Madagascar Top DVD of 2006

[KimbaWLion]

According to Billboard magazine (by way of the Associated Press by way of the Houston Chronicle:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/4439587.html
)
Madagascar was the top selling DVD of 2006 (the reporting period includes Christmas 2005 but not Christmas 2006).

It's interesting how the listing is put together. "Full screen" DVDs of both Madagascar and Narnia are listed separately. Why? To prove that people really prefer widescreen and the studios should stop bastardizing their movies on DVD?

If the actual numbers were given, would Narnia's #2 and #5 entries actually top Madagascar's #1 and #6? Why would people buy more 4:3 reductions of Narnia, a more visualy rich film than Madagascar?

Is the headline for this article a subtle dig at Disney & Co.?

[Toonboy]

Sure. Why would I even hope to believe that any of Disney's superior movies would sell better than Madagascar, especially The Fox and the Hound?

[athena]

Well I doubt the Fox and the Hound re-release was included in those numbers since it came out pretty late in the year... even then I don't know about you, but I haven't seen any advertising for it at all... certainly nothing compared to the 'ticker tape parade' that Dreamworks gave the Madagascar release.

[GrafSpee]

I saw a few TV commercials for Fox & The Hound but nowhere near as many ads as they had when Lady & the Tramp was re-released.

I purchased 6 of the top 10 DVDs. I don't want a copy of Madagascar, Chicken Little or Full-Screen versions of any movie.

It looks like Open Season (January 30) and Flushed Away (February 20) will be the first two animated DVDs out in 2007. I saw both at the theater and I'll probably only buy a copy of Flushed Away.