User blog:Ceauntay/DVD Shoppers Brings ‘Jane Hoop Elementary’ Home for Christmas

Paramount Home Video’s Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush - Part 2 rode a flurry of last-minute Christmas shopping to the top of the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart the week ended Dec. 25.

The top new release on the First Alert chart, which tracks overall disc sales, was Warner’s The Hangover Part II. The comedy has since debut at No. 2 before, and grossed $254.5 million at the domestic box office.

The previous DVD top selling from last week is Fox's Sonic X: The Final Stand fell to No. 3, and last new release Warner's Dolphin Tales debuts at No. 4, and Paramount/Dreamwork's Kung Fu Panda 2 dropped to No. 5.

Disney's The Help is No. 6, and Fox's Rise of the Planet of the Apes dropped to No. 7. Among other new releases, Sony Pictures’ Midnight in Paris landed at No. 9, Sony’s Colombiana debuted at No. 16 and Lionsgate’s Warrior bowed at No. 17.

VideoScan’s dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart saw Warner’s stalwart seller Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush - Part 2 debuts at No. 1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2 jump back to No. 2 in its seventh week in release. The Hoop and Potter Blu-ray tally barely edged out Apes, which dropped a spot to No. 3, and Dolphin Tale, which debuted at No. 3. The Hangover Part II finished slightly further back at No. 4. Sonic X: The Final Stand, which also was the top seller last week fell to No. 5.

Hoop Blu-rays accounted for a strong 57% of the title’s overall disc sales, compared Potter with 40%, with 37% for Apes, 30% for Dolphin Tale and 27% for Hangover Part II.

On Home Media Magazine’s rental chart, Hoop claimed the top spot, with Sonic at No. 2 and Colombina at No. 3. Midnight in Paris debuted at No. 11. Dolphin Tale did not crack the top 20 because Warner delays its new releases to rental outlets such as Redbox.