With the latest Nielsen VideoScan First Alert Data for the week ending April 20 we see that Blu-ray Disc has over 90% of the HD Media market share for the first time.

Blu-ray also gained a point against DVD selling 6 percent versus DVD at 94 percent when comparing the top 20 titles for each format.

With the 91:9 market share ratio against HD DVD, Blu-ray also gained a point in the Since Inception market share, reaching 68% of the overall sold share.

Aliens and Predators dominated the top 10 titles, with Aliens vs Predator - Requiem taking the top spot, the new catalog release Predator at number 4 and the twin pack of Alien vs. Predator/Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem at number 5. A good week for Fox, who also had Juno at number 2, selling almost 82% of AVPR’s numbers.

Image Entertainment also did well with Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead at number 8 and also notable is the continued appearance of Over America In High Definition holding the number 7 position.

The top 10 was rounded out by recent releases I Am Legend, No Country for Old Men, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and the hot selling catalog title 300.

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