2012 Blu-ray Weekly Sales Reports & Discussion of Results by Title (1 Viewer)

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Week Ending 04/15/12 Blu-ray and DVD Sales Results

'War Horse' Gallops to No. 1; 'Darkest Hour' Lights Up BD, Rental Charts
18 Apr, 2012
By: Thomas K. Arnold

War Horse
Walt Disney Studios’ War Horse topped the national home video sales charts its second week in stores after debuting at No. 2 the previous week, while the Summit Entertainment sci-fi actioner The Darkest Hour, which earned a meager $21.4 million in theaters, debuted at No. 1 on both the Blu-ray Disc sales chart and Home Media Magazine’s weekly rental chart.
On the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart for the week ended April 15, War Horse, a Steven Spielberg-directed historical drama that earned nearly $80 million at the domestic box office, held off two newcomers: Anchor Bay’s The Iron Lady, a $29.9 million-grossing biopic about former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (portrayed by Meryl Streep), which bowed at No. 2, and The Darkest Hour, which debuted at No. 3.
The prior week’s top seller, Universal Studios’ Hop, plummeted down the rabbit hole to No. 7, a typical fate for holiday titles once the holiday (in this case, Easter) is over.
On Nielsen’s dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart, War Horse slipped to No. 2 from No. 1 its debut week, while The Iron Lady debuted at No. 3.
Blu-ray Disc accounted for 54% of total unit sales for The Darkest Hour, which explains the film’s No. 1 debut on the Blu-ray Disc chart. The Iron Lady generated just 29% of its first-week sales from Blu-ray Disc, while War Horse, in week two, generated 30% of its sales from the high-definition edition, down from 36% its first week in stores.
On Home Media Magazine’s rental chart, War Horse also finished the week at No. 2 after debuting at No. 1 the previous week, while the No. 3 spot went to 20th Century Fox’s The Descendants, fresh off its 28-day holdback from Netflix and Redbox. The film was ranked No. 58 the previous week. The Iron Lady debuted at No. 6.
Related Links :
Top 20 Sellers for the Week Ended 04/15/12
Top 20 Rentals for the Week Ended 04/15/12
Top 20 Selling Blu-ray Discs for the Week Ended 04/15/12
Top 20 Blu-ray Market Share for the Week Ended 04/15/12

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/research/war-horse-gallops-no-1-darkest-hour-lights-bd-rental-charts-27012

 

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Week Ending 04/15/12 Blu-ray and DVD Sales Results

 

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Week Ending 4/14/12
Note: This was going against the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part I with $316.34 TBO release week from last year.

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/mar...k-ended-041412

 

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The-Numbers DVD Top 30 and Blu-ray Top 10 Weekly Sales Report Week Ending 04/15/12

Blu-ray Sales: Our Darkest Hour
This literally could turn out to be the worst week of the year on the Blu-ray sales chart.
The best-selling new release was The Darkest Hour, which only managed 158,000 units / $3.17 million. The only good news is the film's opening week Blu-ray share, which was an impressive 54%.
War Horse was pushed into second place with 105,000 units / $3.16 million for the week and 435,000 units / $11.39 million after two.
The Iron Lady opened in third place with sales of 93,000 units / $1.82. million. Its opening week Blu-ray share was only 29%; however, while that is low for the format, it is actually better than average for the genre.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo rose from tenth place to fourth place with 66,000 units / $1.24 million and for the week, giving it a total of 891,000 units / $18.28 million after four.
We Bought a Zoo rounded out the top five with 52,000 units / $1.51 million for the week giving it totals of 249,000 units / $6.03 million after two.
There were no other new releases to chart.
Like I already said, this might turn out to be the worst week on the Blu-ray sales chart for the entire year.
There's a chance that late in summer when TV on DVD dominates new releases we will see worse sales, but this is as bad as we've seen it all year thus far.
Compared to last week, Blu-ray sales were down 54% in terms of units and 53% in terms of dollars.
Compared to last year, sales were even worse, if you can imagine that. Blu-ray plummeted 70% in terms of units and 68% in terms of dollars. If there is any consolation, it's that DVD sales were almost as bad and the overall Blu-ray share wasn't too badly shaken, although it was down to 31% in terms of units and 38% in terms of dollars.
Next week we will finally see some good news on Blu-ray, as we will get the first home market numbers for Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. I am a little worried the Best Buy Exclusive will mess with the numbers, but if it doesn't, then that one release should sell more than the entire market did this week (or roughly 850,000 units / $21 million).
By comparison, last year's new releases were led by The King's Speech, which didn't sell a lot of Blu-rays. Unfortunately, last year the DVD sales and the Blu-ray sales were led by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 and 2012 might wind up on the losing end of the year-over-year comparison yet again.
[Edit: Last year was also Easter 2011 holiday sales as well]

