Alvin and the chipmunks sells big time for Fox on DVD and Blu-ray - Blu-ray Forum

Elandyll · 04-03-2008, 04:12 AM

2.6 million copies (DVD + Blu Ray) on the first day of sale ...

http://www.videobusiness.com/article...?desc=topstory

Now we need to know the ratio of Blus in there, I hope more than 10% (one can dream, that would be 260.000 Blus in one day

)

BirdManJr · 04-03-2008, 04:15 AM

I got it today....Havent watched it yet tho...It did good in theatre sales and good in dvd/blu ray sales...I wish they wouldve put more extras in it...or something cool....But its all good.

iNCREDiPiNOY · 04-03-2008, 04:17 AM

I haven't opened my giftset. I'll wait until my birthday arrived, hehehe!

nycomet · 04-03-2008, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by iNCREDiPiNOY

I haven't opened my giftset. I'll wait until my birthday arrived, hehehe!

Happy BD

I want Alvin & the Chipmincks, but I will wait until it comes down to HALF the current asking price.

LiveFree/DieWithRed · 04-03-2008, 04:26 AM

My birthday is in 2 days. Saturday I turn 21.

Now whats in the gift set?

iNCREDiPiNOY · 04-03-2008, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by LiveFree/DieWithRed

My birthday is in 2 days. Saturday I turn 21.

Now whats in the gift set?

3 Plush Toys
Alvin
Simon
Theodore

owa · 04-03-2008, 05:06 AM

Cool, hopefully we'll get a breakdown of the sales at some point.

LiveFree/DieWithRed · 04-03-2008, 05:06 AM

Well I contributed to 1 blu.

richterbon23 · 04-03-2008, 05:24 AM

i really enjoyed this movie in blu. and nothing beats the three little plush chipmunks that come in the gift set. They make my home theatre look so much happier

beavis667 · 04-03-2008, 12:04 PM

Why did HD-DVD fail? Alvin and the Chipmunks has DTS-MA audio and Transformers doesn't.

MOONPHASE · 04-03-2008, 12:27 PM

the movie doesnt interest me but if they bring out the old cartoons on blu-ray i would be happy

Grubert · 04-03-2008, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elandyll

2.6 million copies (DVD + Blu Ray) on the first day of sale ...

http://www.videobusiness.com/article...?desc=topstory

Now we need to know the ratio of Blus in there, I hope more than 10% (one can dream, that would be 260.000 Blus in one day

)

I think it will be less, it's a kids movie and those don't sell that well on hidef.

Quote:

Originally Posted by beavis667

Why did HD-DVD fail? Alvin and the Chipmunks has DTS-MA audio and Transformers doesn't.

Then again the chipmunks could blow the tweeters on your audio setup.

horseflesh · 04-03-2008, 01:32 PM

What is 2.6m day one sales likely to translate to for the full week? 5 million? Even 5% Blu-ray would make 250k. 5% of a more modest 3.5m would give 175k Blu-ray. Impressive!

jw · 04-03-2008, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by horseflesh

What is 2.6m day one sales likely to translate to for the full week? 5 million? Even 5% Blu-ray would make 250k. 5% of a more modest 3.5m would give 175k Blu-ray. Impressive!

I wonder if that includes WM sale numbers?

DetroitSportsFan · 04-03-2008, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by horseflesh

What is 2.6m day one sales likely to translate to for the full week? 5 million? Even 5% Blu-ray would make 250k. 5% of a more modest 3.5m would give 175k Blu-ray. Impressive!

It could break 150k on Blu this week, which is more that anyone expected.

DetroitSportsFan · 04-03-2008, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jwbbud

I wonder if that includes WM sale numbers?

The article doesn't say the numbers came from Nielsen, but I don't think Wal-Mart gets counted.

Grubert · 04-03-2008, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jwbbud

I wonder if that includes WM sale numbers?

Those are studio numbers, so in all likelihood yes.

Chaka · 04-03-2008, 04:05 PM

If Wal-mart is any indicator then I think its way less than 10% of blu-ray sales. They have a two huge Alvin displays with close to 500 sd-dvds and only carry about 25 blu-rays of the movie. Same way with Enchanted. Sold out of the blu-ray version the first day while they still had a crap load of the sd-dvds. I think blu-ray sales numbers are closer to 1-2% of total sales. You also have to think that the sd-dvd was on sale for $13.99 at Frys and $15.99 at Best Buy for the standard non special version while the blu-ray was $29.99. That is a $15 difference. Huge price gap for a kids movie that a parent gets for their kids.

