Spectre is charging to Number 1 on this week's Official DVD/Blu-ray Chart with huge sales

Daniel Craig’s fourth spell as James Bond is set to be the fastest selling DVD since Frozen.

The latest James Bond installment Spectre is charging to Number 1 with mammoth sales on this week's Official Video Chart Update.

The 24^th film chronicling Bond’s escapades has already claimed the fastest selling video release of 2016 so far, having shifted an impressive 576,000 copies at the mid-week stage and is currently outselling the rest of the Top 100 combined.

The figure beats the first-week sales total of any DVD/Blu-ray release in 2015, and is set to be the biggest since Frozen opened with 819,000 in 2014.

Spectre still has quite a way to go to top the first week sales of recent Bond DVD releases. Skyfall shifted 1.93 million copies in its first seven days 2013, 2009's Quantum Of Solace sold 1.2 million, and Casino Royale opened with 1.395 million.

Spectre’s retail reception matches the enthusiasm met upon its cinema debut when the film broke the UK record for the highest first-week opening in history.

The soundtrack to the Sam Mendes-directed epic has also proven popular; Sam Smith’s Writing’s On The Wall became the first Bond theme ever to top the Official Singles Chart. The track also won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song and is nominated in the same category at the 2016 Academy Awards.

Elsewhere on this week's Official Video Chart Update, last week’s chart topper Hotel Transylvania 2 looks to settle for the runner-up position this week (2), whilst former Number 1 The Martian rounds out the mid-week Top 3.

A handful of new entries are also shaking and stirring up the Top 20 this week. Emma Thompson and Robert Redford’s A Walk in the Woods is on the cusp of a Top 5 placing (6) whilst Eli Roth horror The Green Inferno sits at 13.

Finally, series one of BBC’s Happy Valley starring Sarah Lancashire is set for a new peak. The second season is currently airing on BBC One, helping its predecessor ride a wave of momentum towards the Top 10 (11).

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