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List of best-selling films in the United States

List of best-selling films in the United States

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This list of best-selling films in the United States is a list of the best-selling home video film titles sold in the United States. This list only includes physical media (such as VHS, DVD and Blu-ray), and does not include digital purchases or video rentals.

Best-selling films

This is a list of the best-selling film titles sold in the United States across all physical home video formats, including VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc (BD).

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Best-selling films by format

VHS

This is a list of the best-selling VHS titles in the United States.

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DVD

This is a list of the best-selling DVD titles in the United States.

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Blu-ray

This is a list of the best-selling Blu-ray Disc (BD) titles in the United States.

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LaserDisc

This is a list of the best-selling LaserDisc (LD) titles in the United States.

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UMD

This is a list of the best-selling films on Sony's proprietary Universal Media Disc (UMD) format for the PlayStation Portable (PSP) platform in the United States.

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Best-selling films by year

This is a list of the best-selling video titles sold on physical media (including VHS, DVD and Blu-ray) in the United States by year.

1984–1985

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1988–1996

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1993–1995

1996–1997

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2006

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2007

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2008

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2009

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2010

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2011

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2012

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2013

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2014

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2015

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2016

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2017

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2018

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2019

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2020

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2021

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2022

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2023

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Best-selling film series (VHS)

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See also


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