MarekM · 04-03-2008, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by horseflesh

What is 2.6m day one sales likely to translate to for the full week? 5 million? Even 5% Blu-ray would make 250k. 5% of a more modest 3.5m would give 175k Blu-ray. Impressive!

just imagine if they were able tu pull out more % hmm, for example 10%,
if yes, I am sure they put out some press release....

hopefully we will get some numbers hmm

Marek

Seablazer · 04-03-2008, 05:59 PM

I would think Blu would come in at the 3-4%, maybe 5% mark. All of my local Best Buys had 5 standard Blu, and 5 Giftset Blu..

Where I got mine, they had 1 giftset left (I got it), and 1 regular Blu left. So, while it definitely sold well, it is a kids movie that will really only do good on DVD at this point.

04-03-2008, 04:12 AM	#1
Elandyll Blu-ray Knight Member since:Aug 2007 Location:MD Blu-ray collection:188 Trading Score:1	Alvin and the chipmunks sells big time for Fox on DVD and Blu-ray 2.6 million copies (DVD + Blu Ray) on the first day of sale ... http://www.videobusiness.com/article...?desc=topstory Now we need to know the ratio of Blus in there, I hope more than 10% (one can dream, that would be 260.000 Blus in one day )

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04-03-2008, 04:15 AM	#2
BirdManJr Power Member Member since:Mar 2008 Blu-ray reviews:3	I got it today....Havent watched it yet tho...It did good in theatre sales and good in dvd/blu ray sales...I wish they wouldve put more extras in it...or something cool....But its all good.

04-03-2008, 04:17 AM	#3
iNCREDiPiNOY Banned Member since:Aug 2007 Location:NoHo, Cali PSN:iNCREDiPiNOY Wii:6379344902430379 Blu-ray collection:143 Trading Score:16	I haven't opened my giftset. I'll wait until my birthday arrived, hehehe!

04-03-2008, 04:26 AM	#5
LiveFree/DieWithRed Banned Member since:Apr 2008	My birthday is in 2 days. Saturday I turn 21. Now whats in the gift set?

04-03-2008, 05:06 AM	#7
owa Blu-ray Knight Member since:Apr 2007 Blu-ray reviews: 96	Cool, hopefully we'll get a breakdown of the sales at some point.

04-03-2008, 05:24 AM	#9
richterbon23 Senior Member Member since:Sep 2007 Home Theater Gallery:7 4K collection:266 Blu-ray collection:685 Trading Score:22	i really enjoyed this movie in blu. and nothing beats the three little plush chipmunks that come in the gift set. They make my home theatre look so much happier

04-03-2008, 12:04 PM	#10
beavis667 Active Member Member since:Aug 2007	Why did HD-DVD fail? Alvin and the Chipmunks has DTS-MA audio and Transformers doesn't.

04-03-2008, 12:27 PM	#11
MOONPHASE Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Jun 2007 Location:California 4K collection:8 Blu-ray collection:520 DVD collection:820 Blu-ray reviews:18 Trading Score:29	the movie doesnt interest me but if they bring out the old cartoons on blu-ray i would be happy

04-03-2008, 01:32 PM	#13
horseflesh Special Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Dublin, Ireland Blu-ray collection:130 Trading Score:9	What is 2.6m day one sales likely to translate to for the full week? 5 million? Even 5% Blu-ray would make 250k. 5% of a more modest 3.5m would give 175k Blu-ray. Impressive!

04-03-2008, 04:05 PM	#18
Chaka Special Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Huntington Beach, CA Blu-ray collection:254 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:11	If Wal-mart is any indicator then I think its way less than 10% of blu-ray sales. They have a two huge Alvin displays with close to 500 sd-dvds and only carry about 25 blu-rays of the movie. Same way with Enchanted. Sold out of the blu-ray version the first day while they still had a crap load of the sd-dvds. I think blu-ray sales numbers are closer to 1-2% of total sales. You also have to think that the sd-dvd was on sale for $13.99 at Frys and $15.99 at Best Buy for the standard non special version while the blu-ray was $29.99. That is a $15 difference. Huge price gap for a kids movie that a parent gets for their kids.

04-03-2008, 05:59 PM	#20
Seablazer Active Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Long Island, NY Blu-ray collection:117	I would think Blu would come in at the 3-4%, maybe 5% mark. All of my local Best Buys had 5 standard Blu, and 5 Giftset Blu.. Where I got mine, they had 1 giftset left (I got it), and 1 regular Blu left. So, while it definitely sold well, it is a kids movie that will really only do good on DVD at this point.

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