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'Dark Knight' sets new Blu-ray sales record
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article published on 13 December, 2008
The blockbuster smash The Dark Knight has set a new Blu-ray sales record, selling 600,000 copies in the US on its first day of release. According to Warner Home Video, Blu-ray sales accounted for over 21 percent of the total units sold.
Warner President Ron Sanders believes the movie will hit 1 million Blu-ray copies sold in its first week, a milestone for the format.
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13. December 2008 @ 03:44 |
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Better movie = better sales
This should not come as a surprise.
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13. December 2008 @ 04:25 |
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Will you look at that. I guess pirates really didn't like this movie enough to steal it.
As I say, quality>>>quantity.
Make more movies like this and pirates will be a thing of the past.
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zoomaj
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13. December 2008 @ 04:55 |
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yo guys are u feeling alright??? this is the most number 1 pirated movie on the net with both 720p and 1080p versions available to download for free why buy it???
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13. December 2008 @ 05:14 |
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Originally posted by zoomaj:
yo guys are u feeling alright??? this is the most number 1 pirated movie on the net with both 720p and 1080p versions available to download for free why buy it???
2 reasons why,
1.Not everybody has a computer with a video card that can watch a 1080p flick, and at the same time not everybody can hook there pc up to there HD TV in the Living Room.The Knowledge and know how as well to find and download these versions of the film aren't as popular as your lower quality AVI films(and 10Gb+ of Video scares some people lol)
2.The Quality of a Blu-Ray is Still better than your Rips and people such as myself still want to see the best possible quality.
On that note the movies good,picked up the BD the day of release watched it..probably wont watch it again for months and it will sit with my other BD, Not because its a bad film which ofcourse it isn't but i dont want to get tired of seeing it xD
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13. December 2008 @ 07:51 |
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yep i also think blu-ray is good weaponry againt piracy. Have you ppl ever tried to get 1080 quality movies on torrent sites? Usualy there is very bad seeding ration which makes your download slower than low quality versions. So good luck with downloading +10gb with 30kb/s. Maybe you get it in a week or two.
What about the hdd space it takes? Well these reasons alone would make me buy it from amazon if it is under 20 bucks. This ofcource if movie is good one.
btw i have already bought more blu-ray movies than dvd:s.
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13. December 2008 @ 11:13 |
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Anybody know how many copies it sold on regular dvd?While the Movie is simply amazing its not one that i can watch alot in a short period of time so id rather netflix it which i did.
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13. December 2008 @ 12:44 |
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Globe, over 3 million DVD copies of TDK bought by customers in the U.S., Canada and the UK on its first day of release; at its current sales rate, appears certain that will reach easily closer to 8 million DVD copies sold by the end of its debut week.
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13. December 2008 @ 14:41 |
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Originally posted by ematrix:
Globe, over 3 million DVD copies of TDK bought by customers in the U.S., Canada and the UK on its first day of release; at its current sales rate, appears certain that will reach easily closer to 8 million DVD copies sold by the end of its debut week.
good to know, thanks
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bomber991
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13. December 2008 @ 15:55 |
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Originally posted by oappi:
yep i also think blu-ray is good weaponry againt piracy. Have you ppl ever tried to get 1080 quality movies on torrent sites? Usualy there is very bad seeding ration which makes your download slower than low quality versions. So good luck with downloading +10gb with 30kb/s. Maybe you get it in a week or two.
What about the hdd space it takes? Well these reasons alone would make me buy it from amazon if it is under 20 bucks. This ofcource if movie is good one.
btw i have already bought more blu-ray movies than dvd:s.
I got an HD-DVD over usenet before. Downloaded something like 20 gigs at 820k/s. Still took over 7 hours, bet it takes like 70 hours over bit torrent.♦
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13. December 2008 @ 15:57 |
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Just too know the movie was a little long and not that great.
its a 3 out of 5 movie
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13. December 2008 @ 16:40 |
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Originally posted by ematrix:
Globe, over 3 million DVD copies of TDK bought by customers in the U.S., Canada and the UK on its first day of release; at its current sales rate, appears certain that will reach easily closer to 8 million DVD copies sold by the end of its debut week.
