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'Wolverine' is year's top selling Blu-ray

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 26 Oct 2009 2:26 User comments (13)

'Wolverine' is year's top selling Blu-ray The Fox blockbuster X-Men Origins: Wolverine has quietly become the year's top selling Blu-ray release, surpassing 007: Quantum of Solace in just four weeks.
Fox would not give exact figures but industry sources and analysts have put the movie at about 850,000-900,000 units sold.

“The resounding success of Wolverine on Blu-ray reveals that the consumer still craves their movies the best way possible,”
said Fox executive VP of marketing Mary Daily.

The DEG (Digital Entertainment Group) said the Blu-ray sales accounted for about 30 percent of all Wolverine physical media sales, a giant figure.

Fox also notes that Wolverine has been the top cable VOD title for most of October.

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13 user comments

126.10.2009 14:44

There's probably going to be an article claiming that the Blu-Ray sales would have been higher if the working-release of the movies was not leaked on the net before the movies release date in theaters.

226.10.2009 15:05

for 5$ more you can get the BR/DVD/digital thingy set, I wonder how many are buying that?

326.10.2009 15:23

Does any one think that Transformers 2 will beat that ?

426.10.2009 18:52

Question... How many DVD's were sold?

Im gona bet more.

Bring back HDDVD.

526.10.2009 20:53
itoolsoft
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spam edited by ddp

This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 26 Oct 2009 @ 9:20

626.10.2009 21:44

Bring back HDDVD.


Why? there is no point of having 2 high def formats.

I have a copy of it, and I'm pretty happy with the quality. It was a gift, but I'm not sure I would buy it myself.

726.10.2009 23:34

What a bad movie!

827.10.2009 14:14
LissenUp
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I don't know about anyone else but though I enjoyed this movie...............the X-men franchise was way better. I mean, this wasn't horrible but it wasn't FANTASTICS either but nothing compared to the originals. Just not nearly as entertaining.

927.10.2009 17:07

Originally posted by slickwill:
There's probably going to be an article claiming that the Blu-Ray sales would have been higher if the working-release of the movies was not leaked on the net before the movies release date in theaters.

LOL QFT!!!

Remember how they decried that pirates ruined the movie and the industry would never recover? Hmmmm.

I guess this just proves, pirating a movie is not all that bad. If anything the buzz from it (good & bad) helped it both in theaters and video.

1028.10.2009 00:40
LissenUp
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Quote:
Originally posted by slickwill:
There's probably going to be an article claiming that the Blu-Ray sales would have been higher if the working-release of the movies was not leaked on the net before the movies release date in theaters.

LOL QFT!!!

Remember how they decried that pirates ruined the movie and the industry would never recover? Hmmmm.

I guess this just proves, pirating a movie is not all that bad. If anything the buzz from it (good & bad) helped it both in theaters and video.


Man o man..............never EVER a truer statement could be made. Right on point. Pirates = free advertising.

1128.10.2009 01:07
scum101
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It wasn't a bad film.. seen much better, but these days with the formula recipe cgi movies at least this one had a bit of a story that was relevant to the rest of the film.

so how many it sell on BR?.. 10 maybe??

hehehehe.. edit for giggles.. BR - this is the AGE of the train (that's why it's 3 hours late again.. 1940's rolling stock) showing my age now.. hehehehehehehehehe

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1228.10.2009 18:54

Transformers 2 just broke the record.

500,000 BluRay discs on day 1
1.2 million BluRay discs for week 1

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/researc...itle-year-17428

Quote:
The sequel also became the biggest-selling Blu-ray Disc release of 2009, with first-week sales of 1.2 million units.

Transformers also takes the cake for day-one sales, having moved 2 million discs its first day in stores, 500,000 of them on the high-definition Blu-ray Disc format.

This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 28 Oct 2009 @ 6:56

1329.10.2009 00:25

Quote:
Transformers 2 just broke the record.

500,000 BluRay discs on day 1
1.2 million BluRay discs for week 1
Awesome !!!

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