Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Lightning Thief Light Up the Home Video Charts

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Not even a time-traveling tub or a horrific town could top last week's family-friendly new release on home video charts. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Lightning Thief topped the DVD sales, rentals and Blu-ray sales charts, for the week ending July 4.

The Fox film which starred Logan Lerman was easily the top selling title on the DVD charts, with new releases Hot Tub Time Machine and The Crazies in a distant second and third place. It was said that Hot Tub Time Machine only sold 60% of the units that Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Lightning Thief sold, while The Crazies only sold 33% as many copies.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Lightning Thief and Hot Tub Time Machine finished in first and second place on the DVD rental charts as well, with The Crazies debuting in fifth place in rentals and all three films finished 1-2-3 on the Blu-ray sales charts as well.

The ratios between each release was similar on all three charts, with Hot Tub Time Machine raking in only 74% as much rental revenue as Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Lightning Thief and The Crazies amassing only 37% as much in rentals. On the BD sales charts, Hot Tub Time Machine sold just 65% as many 1080p discs as Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Lightning Thief and The Crazies selling just 42% as many high-def discs.

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Lightning Thief was released February 12th, 2010 and stars Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Trent Jones, Jake Abel, Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Steve Coogan. The film is directed by Chris Columbus.


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Comments (6)

  1. CelluloidDreams

    I saw " The Crazies" in theaters, it was ok for a remake ...the ending was lame . ..too many plot holes ....forgettble!

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  2. CelluloidDreams

    I had no interest in Hot Tub Time Machine ....I will get this from Redbox for $1.00

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  3. CelluloidDreams

    I saw: "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Lightning Thief " at the theaters ...I was really impressed by it ...a B+ ...Better tahn the critics would lead you to believe ......I loved Uma Thurman as Medusa !!!

    Sad it didn't last long in theaters .... I guess kids today are not familier with Greek/Roman God mythology !

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  4. Emmytt

    @vendetta28 yea just a little closer would have been nice

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  5. GeekStar

    I liked it too.Though I wished they would stuck closer to the book.

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  6. Emmytt

    i liked this movie

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