Q2 day-and-date: what we're getting and what we aren't

[Grubert]

With all the talk about when Universal and Paramount are jumping onboard (no, I don't know), I decided to find out what whas the situation exactly. In other words, what are the major titles that are going to be released soon on DVD, and which of them are being released on Blu-ray or not?

To do that, I went to the site videoeta.com (which has all announced and rumored titles for DVD). I sorted the titles by month, and selected those that had a box office of at least $10 million.



April

Title                         Studio    BD
27 Dresses                     Fox     Yes
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem   Fox     Yes
Alvin & The Chipmunks          Fox     Yes
Charlie Wilson's War           Uni     No
Cloverfield                    Para    No
Juno                           Fox     Yes
Lions for Lambs                MGM     No
One Missed Call                WB      Yes
Sweeney Todd                   Para    No
The Golden Compass             NL      Yes
The Water Horse                Sony    Yes
There Will Be Blood            Para    No
Walk Hard                      Sony    Yes

May

Title                         Studio    BD
Bon Cop, Bad Cop               BFS
First Sunday                   Sony    Yes
Mad Money                      Starz
Meet the Spartans              Fox
National Treasure 2            BV      Yes
P.S. I Love You                WB      Yes
Rambo                          LG      Yes
The Great Debaters             TWC
Untraceable                    Sony    Yes

June

Title                         Studio    BD
Definitely, Maybe              Uni
Grindhouse                     TWC
Jumper                         Fox
Step Up 2 the Streets          BV
The Bucket List                WB
The Eye                        LG
The Other Boleyn Girl          Sony
The Spiderwick Chronicles      Para
Vantage Point                  Sony
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins    Uni

Summary: the month which is hit hardest by Paramount/Universal absence is April, with Charlie Wilson's War, Cloverfield, Sweeney Todd and There Will Be Blood. May is unaffected: Uni/Para have no big titles for that month. In June (based on unconfirmed titles, because very little has been announced yet), the only big absence will be The Spiderwick Chronicles; the two Universal titles are comedies.