Top 10 DVD Chart 2011

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows topped the DVD sales chart for 2011, but overall DVD sales dropped 7.2% in the UK last year. Total DVD units sold in 2011 were 207m, continuing the decline from 253m total sales in 2008.

As physical DVD sales continue to drop, it is downloads and online streaming that are propping up the entertainment industry, but this was not enough to stop a 3.4% year on year drop (includes all digital and physical retail sales, plus physical rental transactions, consumers spent an estimated total of £2.25b).

It was a good year for British films, with eight out of the top ten films for 2011 earning a place in the end of year chart. The year to come is expected to see physical DVD sales continue in their free fall, while at the same time customers move online to more subscription download content. This will increase the pressure on retailers like HMV, as previously discussed HERE.

Top 10 DVD Sales 2011:

1. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows – Part 2
2. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows – Part 1
3. The Inbetweeners Movie
4. The King's Speech
5. Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides
6. Despicable Me
7. Paul
8. Tangled
9. Peter Kay – Live – The Tour That Didn't Tour
10. Transformers – Dark of The Moon

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Daniel Radcliffe Talks About His Brain Disorder

Best known for his role as Harry Potter, actor Daniel Radcliffe has spoken about his brain disorder ahead of Broadway debut in Equus. The nineteen year old has trouble tying his shoelaces because he suffers from dyspraxia. Often the condition is associated with clumsiness and it is estimated 10% of people in Britain shows signs of having the condition with 2% severely affected.

'I was having a hard time at school in terms of being crap at everything, with no discernible talent,' Daniel said. He told how he wanted to be an actor from the age of five but ‘my mother said, “Oh no you don’t.”' When she finally allowed him to audition to play David Copperfield, in a BBC version of the Dickens classic when he was nine, he says it was because she could see he needed a confidence boost.

Daniel Radcliffe then went on to land the role as Harry Potter and became a world wide celebrity estimated to have earned £17m from his involvement with the films. The actor made the headlines when he decided to get naked for his role in Equus, as seen HERE.

Daniel’s spokeswoman said: ‘Yes, Dan Radcliffe does have dyspraxia. This is something he has never hidden. Thankfully his condition is very mild and at worst manifests itself in an inability to ties his shoe laces and bad handwriting.’