Re: *** Official HTF HD Formats Comparison Thread
You know, I was just thinking about this reported 85:15 BD:HD sales advantage for the week, and truth be told I can't see it getting better for HD-DVD any time soon. I mean, taking just the six major studio distributors (Universal, Paramount/DreamWorks, Warner/New Line, Sony, Fox/MGM, Disney) and 3 minors (Lionsgate, Starz, Weinstein) into account, this is how the release schedule shapes up for the weeks after this report and through the end of February:
1/15
Good Luck Chuck (Lionsgate)
Mr. Woodcock (New Line)
1/22
The Game Plan (Disney)
Saw IV (Lionsgate)
1/29
Daddy Day Camp (Sony)
Damages - Season 1 (Sony)
The Invasion (Warner)
Monty Python's Life of Brian (Sony)
2/5
Across the Universe (Sony)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Warner)
The Brave One (Warner)
The Brave One (Warner) (Possible 3-week delay ahead?)
Crimson Tide (Disney)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Universal)
The Jane Austen Book Club (Sony)
Me, Myself and Irene (Fox)
Wall Street (Fox)
2/12
Becoming Jane (Disney)
Gone Baby Gone (Disney)
No Reservations (Warner)
No Reservations (Warner) (Possible 3-week delay ahead?)
We Own the Night (Sony)
2/19
American Gangster (Universal)
In the Valley of Elah (Warner)
In the Valley of Elah (Warner) (Possible 3-week delay ahead?)
The Invasion (Warner)
Michael Clayton (Warner)
Michael Clayton (Warner) (Possible 3-week delay ahead?)
Run Lola Run (Sony)
2/26
30 Days of Night (Sony)
Beowulf (Paramount)
Justice League: The New Frontier (Warner)
To Kill a King (Starz)
That's a lot of blue compared to the red. 25 BD releases, and 8 HD-DVD releases. And that's if those 4 Warner titles don't get the 3-week delay the others have already got, which would push 3 of them to March. That would then be a 25:5 title advantage, with 2 of those 5 getting released 3 weeks after their BD counterpart. Universal and Paramount are releasing 3 titles over the next 7 weeks.
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Yikes. HD-DVD will be damn lucky to get 20% of the market for Jan/Feb '08.