- C.S.Strowbridge
Date posted: 2012-04-25
Movies
The Darkest Hour
War Horse
The Iron Lady
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
We Bought a Zoo

http://www.the-numbers.com/interactive/newsStory.php?newsID=7217

DVD Sales: Iron Has Soft Start on DVD
It was a bad week for DVD, which is common at this time of year.
The Iron Lady was the best of the new releases, but it only managed second place.
War Horse climbed into top spot with 244,000 units / $4.67 million over the week for totals of 830,000 units / $14.62 million after two.
The Iron Lady was right behind with 228,000 units / $3.42 million during its first week of release. This is an acceptable opening for a limited release that managed some significant mainstream success.
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked and We Bought a Zoo were neck and neck for third place. The former sold 186,000 units and $3.35 million in revenue, while the latter managed 183,000 units sold and $3.30 million. The two films have running tallies of 1.83 million units / $30.12 million and 727,000 units / $12.53 million respectively.
The Darkest Hour opened in fifth place with 136,000 units / $2.03 million. The film struggled at the box office and it is doing no better on the home market, so the kindest thing to do is just move on.
The only other new release to chart was One Tree Hill: Season Nine. It earned seventh place with 87,000 units / $2.17 million.
- C.S.Strowbridge
Date posted: 2012-04-25
Movies
War Horse
The Iron Lady
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
We Bought a Zoo
The Darkest Hour

http://www.the-numbers.com/interactive/newsStory.php?newsID=7215

 

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Some 'Impossible' Exclusives
17 Apr, 2012
By: John Latchem

Retailers laid out the red carpet for the disc debut of Paramount’s Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol with several promotions and exclusives.
Best Buy offered special one-day pricing for the title on its April 17 debut, offering the DVD for $16.99 and the Blu-ray for $19.99. Getting into the spirit of the franchise, Best Buy’s ad declared that “limited-time pricing … will self-destruct end of day Tuesday.”
Best Buy’s Blu-ray of the film was an exclusive edition with more than an hour of bonus content not found on the wide Blu-ray release.
Walmart’s exclusive went in the opposite direction, with a bare-bones DVD edition that offered no bonus material.
Target offered an exclusive DVD four-pack of the “Mission: Impossible” films for $29.99.
Other exclusives at Target included a 10th anniversary Blu-ray of Disney’s The Princess Diaries at $19.99, and Universal’s Necessary Roughness: Season One (which won’t go wide until June 5), also listed at $19.99.
Best Buy offered as an exclusive Syfy channel’s Alphas: Season One, also from Universal, for $29.99.

