Madagascar runs wild in 2006

An animated comedy from summer 2005 was the top-selling DVD of 2006, according to year-end charts that will be published in this week's Billboard magazine.

Madagascar, a zippy saga of sheltered Central Park Zoo animals who wind up in the wild, features the voices of Ben Stiller as a showboating lion, Chris Rock as the fun-loving zebra, David Schwimmer as a hypochondriac giraffe and Jada Pinkett Smith as a no-nonsense hippo.

The video charts were compiled by computer from Billboard's weekly and biweekly charts during the eligibility period, which was Dec. 3, 2005, through Nov. 25, 2006.

While family films dominated sales, movies for adults topped the rentals. The top rental for the period was Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie action romance.


Top DVD Sales for 2006
1. Madagascar

2. The Chronicles of Narnia

3. Chicken Little

4. The Little Mermaid

5. The Chronicles of Narnia (Full Screen)

6. Madagascar (Full Screen)

7. Lady and the Tramp: 50th Anniversary Edition

8. Over the Hedge

9. X-Men: The Last Stand

10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire


Top DVD/VHS Rentals
1. Mr. & Mrs. Smith

2. The 40 Year-Old Virgin

3. Wedding Crashers

4. Flightplan

5. Walk the Line

6. War of the Worlds

7. Fun With Dick and Jane

8. Failure to Launch

9. Lord of War

10. King Kong


Top Music Video Sales
1. Bullet in a Bible, Green Day

2. Greatest Hits, Creed

3. Pulse, Pink Floyd

4. Farewell I Tour: Live From Melbourne, Eagles

5. Vertigo 2005: Live From Chicago, U

6. Caught in the Act, Michael Bublé

7. We Are ... The Laurie Berkner Band, The Laurie Berkner Band

8. Past, Present & Future, Rob Zombie

9. The Silence in Black and White, Hawthorne Heights

10. The Information, Beck


Top Kid DVDs
1. Dora the Explorer: Big Sister Dora
2. Dora the Explorer: Dance to the Rescue

3. Dora the Explorer: Super Babies

4. Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases

5. Dora the Explorer: Save the Day!

6. Barney: Let's Go to the Farm

7. Dora the Explorer: It's a Party

8. My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade

9. Go Diego Go! The Great Dinosaur Rescue

10. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends: Calling All Engines



Animated classic is the top seller; Mr. & Mrs. Smith is the most-rented

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

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