Black Ops 2 topped 2012 UK entertainment sales

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FIFA 13 also sold more copies than any film or album

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and FIFA 13 were the two best-selling entertainment products of 2012 at UK retail.

Movie The Dark Knight Rises was their closest competitor, selling just shy of 1.7 million copies, while The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn - Part 1 and Emeli Sande album Our Version of Events rounded off the top five. The top 40 featured seven games in total:

  1. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (Activision Blizzard) - 2,672,364
  2. FIFA 13 (EA) - 2,601,877
  3. The Dark Knight Rises (Warner Home Video) - 1,694,434
  4. The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (Entertainment One) - 1,515,604
  5. Our Version of Events (Emeli Sande, Universal Music) - 1,446,844
  6. Now That's What I Call Music 83 (Various Artists, EMI Music/Universal Music) - 1,389,006
  7. Avengers Assemble (Walt Disney Studios) - 1,349,937
  8. Ted (Universal Pictures) - 1,188,295
  9. War Horse (Walt Disney Studios) - 986,870
  10. The Hunger Games (Elevation Sales) - 946,592
  11. Mrs Brown's Boys (Series One, Universal Pictures) - 913,145
  12. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (20th Century Fox) - 888,629
  13. Assassin's Creed 3 (Ubisoft) - 886,198
  14. Now That's What I Call Music 82 (Various Artists, EMI Music/Universal Music) - 866,031
  15. Prometheus (20th Century Fox) - 853,079
  16. Ice Age 4 (Continental Drift, 20th Century Fox) - 819,009
  17. 21 (Adele, XL Beggars) - 816,317
  18. Sherlock Holmes - A Game of Shadows (Warner Home Video) - 816,126
  19. + (Ed Sheeran, Warner Music) - 811,038
  20. Now That's What I Call Music 81 (Various Artists, EMI Music/Universal Music) - 756,035
  21. Halo 4 (Microsoft) - 753,489
  22. Born To Die (Lana del Rey, Universal Music) - 743,210
  23. Brave (Walt Disney Studios) - 743,021
  24. Bridesmaids (Universal Pictures) - 710,185
  25. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Elevation Sales) - 707,875
  26. Johnny English Reborn (Universal Pictures) - 694,651
  27. Mrs Brown's Boys - Series Two (Universal Pictures) - 670,956
  28. The Amazing Spider-Man (Sony Pictures) - 656,620
  29. The Woman In Black (Momentum Pictures) - 654,589
  30. Take Me Home (One Direction, Sony Music) - 643,433
  31. Right Place Right Time (Olly Murs, Sony Music) - 597,370
  32. The Adventures of TinTin - The Secrets Of (Paramount) - 597,282
  33. Babel (Mumford & Sons, Universal Music) - 592,173
  34. Mrs Brown's Live Tour - Good Mourning (Universal Pictures) - 585,925
  35. Michael McIntyre Showtime (Universal Pictures) - 579,011
  36. Hitman Absolution (Square Enix) - 571,248
  37. Just Dance 4 (Ubisoft) - 562,453
  38. Despicable Me (Universal Pictures) - 549,111
  39. Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol (Paramount) - 545,502
  40. Far Cry 3 (Ubisoft) - 540,237