HALLOWEEN (1978) 40th Anniversary Edition | Lionsgate | Sep 24 2018

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Originally Posted by paulboland

4K UHD disc sales are still tiny compared to sales of DVD/Blu-ray Discs in UK

There is yes an increase of 4K TV'S purchased in the UK and main reason for this is most new TV's on the market for sale are 4K but a lot of these consumers who have these 4K TV's have not upgraded to purchasing UHD discs yet a lot are sticking with DVD or Blu-ray
There is more uptake of 4K streaming using Netflix and other streaming services providing 4K than UHD disc sales.

As with any new format there is an increasing numbers that are purchasing 4K UHD discs but reality is it's still tiny in comparison to sales of Dvd and Blu-ray discs


New films are mostly what gets released in UK on 4K UHD with small amount of back catalog


A lot of steelbook new release releases for example in UK are split between 2D/3D and 4K/2D with most of the print run going towards 2D/3D steelbooks
Same steelbook just discs content and jcard changed

HMV yes have being doing all in one 4K/2D/3D steelbooks but these are struggling to sell out at full price


Halloween 1978 I agree would likely sell well on UHD in UK/Europe but a lot of the smaller film distributors in UK with back catalog titles are not in a rush to do 4K UHD at the moment

Universal/Warner/Sony/Fox are the ones who have mostly in UK who have released back catalog titles on 4K UHD

Halloween 2018 the new film when released on home media will likely see 4K UHD release in UK as that will be a universal release

If halloween 1978 had of been distributed in uk by universal instead of lionsgate you would have seen that release for sure on UHD


I'm sure it will happen lionsgate do a 4k UHD release but you might be left waiting awhile

Of course it’s tiny, that’s natural at this stage.