"Marley & Me" top dog in video sales

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – The hit ancestors affection "Marley & Me" regained the No. 1 aperture on the national home video sales blueprint during the anniversary concluded April 19, while "The Day the Earth Stood Still" captivated on to the top atom on the civic video rental blueprint for a additional after week.

"Marley & Me" debuted at No. 1 three weeks ago, afresh slipped to No. 5 its green week.

The week's alone cogent new releases were "The Spirit," which fabricated $19.8 actor in theaters, and "The Reader" ($34.1 actor box office).

Of the two, "The Spirit" fared better, debuting at No. 2 on both the Nielsen VideoScan First sales blueprint and Home Media Magazine's rental chart. "The Reader," admitting a college account at the box office, debuted at No. 5 on the sales blueprint and No. 6 on the rental chart.

"The Spirit" additionally snagged the top atom on the Nielsen VideoScan Blu-ray Disc blueprint -- not surprising, accustomed that 24 percent of the film's absolute sales were generated from the high-definition version. The activity cine about a crime-fighting hero who was born, murdered and afresh built-in afresh is custom-built for Blu-ray Disc's early-adopter customer base. It's visually agnate to added comic-book flicks that awash able-bodied on Blu-ray, including "300" and "Sin City."

"The Day the Earth Stood Still" slipped to No. 2 on the Blu-ray Disc chart.

(Editing by Sheri Linden at Reuters)