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[PMF]

I likely won't compile anything more than the basics tonight, but I'm not sure if all the discs will go away at 3am ET or is the last available number will remain static for a couple days.[...]

Stay up until 3:01am, David, just in case there’s a new surprise. Who knows? Maybe they’ll post an announcement for a misplaced quad of New Releases.

Meanwhile, farewell to Twilight Time.
We are going to miss you big time.
Thank you, adieu and may peace be with you all.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Well, it's after midnight everywhere. Even though I've already done my shopping, I just pulled up Twilight Time's website out of curiosity to see what it looks like now.

The listings for each title are still present, but they have a note on each page that says: "We no longer offer this title for sale, this listing is here for reference. Screen Archives still carries a wide selection of Twilight Time titles." The add to cart button is, of course, gone. Oddly enough the "add to wish list" function is still there, even though that would seem to serve no purpose if you can't buy anything off of it anymore. It does appear that they automatically switched off all shopping cart and checkout functions at 3am ET.

Thank you for your service to film collectors everywhere, Twilight Time.

 

[David Norman]

B] Nothing currently listed under 50 at SAE[/B]
FWIW, the prices on SAE still list the March Madness numbers. Not as good as TTM Sale and none of the extra
incentives, but at least no back to full price.


SOLD OUT MONDAY on TTM
RUSSIA HOUSE, THE (1990)
GENGHIS KHAN (1965)
FOREVER AMBER (1947)


FINAL STOCK at TTM 3:01am ET JULY 7
BOBBY DEERFIELD (1977) 6
ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA, THE (1954) 11
CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE (1947) 31
MY GAL SAL (1942) 60
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (1972) (REGION A ONLY) 61
IN MY COUNTRY (2004) 67
KINGS GO FORTH (1958) 91
SATAN NEVER SLEEPS (1962) 132
SNAKE PIT, THE (1948) 134
QUILLER MEMORANDUM, THE (1966) 135
MORITURI (1965) 144
HILDA CRANE (1956) 158
TALL MEN, THE (1955) 163
WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING, THE (1935) 173
TAKE A GIRL LIKE YOU (1970) 198
CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI, THE (2008) 215
A MAN CALLED PETER (1955) 225
VIRGIN SOLDIERS, THE (1969) 236
STAGECOACH (1966) 291
CARLA'S SONG (1996) 304
YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF, THE (1977) 315
BIG FIX, THE (1978) 315
RETURN OF FRANK JAMES, THE (1940) 319
FATHERLAND (AKA SINGING THE BLUES IN RED / 1986) 335
HUSSY (1980) 376
THE CHAIRMAN (1969) 408
LITTLE HOUSE, THE (CHIISAI OUCHI / 2014) 421
BABY THE RAIN MUST FALL (1965) 461
RIVER'S EDGE, THE (1957) 499
BEHOLD A PALE HORSE (1964) 519
WILD IN THE COUNTRY (1961) 620
PIN UP GIRL (1944) 626
ADMIRABLE CRICHTON, THE (AKA PARADISE LAGOON / 1957) 654
HELLO, FRISCO, HELLO (1943) 661
MOTHER WORE TIGHTS (1947) 671
TEN NORTH FREDERICK (10 NORTH FREDERICK / 1958) 700
PRESIDENT'S LADY, THE (1953) 724
YANKS (1979) 726
UNTAMED (1955) 795



