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07-14-2008, 12:11 PM
| | | Prisoner of Azkaban & Goblet of Fire best-selling DVDs of all time in Australia
To mark the tenth anniversary of the arrival of DVDs in Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald has compiled several lists, including that of the best-selling DVDs of all time, which features both the third and fourth film in the Harry Potter franchise. Quote: The best-selling DVDs of all time:
1 Finding Nemo
2 Shrek 2 3 Harry Potter And The Prisoner of Azkaban
4 Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers 5 Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire.
Chamber of Secrets came in at #6, Philosopher's Stone came in at #12 and Order of the Phoenix came in at #24.
The fifth film also featured on the list of best-selling DVDs for 2008, at #7.
Daniel Radcliffe took the top spot in their list of he biggest stars of all time, thanks to his appearance in all five Potter films. Quote: Daniel Radcliffe (five Harry Potter flicks), Hugo Weaving (three Lord Of The Rings and three Matrix films), Mike Myers (three Shreks), and Johnny Depp (three Pirates Of The Caribbean).
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07-14-2008, 12:19 PM
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| Fred and George's Darling Crup
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Nicoletta Malfoy Seventh Year Ministry RPG Name:
Elizabeth Summers Magical Games & Sports | I love those to movies!
its hard to remember the days with videos now
1st post! |
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07-14-2008, 12:43 PM
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| Agony AuntSpazztically Awesome Ashwinder
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Isabella Lestrange-Wood Accidents & Catastrophes | 2nd!!
Wow, taking over the worldone step at a time... lol
thats amazing.
I suppose Nemo was one, because of the all Australian references to it. |
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07-14-2008, 12:56 PM
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| Neville's Patronus Faerie
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Sabrina Dumbledore Fourth Year Ministry RPG Name:
Elizabeth Peterson Diagon Alley | I have a dream... ONe day all the HP movies will be in the top 7 spots in all hte movie polls! YAY!!!!! |
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07-14-2008, 01:09 PM
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| | Jarvey
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| gr8 !!! |
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07-14-2008, 01:27 PM
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| | Troll
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| My Cherie Amour Ha! Not one bit surprised that Finding Nemo was #1 as the film "took place" in and around Sydney. |
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07-14-2008, 01:31 PM
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|  Rupert Devotee Torchwood Fanatic Phoenix
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| Fantastic!! |
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07-14-2008, 02:01 PM
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| | Ashwinder
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Bridget Gails♫♪♫ | California Dreamin' why would people rather watch a movie about a fish then about harry frickin potter? well, austrailiens i gues..LOL!! oh, i dont mean to offend anyone, ausralia is amazing! but, yea, harry is atleast on the top five, and it beat lor of rings! Quote:
Originally Posted by Ms.Malfoy I love those to movies!
its hard to remember the days with videos now
1st post! yea, i know, just the other day i went through my video collection and i was "oh yea! I remeber these things!! god..you have to frickin rewind them each time!" LOL!!
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07-14-2008, 02:10 PM
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| | Chizpurfle
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Psyche Agatha Earnshaw Fifth Year | It's really great that Harry Potter made it into that list! I love all of the movies on the list! It's also great that Dan took the top spot. |
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07-14-2008, 03:08 PM
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| | Hippocampus
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Michael Stevens First Year | MeeeeYOWZUH! of course - HP is the greatest!!! (LOTR wasn't bad either).
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07-14-2008, 03:11 PM
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| | Ashwinder
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Elizabeth DeParra Accidents & Catastrophes | so cool! I love those two!  |
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07-14-2008, 03:38 PM
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| Portuguese Moderator Thestral
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Amber Christine Thatcher Minister's Office | Potter’s Princess A+ FangGirl I'm not surprised about Nemo either. It's great news though  |
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07-14-2008, 03:40 PM
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| Fred and George's Darling Crup
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Nicoletta Malfoy Seventh Year Ministry RPG Name:
Elizabeth Summers Magical Games & Sports | Quote:
yea, i know, just the other day i went through my video collection and i was "oh yea! I remeber these things!! god..you have to frickin rewind them each time!" LOL!!
