81:19 Nielsen/VideoScan Weekly Sales Numbers

[marzetta7]

Originally Posted by krispyjala

Did anyone notice the date for the number in HMM is 12/23/07? Are they a week behind?

Still, it doesn't invalidate DV's numbers for 12/30, since his new Top 5 included The Kingdom...

Didn't notice it, but now I do. I've updated OP to reflect the week of the 23rd.

[Grubert]

YTD ratios as of Dec. 30 on page 36!

1. 300 BD 100.00
2. Transformers HD DVD 76.06
3. PotC AWE BD 69.64
4. Casino Royale BD 54.00
5. Planet Earth HD 51.68

xx Bourne Ultimatum HD 51.49
xx 300 HD 49.87
xx Spider-Man 3 BD 46.17
xx Planet Earth BD 41.92
xx Harry Potter OOTP BD 31.68
xx Harry Potter OOTP HD 25.20

[Seretur]

Wow, it seems like POTC:AWE will end up outselling TF by a sizable margin within a month or two.

Didn't see that coming.

[Fozziwig]

Originally Posted by eat_me_cool

On the front page, retailers are complaining about the slow sales of HD.

Thats good, will encourage the studio's to take action.

And encourage the retailers to take action, of course.

[JAGUAR1977]

DV announced 61-39 again, 3 weeks in a row, the latest numbers includes the HD-DVD BOGO, so many expected HD-DVD to win the last week of the year.

SI moved on the figures in HMM (2 week old figures, NOT the latest!), because big numbers were sold the week before Christmas, the percentage doesn't need to move 1%, it may be hovering around 64.9% for example.

Unfortunately for HD-DVD, fighting tooth and nail for 0.5% last Christmas is pointless if they're going to lose 2%-3% in Q1 alone, due to such a poor software line-up.

[aphex]

wow pirates awe sales will probably surpass transformers pretty soon. 300 is GODLY

[marzetta7]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

Ok, I'm really confused.

Blade Runner on HD-DVD sold 24.95 vs. Bourne's 100.

This means that Blade Runner on HD-DVD sold .2495 * 98.36 = 24.54 for overall sales.

59.97 combined for BladeRunner means that Bladerunner combined sold 59.97/.9836 = 60.97 overall.

60.97 overall - 24.54 HD-DVD equals 36.43 sales for Blu-Ray.

That would have put it at #7 for the top 10 overall. Yet it's not there.

Show me where my math is bad please.

Where did 98.36 come from?

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by aphex

wow pirates awe sales will probably surpass transformers pretty soon. 300 is GODLY

I'm going to watch 300 again to night , this will be the fifth time Thanks

[Jimbo976]

Originally Posted by Terjyn

Ok, I'm really confused.

Blade Runner on HD-DVD sold 24.95 vs. Bourne's 100.

This means that Blade Runner on HD-DVD sold .2495 * 98.36 = 24.54 for overall sales.

59.97 combined for BladeRunner means that Bladerunner combined sold 59.97/.9836 = 60.97 overall.

60.97 overall - 24.54 HD-DVD equals 36.43 sales for Blu-Ray.

That would have put it at #7 for the top 10 overall. Yet it's not there.

Show me where my math is bad please.

Yep I came up with exactly the same conclusion. One of the following has to be true:

-the combined number of 59.97 is wrong
-the HD number of 24.95 is wrong
-the hi-def sellers list is missing Blade Runner on Blu-ray
-The combined number somehow includes both versions of the title (collectors and ultimate)

There is a typo on that page for sure.

[ACD]

Grubert,

Could you help calculate out the Blade Runner ratios? It seems like the top ten should have the BD listed.

Thanks.

[hc666]

Was hoping the ratio would be bigger. Not going to see any white flags until it's at least 80:20 for awhile straight.

[NutsAboutPS3]

Originally Posted by greekjgg

I'm not going to push the panic button, but wouldn't a 1% increase in YTD for HD Dud during the 4th quarter suggest that they did have to move quite a bit of titles to take that 1% chunk for us?

It would seem that little things like this are what Warner would discuss in planning for the next year.

Look at it as like a game of football (soccer) where the Blu-ray team is leading 2-0 at half time. 100:0 for each ratio. Then in the 2nd half, the Blu-ray team takes it 2-1, for a final score of 4-1. 2nd half is 66:34, and overall is 80:20. BUT, the Blu-ray team in fact extended their lead in the 2nd half. They were 2 goals up at the end of the 1st half and 3 goals up at the end of the 2nd half. So don't mistake the ratio improving for HD DVD as signifying the losing side catching up, the ratio can improve for them at the same time as they fall further and further behind.

[Terjyn]

Originally Posted by marzetta7

Where did 98.36 come from?

98.36 is Bourne Ultimatum on the combined chart, being 100 on the overall chart.

[JAGUAR1977]

Originally Posted by hc666

Was hoping the ratio would be bigger. Not going to see any white flags until it's at least 80:20 for awhile straight.

Again, this is TWO weeks ago.

Figures were leaked last night for the 30th, and it was another 61-39, which is significant as it was post Christmas, and HD-DVD had a BOGO at Amazon, and a B2GF at Best Buy.

Next week could see Bluray hit 75-25.

[Seretur]

Wow, were they hungover when they made this week's HMM or what?

On page 36, Happy Feet is listed (in the DVD chart) as a Disney title.

Amazing.

[Go Blu]

That 30 Days of Night cover looks pretty sweet on the back cover of the magazine.

[cathexist]

Don't we still have to wait for the week ended 12/30/07 to celebrate a complete year of outselling HD-DVD?

I mean, I'm sure that we did...but aren't a lot of people jumping the gun?

[Jimbo976]

Originally Posted by cathexist

Don't we still have to wait for the week ended 12/30/07 to celebrate a complete year of outselling HD-DVD?

I mean, I'm sure that we did...but aren't a lot of people jumping the gun?

Why do people keep questioning David Vaughns numbers? He has been bang on every single week. He has said the week ending Dec. 30 is also 61:39 Blu-ray. He is even giving out more and more Neilsen data all the time that doesn't even get put into HMM.

[OokieSpookie]

Originally Posted by cathexist

Don't we still have to wait for the week ended 12/30/07 to celebrate a complete year of outselling HD-DVD?

I mean, I'm sure that we did...but aren't a lot of people jumping the gun?

The numbers for the 30th are known

[OokieSpookie]

Originally Posted by Jimbo976

Why do people keep questioning David Vaughns numbers? He has been bang on every single week. He has said the week ending Dec. 30 is also 61:39 Blu-ray. He is even giving out more and more Neilsen data all the time that doesn't even get put into HMM.

I do not get it either, the last few fridays I see people on here "zomg I can't stop hitting f5 lulz" and "wtf where are the numbers I have to have the numbers!!" when they were known days before.