Nielsen Prediction Thread for 22.02.08 (due Wednesday 20.02.08)

[Winn]

With the news piling up, we might be approaching an early end to this. I am not sure how many more weeks we will see numbers published, but I intend to keep this going for at least this week.

While the war may not yet be technically over, you could not tell from HD DVDs release slate. There are no exclusives this week. They do have the two neutral titles, A Girls Gone Wild title and First Look's The Amateur.

Blu-ray adds a moderately sized slate of exclusives. Most notable among them are Sony' We Own the Night, Buena Vista's Gone Baby Gone and Becoming Jane and Warner's No Reservations.

In regards to the news that could impact the numbers, the Best Buy and Netflix news came out on Monday and would cover the entire week. The Toshiba rumors started on Thursday and Wal*Mart dropped the bomb on Friday.


IMPORTANT NOTE: Please make your prediction with BD:HD even if you are going to predict HD DVD winning the week. Also, you are predicting the BD numbers, the HD DVD is implied. If I am confused, I will ask you for clarification if there is time before the deadline. Otherwise, you are stuck with how I read it.

The prediction period will close at 5 P.M Eastern time. That is 2 P.M. for those of you in Pacific time. This will get us ahead of the leaks. The numbers on February 22nd will cover sales from February 11th-February 17th, inclusive.

HD DVD
The Amateur (First Look)
Girls Gone Wild:Baby Bash-Live and Uncensored (Mantra)

Blu-ray
The Amateur (First Look)
Girls Gone Wild:Baby Bash-Live and Uncensored (Mantra)
Becoming Jane (Buena Vista)
Gone Baby Gone (Buena Vista)
We Own The Night (Sony)
No Reservations (Warner)
Over America In High Definition (Topics)
Over California In High Definition (Topics)