81:19 Nielsen/VideoScan Weekly Sales Numbers

[gand41f]

Originally Posted by atomik kinder

That's probably why Best Buy has Meet the Robinsons for $22.99 this week. They have to give everyone a break after they spent so much. I bought a lot, but most of mine were catch up titles and new releases. I only did one BOGO. I still have money for Robinsons and Hostel and Hostel 2, not a fan of Stanley Kubric.

Well, whether you like him or not, Kubrick is a great filmmaker and I think he deserves to have his name spelled right. j/k

Meet the Robinsons $22.99 is a great price. Just that and the regular 2:1 split on Warner titles (plus the horror flood that's continuing the whole month, mostly from the Blu side) should give us decent numbers.

enjoy
gandalf

[atomik kinder]

Originally Posted by gand41f

Well, whether you like him or not, Kubrick is a great filmmaker and I think he deserves to have his name spelled right. j/k

Meet the Robinsons $22.99 is a great price. Just that and the regular 2:1 split on Warner titles (plus the horror flood that's continuing the whole month, mostly from the Blu side) should give us decent numbers.

enjoy
gandalf

Oops, I knew I should have looked it up.

[atomik kinder]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

Assume the worst and you're always prepared for it, and you're pleasantly suprised when things go your way. It's a more pragmatic approach that helps keep your from blinding yourself

Apparently, you have never read or watched The Secret. Thinking negatively only leads to a negative outcome, but if you think positively, positive things will happen. But i don't believe that at all. People I work with think I am too much of a pessimist.

[Alan Gordon]

Originally Posted by gand41f

I was in several retailers over the weekend (Fry's, BB, Target) and most had copies left. (Both DUD and DVD -- some DUD, a massive number of DVDs.) Of course, this means nothing unless we know how many copies of DUD were shipped.

I was in several stores last week... several of the Blu-ray titles were out of stock, but there were several Transformers HD DVDs left... and it appeared that only a few had sold up to that point. I purchased one myself (as much as I hate to admit it).

I purchased three Blu-ray's at Circuit City along with one HD DVD, "Transformers", one Blu-ray at Wal-Mart (which doesn't count in the sales) as well as NUMEROUS titles from Fry's (online) which may or may not count, and MJ Entertainment which probably doesn't count either.

That being said, DVDEmpire's sales for last week show Blu-ray at 59.92%, and HD DVD at 40.08%. While DVDEmpire's numbers are not indicative of retail as a whole, it's hopefully a good sign.

~Alan

[Luis_A51]

We're going to lose this week. I say its 45-55 for them this week.

Should bounce back and win the rest of the year though.

[Blu-Light]

Originally Posted by Luis_A51

We're going to lose this week. I say its 45-55 for them this week.

Should bounce back and win the rest of the year though.

Chill out. Everything is going to be fine.

[kowhite]

Originally Posted by Blu-Light

Chill out. Everything is going to be fine.

I'm sure everything will be fine but, I agree, I don't think Blu-Ray will win this week. I don't think it's bad to say that though...I think people might have overstimated the sale, and underestimated TF.

Instead...just think how big this week would've been if that movie was dual format. Half million? No problem if the 190k number that's getting out is true.

[JBlacklow]

Originally Posted by kowhite

Instead...just think how big this week would've been if that movie was dual format. Half million? No problem if the 190k number that's getting out is true.

However, that 190k number undoubtedly puts this week's numbers overwhelmingly for HD DVD. I'd be surprised if we break 25%. It's also enough to change the YTD and SI by a percentage point or 3.

[Blu-Light]

Originally Posted by JBlacklow

However, that 190k number undoubtedly puts this week's numbers overwhelmingly for HD DVD. I'd be surprised if we break 25%. It's also enough to change the YTD and SI by a percentage point or 3.

25%? Oh come on now. Please...

[monkyman]

I don't think there is a doubt HD-DVD will win this week, but hey, what can you expect if a blockbuster is exclusive. We just have to start another winning streak, that's all.

[UltimateFighter]

190,000 copies in one week...is that enough to move the Since Inception #?

[Slapper]

I'm still holding with my original guesstimate of 44/56 - Red for the win.

Looks like the winning streak may be over for Blu. I can't count to 50 anyway. I'll give this week to HD-DVD just so I don't have to go back to school.

Moving on to Spidey: How many the first week?
I say 250,000 boxed sets and 150,000 for the "single" Spidey 3 film. Minimum.

That's right, we're going to bury those damn robots!

[spam.curitiba]

Originally Posted by Slapper

I'm still holding with my original guesstimate of 44/56 - Red for the win.

Looks like the winning streak may be over for Blu. I can't count to 50 anyway. I'll give this week to HD-DVD just so I don't have to go back to school.

Moving on to Spidey: How many the first week?
I say 250,000 boxed sets and 150,000 for the "single" Spidey 3 film. Minimum.

That's right, we're going to bury those damn robots!

that would be HUGE numbers....do I think it will...I dunno

[MrBogey]

I'll take the prediction that Transformers wins the #1 slot for most sales but cumulatively Blu-ray still wins or at worst loses by a few points. The SI will remain neutral and so will the YTD.

[Luis_A51]

While TF probably won them the week, I doubt it'll move YTD or SI much, those BOGO sales must have counted for something. And OCT has been a good month, so there has to be residual sales still. Im expecting a narrow loss. No impact on SI.

[bdrex28]

Originally Posted by MrBogey

I'll take the prediction that Transformers wins the #1 slot for most sales but cumulatively Blu-ray still wins or at worst loses by a few points. The SI will remain neutral and so will the YTD.

I agree, this is my vote as well.

yes, they sold a ton of Transformers but you have to think that combined the BD sales were huge also.

Personally, I still don't see an exclusive movie as being a good indication.

I like to see movies that are big time that are releasing on the same day in both BD and HD-DVD. The reason is it shows us what's out there.

For example I really think the Harry Potter movies will show us where we stand.

[Slapper]

Originally Posted by spam.curitiba

that would be HUGE numbers....do I think it will...I dunno

Blu would only have to move twice as many units as Transformers did for HD-DVD. Plus, we have the PS3 in our corner. The PS3 consumers should show up at retail in a stampede the first week.

[HK-48]

Yes Transformers was big, but I doubt it will hurt us that much. And even if they win, we'll win next week and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next and the next.

[X400]

im not in the know about Nielsen when do their numbers come out? i thought it would be today

[Go Blu]

Originally Posted by X400

im not in the know about Nielsen when do their numbers come out? i thought it would be today

Every Friday for the week ending the Prior Sunday.
So we'll see where we stand come friday.