I know I was like how did I live without DVDs?
must of my videos are gone because I gave them to my cousin.
Finding nemo rocks! and its not because I'm from Sydney and thats where it was set  |
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07-14-2008, 04:00 PM
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| | Bicorn
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Regina Roa aka "Steelsheen" Fourth Year | Mischievous Maverick | | Intelligent Mystic i guess they're talking about individual DVD titles, since i'd expected those with the box sets to have done much better (Star Wars, LOTR, The Matrix, Pirates...) |
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07-14-2008, 04:37 PM
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| | Troll
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| My Cherie Amour Quote:
Originally Posted by R&Hr why would people rather watch a movie about a fish then about harry frickin potter? well, austrailiens i gues..LOL!! oh, i dont mean to offend anyone, ausralia is amazing! but, yea, harry is atleast on the top five, and it beat lor of rings! I am assuming Nemo is as inbred for Australian children as HP maybe for English kids (I cannot say "and American kids" because we still have too many right wing Christian groups that actually have people convince that HP will make you a witch or Satan worshipper if you watch or read it..). With all the references in Nemo to Australia, and it WAS a great movie....I can see why it topped their lists. I bet LOTR would top a New Zealand list because it was filmed in that country. |
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07-14-2008, 05:24 PM
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| | Plimpy
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Christine Second Year | Well, isn't Finding Nemo in Australia? I think that's sort of cute. Lol. How it's the number one on this list for Australians. Ha.
Anyway, congrats to Dan! Woo!  |
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07-14-2008, 05:29 PM
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| | Acromantula
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Dan Weasley Accidents & Catastrophes | I'm ready! what? They say watching harry potter will make you a witch? Thats well starnge I watch it and I`m not a witch.
On a lighter note yeah hp made the top list |
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07-14-2008, 05:59 PM
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| Bad to the Bone Bella Bicorn
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Serena Riddle | Awesome!! (I'm in Australia too and I have those HP movies lol). Finding Nemo is cute, its was popular for younger kids when it came out. Yes there is also some conservative views about HP here too (among more extreme Christian groups). Each to their own I say, but I think Harry Potter (as a fantasy) has brought more joy to children and increased their interest in reading which is a great thing. |
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07-14-2008, 06:10 PM
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| | Plimpy
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Heidi Sparks Second Year | Lion Pride That's great!!!! So ready for Harry Potter world domination!!! lol |
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07-14-2008, 06:21 PM
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| | Puffskein
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Elizabeth Silverstone Department of Mysteries | YAY! Hmm, I didn't like PoA movie that much, but a lot of people I know that didn't read the books love PoA, so I guess Australians like it too!  |
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07-14-2008, 06:41 PM
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| | Chimaera
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Rebecca AnnaMarie Latrowski Third Year Ministry RPG Name:
Melina Moretti-Papadakis Department of Mysteries | I liked to emphasize That is awesome! |
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07-14-2008, 06:45 PM
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| | Troll
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| My Cherie Amour Quote:
Originally Posted by n1fanharry what? They say watching harry potter will make you a witch? Thats well starnge I watch it and I`m not a witch.
On a lighter note yeah hp made the top list Yes, we love (heavy dose of sarcasm) our conservative Christian groups here. Many, not all, are pretty ignorant, not well read, and have the IQ of a pet rock....oops..aimed too low there. There was a particularly outspoken hick of a woman from Georgia who pursued getting HP books taken out of schools! Lovely! She gave all of us southerners a bad name..... |
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07-14-2008, 07:29 PM
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| FC Mod & Sponsor LC & TP Moderator DP Journalist Runespoor
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07-14-2008, 07:56 PM
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| | Bundimun
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| Awesome ! those 2 are the best and order of the pheonix |
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07-15-2008, 02:23 AM
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| | Ramora
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| That's so awesome! |
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