The Greatest Showman: HALF A MILLION Brits buy movie on DVD and Blu-ray in just one week

The musical film, which became a long-running smash hit at cinemas across the country throughout the first months of 2018, was easily the best-seller last week when it was released on home media.

The film flogged an enormous 497,000 copies in just seven days, according to the Official Charts Company.

That was more than enough to nudge Jumanji down to No2 and Star Wars: The Last Jedi down to No3.

On Thursday, midway through the sales week, the movie was reported to be outselling the rest of the Top 100 combined.

The 497,000 debut makes it the second fastest-selling DVD and Blu-ray release of 2018 so far, of which 329,000 had been sold in its first three days alone.

The fastest-seller of the year to date is still Star Wars Episode 8, which shunted 582,000 in its opening frame.

Other new releases this week include Batman Ninja at No4, All The Money In The World at No5 and Molly’s Game at No7.

Worldwide, The Greatest Showman has nabbed $432 million at the box office – not bad for a film that was written off upon its release with a $21 million opening weekend and a 56% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Its soundtrack album is still hovering at the top end of the charts: in fact this week it is still at No2 after 21 weeks on the chart.

The Greatest Showman stars Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson and Zendaya among others.

In a featurette, Settle revealed an unexpected problem she faced whilst filming scenes as the Bearded Lady.

She laughed about how the beard – provided by the hair, make-up and costume team – would slip due to sweat.

“I wanna keep my beard on, so I’m trying my hardest not to sweat!” she said.

“And that doesn’t really work so much!”

The Greatest Showman is out now.