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/agent-dvd-insider/some-impossible-exclusives

Projections: 'Ghost Protocol' Set for Success WE 04/19/12
23 Apr, 2012
By: John Latchem

Paramount Home Media Distribution’s Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, which brought in $209 million at U.S. theaters, should have no trouble dominating the sales and rental charts the week ending April 22.
After Ghost Protocol, the new release with the highest profile is probably BBC Home Entertainment’s Frozen Planet, the latest in a franchise of nature documentaries that began with Planet Earth.
Fox’s The Sitter will get a boost on the rental chart now that its 28-day kiosk embargo has expired.
Rank Title Studio Weeks on Chart
Projected Top 3 Sellers for Week Ending 4/22/2012
1 Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol Paramount New
2 The Darkest Hour Summit 2
3 Frozen Planet BBC New
Projected Top 3 Rentals for Week Ending 4/22/2012
1 Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol Paramount New
2 The Sitter Fox 5
3 The Darkest Hour Summit 2

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/research/projections-ghost-protocol-set-success-27026

 

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New to domestic Blu-ray-week ending 4/22/12: 38 titles
New Theatrical: 5
Theatrical Catalog: 11
Other: 22

[B]Title                                       Year  Released  IMDB   RT BoxOffice Studio[/B]
[B]New theatrical: 5/ 231.7M TBO[/B]
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol        2011   4/17/12   7.5   93   209.4   Paramount
Born to Be Wild                             2011   4/17/12   7.0   98    18.2   Warner
Shame                                       2011   4/17/12   7.6   80     3.9   Fox
Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, C..2011   4/17/12   6.8   83     0.2   First Run Features
The Divide                                  2011   4/17/12   6.0   22     0.0   Anchor Bay
[B]Theatrical Catalog 15 (3 from major studios)[/B]
Buck Privates                               1941   4/17/12   7.1                Universal
The Asphyx                                  1973   4/17/12   6.3   60           Kino Video
Alambrista!                                 1977   4/17/12   7.0                Criterion
High Road to China                          1983   4/17/12   5.5         28.4   Hen's Tooth Video
Albino Alligator                            1996   4/17/12   6.0   44     0.3   Echo Bridge
B. Monkey                                   1998   4/17/12   6.0   65     0.0   Echo Bridge
Phantoms                                    1998   4/17/12   5.2   14     5.7   Echo Bridge
In Too Deep                                 1999   4/17/12   5.6   34    14.0   Echo Bridge
eXistenZ                                    1999   4/17/12   6.8   71     2.8   Echo Bridge
The Princess Diaries                        2001   4/17/12   5.9   47   108.2   Buena Vista
Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement        2004   4/17/12   5.2   26    95.1   Buena Vista
Halloween: Resurrection                     2002   4/17/12   3.9   11    30.4   Echo Bridge
People I Know                               2002   4/17/12   5.5   43     0.1   Echo Bridge
Darkness                                    2002   4/17/12   5.3   42     2.2   Echo Bridge
Cursed                                      2005   4/17/12   4.8   16    19.3   Echo Bridge
[B]TV/DTV movies: 8[/B]
Seven Below                                 2012   4/17/12   3.4          DTV   Arc Entertainment
Jerusalem Countdown                         2011   4/17/12   3.1          DTV   Pure Flix
Up From Slavery                             2011   4/17/12                DTV   Mill Creek Entertainment
No Code of Conduct                          1998   4/17/12   4.9          DTV   Echo Bridge
Ordinary Decent Criminal                    2000   4/17/12   6.3   14     FTR   Echo Bridge
The Shooter                                 1995   4/17/12   4.7          FTR   Echo Bridge
Malevolent                                  2002   4/17/12   5.0          TVM   Echo Bridge
Roadracers                                  1994   4/17/12   6.3          TVM   Echo Bridge
[B]TV Series: 4[/B]                               [B] Year  Released  IMDB  Min    Type   [/B]
Treme: The Complete Second Season           2011   4/17/12   8.0  660     TVS   HBO
Murdoch Mysteries: Season 1                 2008   4/17/12   7.7  624     TVS   Acorn Media
Legendary Heroes, Part 1                    2010   4/17/12   6.9  325     ANE   FUNimation 
Legendary Heroes, Part 2                    2010   4/17/12   6.9  300     ANE   FUNimation 
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Year to date (after week 16):
2012 total releases: 534
2011 total releases: 483
2012 New Theatrical: 123 / 2830.9M TBO (436.2 Q2)
2011 New Theatrical: 120 / 3055.5M TBO (929.7 Q2)
2012 Theatrical Catalog*: 165 total / 72 major studios
2011 Theatrical Catalog*: 179 total / 110 major studios
* = actual number of debut movies released, as some SKUs had more than one movie
** = Blu-ray releases only, TBO of DVD may be higher as some new theatrical releases were only released on DVD
One year ago: Titles released week ending 4/24/11: 22
New Theatrical: 8
Theatrical Catalog: 7
Other: 7

