'Immortals,' 'Game of Thrones' Top DVD Sales Charts

Carice van Houten joins the cast as Melisandre, an intimidating woman who councils Stannis in his quest to claim the throne. Stephen Dillane is set as Stannis Baratheon, the older brother of the late King Robert and the rightful heir to the throne now occupied by the newly crowned King Joffrey.

"Footloose" and "Jack and Jill" round out the top four slots on the home entertainment list.

The approaching spring break, and a promise of hordes of out-of-school disc buyers, prompted the studios to release several high-profile Blu-ray Discs and DVDs last week, so that the top four spots on the Nielsen VideoScan sales charts for the week ending March 11 all went to new releases.

Debuting at No. 1 on both First Alert, which tracks overall sales, and the dedicated Blu-ray Disc chart was 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s Immortals, an actioner that grossed $83.5 million in U.S. theaters during its fall 2011 theatrical run.

Taking the No. 2 spot, also on both charts, was the first season set of HBO’s acclaimed Game of Thrones, a medieval fantasy series based on author George R. R. Martin's best-selling A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy books.

Third place, again on both charts, went to the 2011 remake of the classic dance movie Footloose, from Paramount, while the fourth spot on the overall sales chart went to Sony Pictures’ Jack and Jill, an Adam Sandler comedy that earned $74.2 million in U.S. theaters. Paramount’s Hugo, the previous week’s top Blu-ray Disc seller, took the No. 4 spot on the Blu-ray Disc spot, while Jack and Jill finished fifth. On First Alert, Hugo slipped to No. 7 after debuting at No. 2 the prior week.

Jack and Jill claimed victory among rental consumers, bowing at No. 1 on Home Media Magazine’s weekly video rental chart. Footloose, which earned nearly $52 million in theaters, debuted at No. 2.

Hugo, the previous week’s top renter, slipped to No. 3 on the rental chart.