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Taken from dvdexclusive (http://www.dvdexclusive.com/charts_top_ ... movies.asp) :

TOP DVD PREMIERE MOVIES: YEAR-TO-DATE

Rank Title (label/distributor) Street Date Revenue
1 MULAN 2 (DIS) 2/1/2005 46.8
2 ALADDIN: 2-3 COLLECTION (DIS) 1/18/2005 16.2
3 BLUE COLLAR COMEDY TOUR RIDES AGAIN (PAR) 12/7/2004 9.0
4 LBT: INVASION OF THE TINYSAURUSES (UNI) 1/11/2005 7.7
5 LION KING 2 (DIS) 8/31/2004 7.5
6 ALOHA, SCOOBY-DOO (WB) 2/8/2005 6.1
7 WAKE OF DEATH (SONY) 12/28/2004 4.3
8 LION KING 11/2 (DIS) 2/10/2004 4.0
9 BALTO 3: WINGS OF CHANGE (UNI) 2/1/2005 3.4
10 BARBIE AS PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER (LG) 9/28/2004 3.3
11 POKEMON: DESTINY DEOXYS (DIS) 2/15/2005 2.9
12 WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS (DIS) 12/21/2004 2.7
13 INU YASHA: THE MOVIE 2 (VENTURA) 12/28/2004 2.7
14 INTO THE SUN (SONY) 2/15/2005 2.2
15 SPECIES III (MGM) 12/7/2004 2.2

We can see that Balto 3 sold 3.4 millions , which is not bad but could be better...(especially if you compare to the 46.8! of mulan 2, and the 7.7 of LBT 11...which got released only 20 days before...)
A bit disappointing I think, but still could have been much worse, when you think that the other DTVs which are before are mostly big licenses.
No wonder why they are still making LBT sequels! They seem to sell like hot cakes!

EDIT : Funny, because the current sells of B3 are exactly the same amount as the budget that it had (3.5 M $). Considering that this top is only for the USA, and that B3 was only released for 20 days, it seems they will make profits, or even big profits. Balto 4 is ahead, for sure...

mulan 2 and aladdin yeah!!!!! no offense anyway

One thing I do know, is that Aladdin 2 & 3 does really not deserve being up there...They are among the worse DTV ever made (they were the first ones, that's the biggest reason)

never seen mulan 1 or 2 i have seen aladin 1 but i didn't like it

Inuyasha made the chart!! Oh Yea! >O Party!!

Yey Blue Collar CT, and Inuyasha!
But more importantly Balto!!!!

but balto's good too

I Like both aladdin 2 and 3 but i think balto 3 much betterr tham them.

Well, IMO, the only reason LBT sells well is the demographic of the people who buy it. I think the only people that buy it are the movie rental companies because it's cheap and they can earn more profits. I'm surprised that Pokemon is on there I thought the nostalgia of it wore off like 2 yrs ago!!

Keep in mind that these charts are only counting the sales of 2005. TLK 2 & 1 1/2 have got...incredible sales. (more than 150 M $ for TLK 1 1/2.....)
The strange thing, is that LBT 10 did less sales last year. (6 months after its release, it only sold 5 M $.) It seems like in a general way, DTV films are selling more and more year to year...
It's a shame we don't have any sales figure for Balto 2, because we could have compared. I really have no idea if he did better or worse than B3.

if they do make a balto 4 think it will sell as good as balto 3 or even better?

Well, the only thing I'm sure is that it will not make poor sales. The reason is that most people don't look the critics before buying (especially when it comes to animated films aimed at childrens), so weither it's good or not will not make any difference. And the other reason is that with the sequels, the balto franchise is slightly becoming more and more popular.

yea , just this time i hope they ADVERTISE more about balto 4 ( wonder what it's name will be ex. wolf quest, wings of change..), i didn't find about about it until i came here and that was a month after it came out

yeah so more will learn about it

Hmmmm... if you think about it, the advertising of the fourth movie would be an oppertune time to begin merchandising. And a little while after it's release would be an excellent time to sell collectors sets of the first three.