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GMpasqua 
Highest-grossing films of 20101 Toy Story 32 Alice in Wonderland3 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 4 Inception5 Shrek Forever After6 The Twilight Saga7 Iron Man 2 8 Tangled9 Despicable Me 10 How to Train Your Dragonthat's what people are paying to see at the theater - that's what people will pay to see on Blu-rayThe count:Animation : 5Fantasy: 4Action//Thriller: 1Comedy: 0Drama: 0Horror: 0Teen gross out: 0 (they all went to see Twilight)Crime: 0War: 0Romance: 0Musical: 0Mystery: 0
No no no....People who go out to the movies are not the same people who stay in their homes to watch the films......all the shut-ins, the actually factually lame, the rural people without fast internet access, etc etc etc....
IMHO it's very short sighted and foolish, to think that ONLY those who are healthy and close enough to urban theaters are the sole and primary paying audience for home film presentations - for, ever since the days of radio in the 1920s and continuing through the days of TV, cable, and home video, ALL home products from entertainment industry has primarily been - and is still today used the most by - the "shut-in", the sick, the old, the unsociable, people who hate crowds and are unable for whatever reason to be out in public.
If they've seen it at the theater or cinema, why would they want to pay again watch it at home?
The people who go out to the cinemas are not the same people who buy and collect blu-rays and dvds. To say otherwise, requires more proof than you've presented , which is merely a list of biggest box-office draws at cinemas for a year. How many of those patrons actually bought the blu-rays?
Who knows?
But that list of films, or other films like them, are the only films worth releasing to the format?
I think that, if that's the way they are doing their bluray/dvd releasing, they are leaving some money on the table, by leaving some would-be customers in the lurch.
