MUMBAI: Warner‘s The Hangover shot to the top spot of both the national home video sales and rental charts in its first week in stores beating two big theatrical competitors in Universal Studios‘ Inglourious Basterds and Walt Disney Studios‘ G-Force.
Inglourious Basterds finished second on the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart for the week ending 20 December as well as on Home Media Magazine‘s rental chart for the same week.
But it was a way-distant second, Nielsen research shows the Quentin Tarantino actioner sold just 42.5 per cent as many copies as the Warner comedy, which uses flashbacks to retrace the escapades of four buddies who went to Las Vegas for a bachelor party.
In rental stores, the film didn‘t fare much better and generated just 50.5 per cent as many rentals as The Hangover.
The Hangover also was the No. 1 Blu-ray Disc seller for the week, according to Nielsen VideoScan research, with Inglourious Basterds taking the No. 2 spot. The Hangover generated 24 per cent of its first-week sales from Blu-ray Disc, another sign that the high-definition format is fast moving into the mainstream. Inglourious Basterds generated 33 per cent of its first-week sales from Blu-ray Disc.
