Top DVD Sales and Rentals for Week Ending April 4, 2010

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel was surprisingly the top selling movie last week. I say surprising because the movie is terrible. The film only scored a 20% rating on Rottentomatoes.com, making it ‘rotten’. Even though it is a ‘family’ film, I thought Sherlock Holmes would have sold the most. The film, which stars Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, was second in sales but was the top renting DVD last week. After spending a couple of weeks at the top of the sales chart, The Twilight Saga: New Moon fell to third. Below is the list of DVD sales and rentals for the week ending April 4, 2010:

Rentrak Top 10 Selling DVDs:
1 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (FOX)
2 Sherlock Holmes (Warner Bros.)
3 The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Summit Ent.)
4 The Blind Side (Warner Bros.)
5 Alice in Wonderland (Special Un-Anniversary Edition) (Disney)
6 The Princess and the Frog (Disney)
7 Brothers (Lionsgate)
8 Where the Wild Things Are (Warner Bros.)
9 The Men Who Stare at Goats (Anchor Bay)
10 Planet 51 (Lionsgate)

Rentrak Top 10 Renting DVDs:
1 Sherlock Holmes (Warner Bros.)
2 The Blind Side (Warner Bros.)
3 The Men Who Stare At Goats (Overture Films)
4 2012 (Sony)
5 Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (FOX)
6 The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Summit Ent.)
7 Brothers (Lionsgate)
8 Up In The Air (Paramount)
9 Did You Hear About The Morgans? (Lionsgate)
10 Law Abiding Citizen (Overture Films)