G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra was tops on the DVD and Blu-Ray charts this week. The film sold 3.8 million discs in North America, with 500,000 of them on Blu-ray. That makes the film the third biggest DVD release this year, only behind Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Twilight. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra has also made $150.2 million in theaters domestically.

Although a sequel was already announced, this good performance of the DVD pretty much guarntees that the sequel will come. I enjoyed Rise of Cobra as I said in my review back in August when I reviewed it. It was far from perfect, but I'd love to see this world explored a bit more. Especially since it seems to have revived GI Joe in a whole new way. As with Transformers, I'd expect the sequel to actually do better than the first movie.

A lot of folks who might skip a movie first time (and remember Joe had a lot of bad early hype thanks to some nasty made up rumors) might catch it on DVD and would be more likely to see a sequel in theatres. Here's hoping some more Joe news is on the forefront. Hasbro has to be pleased having two of the highest selling DVDs this year.