Top 20 wholesale
rental DVD titles, 2005; Australian titles listed in bold
In 2005 rental outlets purchased 7.5 million
wholesale DVD units from distributors at a value of $159 million. Of
the titles shipped, The Incredibles was the
top movie when ranked by value.
Rank
Title
Video distributor
Release date
1
The Incredibles
Buena Vista
Apr 2005
2
War of the Worlds
Paramount
Nov 2005
3
Ocean’s Twelve
Roadshow
Mar 2005
4
Sahara
Paramount
Aug 2005
5
Collateral
Paramount
Feb 2005
6
National Treasure
Buena Vista
May 2005
7
Meet the Fockers
Universal
May 2005
8
Madagascar
Universal
Nov 2005
9
Hitch
Sony
Aug 2005
10
Batman Begins
Warner
Oct 2005
11
Dodgeball
Fox
Jan 2005
12
Shark Tale
Universal
Feb 2005
13
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Universal
Mar 2005
14
Alien vs Predator
Fox
Feb 2005
15
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Fox
Nov 2005
16
Million Dollar Baby
Roadshow
Jul 2005
17
Constantine
Roadshow
Jul 2005
18
Man on Fire
Fox
Jan 2005
19
The Interpreter
Universal
Aug 2005
20
The Pacifier
Buena Vista
Jul 2005
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.
