Lupin (David Thewlis) holding Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) back after a shocking moment in Order of the Phoenix(2007)
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Split DVD Decision For HARRY POTTER & JASON BOURNE
By: Jarrod Sarafin, News EditorDate: Friday, December 21, 2007
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Harry Potter fought Jason Bourne over the past week in the DVD charts and the clear winner is nobody. Or both, depending on how you want to look at it here. Harry and his band of wizards won the DVD sales charts while Bourne ruled the DVD rental charts. In the end, both films did very well for Warner Bros. and Universal. We can't be sure how much money they made in the sales category because studios keep those numbers closely guarded though Universal did announce via a press release that Bourne sold $95 million worth of DVDs in its first six days on the market.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was the top DVD seller for the week ending December 16, according to Nielsen VideoScan First Alert data, outselling The Bourne Ultimatum and fellow new release High School Musical 2.
But the third Jason Bourne action-thriller won in the rental arena, capturing the top spot on Home Media Magazine's rental chart with estimated revenue of $15.4 million, compared with $12.3 million for second-ranked "Potter."
Combined, the two films grossed more than half a billion dollars in North American theaters. "Bourne" earned $227 million, while "Potter" collected $292 million.
The previous week's top seller, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, slipped to No. 4, not far behind behind High School Musical 2.
On the HD DVD chart, "Bourne" outsold "Potter" by a margin of nearly 2-to-1. On the Blu-ray 
