‘27 Dresses’ tops DVD charts

Every week for the last couple of weeks, the newest DVD released topped the older ones. And this week is no exception. The two biggest DVD releases were the romantic comedy ‘27 Dresses’ and the epic adventure ‘The Golden Compass.’

The $180 million ‘The Golden Compass’ did well, but was topped by ‘27 Dresses’ in both rentals and sales. The epic fantasy didn’t take off at the US box office last year with only $70 million, but still made $300 million overseas. It made another $6.5 million in its first week in US rentals.

While less successful outside the US, the $30 million ‘27 Dresses’ continued to do good domestic numbers. It made another $7.4 million on top of the $76 million it made at the US box office. The only place where ‘The Golden Compass’ managed to beat ‘27 Dresses’ was in the Blu-ray department, but we all know these don’t account for much yet.