2 Millionth Sony Blu-ray to sell this week

[glenn22]

Quote from Digital Bits:

"Finally today, just a quick note: Industry sources are telling us the Blu-ray Disc format is expected to sell its 2 millionth disc in North America this week, probably either today or tomorrow."

[Sonny]

I think I already bought it

[glenn22]

Originally Posted by Sonny

I think I already bought it

I believe it... don't you own 2 million by yourself? </sarcasm>

[sssick]

Is there a prize in the box???????

[buckshot]

I just got an amzon $25 gift card. i'm going to buy the 2 millionth blu ray and frame it.

[CAB]

Originally Posted by glenn22

I believe it... don't you own 2 million by yourself? </sarcasm>

Pics! Can you imagine standing on that stack of Blu-rays and getting an up close look at Neil Armstrong's footprints?

[sj001]

Beautiful, it's accelerating very quickly, didn't the millionth disc sell in November?

[glenn22]

Originally Posted by sj001

Beautiful, it's accelerating very quickly, didn't the millionth disc sell in November?

Actually I think it was in April that the 1 millionth was sold.

[Fozziwig]

Originally Posted by glenn22

Quote from Digital Bits:

"Finally today, just a quick note: Industry sources are telling us the Blu-ray Disc format is expected to sell its 2 millionth disc in North America this week, probably either today or tomorrow."

So what was this about then????

Originally Posted by Grubert

Source: USA Today (1)

A. Overall number of copies sold

1. Cumulative sales by quarter (2)

Through      Blu-ray        HD DVD
03/31        832,500       359,300
06/30      1,600,000       795,000
09/30      2,600,000     1,400,000
12/30      5,700,000     3,200,000

2. Quarterly sales

Quarter      Blu-ray        HD DVD
Q1           832,500       359,300
Q2           767,500       435,700
Q3         1,000,000       605,000
Q4         3,100,000     1,800,000

B. Top selling discs

1. Aggregate by title (3)

#   Title                 Copies
1.  300                  472,400
2.  Planet Earth         294,300
3.  Transformers         239,100
4.  POTC: At World's End 219,300
5.  Harry Potter OOTP    179,500
6.  The Departed         171,800
7.  Casino Royale        169,800
8.  Bourne Ultimatum     162,300
9.  Spider-Man 3         145,300
10. Ratatouille          117,500

2. By SKU (4)

#   Title                 Copies
1.  300                  315,200
2.  Transformers         239,100
3.  POTC: At World's End 219,300
4.  Casino Royale        169,800
5.  Planet Earth         162,500
6.  Bourne Ultimatum     162,300
7.  300                  157,200
8.  Spider-Man 3         145,300
9.  Planet Earth         131,800
10. Ratatouille          117,500

xx  The Departed         106,700
xx  Harry Potter OOTP    100,000
xx  Harry Potter OOTP     79,500
xx  The Departed          65,100

Notes

1. Thanks to forum member CochiseGuy for first finding and posting this article.

2. The figures for the first three quarters came from Home Media Research (Q1, Q2, Q3). The figures for the fourth quarter come from the Redhill Group. Note that Judith McCourt, formerly Director Sales and Marketing for Home Media Research, now works at the Redhill Group, so it is very likely that she took her spreadsheets along with her.

3. Figures from the Redhill Group. These figures are higher than the Nielsen VideoScan figures leaked, and like the Home Media Research figures in the past, in all likelihood include sales outside Nielsen coverage.

4. These figures have been calculated from the aggregate sales figures listed above, and disaggregated using Nielsen VideoScan ratios.

http://forums.highdefdigest.com/show...90&postcount=1

Some mistake somewhere. On my records Blu-ray sold its 2 millionth disc (SI) in July 2007 (North America).

And then there's this:

According to recently released numbers from Home Media Research, sales of Blu-ray discs totaled 2.6 million units from January 1 through Sept 30, versus 1.4 million HD DVD discs sold over the same period. That's a 1.85:1 sales lead for Blu-ray for the first nine months of this year.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/1102

I await further details with interest.

[darkwing]

maybe they mean 4 million instead? @_@ i thought the 2 million mark this week was a bit low

[glenn22]

Originally Posted by Fozziwig

So what was this about then????


http://forums.highdefdigest.com/show...90&postcount=1

Some mistake somewhere. On my records Blu-ray sold its 2 millionth disc (SI) in July 2007 (North America).

And then there's this:


http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/1102

I await further details with interest.

Could those figures be worldwide?? that's all I can think of... otherwise you'll have to ask Bill Hunt as I got it directly from his two cents post.

[Fozziwig]

Originally Posted by glenn22

Could those figures be worldwide?? that's all I can think of... otherwise you'll have to ask Bill Hunt as I got it directly from his two cents post.

Nope. These are ALL North America numbers.

Someone has made a mistake.

On my estimates Blu-ray sold approx. 2 million units just in Q4 2007 - that's NA as well.

Hopefully we will get the source of this number and what it actually refers to. Most likely it is for one Blu-ray studio rather than total disc sales.

[Fozziwig]

Ah, yes. Here we are! From The Bits...

Finally today, just a quick note: Industry sources are telling us that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is expected to sell its 2 millionth Blu-ray Disc in North America this week, probably either today or tomorrow.

[xcg001]

Sorry guys, this specifically says Sony Pictures Entertainment 2 milionth disk.
The figures quoted before (5.7mil) are from ALL studios not just SPE.
And I think Warner and Disney (BV) actually sold more disks than SPE so total should have passed 6mil already - may be even close to 7th mil.

EDIT: Fozziwig beat me by a minute..

[Luis_A51]

or maybe he meant 6 and not 2

[eat_me_cool]

The last I heard it was taking six weeks to sell a million BD in the US.

maybe he means Year to Date?

[Fozziwig]

Originally Posted by eat_me_cool

The last I heard it was taking six weeks to sell a million BD in the US.

maybe he means Year to Date?

No more guessing required. This is what Bill actually said :

Finally today, just a quick note: Industry sources are telling us that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is expected to sell its 2 millionth Blu-ray Disc in North America this week, probably either today or tomorrow.

http://www.digitalbits.com/#mytwocents

[Bullseye]

Well i just ordered another 6 movies from amazon.

[Grubert]

Originally Posted by Fozziwig

No more guessing required. This is what Bill actually said :


http://www.digitalbits.com/#mytwocents

Actually he actually said 2 million Blu-ray discs. I emailed him to say that wasn't possible, and he corrected his post.

[jw]

This is very interesting how close the HDDVD and BLU are
xx Harry Potter OOTP 100,000
xx Harry Potter OOTP 79,500

and I dont think there was a BOGO on this title