X-Men Apocalypse closing in on the Official Video Chart Number 1

Today's Official Video Chart Update pits two massive franchises against one another, with X-Men Apocalypse leading the way with superb midweek sales.

The third in the latest generation of X-Men movies has shifted 97,000 DVDs and Blu-rays at the halfway mark, ahead of Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman's magic-related movie Now You See Me 2 at Number 2.

Should Apocalypse - which stars Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy - hold onto its lead by Sunday, it will be the second X-Men franchise film to reach Number 1 on the Official Video Chart. Deadpool sat at the chart's peak for three weeks, and is one of 2016's biggest selling movies so far.

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New entries and high climbers

Popular period drama Poldark is aiming for Number 7 with the release of its Complete Second Series, while Season 16 of Family Guy is on course for Top 10 placing also (9). A boxset of both Now You See Me films is proving popular at 18, ahead of Daniel Radcliffe's Imperium, new at 21.

Season 11 of Bones is a potential Top 40 entrant at 23, while cartoon movie Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders - based on the 1960's TV series starring Adam West - could scrape into the top flight at 36.

Finally, many of you are already filling your Christmas stockings as five holiday movies are in this week's Top 40: Elf (25); The Grinch (27); The Elf on the Shelf (28); The Nightmare Before Christmas (35); and Arthur Christmas (38).

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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