Adams Media Research has reported the top 10 direct-to-video titled for the first quarter of 2005. Leading the pack in total units sold and rental revenue was Disneys MULAN II with 56.8 million. In a distant second was Lions Gates BARBIE: FAIRYTOPIA garnering $17.4 million. Following that was Universals BALTO III: WINGS OF CHANGE, rounding up $14. 2 million. The rest of the top included Warner Bros. SCOOBY-DOO: ALOHA SCOOBY-DOO! ($7.5 million), Buena Vista/Miramaxs POKEMON: DESTINY DEOXYS ($6.1 million), Buena Vistas THE CAT RETURNS($3.4 million), First Looks EASTER EGG ADVENTURE ($2.8 million), Warner Bros. TOM AND JERRY: BLAST OFF TO MARS ($2.3 million) and Lions Gates LIL PIMP ($600,000).
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