Horror Sales: Twilight, Harry Potter, and Dexter

NOTE: THESE NUMBERS ARE OVERDUE, MOSTLY IN PART TO SOURCES FAILING TO REPORT THEIR DATA AS USUAL DUE TO THE HOLIDAY. THESE MOVIE SALES, DVD SALES, AND TELEVISION VIEWERSHIP NUMBERS ARE FROMNOVEMBER 19 TO NOVEMBER 26.

Twilight pretty much dominated the whole Box Office that week, and the new Muppets movie did very well too. Theaters probably scrambled to make room for the influx of movie goers, which would probably explain why more than half of the horror and scifi related films have completely disappeared off the chart.

1 Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 $179,278,000

13 8 Paranormal Activity 3 $1,351,000 (Total: $102,970,000)

16 10 Real Steel $845,000 (Total: $82,850,000)

28 25 Contagion $316,000 (Total: $75,295,000)

47 44 Harry Potter/Hallows 2 $36,000 (Total: $381,011,000)

57 61 Shark Night 3D $13,000 (Total: $18,877,000)

85 Tucker & Dale VS Evil $2,000 (Total: $222,000)

82 70 Apollo 18 $1,000 (Total: $17,687,000)

The Harry Potter effect has definitely changed the look of the DVD Top 30 chart. The release of the last ever Harry Potter DVD has caused every other movie to re-emerge on the chart. This pretty much pushed every other movie way down or completely off the chart.

1 Harry Potter/Hallows Part 2 $42,220,000

8 12 Twilight/Eclipse $2,082,000 (Total: $151,126,000)

14 8 Harry Potter/Hallows Part 1 $1,823,000 (Total: $81,426,000)

15 9 Transformers/Moon $1,178,000 (Total: $33,307,000)

6 Green Lantern $1,175,000 (Total: $12,450,000)

17 N/A Harry Potter/Prisoner $1,041,000 (Total: N/A)

18 N/A Harry Potter/Goblet $872,000 (Total: $217,408,000)

22 22 X-Men: First Class $616,000 (Total: $19,993,000)

23 N/A Harry Potter/ Phoenix $602,000 (Total: $223,370,000)

24 N/A Harry Potter/Chamber $601,000 (Total: N/A)

26 N/A Harry Potter/ Stone $520,000 (Total: N/A)

28 19 Thor $473,000 (Total: $17,967,000)

29 18 Harry Potter/Blood Prince $449,000 (Total: $117,381,000)

The Vampire Diaries and Once Upon A Time were off the air that week. Don’t worry, they’ll be back next week or are going on a usual winter hiatus. Good to see that Dexter and Grimm are up in ratings, though.

Terra Nova – 6,490,000

The Walking Dead – 6,077,000

Grimm – 5,440,000

Fringe – 2,870,000

American Horror Story – 2,810,000

Dexter – 2,050,000

Supernatural – 1,520,000

Sanctuary – 1,203,000

Scare Tactics – 499,000