International Top DVD sales: Amazon's best-selling DVDs include 'Dexter,' 'Benjamin Button'

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Top-selling international DVDs for the month of August include the second season of the Showtime cable network drama Dexter (US, Canada), according to Amazon.

Various recent American movies rule the top 5 in several countries, including 17 Again (UK), Twilight (Germany) and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (France). In Japan, Puzzle Tour 2009, the concert tour of Japanese enka group Kanjani Eight, rules the top spot.

The top 5 selling DVDs for Canada, Japan, the US, the UK, France and Germany are as follows:

TOP 5 OF AMAZON.COM (US) BESTSELLING DVDS (sales tracking: August 2009)
	DVD	Manufacturer
1	Dexter: The Complete Third Season	Paramount Home Video
2	House, M.D.: Season Five	Universal Studios Home Entertainment
3	Mad Men: Season One	Lionsgate Home Entertainment
4	NCIS: The Complete Sixth Season	Paramount Home Video
5	Star Trek: Three Disc + Digital Copy, Blu-ray	Paramount Home Entertainment

TOP 5 OF AMAZON.CO.UK (UK) BESTSELLING DVDS (sales tracking: August 2009)
	DVD	Manufacturer
1	17 Again	Entertainment in Video
2	Tutti Frutti	2Entertain
3	The Boy in Striped Pyjamas	Walt Disney Home Video
4	Angels and Demons	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Ltd.
5	Slumdog Millionaire	20th Century Fox

TOP 5 OF AMAZON.DE (GERMANY)  BESTSELLING DVDS (sales tracking: August 2009)
	DVD	Manufacturer
1	Twilight, 2-disc special edition	Concorde
2	Body of Lies	Warner Home Video
3	Doctor's Diary: Men Are the Best Medicine, Season 1	Universum Film
4	Two and a Half Men: My Cool Uncle Charlie: The Complete First Season	Warner Home Video
5	Underworld: Rebellion of the Lykaner	Sony Pictures

TOP 5 OF AMAZON.CA (CANADA) BESTSELLING DVDS (sales tracking: August 2009)
	DVD	Manufacturer
1	Dexter: The Third Season	Raincoast Books
2	Prison Break: Season 4	20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Canada
3	House: Season Five	Universal NBC Canada
4	Prison Break: The Final Break	20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Canada
5	The Lord of the Rings: Special Extended Trilogy, 12 Discs, Widescreen	Universal NBC Canada

TOP 5 OF AMAZON.FR (FRANCE) BESTSELLING DVDS (sales tracking: August 2009)
	DVD	Manufacturer
1	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Warner Home Video
2	Gran Torino	Warner Home Video
3	Volt	Buena Vista Home Video France
4	Slumdog Millionaire	Fox - Pathe - Europa
5	The L Word, Season 5	Fox - Pathe - Europa

TOP 5 OF AMAZON.CO.JP (JAPAN) BESTSELLING DVDS (sales tracking: August 2009)
	DVD	Manufacturer
1	Puzzle Tour 2009	Teichiku Entertainment
2	Puzzle Tour 2009 Show	Teichiku Entertainment
3	Namie Amuro "Best Fiction Tour" 2008-2009	Avex Marketing Communications
4	Kinki You	Sony Music
5	Mr. Children Tour 2009	Vap