Courageous, the best-selling DVD of all in the country in its first week of release in January, has sold more than a million copies.

The faith-based cop drama is from church-based Sherwood Pictures, makers of the hit marriage drama Fireproof. "Like its predecessor Fireproof, Courageous has driven over a million units in sales in the first 90 days of release," Randy Davis, vice president of sales and marketing for Provident, told Christian Retailing. "We are thankful for the partnership with CBA retailers supporting these great films and impacting their communities with these messages of hope, restoration and redemption.

Courageous has performed well at many Christian stores, which had offered a variety of pre-buy special offers for as low as $14.97 on the recommended $24.99 price. The Exclusive Collector's Edition for Christian stores includes more than an hour of extra content not available in the general market version.

With a production budget of around $2 million, Courageous made $34.5 million in theaters last fall, while debuting at No. 4 in the box office, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com.

Memorial Day weekend sales are expected to be biggest ever, according to two surveys by America's Research Group (ARG).

Britt Beemer, chairman and founder of ARG, known for his Christian retail channel studies, estimated that shopping levels will exceed 35% compared to 2011.

"Spending levels will depend on the sale offers and the discounts when shoppers get into the stores," he said. "Those retailers who offer early-bird specials and open early on Memorial Day—yes, a la Black Friday—will see the best sales and the highest spending levels. The closer you come to creating Black Friday, the better your sales will be."

Two ARG surveys in late March and late April found that the number of Americans delaying their shopping to Memorial Day weekend is at an all-time high. Just over 6% of shoppers in March and 21% in April reported that they are delaying their shopping plans until Memorial Day weekend. A year ago, less than 3% of shoppers in March and only 11% of shoppers in April waited until Memorial Day.

"For the first time, Memorial Day weekend is scheduled to be the biggest in our 33-year survey history," Beemer said.

Multi-platinum band Casting Crowns was named Top Christian Artist, and the group's Come to the Well (Beach Street Records/Provident Distribution) was honored as the Top Christian Album during the 2012 Billboard Music Awards, held last night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Laura Story's No. 1 hit Blessings (Fair Trade Services/Provident) was named Top Christian Song.

Other Top Christian Artist finalists were Chris Tomlin, MercyMe, Skillet and Laura Story. Other finalists for Top Christian Album were Until the Whole World Hears by Casting Crowns; Awake by Skillet; Blessings by Laura Story; and Wow Hits 2012.

Other finalists for Top Christian Song were "Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)" by Casting Crowns; "Hold Me" by Jamie Grace; "Stronger" by Mandisa; and "Strong Enough" by Matthew West.

Click here for the complete list of 2012 Billboard Music Awards winners.

Messianic rabbi Jonathan Cahn's The Harbinger continues at No. 1 on the Top 10 Fiction best-sellers list, while residing at No. 7 on the Top 20 General list from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA). Cahn's prophetic vision for America has spent 18 weeks on the New York Times Print Paperback list since its January release. The list from ECPA tracks sales for the week ending May 12, according to Pubtrack Christian data.

The Top 20 General best-sellers are: 1. The Power of a Praying Parent, Stormie Omartian (Harvest House Publishers); 2. Jesus Calling, Sarah Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 3. Heaven Is for Real, Todd Burpo (Thomas Nelson); 4. Jesus Calling: Large Print Deluxe Edition, Young (Thomas Nelson); 5. Dear Jesus, Young, hardcover (Thomas Nelson); 6. One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp (Zondervan); 7. The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn (FrontLine/Charisma House Book Group); 8. Jesus Calling: Deluxe Edition, Young (Thomas Nelson); 9. The 5 Love Languages, Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing); 10. Loving, "Bailey Flanigan Series," No. 4, Karen Kingsbury (Zondervan); 11. The Fiddler, "Home to Hickory Hollow," No. 1, Beverly Lewis (Bethany House/Baker Publishing Group); 12. Not a Fan, Kyle Idleman (Zondervan); 13. The Story, Max Lucado and Randy Frazee (Zondervan); 14. Nearing Home, Billy Graham (Thomas Nelson); 15. Twelve Extraordinary Women, John MacArthur (Thomas Nelson); 16. Kingdom Man, Tony Evans (Tyndale House Publishers); 17. Bonhoeffer, Eric Metaxas (Thomas Nelson); 18. The Circle Maker, Mark Batterson (Zondervan); 19. Crazy Love, Francis Chan (David C Cook); and 20. Same Kind of Different as Me, Ron Hall, Denver Moore (Thomas Nelson).

The Top 10 Fiction best-sellers are: 1. The Harbinger; 2. Loving, Kingsbury (Zondervan); 3. The Fiddler, Lewis (Bethany House); 4. The Half-Stitched Amish Quilting Club, Wanda E. Brunstetter (Barbour Publishing); 5. Illusion, Frank Peretti (Howard Books); 6. Her Mother's Hope, "Marta's Legacy," No. 1, Francine Rivers (Tyndale House Publishers); 7. Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers (Multnomah Books); 8. Her Daughter's Dream, "Marta's Legacy Series" No. 2, Rivers (Tyndale House Publishers); 9. Longing, "Bailey Flanigan Series" No. 3, Kingsbury (Zondervan); and 10. Downfall, "Intervention," No. 3, Terri Blackstock (Zondervan).

The top five Bibles are: 1. The Story, hardcover, New International Version (Zondervan); 2. God Sightings: The One Year Bible, New Living Translation (Tyndale House Publishers); 3. The Story: Teen Edition, NIV, softcover (Zondervan); 4. NIV Thinline Bible, black bonded leather (Zondervan); and 5. The Message Remix Solo, softcover (NavPress).