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Top 10 Movies, Music & Books: Superheroes, R&B, Self-Help
The summer blockbuster The Dark Knight and fellow superhero movie Iron Man nabbed the highest spots on top-10 lists for box office revenues and DVD sales this year, while songs by Alicia Keys and Flo Rida, and titles The Shack and A New Earth were tops in music and book categories, according to The Nielsen Company, which released its annual “Top 10″ movie, music and book rankings for the year.
For in-theater movie receipts, The Dark Knight was the clear winner, bringing in a total of $530M. The Batman movie was followed by Iron Man, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Hancock. Children’s movies Wall-E, Kung Fu Panda and others also performed well.
Top 10 Box Office - All Theatrical - through Dec. 7, 2008:
Top 10 DVD Sales:
For the year’s top music, As I Am, by Alicia Keys was the top album, while Keys’ No One was the most-listened-to single on the radio. Flo Rida’s party favorite Low was the most digitally downloaded song.
Top 10 Albums:
Top 10 Most Listened-To Songs on the Radio:
Top 10 Most Digitally Downloaded Songs:
The Washington, DC area, Salt Lake City and the San Francisco area were among the top markets for adults who live in a household with an MP3 player.
Top US Markets for Adults who Live in a Household with an MP3 Player:
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Eckhart Tolle’s self-realization book A New Earth was the best-selling adult non-fiction book of the year, as well as the best-selling audio book. William P. Young’s trade paperback The Shack was the top-selling adult fiction book.
Top 10 Book Sales - Adult Fiction and Adult Non-Fiction - 2008:
