Figures released yesterday by the Official Charts Company show that The Hobbit features as one of the UK‘s best-selling DVDs of the decade (so far).

For the 2010s decade so far, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ranks 10th with 2.49 million sales, whilst The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug currently ranks at no. 31 with 1.67 million sales. The top three spots on the list are currently occupied by Frozen, Avatar and Skyfall.

This comes ahead of the news that The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was second behind Skyfall for the 2013 calendar year, whilst The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug came second behind Frozen in 2014. For comparison, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King all topped the years 2002, 2003 and 2004 respectively. In the 2000s decade, The Fellowship of the Ring was the third best-selling DVD behind Mamma Mia! and Gladiator whilst The Two Towers came in 9th.

About the Author: Shaun Gunner

Shaun is the Chair of The Tolkien Society. First elected in 2013, Shaun has overseen the Society's expansion from 600 to 3,500 members. Shaun regularly speaks about adaptations of Tolkien's works and the future of Tolkien scholarship whilst passionately believing the Society needs to reach out to new audiences. In his spare time he can be found playing video games and Lego, or on Twitter. He also chairs another charity, Mankind, and is a local councillor.