'Twilight' DVD sells over 3 million, makes top five, bouts with 'Harry Potter' and the 'Dark Knight'

March 22, 7:50 PMTwilight ExaminerAmanda Bell

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Summit Entertainment, the company responsible for the Twilight film, has just announced that Saturday's sales were, indeed, chart-topping. Over three million copies of the Twilight DVD were sold, and this propelled the DVD to the "Top Five Best First Day Releases in Two Years."

Welcomed in with Twilight DVD release parties across the nation, along with special surprise guest appearances at several of them by cast members of Twilight and New Moon, the DVD's success comes as no surprise to many fans.

The guest appearances were as follows.

• Rachelle Lefevre, who plays "Victoria" in the series, surprised 2,500 people in Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Ashley Greene, actress portraying the role of "Alice Cullen" in the series, was greeted by 2,000 in Los Angeles, California.
• Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke came to Dallas, Texas, where 1,000 fans were waiting anxiously.
• Edi Gathegi, otherwise known as "Laurent" in the Twilight series was met with 700 fans in New York.
• Finally, Nikki Reed, "Rosalie" in Twilight, was welcomed by over 500 fans in Chicago, Illinois.

Other top five top sales include The Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Transformers, and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Summit Entertainment’s Co-Chairmen Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger stated, “the Saturday release in conjunction with the groundbreaking retail events across the country have proven to be overwhelmingly successful which in turn benefited Twilight fans as well as our retail partners....” 
  
“We are incredibly appreciative that Twilight fans came out to once again support this film at our midnight events across the nation,” said Steve Nickerson, Summit’s President of Home Entertainment.  “With such a successful first day sales, it is apparent that our fans remain passionate about the Twilight saga and want to own a piece of the Edward and Bella story they have come to love.  We look forward to the continued success for both the home entertainment and retail sales of this property as a whole."

The promise of success for the Twilight series was doubtless to the many Twilight fans around the nation and globe, and these record-breaking sales only go to prove that the Twilight series is, indeed, fan-driven.

Thanks Simply Twilight

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