Pre-production cost - Blu-ray Forum

NutsAboutPS3 · 06-08-2007, 11:35 AM

I would be very surprised if most HD releases are turning any profit at all at the moment. What we also need to know is how much money the studio receives for each sale after everyone else has taken their slice? $2, perhaps? So if we consider the average reasonable selling HD movie is selling perhaps 10k copies, that would only give them $20k to spend on bringing the disc into production, and I'm sure it must cost more than that.

GasCat · 06-09-2007, 01:14 AM

I thought I read 500 dollars an hour and it would take two weeks. Probably wrong but no one else is answering so let's speculate.

Besides it will push this thread back up and we may get an answer by someone in the know.

jbuttler007 · 06-09-2007, 02:38 AM

With everything going hi-def, companies will eventually have no choice. Imagine any of the companies never going to DVD. The would be out of business. Yes or No.

Musashi · 06-09-2007, 04:32 PM

Well, still not clear on what it costs to turn a catalog DVD into a quality BD, but even if it's a direct loss, I have to figure in these early stages, any new movie should help increase the sales of all the others. Often times, like for myself, it takes a certain number of available films for me to adopt a new format. When I went blu, I counted about 20 I wanted to start with, and about 70 scheduled for an eventual release.

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06-08-2007, 11:35 AM	#1
NutsAboutPS3 Expert Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:UK Blu-ray reviews:1	I would be very surprised if most HD releases are turning any profit at all at the moment. What we also need to know is how much money the studio receives for each sale after everyone else has taken their slice? $2, perhaps? So if we consider the average reasonable selling HD movie is selling perhaps 10k copies, that would only give them $20k to spend on bringing the disc into production, and I'm sure it must cost more than that.

06-09-2007, 01:14 AM	#2
GasCat Special Member Member since:Jan 2007 Blu-ray reviews:1	I thought I read 500 dollars an hour and it would take two weeks. Probably wrong but no one else is answering so let's speculate. Besides it will push this thread back up and we may get an answer by someone in the know.

06-09-2007, 02:38 AM	#3
jbuttler007 Active Member Member since:Mar 2007 Location:Ayase-Shi, Japan	With everything going hi-def, companies will eventually have no choice. Imagine any of the companies never going to DVD. The would be out of business. Yes or No.

06-09-2007, 04:32 PM	#4
Musashi Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Manchester, CT Home Theater Gallery:5 4K collection:25 Blu-ray collection:337 Blu-ray reviews: 1	Well, still not clear on what it costs to turn a catalog DVD into a quality BD, but even if it's a direct loss, I have to figure in these early stages, any new movie should help increase the sales of all the others. Often times, like for myself, it takes a certain number of available films for me to adopt a new format. When I went blu, I counted about 20 I wanted to start with, and about 70 scheduled for an eventual release.

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