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Blu-ray Sales on the Rise
Posted March 26, 2008 11:15 AM by Josh Dreuth
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New data from HMR Research shows that the 9 million movies have been sold on Blu-ray since inception of the format in the United States, with 3 million of those having been sold during the first 11 weeks of this year. If this trend continues, Blu-ray is poised to sell nearly 15 million units in this year alone.
The recent release of blockbuster Hollywood movies on Blu-ray has boosted overall sales. The Miramax release of 'No Country for Old Men' sold 68,000 copies on Blu-ray during its first week of sales, a huge accomplishment for a format where previous top sellers this year were selling only 30,000 copies during their first week of sales.
As more highly anticipated titles get released onto store shelves, such as Fox's April 15th release of 'Juno', sales are expected to continue to grow throughout the remainder of the year.
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Elandyll
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Mar 26, 2008
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Great news !
With the arrival of the new players this summer, and a slew of long awaited titles at the end 2008/ beginning 09, it will only get better with time!  |
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RustyK94
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Mar 26, 2008
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Nothing can stop bluray it's just that good. |
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kaliraver69
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Mar 26, 2008
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With the war over & the great releases on Blu-Ray nothing can stop it. |
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CptGreedle
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Mar 26, 2008
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Now that everyone in the HDM communities can focus on Blu-ray, we can really concentrate those
sales and get them up Up UP! Imagine if all the HD DVD supported were to suddenly accept Blu-ray,
the sales would go way up!
What was the goal for the year in units? |
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KretzJ
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Mar 26, 2008
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NICE.... my costs from Amazon have certainly showed sales growth! |
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Chuey
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Mar 26, 2008
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I notice that too when I pay my bill! |
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TauHeel05
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Mar 26, 2008
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I love it. Money well spent. |
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stockstar1138
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Mar 26, 2008
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didnt the bda say 1 billion dollars in software sales? at 25 bucks a pop, they need to sell 40 million to hit that. hollidays will help big time this year though. |
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Memnoch71
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Mar 26, 2008
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Wait untill the Big Summer Blockbusters start coming out on Blu-Ray! Then check to see the sales numbers. |
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Minimejer05
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Mar 26, 2008
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Great news. Even better stuff on its way. |
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DarchAmonNagar
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Mar 26, 2008
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Great news. Now if they only would price them on a par with dvd, it would only get better. |
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Buggy166
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Mar 26, 2008
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im waiting until next year to get a combo of a 50+ inch hdtv with, hopefully a blu ray equipped home theater system. |
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tricky
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Mar 26, 2008
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Hell yes ... the future is Blu! We are bound to see a bit of a price drop for the upcoming summer blockbuster releases the fall/holiday season... hopefully. |
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doctorsteve
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Mar 26, 2008
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You HEAR that Studios? We want BLOCKBUSTERS!
No more dreck! Give us more of the good stuff! Sort the users here - find the people with only one post - see what they're bitching about not having on Blu - and there's your list. |
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191
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Mar 26, 2008
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No country for old men was leaked to be region free, 2 weeks before release. Many thousands would have been Region B importers.
Thanks to Mirmax for not region coding, it makes them wealthier and region B'ers happy. |
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julie
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Mar 26, 2008
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thats great news about blu-rays growth all we blu-ray owners have to worry about now is all the expensive and horrible down loads that dud lovers want to see keep on fighting agains downloads thats the new enemy.
by the way dont think for one minute steve jobs of apple wouldnt love blu-rays dimise
happy fighting god bless all blu fans |
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Luis_A51
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Mar 26, 2008
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stockstar1138 » Mar 26, 2008 11:55 AM
didnt the bda say 1 billion dollars in software sales? at 25 bucks a pop, they need to sell 40 million to hit that. hollidays will help big time this year though.
I doubt it stockstar. Ive never heard of them claiming 1billion in software sales by the end of the year. |
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JT_Designer
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Mar 26, 2008
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Good. Now lower the prices for Blu-ray stand alone players and internal Blu-ray computer drives. |
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jurassic_pork
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Mar 26, 2008
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If we could lower the cost a bit and get some good titles released then people would buy a lot more.
Alright I'll be the first to say it here, more and more BOGO's would also help increase the sold unit number!!!!! LOL |
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