Q2 day-and-date: what we're getting and what we aren't

[Grubert]

With all the talk about when Universal and Paramount are jumping onboard (no, I don't know), I decided to find out what whas the situation exactly. In other words, what are the major titles that are going to be released soon on DVD, and which of them are being released on Blu-ray or not?

To do that, I went to the site videoeta.com (which has all announced and rumored titles for DVD). I sorted the titles by month, and selected those that had a box office of at least $10 million.



April

Title                         Studio    BD
27 Dresses                     Fox     Yes
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem   Fox     Yes
Alvin & The Chipmunks          Fox     Yes
Charlie Wilson's War           Uni     No
Cloverfield                    Para    No
Juno                           Fox     Yes
Lions for Lambs                MGM     No
One Missed Call                WB      Yes
Sweeney Todd                   Para    No
The Golden Compass             NL      Yes
The Water Horse                Sony    Yes
There Will Be Blood            Para    No
Walk Hard                      Sony    Yes

May

Title                         Studio    BD
Bon Cop, Bad Cop               BFS
First Sunday                   Sony    Yes
Mad Money                      Starz
Meet the Spartans              Fox
National Treasure 2            BV      Yes
P.S. I Love You                WB      Yes
Rambo                          LG      Yes
The Great Debaters             TWC
Untraceable                    Sony    Yes

June

Title                         Studio    BD
Definitely, Maybe              Uni
Grindhouse                     TWC
Jumper                         Fox
Step Up 2 the Streets          BV
The Bucket List                WB
The Eye                        LG
The Other Boleyn Girl          Sony
The Spiderwick Chronicles      Para
Vantage Point                  Sony
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins    Uni

Summary: the month which is hit hardest by Paramount/Universal absence is April, with Charlie Wilson's War, Cloverfield, Sweeney Todd and There Will Be Blood. May is unaffected: Uni/Para have no big titles for that month. In June (based on unconfirmed titles, because very little has been announced yet), the only big absence will be The Spiderwick Chronicles; the two Universal titles are comedies.

[Thertel88]

I doubt all those titles are june, they will save some for july

[Grubert]

Originally Posted by Thertel88

I doubt all those titles are june, they will save some for july

Possibly.

The first really big Uni/Para titles open in theaters in May: Indy 4 for Paramount and Iron Man for Universal.

[Poonking]

I really want cloverfield come on paramount give us what we want and if you have time throw in transformers too

[Minimejer05]

Grindhouse is June? When was this announced?

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by Grubert

Possibly.

The first really big Uni/Para titles open in theaters in May: Indy 4 for Paramount and Iron Man for Universal.

These two I need to have I would want some of the April releases like There Will be Bood. Hopefully, we will hear some announcements from Universal and Paramount very soon.

[NoQuestion]

Originally Posted by BlueNeon

These two I need to have I would want some of the April releases like There Will be Bood. Hopefully, we will hear some announcements from Universal and Paramount very soon.

Both of these titles will release on bluray this fall day and date. By that time both universal and paramount will have been releasing titles for awhile. Also, it was stated in an article on this site(around time of CES) that Indy 4 was already being prepped for blu release. Both of these titles are high on my want list. Throw in hellboy 2, hulk 2, step brothers(will ferrell), wall-e, etc etc.. its going to be a nice fall for bluray releases this year.

[DetroitSportsFan]

Originally Posted by Minimejer05

Grindhouse is June? When was this announced?

I haven't heard anything about a DVD re-release either.

There is a 6 DVD Grindhose set coming out in Japan tomorrow.

[Alan Gordon]

It appears that $10 million may be the sweet spot as I have several titles missing from that list that have no Blu-ray announcement as of yet.

April

Title                         Studio    BD
27 Dresses                     Fox     Yes
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem   Fox     Yes
Alvin & The Chipmunks          Fox     Yes
Charlie Wilson's War           Uni     No
Cloverfield                    Para    No
Juno                           Fox     Yes
In The Name Of The King        Fox     No
Lions for Lambs                MGM     No
One Missed Call                WB      Yes
Sweeney Todd                   Para    No
The Final Season               Sony    No
The Golden Compass             NL      Yes
The Water Horse                Sony    Yes
There Will Be Blood            Para    No
Walk Hard                      Sony    Yes

May

Title                         Studio    BD
Bon Cop, Bad Cop               BFS
First Sunday                   Sony    Yes
Killing Zelda Sparks           WB      No
Mad Money                      Starz
Meet the Spartans              Fox
National Treasure 2            BV      Yes
Over Her Dead Body             NL      No
P.S. I Love You                WB      Yes
Rambo                          LG      Yes
The Great Debaters             TWC
The Hottie And The Nottie      TWC     No
Untraceable                    Sony    Yes

