Tomorrow
Fox
Oct 2004
4
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Columbia TriStar
Nov 2004
5
Finding Nemo (standard disc)
Buena Vista
Jan 2004
6
The Lion King
Buena Vista
Mar 2004
7
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Warner
Dec 2004
8
The Bourne Supremacy
Universal
Dec 2004
9
I, Robot
Fox
Nov 2004
10
Starsky & Hutch
Buena Vista
Sep 2004
11
Van Helsing
Universal
Sep 2004
12
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Roadshow
May 2004
13
50 First Dates
Columbia TriStar
Jul 2004
14
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (double
disc)
Fox
Apr 2004
15
Finding Nemo (delux disc)
Buena Vista
Jan 2004
16
Kill Bill Vol 1 and 2
Buena Vista
Apr 2004
17
Troy (2004)
Warner
Oct 2004
18
Garfield
Fox
Dec 2004
19
The Chronicles of Riddick
Universal
Dec 2004
20
The Last Samurai
Warner
May 2004
Source: Australian Visual Software Distributors
Association (AVSDA).
Notes:
Data represents the number of wholesale sales shipped to rental stores.
It does not rank titles by the number of times rented.
