The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part II outselling the rest of the Top 5 combined

Plus The Good Dinosaur and Steve Jobs chart high on the Official Video Chart Update.
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The Hunger Games saga is going out in style as the final instalment of the franchise looks to top the Official Video Chart.

In today's Video Chart Update, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part II is outselling the rest of the Top 5 combined with sales so far of 165,000.

The fourth chapter in the series will be the fourth to top the chart if it holds onto its position come Sunday. The original Hunger Games sold 456,000 copies in its opening back in 2012, with the follow-up Catching Fire performing even better, shifting 457,000. Mockingjay - Part I then sold 317,000 copies in its first week.

In addition to Mockingjay Part II performing well, The Hunger Games - Complete Collection box-set is also a new entry, selling 18,000 copies to land at Number 5.

The rest of the Top 5 is as follows: The Good Dinosaur is a new entry at 2; Maggie Smith's The Lady in the Van enjoys its third week in the Top 5 at 3, and last week's chart-topper Game of Thrones - Complete Fifth Season falls 3 spots to Number 4.

New Entries and High Climbers

Another eight new entries look set for this week's Top 40, including Carol. The Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara drama is a new entry at 6. Also in the Top 10 is Johnny Depp's Black Mass (8) and Michael Fassbender's Steve Jobs (9).  

Elsewhere, Supernatural - The Complete 10th Season begins at 15, horror film The Hollow starts at 25 and Stella - Series 5 starring Ruth Jones sits just behind at 26. 

Rounding out the new entries are fantasy film Mythica - The Darkspore (27) and Last Action Hero (29).

Finally, this week's highest climber is The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I, which leaps a whopping 86 places to Number 32.

The Official Video Chart is revealed here on OfficialCharts.com every Sunday at 5.45pm. Click here to see the latest Top 100

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