The West Austrailian is reporting that Twilight is the best selling DVD in the first week of release in the past five years in Australia.

DVD and Blu-ray sales of the cult teenage vampire film have reached a record-breaking 264,077 in its first week on shelves in Australia.

It means Twilight is the best selling Sony Pictures Home Entertainment DVD title in the first week of release in the past five years, beating out Australia, The Dark Knight and the past two Harry Potter films.

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“Twilight” has quickly become the biggest home-video release of the year, selling 5.6 million units during its first eight days, according to trade publication Home Media Magazine.

The vampire romance took the crown from “Madgascar: Escape 2 Africa,” which has sold an estimated 5.3 million units since its February 6 release, according to Home Media research.

The release sold 3 million units its first day in stores, according to distributor Summit Entertainment, enough to send it to the top of the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart for the week ended March 22.

Just 3 percent of the film’s total unit sales came from Blu-ray Disc, not surprising given the “Twilight’s” Blu-ray Disc edition is being sold only at Target Stores and Best Buy until May 5.

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It was a busy weekend in the MTV/Twilight-verse as we chased down secret parties and events all timed to celebrate the DVD release of ‘Twilight.” It’s no surprise that the fans came out in force for the long-awaited release but the numbers are still pretty impressive.

One of the events we covered featured a surprise appearance by none other than Ashley Greene. Check out a slew of photos here and check out Ashley herself below as she talks about her surprise at the amazing success of the first “Twilight” film.

Check it out here.

Summit Entertainment announced today that Twilight sold over 3 million DVD units in its first day of release.

Summit Entertainment announced today that the home entertainment release of the studio’s action-packed, modern day vampire love story TWILIGHT sold over 3 million DVD units in its first day of release. The DVD launch commenced this past Saturday morning at midnight with nationwide events during which time Summit and its retail partners provided TWILIGHT fans with the chance to celebrate the DVD release of the film. “TWILIGHT at Midnight” allowed participating retailers the opportunity to stay open late as fans lined up in impressive numbers to purchase the DVD of the epic romance at midnight parties.

View the press release here

We have just added a bunch of pics of cast members at DVD release parties! See them all here!