According to Warner the 3 million day 1 number is for BOTH SD DVD and BluRay.
http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6622002.html?desc=topstory
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This year?s highest-grossing film, Dark Knight, which generated $530 million in U.S. theatrical ticket sales, moved about 3 million copies in both standard and high-def in the U.S. on its first day of release, according to Warner.
Dark Knight?s Blu-ray outing is double the sales that Warner was projecting. Also, its overall standard and Blu-ray sales are 15% ahead of what Warner had predicted for day one.
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13. December 2008 @ 18:21 |
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Originally posted by wolf123:
Just too know the movie was a little long and not that great.
its a 3 out of 5 movie
Your in the minority in that view as it comes to most anybody who watches movies
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13. December 2008 @ 18:52 |
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Originally posted by wolf123:
Just too know the movie was a little long and not that great.
its a 3 out of 5 movie
In my opinion this is the best movie since LOTR: Return of the King.
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13. December 2008 @ 19:28 |
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Originally posted by wolf123:
Just too know the movie was a little long and not that great.
its a 3 out of 5 movie
In my opinion this is the best movie since LOTR: Return of the King.
Can't wait to get LOTR Box set next year on Blu-Ray a must have for anyone that own a BD player.
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13. December 2008 @ 21:02 |
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Originally posted by ematrix:
Globe, over 3 million DVD copies of TDK bought by customers in the U.S., Canada and the UK on its first day of release; at its current sales rate, appears certain that will reach easily closer to 8 million DVD copies sold by the end of its debut week.
According to Warner the 3 million day 1 number is for BOTH SD DVD and BluRay.
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This year?s highest-grossing film, Dark Knight, which generated $530 million in U.S. theatrical ticket sales, moved about 3 million copies in both standard and high-def in the U.S. on its first day of release, according to Warner.
Dark Knight?s Blu-ray outing is double the sales that Warner was projecting. Also, its overall standard and Blu-ray sales are 15% ahead of what Warner had predicted for day one.
Correct, as noted in the Afterdawn article, the 600,000 Blu-ray sales accounted for 20 percent of total sales. 600,000 x 5= 3 million. However, ematrix was noting US sales PLUS UK and Canada.
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13. December 2008 @ 21:23 |
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Originally posted by DVDBack23:
Correct, as noted in the Afterdawn article, the 600,000 Blu-ray sales accounted for 20 percent of total sales. 600,000 x 5= 3 million. However, ematrix was noting US sales PLUS UK and Canada.
The 3 million day 1 total (BluRay and DVD) is for the US, Canada and the UK:
http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/20...night-campaign/
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Customers in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. purchased 3 million copies of ?The Dark Knight? on DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, the first day in stores.
The videobusiness.com article needs to be corrected to include Canada and the UK in the 3 million number.
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13. December 2008 @ 21:29 |
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I knew it was gonna whoop Ironman's ass in sales(I made that comment when the total had came out in Ironman blu ray sales a while ago).But not taking anything away from that movie either.I'm just glad that Hollywood knows that if you make a GOOD superhero movie then they will come(and buy).
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13. December 2008 @ 23:40 |
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Originally posted by zoomaj:
yo guys are u feeling alright??? this is the most number 1 pirated movie on the net with both 720p and 1080p versions available to download for free why buy it???
2 reasons why,
1.Not everybody has a computer with a video card that can watch a 1080p flick, and at the same time not everybody can hook there pc up to there HD TV in the Living Room.The Knowledge and know how as well to find and download these versions of the film aren't as popular as your lower quality AVI films(and 10Gb+ of Video scares some people lol)
2.The Quality of a Blu-Ray is Still better than your Rips and people such as myself still want to see the best possible quality.
On that note the movies good,picked up the BD the day of release watched it..probably wont watch it again for months and it will sit with my other BD, Not because its a bad film which ofcourse it isn't but i dont want to get tired of seeing it xD
1 To run a 1080p video doesnt take much of a pc to do.. To do a blue ray movie from a blue ray player takes a ton more.. I have a blue ray burner and rip movies off it and it will still play full quallity on my other compter which is my media computer But not when i use the blue ray player i have to use the ripped version and it the same quality
2 avi files on a tv look bad... when it gets to 40 -60 size it looks really bad..
