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Yep, poor Disney, just a measly > 1 billion for a fourth film in a franchise.

Originally Posted by Kosty

Retailers will be setting the pricing here for the most part not the studio.

Its significant as most packaged media sales occur in the first 28 days of the release of a new title.

Originally Posted by Jarod M

Why aren't HMM numbers provided for Monday through Sunday instead of Sunday through Saturday? What sense does it make to split up the weekend like that? I had always assumed that there was a significant timing issue where the reported numbers for the week-ending Sunday are delayed by several days, for whatever reason. However, The Numbers is somehow able to estimate that Sunday and provide those figures at about the same time that the HMM figures are released.

Originally Posted by Kosty

They switched to a Sunday through Saturday reporting period last fall as their source that includes input from the studios and more accurate Walmart sales does it that way to gain studio input. Its more accurate data especially for estimating Walmart sales data than their method they used before which used Nielsen Videoscan first alert data and a hasty modeled estimate for Walmart plussed up from that. Disadvantage is the split weekend and out of sync with the Nielsen charts and narrative. Advantage is more accuracy week by week in estimating Walmart sales. It is what it is.

Originally Posted by Jarod M

I wonder if Disney would be doing this with a more successful title. It would be an exaggeration to say that Pirates 4 bombed, but it definitely underperformed in this country given the circumstances (release date, 3D bump, followup to a 300 million grossing movie). Its success internationally underlines just how poorly it did in this country. In order for this thing to sell in numbers anywhere close to the previous movie, it'll have to be sold at a major discount. It won't be flying off the shelves at the $27.99 price. Of course, there is the seemingly inevitable Disney coupon to account for.

I do not see Disney taking much of a chance here. The standalone DVD will be available a month later, and still well before the holiday shopping season kicks into high gear with Black Friday. The biggest question concerns the pricing. Presumably there would be a significant price distinction between the delayed standalone DVD and the Blu-ray offerings. That might be why Disney sees the advantage of the delayed DVD release. Try to sell the premium release for a much higher price, and after the sales for those releases begin to dry up, bring out the standalone DVD for $12. This would make sense, but it isn't a given since we have seen in the past pricing that has been more about pushing Blu-ray than actually trying to maximize profits. It's not out of the realm of possibility that the lowest Blu-ray price will be the same as, or not much higher, than the DVD.

This move would be much more significant if the standalone DVD wasn't going to be available at all.

Originally Posted by Jarod M

It won't be flying off the shelves at the $27.99 price. Of course, there is the seemingly inevitable Disney coupon to account for.

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

Cant say its inevitable as it has already happened/expired last month:

"Amazon.com is offering an $8 coupon towards pre-order purchases of the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Five-Disc Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack."

Originally Posted by Jarod M

So does The Numbers have a different source to look at that they are basing their estimate for that Sunday on? Or, if not, is it safe to assume that The Numbers estimates for any sales that occur on that Sunday are problematic in terms of accuracy? Apparently The Numbers will correct the Total Units and Total Sales columns if something is way off.
True Grit-First week-736,835 units sold.
True Grit-Second week-372,018 units sold.
That should total 1,108,853 for the first two weeks. However, the number for True Grit's "Total Units" in that second week is 1,035,170. That means the first week overestimated by 73,683 units. That is not a small number, especially if this error was almost entirely due to the Sunday.

If anything, I would have thought that the actual Sunday numbers would be above the estimate, not below. They should be able to extrapolate from the Tuesday-Saturday numbers to arrive at a conservative estimate for that Sunday. That conservative estimate might not allow for any big sales promotions that occur on that Sunday.

Originally Posted by dcowboy7

That 3D 5 pack also has bonus features & deleted scenes that arent on the 2D blu combo pack.

+ the price could still go down release week either by amazon or even amazon price matching someone else.


edit:

Harry Potter made $92 million friday breaking the all time 1 day record.

A lock now to break The Dark Knights $158.4 million 1st week record.

So when this goes blu for christmas thats another wopper blu along with the complete series boxset for sure.

Originally Posted by Jarod M

I don't know that this Harry Potter individual release is going to sell significantly more than previous Blu-ray releases. It's not like people are just now discovering Harry Potter. The audience is pretty well settled. As you mentioned, there will be the added revenue of the box set too.

As for the box office, this one is an exception because this is the last one, so people are more excited about their possibly last chance to see HP in a theater. So, I would expect the business for this one to be even more front-loaded than usual. Add in the 3D bump, and I would expect this one to do 50 million more (domestic) than the average Potter, and possibly better overall than Transformers.

