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Blu-ray Dominates HD Sales
Posted August 31, 2007 01:01 PM by Josh Dreuth
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New data from Home Media Research shows that Blu-ray is continuing to lead
in high definition media sales. As of August 5th, the top 10 best selling high
definition movies are all available on Blu-ray, and half of those exclusive to
the format. Warner Brother's '300' leads the pack, followed by 'The
Departed', 'Casino Royale', 'Planet Earth', and 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'.
Noticeably absent from the list is Universal who did not have a title which sold
enough copies to break into the top 20. Paramount made it to 17th with their
release of 'Babel', but if there wasn't a Blu-ray version of the title, it would
have fallen short making the list.
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Source: Home Media Magazine |
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AaronDodd07
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Aug 31, 2007
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ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THAT BLADES OF GLORY WOULD HAVE BEEN #1 THIS WEEK IF IT WAS ON BLU.
WAY TO GO PARAMOUNT YOU MADE THE BEST CHOICE.
YOU TOOK THE MYSTERY BOX OVER THE FREE BOAT!!! WHILE EVERYONE ELSE HAS A BOAT YOU NOW SINK!!! |
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CptGreedle
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Aug 31, 2007
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But do this reflect the time that Paramount changed?
Either way it is great news to hear but I await to see what next week will bring.
By the end of the year, Blu-ray will be dominating the sales, I wonder if we will even see a single HD-
DVD title in the top 20. |
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talbers23
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Aug 31, 2007
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yeah we will, transformers |
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domerdel
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Aug 31, 2007
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that source link is terrible, does anyone else have a DIRECT link? thanks |
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Zarathustra
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Aug 31, 2007
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HD-DUD is on the way out.
I'm very interested in seeing the sales chart positions after Xmas |
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Matt X
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Aug 31, 2007
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greedle - I'm wondering if we can infer from this data that we ALREADY are not seeing a single HD-DVD title in the top 20 - if we assume that BR has been the majority seller on all dual-format titles (someone tell me if there ARE any HDDVD titles that outsold BR during dual releases), then removing any HDDVD sales would likely not affect the titles' sales position much.
Flip side, remove the BR portion of D-F titles and their sales position falls dramatically...... |
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DAMNSAM77
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Aug 31, 2007
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I am sure all of the HDDVD losers will call B.S on this, so it would be GREAT if JOSH would include a link to a reputable site that supports these data facts.
GO BLU OR THE HELL WITH YOU!!! |
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spyrmak
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Aug 31, 2007
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GO
blu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that's what i want to hear!!! GOOOOOD news!!!!!!!! |
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spyrmak
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Aug 31, 2007
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but we have a problem!!!!!!!!
can SOMEBODY TELL BDA we need GREEK SUBTITLES!!!!!!!!
a lot of blu ray discs DO NOT HAVE Greek subtitles. for people in greece that's
a pitty.
as a citizen of greece (although i speak very good english too) i would like to see
more blu ray's with greek subtitles
sign the petition
http://www.petitiononline.com/grsubs/petition.html
please bda and companies add greek subs on blu ray's we had them no dvd's
why not now? |
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Shark
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Aug 31, 2007
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Blu-ray's taking names and kickin ass........I love it. Cheers, |
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Xerious
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Aug 31, 2007
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transformers (and possibly bourne ultimatum) will be the only movie(s) i see giving hd-dvd a pull this holiday season... anything that is blu exclusive or dual format will destroy any hd-dvd |
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monkeytap
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Aug 31, 2007
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greek subs. i like it...
..like othres, I am interested in seeing the numbers post paramount announcement. from reading this website, and personally, I expect a sales boost in blu ray, but what about the "others"? |
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DAMNSAM77
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Aug 31, 2007
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SolidBlu...Dont even mention anything about buying Paramount/DW movies in any format on this forum. Crapamount and NightmareWorks has lost my business for DVDs and remaining BD movies, and I am definitely not buying any HDDVD movies from any studiom even though I have the stupid xbox add on...I am of all BLUrRAY supporters have a lot of temptations to buy BOG on HDDVD since I got the xbox hddvd add on, but I refuse to buy one copy, they can send me all the 5 FREE movies they want of HDDVD movies, I am personallu not spending a single penny on HDDVD movies nor will I ever buy any Paramount/Universal/Dreamworks movie on DVD either. If you are dying to buy it, then go on ebay, half.com or to a rental store and buy a used copy of BOG since it wont count against their new sales...trust me used, mint condition, dvd copies of BOG movie will be surfacing very soon, I am sure there are over 100 used copies on ebay as we speak! BOYCUTT PARAMOUNT!!! they are feeling the heat as we speak, since Blades of Glory, even thoug doing well on DVD, its SUCKING BIG TIME on HDDVD, most stores are overstocked with unwanted HDDVD copies and AMAZON numbers dont lie, BOG HDDVD is not even in the Top 25 of over all BD/HDDVD movie sales, and its number 20 I think in overall HDDVD sales....If Paramount had BOD released on BD too, I can bet you it would have sky-rocketed in bluray sales, prolly 3 times as much as HDDVD numbers! They could have easily moved 30,000 BD copies in a couple of months! |
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