Mamma Mia! becomes biggest selling UK DVD ever

Mamma Mia! the movie has become the biggest-selling DVD in the UK ever.

London, Jan 1 : Mamma Mia! the movie has become the biggest-selling DVD in the UK ever.

According to the Official Charts Company, the release racked up enough sales during the Christmas break to become the first disc to sell more than five million DVDs.

Mamma Mia! has already been named as the fastest-selling DVD, selling 1.669 million on its first day of sale.

The movie soundtrack has been confirmed as the biggest selling compilation of 2008, with a million copies flying off the shelves

It has beaten 'Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl', which has sold 4.7 million copies in the UK.

"Right from its release, Mamma Mia! has been a record breaker - when it was issued on DVD, it became the fastest seller of all time," the Telegraph quoted Official Charts Company managing director Martin Talbot, as saying.

"This latest landmark further underlines the popularity of the movie, which is now 'officially' the British public's favourite DVD of all time - with one-in-four British households owning a copy," Talbot added.

Here is the official all-time DVD top 50 from 1998 to 2008:

1. Mamma Mia! The Movie

2. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

3. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

4. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

5. Casino Royale

6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

7. The Shawshank Redemption

8. Gladiator

9. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

10. Shrek 2

11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire