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From Phillyburbs.com:

Best-Sellers
1. “The Princess and the Frog” (G); Grade: A; $29.99, DVD; $39.99, DVD/Blu Ray combo; $44.99, DVD/Blu-ray Disc with a digital copy

2. “Astro Boy” (PG); Grade: B+; $26.99, DVD; $34.99, Blu-ray Disc

3. “Up in the Air” (R); Grade: A; $29.99, DVD; $39.99, Blu-ray Disc

4. “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (R); Grade: A; $29.99, DVD; $39.99, Blu-ray Disc

5. “Ninja Assassin” (R); Grade: B; $28.99, DVD; $35.99, Blu-ray Disc

6. “The Hurt Locker” (R); Grade: A; $26.99, DVD; $34.99, Blu-ray Disc

7. “Old Dogs” (PG); Grade: B; $29.99, DVD; $39.99, Blu-ray Disc; $44.99, Blu-ray Disc with digital copy

8. “2012” (PG-13); Grade: B; $28.99, DVD; $39.99, Blu-ray Disc

9. “Did You Hear About the Morgans?” (PG-13); Grade: NP; $28.99, DVD; $34.99, Blu-ray Disc

10. “The Fourth Kind” (PG-13); Grade: C; $29.99, DVD; $39.99, Blu-ray Disc

Partial source: Home Media Magazine, wire-service and Web reports; NP means not previewed.

Any word on total profits for the first day?
And yay! Astro is doing well!

YAY! I figured it'd do well on DVD

"LLM" wrote:Any word on total profits for the first day?
And yay! Astro is doing well!

Unfortunately, sales figures for DVDs and other such merchandise are never released to the public.

Good showing!

More good news about Astro Boy's DVD sales. Even with the debut of Twilight: New Moon on the DVD sales chart, Astro Boy did well, according to Home Media magazine:

Three other new theatrical releases also posted strong sales and rentals. Warner’s Ninja Assassin ($38.1 million box office) debuted at No. 3 on both First Alert and the Blu-ray Disc sales chart. Summit’s Astro Boy ($19.6 million) bowed at No. 7 on First Alert and No. 9 on the Blu-ray Disc chart. And The Fourth Kind ($25.5 million), a horror release from Universal Studios, debuted as the week’s No. 4 rental.

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/research/new-moon-takes-bite-out-sales-18853

That is a remarkable showing, especially for a movie that had such a hard time at the box office and whose advertising campaign has been skimpy at best. Word-of-mouth has to be responsible for these good sales figures. Keep spreading the word, gang; the world needs to know what it missed out on at theaters. I don't know if the successful DVD sales will help bring about a sequel, but it doesn't hurt.

Perhaps Summit would have been better off with a DVD only release with a better add campaign? I think the future of movies is turning away from theaters given the increase in prices this week of 3-D and Imax movies in theaters.

$19.6 million, that's really good right? I wonder how Astro Boy will do on further releases elsewhere.

I think i'm going to hunt down every person i know online into buying the movie =D

"Alittleacorn" wrote:$19.6 million, that's really good right? I wonder how Astro Boy will do on further releases elsewhere.

I think i'm going to hunt down every person i know online into buying the movie =D

Actually, I think that number refers to the movie's original U.S. box-office total, not the total sales of DVDs. Those numbers are almost never released to the public.

"Laughing Dragon" wrote:[QUOTE=Alittleacorn;96972]$19.6 million, that's really good right? I wonder how Astro Boy will do on further releases elsewhere.

I think i'm going to hunt down every person i know online into buying the movie =D

Actually, I think that number refers to the movie's original U.S. box-office total, not the total sales of DVDs. Those numbers are almost never released to the public.[/QUOTE]

Oh....rats ;_;