Disney/Pixar movie tie-in Cars has raced into the top of the charts this week, knocking GTA: Liberty City Stories into second place to give THQ its first all-formats No. 1 of the year.
The film opened in European cinemas last Friday, and sales of the game were up by 88 per cent as a result. Fellow movie-tie in Over the Hedge remains at No. 10 in the chart, with Ubisoft's Pirates of the Caribbean titles, The Legend of Jack Sparrow and Dead Man's Chest, at No. 4 and No. 6 respectively.
New Super Mario Bros. is still in third place, while Dr Kawashima's Brain Training is at No. 5. The seventh spot goes to Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer Five, followed by a re-entry for The Sims 2 at eight as the hit PC title gets a platinum release.
Titles slipping out of the top ten include Take-Two's Prey, which falls from No. 7 to No. 17. Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II is down from 11 to 20.
There several new entries in the top 40 - such as PSP and PS2 title Formula One '06, in at No. 14, and expansion pack Civilization IV: Warlords, which has taken the top spot in the full-price PC chart but resides at No. 36 in the all-formats countdown.
PSP movie tie-in Miami Vice enters the chart at No. 25, and a series of retailer promotions have boosted EA's The Godfather into No. 34.
The film opened in European cinemas last Friday, and sales of the game were up by 88 per cent as a result. Fellow movie-tie in Over the Hedge remains at No. 10 in the chart, with Ubisoft's Pirates of the Caribbean titles, The Legend of Jack Sparrow and Dead Man's Chest, at No. 4 and No. 6 respectively.
New Super Mario Bros. is still in third place, while Dr Kawashima's Brain Training is at No. 5. The seventh spot goes to Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer Five, followed by a re-entry for The Sims 2 at eight as the hit PC title gets a platinum release.
Titles slipping out of the top ten include Take-Two's Prey, which falls from No. 7 to No. 17. Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II is down from 11 to 20.
There several new entries in the top 40 - such as PSP and PS2 title Formula One '06, in at No. 14, and expansion pack Civilization IV: Warlords, which has taken the top spot in the full-price PC chart but resides at No. 36 in the all-formats countdown.
PSP movie tie-in Miami Vice enters the chart at No. 25, and a series of retailer promotions have boosted EA's The Godfather into No. 34.