International Top DVD sales: Amazon's best-selling DVDs include 'Dexter,' 'Benjamin Button'
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Top-selling international DVDs for the month of August include the second season of the Showtime cable network drama Dexter (US, Canada), according to Amazon.
Various recent American movies rule the top 5 in several countries, including 17 Again (UK), Twilight (Germany) and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (France). In Japan, Puzzle Tour 2009, the concert tour of Japanese enka group Kanjani Eight, rules the top spot.
The top 5 selling DVDs for Canada, Japan, the US, the UK, France and Germany are as follows:
| TOP 5 OF AMAZON.COM (US) BESTSELLING DVDS (sales tracking: August 2009) | ||
| DVD | Manufacturer | |
| 1 | Dexter: The Complete Third Season | Paramount Home Video |
| 2 | House, M.D.: Season Five | Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
| 3 | Mad Men: Season One | Lionsgate Home Entertainment |
| 4 | NCIS: The Complete Sixth Season | Paramount Home Video |
| 5 | Star Trek: Three Disc + Digital Copy, Blu-ray | Paramount Home Entertainment |
| TOP 5 OF AMAZON.CO.UK (UK) BESTSELLING DVDS (sales tracking: August 2009) | ||
| DVD | Manufacturer | |
| 1 | 17 Again | Entertainment in Video |
| 2 | Tutti Frutti | 2Entertain |
| 3 | The Boy in Striped Pyjamas | Walt Disney Home Video |
| 4 | Angels and Demons | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Ltd. |
| 5 | Slumdog Millionaire | 20th Century Fox |
| TOP 5 OF AMAZON.DE (GERMANY) BESTSELLING DVDS (sales tracking: August 2009) | ||
| DVD | Manufacturer | |
| 1 | Twilight, 2-disc special edition | Concorde |
| 2 | Body of Lies | Warner Home Video |
| 3 | Doctor's Diary: Men Are the Best Medicine, Season 1 | Universum Film |
| 4 | Two and a Half Men: My Cool Uncle Charlie: The Complete First Season | Warner Home Video |
| 5 | Underworld: Rebellion of the Lykaner | Sony Pictures |
| TOP 5 OF AMAZON.CA (CANADA) BESTSELLING DVDS (sales tracking: August 2009) | ||
| DVD | Manufacturer | |
| 1 | Dexter: The Third Season | Raincoast Books |
| 2 | Prison Break: Season 4 | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Canada |
| 3 | House: Season Five | Universal NBC Canada |
| 4 | Prison Break: The Final Break | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Canada |
| 5 | The Lord of the Rings: Special Extended Trilogy, 12 Discs, Widescreen | Universal NBC Canada |
| TOP 5 OF AMAZON.FR (FRANCE) BESTSELLING DVDS (sales tracking: August 2009) | ||
| DVD | Manufacturer | |
| 1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Warner Home Video |
| 2 | Gran Torino | Warner Home Video |
| 3 | Volt | Buena Vista Home Video France |
| 4 | Slumdog Millionaire | Fox - Pathe - Europa |
| 5 | The L Word, Season 5 | Fox - Pathe - Europa |
| TOP 5 OF AMAZON.CO.JP (JAPAN) BESTSELLING DVDS (sales tracking: August 2009) | ||
| DVD | Manufacturer | |
| 1 | Puzzle Tour 2009 | Teichiku Entertainment |
| 2 | Puzzle Tour 2009 Show | Teichiku Entertainment |
| 3 | Namie Amuro "Best Fiction Tour" 2008-2009 | Avex Marketing Communications |
| 4 | Kinki You | Sony Music |
| 5 | Mr. Children Tour 2009 | Vap |
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