June

Title                         Studio    BD
Definitely, Maybe              Uni
Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs  Fox     No
Grindhouse                     TWC
Jumper                         Fox
Step Up 2 the Streets          BV
The Bucket List                WB
The Eye                        LG
The Other Boleyn Girl          Sony
The Spiderwick Chronicles      Para
Vantage Point                  Sony
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins    Uni

OK, so... "In The Name Of The King" being omitted should probably come as no surprise, and I really just added "The Hottie And The Nottie" as a joke. "The Final Season" isn't really a big surprise... though given the amount of "inspirational" sports films on Blu-ray, it's a wonder it wasn't released. "Killing Zelda Sparks" is a direct-to-video title that I just put on there because any time a film with Sarah Carter misses out on a HDM release, we are all the worse off! "Over Her Dead Body" didn't do very well, and it appears that NLHV has taken some time off (other than "The Golden Compass") given the fact that they've snubbed a title or two ("Rendition" comes to mind right off) since the start of the year. "Mad Money" that you listed is a little bit of a surprise (even though it didn't do very well) due to the amount of advertising the film got (of course, I guess the same could be said for OHDB), and it's not surprising that "Futurama" got HDM-snubbed again even though it's got a cult following.

While studios are still not releasing many TV on Blu-ray titles, there are several titles announced for the next few months that have been snubbed as well:

April

Title                                          Month      Studio          BD
Painkiller Jane: Complete Series             March        Starz           No
Friday Night Lights: Season Two              April        Universal       No
Weeds: Season Three                          June         Lionsgate       YES
Burn Notice: Season One                      June         Fox             No
My Boys: Season One                          June         Sony            No

UniversalHD aired a marathon of this show one day, so it's available in HD, but given the ratings, I'm not surprised it's not showing up. FNL is Universal, and I'm not really sure it would make much of a difference anyway given how the show was shot. Though I'm not surprised, I'm still disappointed by "Burn Notice" and "My Boys" though...

WOW!! I'm going to be BROKE in June....

~Alan

[cajmoyper]

I'm not looking forward to any of those. Hopefully, that won't be all.

[groovyone]

Of all those, I think Juno is the only one I am buying. Oh, and Weeds.

[CassilineKnight]

I might be getting Juno...and possibly P.S. I Love You.

[DealsR4theDevil]

Originally Posted by Minimejer05

Grindhouse is June? When was this announced?

Ya, where did u get this info?

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by DealsR4theDevil

Ya, where did u get this info?

Originally Posted by Grubert

To do that, I went to the site videoeta.com(which has all announced and rumored titles for DVD). I sorted the titles by month, and selected those that had a box office of at least $10 million.

~Alan

[WickyWoo]

Typically a movie hits DVD 4-6 months after theatrical debut. Early winter (Jan/Feb) titles tend to hit in 4 months, while big summer movies tend to take closer to 5 months. Christmas titles are often held till the following Xmas

[Thertel88]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

Typically a movie hits DVD 4-6 months after theatrical debut. Early winter (Jan/Feb) titles tend to hit in 4 months, while big summer movies tend to take closer to 5 months. Christmas titles are often held till the following Xmas

I think NT2 took the longest being 5 months for a winter release. Yeah, like Santa Clause 3 came out in Nov 2006 but released on DVD and BD Nov 2007 same thing that will happen with Fred Clause

[Grubert]

Average theatrical-to-DVD windows in 2007 were 4½ months per Video Business (first time they increased in years).

[Blaumann]

There will be blood is available for preorder in Germany, release date june 18.

http://www.amazon.de/There-Will-Be-B...=3RFIS2CN9Z4GJ

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by Thertel88

I think NT2 took the longest being 5 months for a winter release. Yeah, like Santa Clause 3 came out in Nov 2006 but released on DVD and BD Nov 2007 same thing that will happen with Fred Clause

Don't forget that Lionsgate released "This Christmas" theatrically last year, but it won't be released to DVD/Blu-ray until this Christmas.

~Alan

[Alan Gordon]

I'm editing my TV list to include "Rescue Me" which is getting a DVD release, but NO Blu-ray release.

April

Title                                          Month      Studio          BD
Painkiller Jane: Complete Series             March        Starz           No
Friday Night Lights: Season Two              April        Universal       No
Weeds: Season Three                          June         Lionsgate       YES
Burn Notice: Season One                      June         Fox             No
My Boys: Season One                          June         Sony            No
Rescue Me: Season Four                       June         Sony            No

~Alan