[B]Title                                       Year  Released  IMDB   RT BoxOffice Studio[/B]
[B]New Theatrical: 7 / 187.5M TBO[/B]
The King's Speech                           2010   4/19/11   8.4   95   138.0   Anchor Bay
Gulliver's Travels                          2010   4/19/11   4.8   20    42.7   Fox
Rabbit Hole                                 2010   4/19/11   7.3   87     2.2   Lionsgate
Somewhere                                   2010   4/19/11   6.5   72     1.8   Universal
IP Man 2                                    2010   4/19/11   7.6   91     0.2   Well Go USA
Goemon                                      2009   4/19/11   6.8                FUNimation
Fubar: Balls to the Wall                    2010   4/20/11   6.0   80           Screen Media
The Way Back                                2010   4/22/11   7.4   75     2.6   Image
[B]Theatrical Catalog: 7 (2 from major studios) [/B]
Kes                                         1969   4/19/11   7.5  100           Criterion
Short Circuit 2                             1986   4/19/11   4.9   33    21.6   Image
Sweetie                                     1989   4/19/11   6.8   92     0.9   Criterion
Mortal Combat                               1995   4/19/11   5.5   35    70.5   Warner
Mortal Combat: Annihilation                 1997   4/19/11   3.2   73     5.9   Warner
The Last Legion                             2007   4/19/11   5.4   17     5.9   Vivendi Entertainment
Tokyo Gore Police                           2008   4/19/11   6.1  100           Tokyo Shock

Note: Only movies making their Blu-ray debut are listed.
New theatrical = movie released theatrically in U.S. AND which the debut DVD release was issued concurrently, afterwards, or less than 6 months prior
Theatrical Catalog = movie released theatrically in the U.S. AND which the debut DVD release was issued greater than 6 months prior
RT = Rotten Tomatoes
TVM = Made for TV movie
DTV = Direct to video
FTR = Foreign theatrical release (but not in U.S.)
MIS = TV Miniseries
TVS = TV series
TVE = TV episode or single disc TV series
ANE = Anime
SHT = Short
Click HERE for complete up-to-date theatrical lists, alphabetical and by year.
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(complete report with updated information )
Week Ending 04/22/12

'Mission' Accomplished: 'Ghost Protocol' Is No. 1
24 Apr, 2012
By: Thomas K. Arnold

Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol
Paramount Home Media Distribution scored a rare triple-whammy on the home video charts the week ended April 22, as the latest installment in the Tom Cruise-starring “Mission: Impossible” franchise debuted at No. 1 on all three charts.
Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol easily vaulted to the top of both the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks overall disc sales, as well as Nielsen’s dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales charts.
The film — which earned $209.4 million in U.S. theaters — turned in a particularly strong Blu-ray Disc performance, with the high-definition version accounting for 67% of total unit sales.
Steven Spielberg’s War Horse, distributed by Disney, finished a distant second on both sales charts its third week in stores. Overall, the film sold 16% as many discs as Ghost Protocol, while on Blu-ray the disparity was even greater, with War Horse selling just 7% as many units as the Tom Cruise blockbuster.
On Home Media Magazine’s weekly video rental chart, Ghost Protocol claimed an easy victory in the top spot as well, followed at No. 2 by 20th Century Fox’s The Sitter, which shot up from No. 49 the prior week as it came off its 28-day holdback from Netflix and Redbox.
Another Fox film, The Descendants, with George Clooney, remained at No. 3 on the rental chart, while the No. 4 position went to Universal Studios’ Hop, an Easter bunny movie that was held back from the two leading rental outlets until the week after Easter.
Related Links :
Top 20 Sellers for the Week Ended 04/22/12
Top 20 Rentals for the Week Ended 04/22/12
Top 20 Selling Blu-ray Discs for the Week Ended 04/22/12
Top 20 Blu-ray Market Share for the Week Ended 04/22/12

