Juno Soundtrack Tops Digital Sales Charts

“Juno” is having a hell of a month. The film is already poised to break indie-film records (it’s already snapped up $52 million in total – it was made for a modest $2.5 mil) and now word comes that the film has reached number one on SoundScan’s Digital Album sales chart.

According to Hits Daily Double, if the disc were physically available (see below), it would be in at #9 on normal SoundScan with 40-45k.”

As we’ve mentioned nearly ad nauseum, the soundtrack, which comes out physically on January 15, features many songs from the Moldy Peaches, ex-Peaches singer Kimya Dawson and her side-project Antsy Pants. The eclectic album also includes music by Buddy Holly, Cat Power, Mott The Hoople, The Kinks, Sonic Youth, Belle & Sebastian and Barry Louis Polisar (the album was released digitally on December 11).

“Me and Adam Green wrote [‘Anyone Else But You’] sitting in Tompkins Square Park [in Manhattan], sitting on a bench. We didn’t write it about each other. We both had other imaginary people in mind. Like our dream best friend/dates. We used to call our crushes ‘hippies,’ ” Dawson recently told Spinner in a piece where she runs down all the tracks she contributed to the film.

Meanwhile, “Juno” screenwriter du jour, the ex-stripper Cody Diablo has moved on to horror with a teen cannibalism flick called, “Jennifer’s Body” that will see her reteam with director Jason Reitman in a producer capacity (Karyn Kusama is directing). Described as a “Heathers”-like black comedy, the film will star Megan Fox (“Transformers”). “It’s a lot darker [than ‘Juno’], and it also has comedic elements. Horror is my favorite genre – and like Juno, I like horror movies,” Cody recently told MTV.