Spider-Man 3 sets HD record sales
- Posted November 9th, 2007 at 05:26 EDT by
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Smashing the sales record for High Def movies, the Blu-ray release of Spider-Man 3 has sold over 130,000 copies in the first week.
Until the release of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy on Blu-ray, Transformers held the record for largest HD release, with 115,000 units sold in the first week. With the next-gen media format war still far from being over, it is these big releases that sway consumers into choosing one side over the other. Furthermore, the fact that Blu-ray once again holds the record for biggest selling title, there will be more publicity shining blue this holiday season.
One interesting tidbit is that even though this Blu-ray release has sold record breaking numbers, only about 30% of the 400,000 copies shipped actually made it into peoples living rooms. These numbers do not account for any copies that were bundled with the 40GB PlayStation 3 that Sony recently released, however.
Be sure to check back for further information on the Blu-ray front.
Source: Blu-ray.com
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MatrixSixaxis
- 5:33am GMT - November 9th, 2007
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Go Blu-ray! How many copies of the DVD sold in the first week? And how many people are holding out for the Trilogy Pack? I already got mine about a month ago! ;) I didn't really understand why Australia got it before the US?!
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RagingStorm |
RagingStormX- 11:42am GMT - November 9th, 2007
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Great news....but I still think if Transformers was released on Bluray, it would still be holding the HD record first week sales title....but thats just me.
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GordLacey
- 12:14pm GMT - November 9th, 2007
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Unfortunately this information isn't entirely correct. Paramount reported they sold 190,000 copies of Transformers, but NPD, a company that tracks sales, reported 115,000 copies sold. Keep in mind the NPD information doesn't include certain retailers such as Walmart. Sony has reported they sold 130,000 copies of Spider-man 3 on Blu-ray, but that number hasn't been backed by NPD (their data should be out later today). Right now you're comparing apples to organges; NPD's data could show SM3 sold 95,000 copies, which would be less than the 115,000 they reported for Transformers.
Gord
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meatee |
meateetj- 10:05pm GMT - November 9th, 2007
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What I also think is interesting is that Spider-Man 3 really wasn't that great of a movie; in fact, I'd say Transformers is the better movie. Despite that, Spider-Man 3 STILL outsold Transformers, so I think that's pretty good proof that Transformers would have sold a LOT more if it were on Blu-Ray. Nice job, Paramount morons.
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XB2B1
- 11:16pm GMT - November 9th, 2007
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The majority of HD-DVD owners have a player, not an add-on, so you can figure most of the 115,000 Transformers discs were not from Xbox 360 users (It can be downloaded in high def on the Xbox marketplace). So given the fact that most Blu-ray sales are from PS3 owners... this is embarrassing!! Where would Blu-ray be without the help of the Playstation? Extinct!
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