Top 10 VOD films in the US: ‘Chipmunks’ and ‘Zoo’ top list
The family-friendly ‘We Bought a Zoo,’ starring Matt Damon and Scarlet Johansson and directed by Cameron Crowe, came in second place among VOD films. — AFP picLOS ANGELES, April 25 — The top watched video-on-demand (VOD) films were announced Monday by Rentrak based on data collected over the period April 9-15, with Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked leading the pack.
The kids’ animated sequel tops the list as spring school breaks continue. Also, the family-friendly We Bought a Zoo, starring Matt Damon and Scarlet Johansson and directed by Cameron Crowe, came in second place.
Two films that were newly released on April 10 — the horror movie The Darkest Hour and the political drama The Iron Lady starring Oscar winner Meryl Streep as British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher — join the list for the first time.
Low US box-office earners with only US$21 million (RM64.26 million) (Darkest Hour) and close to US$30 million (Iron Lady), the films hould enjoy a bump in income as VODs.
The Descendants starring George Clooney has been on the list for more than a month, slipping to tenth.
According to Rentrak’s OnDemand Essentials, the top ten most-viewed titles follow:
1. Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
2. We Bought a Zoo
3 The Darkest Hour
4. The Iron Lady
5. War Horse
6. The Sitter
7. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
8. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
9. Hop
10. The Descendants
On Amazon’s Instant Video ranking, Mad Men remains the top television VOD, holding five of the ten places on the chart with episodes from the current season. The Golden Globe Award-winning hit series about the 1960s ad biz stars Jon Hamm.
Another AMC channel hit, The Killing, the American version of Denmark’s hit crime series, also stayed on the VOD list, along with fantasy show Once Upon a Time, award-winning legal drama The Good Wife and FOX-TV’s Vampire Diaries. — AFP-Relaxnews
