Avatar Press Event Coverage: Avatar will street on Earth Day April 22nd (1 Viewer)

[TheBat]

any midnight openings for avatar at the stores?
I read that some best buy stores will be doing midnight. I wonder if blockbuster will do the same. that is where I ordered it.

Jacob

 

[TonyD]

we haven't been given any notice to do a midnight sale at our bbv.
But individual stores are able to do it if they want to.

I wonder if we will get copies in 1 week early like we do for everythng else.

 

[Adam Gregorich]

I wonder if we will get copies in 1 week early like we do for everythng else.

I would imagine so, but it might be a few days later that the rest of the weeks releases arrive since it streets on Thursday. I also bet that the release date will cause some confusion so I think a lot of retailers will put it out on Tuesday with the other releases.

 

[TonyD]

BBV recently changed their shipper to UPS, so now our store gets most new releases on the
Thursday before strret date.
So if the pattern continues we'll get them on the 15th.
Once in awhile we get a release on the MOnday before so that could happen too.
I wouldn't be surprised if it comes in a completely seperate shipment.
I'll try to see how many our store is getting when I go in tomorrow, I'm curious.

 

[Adam Gregorich]

I'll try to see how many our store is getting when I go in tomorrow, I'm curious.

Tony-Would you mind looking at DVD and Blu-ray? Pre-orders were running 50/50, which is spectacular for Blu-ray. I'm curious if your store followed that trend.

 

[TonyD]

We are getting 58 DVD. And 17 on blu.

 

[TheBat]

Adam,
thanks for the update about the dvd/blu ray reviews.

Jacob

 

[Adam Gregorich]

Originally Posted by TonyD

We are getting 58 DVD. And 17 on blu.

Wow, thats suprising Tony. Does your location not do a brisk business in Blu-ray? Being that the BD comes with the DVD I figured some DVD owners would buy the BD just to have it when they eventually upgrade.

 

[Nick Martin]

It's interesting also because if you get the Blu-ray you get both formats. This would have made for a good sales experiment to just sell the combo so anyone who wants to buy the film MUST get both formats. Think about it - the majority of Blu-ray owners won't watch the included DVD, so there wouldn't really be an issue with only having the combo available, since non-Blu-ray owners simply wouldn't watch the included Blu-ray disc.

 

[TonyD]

Originally Posted by Adam Gregorich





Wow, thats suprising Tony. Does your location not do a brisk business in Blu-ray? Being that the BD comes with the DVD I figured some DVD owners would buy the BD just to have it when they eventually upgrade.

My BBV never has done very much on the way of preorders.
Of the 17blus so far, only 7 are actual presales.

 

[Finn]

we are tracking over 60+% Blu-ray in pre-sales across the board.

 

[Nick Martin]

I can't do the whole pre-order thing.

I love the anticipation, taking the time to go out and see a shelf or stand-alone display full of a movie like this and pick one up. Doesn't matter what store it is, just that it's there and it's a big deal since the time was taken to set it all up and make it an event. Maybe it's silly but so am I.

 

[Adam Gregorich]

Originally Posted by Finn

we are tracking over 60+% Blu-ray in pre-sales across the board.

WOW! Its gone up since last I heard. That is spectacular, and is good news for the format. Hopefully others (*cough* Lucas *cough*) are paying attention. I know it would just be a guess on your part, but do you think some of those will go to people who only have DVD now but plan on moving to BD in the near future and want to be able to watch the DVD now and have the BD for when they get a player?

 

[Finn]

Originally Posted by Adam Gregorich
do you think some of those will go to people who only have DVD now but plan on moving to BD in the near future and want to be able to watch the DVD now and have the BD for when they get a player?

Ever since players have come down in price, we have seen an increase in BD sales - the combo packs are great, as they include a dvd - so you can watch it anywhere - car, other rooms, etc and have the blu-ray disc for your killer living room set up.

 

[TheBat]

I like the combo idea. I have some family members that have not gone blu so then I can let them use the dvd. very smart idea.

Jacob

 

[Adam Gregorich]

I like it too. We still have some TVs in the house that only have DVD players. Please keep up and even expand the dual disc releases!

 

[bingobuff]

that's very nice! we're still using DVD player at home so the DVD format of the movie will be great until such time we get a BD.

 

Since I live in the Caribbean, I need to import everything. Since the new release schedule kinda sucks down here, thankfully I have a few friends that help me in that regard. Usually when I get a combo pack, I let him keep the regular DVD and let em ship the Blu to me!

 

[TonyD]

As i expected we got our copies in today, so headed over to work to pick up a copy,
be watching this afternoon.

YAY!!

 

Let us know what you think Tony!