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/research/mission-accomplished-ghost-protocol-no-1-27073

 

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Week Ending 04/22/12

 

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Week Ending 04/21/12
Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol vs Easter 2011 and first full week of Harry Potter 7.1

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/mar...k-ended-042112

 

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The-Numbers Blu-ray and DVD estimates for Week Ending 04/22/12

Note: This data is one day offset from the HMM revenue data as it is Mon-Sun range and includes an extra day(Sunday) for new release sales of new releases

Blu-ray Sales: Mission did the Impossible
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol led all new releases topping the Blu-ray sales chart with an impressive debut of 1.34 million units / $29.51 million. Its opening week Blu-ray share was an outstanding 67%.
As a result of this fantastic opening, I'm making a bold prediction. By the end of the year, a summer blockbuster will open with a Blu-ray share of 75%.
War Horse was miles back with 99,000 units / $2.96 million for the week giving it totals of 536,000 units / $14.44 million after three.
Frozen Planet opened in third place with 63,000 units / $2.19 million, which was enough for a 49% opening week Blu-ray share. Normally, TV on DVD releases struggle on Blu-ray, but this was a nature documentary, and this particular genre tends to do well. Even so, 49% is impressive.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo remained in fourth place with 62,000 units / $1.25 million for the week. After more than a month of release, the film has sold 955,000 units and generated $19.56 million in sales.
Mission: Impossible: Trilogy Box Set returned to the chart in fifth place with 60,000 units / $3.10 million.
The best of the rest of the new releases was Shame, which placed seventh with 48,000 units / $1.30 million. It only came out on a Blu-ray Combo Pack, so there's no Blu-ray share to look at.
Born to be Wild was right behind in eighth place with 47,000 units / $1.31 million giving it an opening week Blu-ray share of 47%, which is excellent for a documentary.
The final new release to chart was The Princess Diaries: Double-Pack, which placed 14th with 34,000 units / $1.34 million.
The overall Blu-ray sales were a momentous leap up from last week and from last year. Sales were 151% higher than last week, both in terms of units and dollars, which is meteoric growth. There were 29% more units sold when compared to last year, which generated 49% more revenue.
On the other hand, DVD sales were marginally higher than last week, but they plummeted compared to last year. This helped the overall Blu-ray share reach 49% in terms of units and 57% in terms of dollars.

With nearly all of the winter blockbusters already out on the home market, this share will likely fall. But expect Blu-ray sales to break the 50% barrier again during the Christmas shopping season.
Speaking of a falling Blu-ray share, next week Blu-ray prospects are far from great with only one first-run release generating any real buzz. Contraband should sell well on Blu-ray when compared to DVD, but weak compared to Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. On the other hand, last year's new releases were a disaster on both DVD and Blu-ray, meaning 2012 should earn a pretty easy win on the year-over-year comparison.
- C.S.Strowbridge
Date posted: 2012-05-02
Movies
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
War Horse
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Shame
Born to be Wild 3D
The Princess Diaries
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

