Astro Boy is #2 on Best-Selling DVD/Blu-Ray list

[Laughing Dragon]

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.

[LLM]

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

[Dragonrider1227]

YAY! I figured it'd do well on DVD

[Laughing Dragon]

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.

[dannavy85]

Good showing!

[Laughing Dragon]

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.

[dannavy85]

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.

[Alittleacorn]

$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

[Laughing Dragon]

$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.

[Alittleacorn]

[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 ;_;