81:19 Nielsen/VideoScan Weekly Sales Numbers

[The Don]

Originally Posted by MrBogey

I swear some people would cry if blu-ray didn't have a single release while HD DVD had several day and date releases and blu-ray still took the week.

are you implying that they don't cry already?

[shamus]

Originally Posted by phloyd

Where did you see it show up on the DUD side? It is not in the HD DVD top 10.

BTW, sales ratio for 300 this week is 71:29 roughly.

What about oceans 13? That would be an important number.

[mov9384ie]

Originally Posted by shamus

What about oceans 13? That would be an important number.

using diehard as 100%

ocean13 blu-ray = 28.86
ocean13 hd-dvd = 17.23

as a ratio that's ~63:37

[PS3Maniac]

Originally Posted by mov9384ie

using diehard as 100%

ocean13 blu-ray = 28.86
ocean13 hd-dvd = 17.23

as a ratio that's ~63:37

Very good news. Keep those 2:1 ratios rolling, people.

[MerrickG]

Unfortunately 300 is no longer a reliable indicator due to the fact that its now being bundled in 3rd gen players.

[shamus]

Originally Posted by mov9384ie

using diehard as 100%

ocean13 blu-ray = 28.86
ocean13 hd-dvd = 17.23

as a ratio that's ~63:37

Thanks!

[roachxp]

HP5 will be the new indicator till something better comes along.

[dustin410]

Like the Resident Evil Trilogy. Can't wait for part one and three. I have the second already. Love these movies.

[WickyWoo]

Unfortunately 300 is no longer a reliable indicator due to the fact that its now being bundled in 3rd gen players.

Bundled discs, like the Spidey 3s in Sony products are not scanned for Nielsen

[MerrickG]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

Bundled discs, like the Spidey 3s in Sony products are not scanned for Nielsen

What Im saying is that people are not going to purchase a disc that comes with the player. If this disc was not bundled sales would be higher.

[Grisle]

Originally Posted by westend

I dare say Superbad may outsell Pirates. I went to Walmart and Best Buy yesterday and today and Superbad was nearly sold out while plenty of Pirates 3 copies remained on the shelf.

Could it be because they probably stocked way less copies...I think so.

[Grisle]

Originally Posted by PS3Maniac

Very good news. Keep those 2:1 ratios rolling, people.

That's not quite 2:1.

[quetzalcoatl]

Originally Posted by Grisle

Could it be because they probably stocked way less copies...I think so.

How about a guarentee that they got 5-10X the number of copies of Pirates.

[Iron Man]

I think the Harry Potter numbers are the most important right now, they will show the state of the format war.

What numbers do people expect for Harry Potter

[Nooff]

Originally Posted by marinelife9

I wonder how Planet Earth is selling in Europe?

The BD version is selling more

[Grubert]

Top 10 chart with previous week ranking in brackets:

1 (1) Live Free or Die Hard BD
2 (-) Planet Earth HD
3 (3) Spider-Man 3 BD
4 (6) Transformers HD
5 (4) Ratatouille BD
6 (-) Planet Earth BD
7 (10) 300 BD
8 (5) Shrek the Third HD
9 (8) Ocean's Thirteen BD
10 (7) Hairspray BD

Apart from the amazing jump by Planet Earth HD DVD, the BD also increased sales, although to a lesser extent. 300 BD also seems to have improved absolute sales. Transformers shows great legs.

[Fozziwig]

Originally Posted by Iron Man

I think the Harry Potter numbers are the most important right now, they will show the state of the format war.

What numbers do people expect for Harry Potter

WB will certainly be watching these closely. HD DVD have had their chance to put tens of thousands of cheap HD DVD players into consumers hands. They're going up against around 350,000 BD standalones and 2.5 million PS3's.

What I really hope (and expect) is that 'Harry Potter' on Blu-ray will outsell the HD DVD version by better than 2:1.

This will prove once and for all to Warner that HD DVD cannot gain ground on Blu-ray no matter how cheap their players get - or how many movies they give away with each one!

WB will know 100% exactly what to do if they want HDM to succeed in a big way (ie: not supporting a failing format). Let's hope they've got the balls to do the right thing.

[greekjgg]

Here is Engadgets take on this weeks numbers:

Just when Blu-ray fans thought they'd run away with it, the red camp strikes back with a 58/42 (1.38:1) split according to the Nielsen VideoScan numbers courtesy of Home Media magazine. The fun part is trying to figure out what everyone bought. Looking at the top ten list, we can only assume that all those new HD-A2 owners have finally started buying movies -- either that or everyone went out and bought a second copy of Planet Earth. The most interesting thing, is that even though HD DVD almost sold as many titles as Blu-ray, only three made the top ten, and none of them were released the same week. This tells us that a lot of people bought a wide array of titles, which is good news for red. This isn't the best they've done since we've been tracking, in fact when Transformers was released it was 55/45. We can't wait to check out the numbers next week, to see if red's new legs can hold up against the latest installment of Pirates.

Now, before I'm accused of being a troll I want to say that I had similiar thoughts of this article when seeing the 58:42. I know there can be an "Oprah" effect, and maybe alot of people bought the wrong format. Another thing to consider is that sony sold a ton of ps3's in the last couple of weeks and I don't see how this is paying off in an increase of titles sold where it seems to be happening for the A2 crowd. This next week with HP is going to be the most crucial week and I believe the conditions are favorable for Dud to pull off a win with HP.

[patrick99]

Originally Posted by Grubert

Top 10 chart with previous week ranking in brackets:

1 (1) Live Free or Die Hard BD
2 (-) Planet Earth HD
3 (3) Spider-Man 3 BD
4 (6) Transformers HD
5 (4) Ratatouille BD
6 (-) Planet Earth BD
7 (10) 300 BD
8 (5) Shrek the Third HD
9 (8) Ocean's Thirteen BD
10 (7) Hairspray BD

Apart from the amazing jump by Planet Earth HD DVD, the BD also increased sales, although to a lesser extent. 300 BD also seems to have improved absolute sales. Transformers shows great legs.

What was number 2 the previous week, G?

[blujacket]

No way red sells more Potter.