http://www.the-numbers.com/interactive/newsStory.php?newsID=7233

DVD Sales: Mission Disavowed on DVD
There were not a lot of new releases to reach the top 30 on the DVD sales chart this week and only one of them reached the top five. We did have a new number one film, as Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol easily topped the chart with 661,000 units / $10.24 million. This is a disappointing start for a film that made $200 million in theaters. Fortunately, it did better on Blu-ray.
War Horse placed second with 219,000 units / $4.38 million for the week giving it totals of 1.06 million units / $19.12 million after three. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked remained in third place with 151,000 units / $2.71 million for the week. After roughly a month on the home market, the film has sold 1.98 million units and generated $32.91 million in sales. We Bought a Zoo remained in fourth place 128,000 units / $2.24 million for three-week totals of 859,000 units / $14.86 million. This is good, but not great. The Iron Lady fell from second to fifth with 91,000 units / $1.37 million for the week. It has now sold 325,000 units and earned $4.87 million after two weeks of release.
The best of the rest of the new releases was Frozen Planet, which placed ninth with 65,000 units / $1.81 million. Another nature documentary, Born to be Wild, was right behind in tenth place with 53,000 units / $811,000 units.
- C.S.Strowbridge
Date posted: 2012-05-02
Movies
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
War Horse
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
We Bought a Zoo
The Iron Lady
Born to be Wild 3D

http://www.the-numbers.com/interactive/newsStory.php?newsID=7232

 

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The Q2 Catalog Crunch
24 Apr, 2012
By: John Latchem

With a dearth of new major theatrical titles heading to shelves, stores are focusing on clearing inventory.
Target went with a huge sale of Disney Princess merchandise, centered on the chain’s exclusive Blu-ray edition of The Princess Diaries at $14.99. The promotion included sales of the DVD and Blu-ray of Tangled and The Princess and the Frog, as well as Disney Princess dolls, books and video games.
Another promotion at Target involved a $15 discount with the purchase of two select TV DVD titles. Also, several recent DVD releases were offered at $14.99 each.
Best Buy revived promotions for its “Upgrade & Save” program, which lets customers trade in their used DVDs to get a $5 coupon that can be applied toward a Blu-ray movie $9.99 and up. As such, its weekly ad circular was filled with pages of Blu-ray sales for which the coupon could be used.
Also, Best Buy offered $10 Fandango cash to see A Five-Year Engagement in theaters with the purchase of select Universal Blu-ray catalog titles offered at $12.99 each ($7.99 with the coupon).
The new DVD of the recent Titanic miniseries caused a bit of confusion among patrons at a Costa Mesa store who thought it was supposed to be a re-release of the James Cameron version. It just goes to show that movies share titles sometimes and it helps to keep an eye out for exactly what you want to buy.

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/agent-dvd-insider/q2-catalog-crunch

Projections: 'Contraband' Set To Seize Charts
30 Apr, 2012
By: John Latchem

Among the modest slate of new releases April 24, Universal’s Contraband, with a $66.5 million take at the domestic box office, has the best chance of unseating Paramount’s Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol from the top spot on the sales charts the week ending April 29. The titles should easily comprise the top two spots.
Ghost Protocol should continue to dominate the rental chart. A newcomer to the top 10 will be Fox’s Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, fresh off its 28-day kiosk embargo.
Rank Title Studio Weeks on Chart
Projected Top 3 Sellers for Week Ending 4/29/2012
1 Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol Paramount 2
2 Contraband Universal New
3 War Horse Disney/DreamWorks 4
Projected Top 3 Rentals for Week Ending 4/29/2012
1 Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol Paramount 2
2 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked Fox 5
3 The Sitter Fox 6

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/research/projections-contraband-set-seize-charts-27097

 

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New to domestic Blu-ray-week ending 4/29/12: 39 titles
New Theatrical: 8
Theatrical Catalog: 8
Other: 23