Units Sold on MONDAY - individual units sold at TTM JULY 6
PIN UP GIRL (1944) 153
HELLO, FRISCO, HELLO (1943) 121
MOTHER WORE TIGHTS (1947) 116
CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE (1947) 83
FOREVER AMBER (1947) 80
TALL MEN, THE (1955) 79
WILD IN THE COUNTRY (1961) 77
SNAKE PIT, THE (1948) 76
STAGECOACH (1966) 73
PRESIDENT'S LADY, THE (1953) 70
QUILLER MEMORANDUM, THE (1966) 67
MORITURI (1965) 64
RIVER'S EDGE, THE (1957) 63
THE CHAIRMAN (1969) 59
MY GAL SAL (1942) 57
RETURN OF FRANK JAMES, THE (1940) 57
WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING, THE (1935) 52
ADMIRABLE CRICHTON, THE (AKA PARADISE LAGOON / 1957) 45
ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA, THE (1954) 44
TEN NORTH FREDERICK (10 NORTH FREDERICK / 1958) 44
YANKS (1979) 43
BABY THE RAIN MUST FALL (1965) 41
UNTAMED (1955) 41
YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF, THE (1977) 41
BIG FIX, THE (1978) 39
SATAN NEVER SLEEPS (1962) 39
BEHOLD A PALE HORSE (1964) 36
HILDA CRANE (1956) 36
HUSSY (1980) 36
A MAN CALLED PETER (1955) 34
TAKE A GIRL LIKE YOU (1970) 34
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (1972) (REGION A ONLY) 33
GENGHIS KHAN (1965) 28
CARLA'S SONG (1996) 27
CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI, THE (2008) 25
BOBBY DEERFIELD (1977) 24
KINGS GO FORTH (1958) 22
VIRGIN SOLDIERS, THE (1969) 19
IN MY COUNTRY (2004) 18
FATHERLAND (AKA SINGING THE BLUES IN RED / 1986) 17
RUSSIA HOUSE, THE (1990) 15
LITTLE HOUSE, THE (CHIISAI OUCHI / 2014) 10




Again a big big sales day at TTM with close to 2150 units being sold, but in perspective TTM sold 40000 units the first 36 hrs of the Clearance Sale. A very late rush almost to the point of frenzy to get discs in under the wire. As best as I can tell 600+ units sold between 2am and 3am ET

Over the course of the entire 4 month sale approx 90000 units sold through TTM. The 2 month Clearance sale accounted for about 66000 units. I'll get the more detailed numbers out in a day or two. If there is something in the numbers you'd like to see, let me know and I'll see if I can extract it from my sheets.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Those numbers are great. Thanks David. I'm so glad TT's final sale went so well for them.

 

[David Norman]

FINAL REVISED SUMMARY OF FULL TWILIGHT TIME MOVIES FINAL SALE

 

[David Norman]

Summary of the summary

On Feb 29 TTM had approx 104,500 units of 192 Titles

Pre-Clearance they sold 24500 units and 21 titles sold out

On May 10 at the beginning of the Clearance Sale they had 90000 units of 171 titles

During the May 10 to July Sale -- 67000 unit sold and 132 titles sold out

At the end of the sale there were 13000 units left of 39 title presumably that will be sent to SAE

Total Numbers for the final 4 month sale
91500 Units sold
153 titles sold out


Top sellers for the FULL SALE -- many numbers approx since I didn't have exact counts on all 200 titles in March
BANDOLERO! (1968) 1250
THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN (1954) 1250
LAWMAN (1971) 1100
TALL MEN, THE (1955) 1087
WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING, THE (1935) 1077
SNAKE PIT, THE (1948) 1066
QUILLER MEMORANDUM, THE (1966) 1065
A MAN CALLED PETER (1955) 1025
TALK RADIO (1988) 1014
STAGECOACH (1966) 1009
MELVIN AND HOWARD (1980) 1000
SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959) 1000
WARLOCK (1959) 1000
WHIRLPOOL (1949) 1000
WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957) 1000
MORITURI (1965) 966
THE CHASE (1966) 960
BEDAZZLED (1967) 950
THE CHAIRMAN (1969) 942
RETURN OF FRANK JAMES, THE (1940) 941
BIG FIX, THE (1978) 935


Top Sellers for the CLEARANCE SALE
THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN (1954) 1077
BANDOLERO! (1968) 1000
TALL MEN, THE (1955) 934
SNAKE PIT, THE (1948) 918
LAWMAN (1971) 914
QUILLER MEMORANDUM, THE (1966) 904
WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING, THE (1935) 890
SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959) 871
STAGECOACH (1966) 828
MORITURI (1965) 822
THE CHASE (1966) 816
A MAN CALLED PETER (1955) 814
MELVIN AND HOWARD (1980) 799
THE CHAIRMAN (1969) 798
RETURN OF FRANK JAMES, THE (1940) 778
BIG FIX, THE (1978) 775
CHILDREN OF HUANG SHI, THE (2008) 752
BEDAZZLED (1967) 750
BABY THE RAIN MUST FALL (1965) 740
RIVER'S EDGE, THE (1957) 723
BEHOLD A PALE HORSE (1964) 714


