Studio: 'avatar' Sells 6.7 Million Dvds In 4 Days

Associated Press, Associated Press
Sun, 04/25/2010 - 5:43pm

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "Avatar" is maintaining its popularity in the move from box office to home video, with sales of 6.7 million DVDs and Blu-ray disks in the first four days....

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