THE KING'S SPEECH continues to bask in Oscars glory, with a huge surge of interest in the film and in all previous titles featuring Best Actor award winner Colin Firth.
The historical drama, which won four Oscars, has experienced a 281 per cent increase in rental pre-orders and is predicted to become the biggest rental title of 2011.
There has also been a major boost for Firth's earlier releases, including a rise of more than 1000 per cent in viewers watching 2008's The Accidental Husband via online streaming.
According to subscription service LOVEFiLM, DVD rentals of Relative Values, a film adaption of the 1950s play, have jumped by 400 per cent, and those for romantic comedy Fever Pitch are up 340 per cent.
LOVEFiLM's Watch Online streaming service has also experienced a boost: The Accidental Husband directed by Griffin Dunne is up by a staggering 1145 per cent and A Single Man based on Christopher Isherwood's novel is up 482 per cent.
Other titles to benefit from the Oscars Effect include Inception, which won Best Cinematography, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects (up 254 per cent), and The Social Network starring Jesse Eisenberg (up 245 per cent), which claimed the Best Editing, Original Score and Adapted Screenplay awards.
The Most Popular Colin Firth DVD rental titles:
1. Relative Values (2000) - (up 400
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[Source: Coventry Telegraph - The Geek Files]
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