Worst Sellers for the Full Sale of those items that remained in stock most of the sale
VIRGIN SOLDIERS, THE (1969) 464
LITTLE HOUSE, THE (CHIISAI OUCHI / 2014) 479
IN MY COUNTRY (2004) 483
HILDA CRANE (1956) 492
MY GAL SAL (1942) 550
UNTAMED (1955) 552
KINGS GO FORTH (1958) 569
YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF, THE (1977) 585
FATHERLAND (AKA SINGING THE BLUES IN RED / 1986) 585
BOBBY DEERFIELD (1977) 594
YANKS (1979) 603
CARLA'S SONG (1996) 611
PRESIDENT'S LADY, THE (1953) 615
BLUE DENIM (1959) 615
SATAN NEVER SLEEPS (1962) 618
GENGHIS KHAN (1965) 620
HUSSY (1980) 624
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (1972) (REGION A ONLY) 629
ADMIRABLE CRICHTON, THE (AKA PARADISE LAGOON / 1957) 646
TEN NORTH FREDERICK (10 NORTH FREDERICK / 1958) 650
X Y & ZEE (1972) 650
BENEATH THE 12-MILE REEF (1953) 660
QUIET AMERICAN, THE (1958) 690
HELLO, FRISCO, HELLO (1943) 697
MOTHER WORE TIGHTS (1947) 714
ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA, THE (1954) 739
PIN UP GIRL (1944) 746



Worst Selling Titles of the Clearance Sale of those items that were in stock most of the Sale
VIRGIN SOLDIERS, THE (1969) 349
BLACK STALLION RETURNS, THE (1983) 356
LITTLE HOUSE, THE (CHIISAI OUCHI / 2014) 369
IN MY COUNTRY (2004) 375
HILDA CRANE (1956) 362
MY GAL SAL (1942) 514
UNTAMED (1955) 481
KINGS GO FORTH (1958) 464
ANASTASIA (1956) 435
YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF, THE (1977) 449
FATHERLAND (AKA SINGING THE BLUES IN RED / 1986) 467
BOBBY DEERFIELD (1977) 464
YANKS (1979) 506
CARLA'S SONG (1996) 462
PRESIDENT'S LADY, THE (1953) 512
BLUE DENIM (1959) 483
SATAN NEVER SLEEPS (1962) 534
GENGHIS KHAN (1965) 512
HUSSY (1980) 458
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (1972) (REGION A ONLY) 497
ADMIRABLE CRICHTON, THE (AKA PARADISE LAGOON / 1957) 538
TEN NORTH FREDERICK (10 NORTH FREDERICK / 1958) 541
X Y & ZEE (1972) 419
BENEATH THE 12-MILE REEF (1953) 573
QUIET AMERICAN, THE (1958) 560
HELLO, FRISCO, HELLO (1943) 633
MOTHER WORE TIGHTS (1947) 635
ADVENTURES OF HAJJI BABA, THE (1954) 643
PIN UP GIRL (1944) 690

 

[Jake Lipson]

SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959) 871

Out of curiosity, does this count the multiple orders of this title that were cancelled when TT realized they accepted a new shipment into inventory twice and were short on copies? A bunch of people ended up with their orders of this particular title cancelled and refunded, although I'm not sure how you could track the number of people who were affected by this.

I'm glad I got mine before all of that happened.

 

[David Norman]

I'm just going by the inventory counts on the site. It's likely not going to (un)count listed as sold but refunded.

It might also double count some of the items that were put back from cancelled order though many of the 5 units and under 'returns' just got hidden in the daily numbers anyway. TTM did't really make a way to discover which items fro returns/cancellations and which were new units.

Overall this is relatively a small number of units sold and probably well within my initially rounded off inventory numbers from early March anyway. I had a ballpark starting number but narrowed most of those 500+ title down to the nearest 25 or 50

I would love to have the exact numbers, but I'm not sure TTM has a superclean handle to the overall totals
My numbers I'd say assume a 5-10% range of error on though bigger counts and the sales just give a relative ranking