3 Its super easy to hook a computer to a tv its like pluging in a moniter o wait newer tvs are like big moniters in that way...
4 Alot of people are dumb when it comes to teconlagy I sell computer stuff and hometheater equipment and most people cant even plug it in and have no idea were to start ...
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14. December 2008 @ 02:44 |
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I love my 52" Samsung LN52A650
Got my computer and PS3 hooked up over HDMI.
.avi don't look too bad on 52, not as good as DVD, but it's something.
Think I saw Dark Knight 1080p as a 42GB download
Rental on DVD is the best they'll get out of me until Blu-ray version shows up second-hand.
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15. December 2008 @ 15:13 |
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I suppose it's not getting much attention but it's also a fact that the DVD release set a (much higher) record.
DVD isn't going away anywhere.
Blu-ray is staying niche.
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15. December 2008 @ 16:28 |
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Originally posted by camaro17:
not surprising numbers, even if it is the most pirated movie right now, i still bought it because id rather own the blu-ray instead of some shitty rip.
Peace
I agree.
Some movies have to be seen in the best possible quality.
@nexgen76
I'll also be picking up LOTR on blu-ray, can't wait to see these movies in Hi-Def.
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Toshibot
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15. December 2008 @ 17:06 |
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Originally posted by Interestx:
I suppose it's not getting much attention but it's also a fact that the DVD release set a (much higher) record.
That's because the DVD version DID NOT SET a new record.
Transformers, Finding Nemo, and (IIRC) POTC - At World's End had better day 1 SD DVD sales than TDK. (There may be others. I have to do more research at the-numbers.com)
The performance of the BluRay version was, however, a lot better than Warner expected.
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16. December 2008 @ 12:49 |
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Originally posted by wolf123:
Just too know the movie was a little long and not that great.
its a 3 out of 5 movie
I completely agree. Definitely 3 out of 5 stars, at best. Batman's voice was terrible! The movie was very slow, to long and not that great.
The only reason this movie set records was because of Heath Ledger.
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16. December 2008 @ 13:46 |
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Originally posted by Toshibot:
That's because the DVD version DID NOT SET a new record.
Well I guess that depends who you read and whether they are talking about 1 day sales or not.
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THE DARK KNIGHT has broken a new record after DVD sales soared to nearly 3 million in the U.S., Canada and Britain - three days after its release.
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/art...0record_1089315
......and who's betting that the BDA again refuse to allow actual unit sales numbers after the 1st few weeks or 1st month - let alone the 3, 6, 9 or 12mth point.
Blu-ray sells it's best at launch, DVD sells best after a couple of months & prices drop.
DVD sales have 'legs', Blu-ray don't.
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16. December 2008 @ 13:59 |
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That's about what I was going to say.. they also seem to have 0 (zero) resale value.. nobody will touch used for some reason but will buy ex rental dvd.. interesting
Originally posted by ads:
1 To run a 1080p video doesnt take much of a pc to do.. To do a blue ray movie from a blue ray player takes a ton more.. I have a blue ray burner and rip movies off it and it will still play full quallity on my other compter which is my media computer But not when i use the blue ray player i have to use the ripped version and it the same quality
2 avi files on a tv look bad... when it gets to 40 -60 size it looks really bad..
3 Its super easy to hook a computer to a tv its like pluging in a moniter o wait newer tvs are like big moniters in that way...
4 Alot of people are dumb when it comes to teconlagy I sell computer stuff and hometheater equipment and most people cant even plug it in and have no idea were to start ...
1 = fair enough.. I can't see any difference either.. 1080p is 1080p .. I think the struggle with the disks is to do with the extra decoding of all the encryption and constant checking for the right wires and looking to see if somebody has a HD camcorder pointing at the screen that does it.
2 = depends on the avi file and how well it was ripped/encoded in the first place
3 = like we don't know?
4 = I doubt it or you would know how to spell words like technology correctly (or know that browsers have spellcheckers) XD
bitchy.. time for meds :)
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