[B]Title                                       Year  Released  IMDB   RT BoxOffice Studio[/B]
[B]New theatrical: 8 / 67.6M TBO[/B]
Contraband                                  2012   4/24/12   6.5   49    66.5   Universal
Pariah                                      2011   4/24/12   6.9   96     0.8   Focus Features
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Mi..2011   4/24/12   7.2   85     0.2   FUNimation
The Innkeepers                              2011   4/24/12   5.7   77     0.1   MPI Media Group
Let the Bullets Fly                         2010   4/24/12   7.1   84     0.1   Well Go USA
The Scarlet Worm                            2011   4/24/12   4.1                Unearthed Films
Some Days Are Better Than Others            2010   4/24/12   5.0   40           Palisades Tartan
Ubaldo Terzani Horror Show                  2010   4/24/12   5.4                RaroVideo U.S.
[B]Theatrical Catalog 8 (1 from major studios)[/B]
The Red House                               1947   4/24/12   6.8                Film Chest
The Jayhawkers!                             1959   4/24/12   6.1                Olive Films
The Organizer                               1963   4/24/12   7.9                Criterion
Camelot                                     1967   4/24/12   6.4   60           Warner
The Girl on a Motorcycle                    1968   4/24/12   5.0                Kino Video
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades       1972   4/24/12   7.7                AnimEigo
Badge373                                    1973   4/24/12   5.3                Olive Films
Hit!                                        1973   4/24/12   6.1                Olive Films
[B]TV/DTV movies: 12[/B]
Nazis at the Center of the Earth            2012   4/24/12   3.0          DTV   Asylum Home Entertainment
The Fields                                  2011   4/24/12   4.5          DTV   Breaking Glass
Dark Tide                                   2012   4/24/12   4.3          DTV   Lionsgate
The Wicker Tree                             2010   4/24/12   4.1          DTV   Anchor Bay
Amy Winehouse: Fallen Star                  2012   4/24/12                DTV   Flash Light
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril       1972   4/24/12   7.7          FTR   AnimEigo
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land o..1973   4/24/12   7.7          FTR   AnimEigo
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell     1974   4/24/12   7.5          FTR   AnimEigo
Killer Nun                                  1979   4/24/12   4.8          FTR   Blue Underground
Cruel Passion                               1977   4/24/12   4.0          FTR   Kino Video
Cinema Verite                               2011   4/24/12   6.5          TVM   HBO
A Hollis Frampton Odyssey                   1966   4/24/12        264     SHT   Criterion
[B]TV Series: 5[/B]                               [B] Year  Released  IMDB  Min    Type   [/B]
Birdsong                                    2012   4/24/12   7.1  165     MIS   PBS
Titanic                                     2012   4/24/12   5.5  187     MIS   Entertainmentone
Tinker Tinker Soldier Spy                   1979   4/24/12   8.7  290     MIS   Acorn Media
Poirot: Series 4                            1992   4/24/12   8.7  306     TVS   Acorn Media
Kite                                        1998   4/24/12   6.8   50     ANE   Allegro
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Year to date (after week 17):
2012 total releases: 573
2011 total releases: 521
2012 New Theatrical: 131 / 2898.5M TBO (503.8 Q2)
2011 New Theatrical: 121 / 3055.5M TBO (929.7 Q2)
2012 Theatrical Catalog*: 173 total / 73 major studios
2011 Theatrical Catalog*: 194 total / 111 major studios
* = actual number of debut movies released, as some SKUs had more than one movie
** = Blu-ray releases only, TBO of DVD may be higher as some new theatrical releases were only released on DVD
One year ago: Titles released week ending 5/1/11: 38
New Theatrical: 1
Theatrical Catalog: 15
Other: 22