Originally Posted by Kosty

The last Harry Potter will not only sell well on home video as its the last in the series and because of its huge box office, but because it will be in a prime spot of holiday sales this year.

Originally Posted by Jarod M

Is someone going to buy Deadly Hallows, Part 2 without owning Part 1, just because it is the holiday season? It doesn't make much sense to have the one and not the other, not to mention the other 6 movies in the series. It's only adapting PART of the seventh book of the series. Maybe a few people will buy it alone just for the closure aspect. But I'll be surprised if it sells significantly more than Part 1, being that it will be going on sale only 6 months later. It'll be interesting to see how well the box set does, and I expect the box set sales will cut into the sales for the individual release, assuming that it is available for a reasonable price.

Originally Posted by Jarod M

I don't know that this Harry Potter individual release is going to sell significantly more than previous Blu-ray releases. It's not like people are just now discovering Harry Potter. The audience is pretty well settled.

DVD Sales: New Releases Are Assassinated
New releases were dead on arrival on this week's DVD sales chart. None reached the top five, while only three reached the top 30. This left Sucker Punch in top spot, but with only 105,000 units / $1.58 million units for the week giving it totals of 381,000 units / $5.71 million after two. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I climbed into second place with 97,000 units / $1.44 million for the week, while its totals hit 5.24 million / $73.29 million after three months of release. It remains one of the few bright spots on the 2011 sales chart. Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Rodick Rules climbed a spot to third with 82,000 units / $1.45 million for the week. However, its running tallies of 564,000 units / $10.35 million are still lower than the original managed during its opening week of release. Season of the Witch fell to fourth place with 79,000 units / $1.26 million for the week and 344,000 units / $5.54 million after two. The less said about that DVD's performance the better. Meanwhile, Unknown climbed back into the top five with 68,000 units / $1.02 million, but since it has only sold 482,000 units and generated a mere $7.42 million after three weeks of release, it is incredibly disappointing on the home market.

The best new release of the week was Eureka: Season 4.0, which placed seventh with 60,000 units while its opening week sales were $1.15 million. I credit Felicia Day for that performance and I think her becoming a regular can only help the show with the coveted nerd demo (of which I'm a proud member). 13 Assassins opened in 12th place with 51,000 units / $565,000, which is good for a limited release. Likewise, Hobo with a Shotgun opened in 21st place with 30,000 units generating $534,000 during its opening week. This is more than it made in limited release, not counting its earlier performance in Canada.

One last DVD of note, Cars returned to the chart in 22nd place with 28,000 units. More notably, it recently crossed $250,000,000 in sales. It's been a while since a DVD has sold enough units to reach that milestone.


- C.S.Strowbridge


Date posted: 2011-07-19

Movies
Sucker Punch
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Season of the Witch
Unknown
Jûsan-nin no shikaku
Hobo with a Shotgun
Cars

Originally Posted by Wendell R. Breland

So Kosty, I assume you are thrilled about Walmart sales data that will be available soon via Nielsen. Should prove interesting

Blu-ray Sales, July 11-July 17: Rango is in the Green






Posted July 20, 2011 08:42 PM by Tony Sanchez

In its first week of release Paramount Pictures' Rango bowed on top of the Blu-ray and the overall sales charts.

The Johnny Depp starrer finished its box office run with a worldwide total of $243 million and toppled two time Blu-ray weekly sales champ The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy - Extended Editions from the No. 1 sales spot. The chameleon finished its first week with 46% of its package media sales coming from blu-ray discs.

Another new home video release, The Lincoln Lawyer, finished at No. 2 in both the Blu-ray and the overall sales charts. Lincoln Lawyer generated a respectable 37% stake of its sales from the HD format. With a production budget of $40 million, the film just managed to reach $58 million in the domestic box office.

There was a harmony on the week's home video sales as a third new release, Insidious, bowed at No. 3 in both the DVD and the Blu-ray charts. What is sure to surprise many is that Insidious is by far the more successful film debuting this week. Made with a production budget of only $1.5 million, the Sony Pictures home release reaped an amazing $90 million in the worldwide box office. Did anyone think Paranormal Activity?


Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 07/17/11.

Rango
The Lincoln Lawyer
Insidious
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
Sucker Punch
Arthur
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Entourage: The Complete Seventh Season
Battle: Los Angeles

Top Five Sellers for Week Ending 07/17/11 (Blu-ray's market share).

Rango (46%)
The Lincoln Lawyer (37%)
Insidious (37%)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (30%)
Entourage: The Complete Seventh Season (23%)

‘Rango’ Scores on the Charts

20 Jul, 2011
By: Thomas K. Arnold



Rango

Paramount Pictures' Rango, about a Wild West chameleon sheriff voiced by Johnny Depp, was the top-selling DVD and Blu-ray Disc for the week ended July 17, even though it was in stores only for two of the five reporting days.