[B]Title                                       Year  Released  IMDB   RT BoxOffice Studio[/B]
[B]New Theatrical: 1 / 0.0M TBO[/B]
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno             2009   4/26/11   7.4  100     0.0   Flicker Alley
[B]Theatrical Catalog: 15 (1 from major studios) [/B]
Romeo and Juliet                            1954   4/26/11   6.5                VCI
Dementia 13                                 1963   4/26/11   5.6   59           HD Cinema Classics
The Terror                                  1963   4/26/11   4.9   25     0.0   HD Cinema Classics
Don't Look Back                             1967   4/26/11   7.8  100           Docurama
El Topo                                     1970   4/26/11   7.4   75     0.1   Anchor Bay
The Lickerish Quartet                       1970   4/26/11   6.0   57           Cult Epics
The Holy Mountain                           1973   4/26/11   7.8   84     0.1   Anchor Bay
Poor Pretty Eddie                           1975   4/26/11   5.1                HD Cinema Classics
Blow Out                                    1981   4/26/11   7.2   89    12.0   Criterion
The Dorm That Dripped Blood                 1982   4/26/11   3.9    0           Synapse Films
Betty Blue                                  1986   4/26/11   7.3   76     2.0   Cinema Libre
The Scent of Green Papaya                   1993   4/26/11   7.2  100     1.7   Kino Video
Daylight                                    1996   4/26/11   5.5   22    33.0   Universal
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time             2006   4/26/11   7.9   87           Bandai
The Machine Girl                            2008   4/26/11   6.0   63           Tokyo Shock

Note: Only movies making their Blu-ray debut are listed.
New theatrical = movie released theatrically in U.S. AND which the debut DVD release was issued concurrently, afterwards, or less than 6 months prior
Theatrical Catalog = movie released theatrically in the U.S. AND which the debut DVD release was issued greater than 6 months prior
RT = Rotten Tomatoes
TVM = Made for TV movie
DTV = Direct to video
FTR = Foreign theatrical release (but not in U.S.)
MIS = TV Miniseries
TVS = TV series
TVE = TV episode or single disc TV series
ANE = Anime
SHT = Short
Click HERE for complete up-to-date theatrical lists, alphabetical and by year.
hat tip bruceames original here

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Week Ending 04/29/12 HMM Blu-ray and DVD Sales Report

'Contraband' Seizes Top Sales Spots; 'Ghost Protocol' Tops Rentals
2 May, 2012
By: Thomas K. Arnold

Contraband
Universal Studios Home Entertainment scored a double win on the national sales charts the week ended April 29, with Contraband knocking Paramount’s Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol out of the No. 1 spot on both the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart, which tracks overall disc sales, and Nielsen’s dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart.
The Tom Cruise actioner, however, did remain at No. 1 on Home Media Magazine’s rental chart for the second consecutive week.
Contraband, a crime drama with Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale, debuted at No. 1 on both sales charts after a $66.5 million-grossing theatrical run earlier this year. Blu-ray Disc accounted for 52% of the film’s total unit sales, and 55% of week-two unit sales for Ghost Protocol, which finished at No. 2 on both charts.
A dearth of other high-profile new releases sent several older titles racing back up the sales charts, including Walt Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (No. 3 on First Alert, up from No. 10 the previous week) and The Help (No. 7, up from No. 46). Target’s exclusive Blu-ray of the two “Princess Diaries” films rose to No. 3 on the Blu-ray chart its second week of availability. And anticipation over the new Avengers movie caused the precursor films featuring the characters, such as Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger, to rise on both the overall sales and Blu-ray sales charts.
On Home Media Magazine’s weekly video rental chart, Ghost Protocol at No. 1 was followed at No. 2 by 20th Century Fox’s Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, which soared up from No. 70 the previous week as it came off its 28-day holdback from Netflix and Redbox.
Related Links :
Top 20 Sellers for the Week Ended 04/29/12
Top 20 Rentals for the Week Ended 04/29/12
Top 20 Selling Blu-ray Discs for the Week Ended 04/29/12
Top 20 Blu-ray Market Share for the Week Ended 04/29/12

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/research/contraband-seizes-top-sales-spots-ghost-protocol-tops-rentals-27159

 

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Week Ending 04/29/12 HMM Blu-ray and DVD Sales Report Graphs

 

[Kosty]

HMM Blu-ray and DVD Sales Report Week Ending 04/28/12
Note: Total Box Office Power was $67.87M this week (Contraband)

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/mar...k-ended-042812

 

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