The film, the studio’s first entry into the increasingly competitive field of big-budget digital animation, debuted at No. 1 on both Nielsen VideoScan First Alert overall sales chart and Nielsen’s dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart.

Nearly half of all units sold, or 46%, were of the high-definition disc.


Rango easily outsold two other new theatrical features bowing on disc that week, both of which generated less than half of the animated film’s $123.3 million box office gross.

Lionsgate’s The Lincoln Lawyer, a crime drama with Matthew McConaughey and Marisa Tomei that earned $58 million in theaters, debuted at No. 2 on both sales charts, with 70% as many units sold as Rango (and 56.73% as many Blu-rays).

Sony Pictures’ Insidious, a ‘PG-13’-rated horror film with a $53.8 million theatrical gross, bowed at No. 3 on both sales charts, selling just less than half as many units as Rango.

Also new to the sales chart are HBO’s Entourage: The Complete Seventh Season, which debuted at No. 5 on First Alert, and Warner’s Arthur, which bowed at No. 7.

Elsewhere on the sales chart, excitement over the newest “Harry Potter” film sent three prior films racing back up the charts, while the latest disc release, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part I, finished the week at No. 4 on both the overall and Blu-ray sales charts.

On First Alert, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince rose from No. 14 to No. 6, marking its 20th consecutive week in the top 100.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix shot up from No. 21 to No. 12, while Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone rose from No. 31 to No. 20.

On Home Media Magazine’s rental chart for the week The Lincoln Lawyer debuted at No. 1, while Rango bowed at No. 2 and Insidious came in at No. 3.

Warner’s Hall Pass, which just came off its 28-embargo from Netflix and Redbox, was the week’s No. 4 rental, up from No. 37 the previous week, when it was available only at brick-and-mortar rental stores.


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Blu-ray Sales: Holdovers Lord Above New Releases

Lord of the Rings: Extended Edition Trilogy remained on top of the Blu-ray sales chart this week selling 104,000 units / $5.08 million for the week.

It now has generated just over $30 million in sales in just two weeks, and even if you split that between the three movies, it's still an excellent run for a catalog title.

Sucker Punch remained in second place with 69,000 units / $1.25 million for the week, giving it totals of 335,000 units / $6.93 million after two.

13 Assassins opened in third place with 39,000 units / $700,000. Its opening week Blu-ray ratio of 43% was better than expected, while it generated more revenue from Blu-ray than it did from DVD.

Battle: Los Angeles remained in fourth place with 32,000 units / $716,000 for the week and totals of 506,000 units / $11.16 million after almost a month of release.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I climbed into fifth place with 31,000 units / $776.000 for the week and 2.86 million units / $64.23 million after three months of release. It remains the best-selling Blu-ray of the year.

The next best new release to chart was Hobo with a Shotgun, which placed seventh with 26,000 units / $481,000. Its opening week Blu-ray ratio was 47%, but it actually costs less on Blu-ray than it does on DVD, so that helped.

Of Gods and Men didn't even crack the top 30 on the DVD sales chart, but it placed 19th on the Blu-ray sales chart with 12,000 units / $318,000.

The overall Blu-ray market crashed back to earth down 49% in terms of units and 62% in terms of dollars. Ouch.

On the other hand, compared to last year sales were up 19% in terms of units and 43% in terms of dollars. DVD sales were not as strong, down a stunning 43% / 45% from last year.

With Blu-ray stronger than last year and DVD weaker, the Blu-ray ratio remained strong at 32% of total units and 43% of total revenue.

It will be interesting to see how well next week's Blu-ray crop will do and if Rango's abbreviated week will have a major impact. I'm optimistic.



- C.S.Strowbridge


Date posted: 2011-07-20

Movies
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Sucker Punch
Jûsan-nin no shikaku
Battle: Los Angeles
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Hobo with a Shotgun
Des Hommes et Des Dieux

DVD Sales: New Releases Are Assassinated
New releases were dead on arrival on this week's DVD sales chart. None reached the top five, while only three reached the top 30. This left Sucker Punch in top spot, but with only 105,000 units / $1.58 million units for the week giving it totals of 381,000 units / $5.71 million after two. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I climbed into second place with 97,000 units / $1.44 million for the week, while its totals hit 5.24 million / $73.29 million after three months of release. It remains one of the few bright spots on the 2011 sales chart. Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Rodick Rules climbed a spot to third with 82,000 units / $1.45 million for the week. However, its running tallies of 564,000 units / $10.35 million are still lower than the original managed during its opening week of release. Season of the Witch fell to fourth place with 79,000 units / $1.26 million for the week and 344,000 units / $5.54 million after two. The less said about that DVD's performance the better. Meanwhile, Unknown climbed back into the top five with 68,000 units / $1.02 million, but since it has only sold 482,000 units and generated a mere $7.42 million after three weeks of release, it is incredibly disappointing on the home market.

The best new release of the week was Eureka: Season 4.0, which placed seventh with 60,000 units while its opening week sales were $1.15 million. I credit Felicia Day for that performance and I think her becoming a regular can only help the show with the coveted nerd demo (of which I'm a proud member). 13 Assassins opened in 12th place with 51,000 units / $565,000, which is good for a limited release. Likewise, Hobo with a Shotgun opened in 21st place with 30,000 units generating $534,000 during its opening week. This is more than it made in limited release, not counting its earlier performance in Canada.

One last DVD of note, Cars returned to the chart in 22nd place with 28,000 units. More notably, it recently crossed $250,000,000 in sales. It's been a while since a DVD has sold enough units to reach that milestone.


- C.S.Strowbridge


Date posted: 2011-07-19

Movies
Sucker Punch
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Season of the Witch
Unknown
Jûsan-nin no shikaku
Hobo with a Shotgun
Cars

Charting the Retail Churn



19 Jul, 2011
By: John Latchem

Sometimes a non-Tuesday release date can put a title in a bit of promotional limbo, if Arthur and Rango are any indication.

Interestingly, Best Buy kept Arthur in a prominent spot of its weekly ad circular, while not listing Rango at all. On the flip side, Target continued to promote Rango without listing Arthur.

In both stores, however, the debut discounted price carried over into the second week, with Target continuing to offer its $5 Rango coupon (good through July 23).

Most of the circular space for the stores was devoted to deep-discounted catalog titles, with sections called “Movies on a Budget” (Best Buy), “Build Your Blu-ray Collection” (Target), and TV DVD sales at both stores.

Best Buy broke out a big promotion tied to the upcoming theatrical release of Captain America: The First Avenger, offering $7.50 ticket coupons with the purchase of Iron Man or Iron Man 2 on DVD for $9.99 each or on Blu-ray for $14.99 each.

Best Buy also offers a $20 reward certificate with a Reward Zone credit card, if the shopper is approved for the card by July 30 and makes a purchase by Aug. 31.

Hammer Time
21 Jul, 2011
By: Fred Topel

‘Thor’ Filmmakers Preview extras for the Blu-ray and DVD


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Marvel Studios kicked off the 2011 summer movie season with the cinematic debu of one of its integral characters. Thor is a prince from the realm of Asgard, often mistaken for a god by the likes of the Norse. In the film he comes to Earth, as he does in the comic book, and saves the day using his mythical hammer, Mjölnir.

When fans get their hands on Paramount’s DVD and Blu-ray versions of Thor starting Sept. 13, they’ll have plenty of extras with which to play.

“There’s a wealth of material,” says Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige.

The Blu-ray will include commentary from director Kenneth Branagh and 80 minutes of immersive bonus materials, including 11 deleted scenes and seven making-of featurettes.

One of those deleted scenes includes a cameo from screenwriter Don Payne. Branagh explained why he had to cut Payne out of the theatrical release.

“Don Payne is sensational in that scene,” Branagh says. “It was coming in for an important moment and it worked very well, but it had to go because of pacing.”

Even Feige regretted to see Payne’s scene go.

“He’s being humble calling it a cameo,” Feige says. “It was [stars] Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston and Don Payne. That was the scene.”

Payne appreciated his good notes and looks forward to fans seeing his scene.

“I was honored to do it,” Payne says. “Then when I saw the screening in the dailies it’s like, ‘Oh, he wanted a fat, ridiculous Friar Tuck. That’s what he wanted,’ and there it is.”

The next live-action appearance of Thor comes in next summer’s The Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon. The Thor home video also includes a sneak peek at The Avengers with an exclusive featurette that delves deeper into the Marvel Universe.

The Thor DVD and Blu-ray will be available Sept. 13 (order date Aug. 1) as a three-disc 3D/Blu-ray/DVD combo pack (price TBA), a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack ($39.99) and DVD ($29.99) from Paramount Home Entertainment.


The DVD includes the commentary, four deleted scenes and the Avengers featurette.

Originally Posted by bruceames @ HDD

LOL, yeah could be. Kosty's gonna go nuts, first The-Numbers go Blu-ray and now this.

It'll certainly make the data reports far more accurate,which is the main thing. I'll be interested in that historical data too. Hopefully that will be free.

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