Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the Week of August 30th, 2010

Posted in Studios, US Releases on August 31st, 2010 by Dave

A bit of a slow week for Blu-ray releases is revealed by the Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for this week.

New day and date releases are Marmaduke, Harry Brown and Why Did I Get Married Too?.

It is a big week for television releases though, with House: Season SixThe Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season, Sons of Anarchy: Season Two and NCIS: Los Angeles - The First Season.

Perhaps the highlight for Sam Raimi fans is the release of the original The Evil Dead.

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Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the Week of August 16th, 2010

Posted in Studios, US Releases on August 17th, 2010 by Dave

The Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for this week reveals a pretty slow week for Blu-ray titles.

Perhaps the top release for the week is the latest season release of Dexter with Dexter: The Fourth Season.

New Day and Date releases include the latest Ricky Gervais production Cemetery Junction and the Miley Cyrus vehicle The Last Song.

Over to classic cinema we have the Criterion release Black Orpheus and Warner adds another Digibook title with Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

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Get a Range of $7.99 Blu-ray Titles at Amazon

Posted in Amazon Bargains on August 6th, 2010 by Dave

residentevilextinction.jpgAmazon has a number of titles listed for $7.99 today.

Act now to get any of Resident Evil: Extinction, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Unforgiven, Natural Born Killers, The Aviator , Any Given Sunday, Domino or Rush Hour 3 at only $7.99, a great price in anyone’s book.

There doesn’t seem to be a lot of rhyme or reason to the titles, covering a number of studios and discounts from 68% to 72% off retail.

Get ‘em while you can!

Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the Week of August 2nd, 2010

Posted in Studios, US Releases on August 4th, 2010 by Dave

There are quite a few titles of note in the Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery this week, including the kick ass action film Kick-Ass.

Other Day and Date releases include Heroes: Season 4  and the Sony Pictures foreign language release A Prophet.

There are also a few notable catalog releases, including Sam Mendes directed Road to Perdition, cult classic Piranha, Disney’s animated James and the Giant Peach , eighties classic The Breakfast Club and Elvis documentary movie Elvis on Tour from Warner.

Additionally MGM has a number of their movies being released with DVDs included with titles like Escape from New York, Kalifornia, Bull Durham and Fargo.

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Blu-ray Market Share at 12% for the Week Ending June 27th

Posted in Market Share, Studios, US Releases on July 4th, 2010 by Dave

hmm12.jpgThe Blu-ray market share was a fairly typical 12% on a revenue of $15.03M for the week ending June 27th, according to Home Media Magazine.

The Book of Eli from Warner maintained its place at the top of the chart, fending off Universal’s Green Zone, close behind in 2nd place.

bookofeli.jpgDisney/Pixar’s Toy Story and Toy Story 2 took 3rd and 4th place respectively, ahead of Avatar from Fox in 5th place.

New release She’s Out of My League from Paramount came in 7th place, with new HBO release Entourage: The Complete Sixth Season very close behind in 8th position, and Summit’s new release Remember Me settled for 11th place.

The top sellers for this week had a pretty solid market share for Blu-ray Disc, with The Book of Eli selling 31% on Blu-ray Disc and Green Zone selling 29%.

On the other end of the spectrum though, Remember Me from Summit sold only 10% on Blu-ray Disc.

Avatar continues to be a strong seller with 42% Blu-ray Disc market share, which was equaled this week by the BBC’s TV series Life.

life.jpgNew releases Entourage and She’s Out of My League sold 20 - 21% on Blu-ray Disc.

It is kind of interesting that while on a release by release basis, Blu-ray is probably on average in the 20% market share range, the overall market share is much lower.

This indicates that the huge depth of the DVD catalog is going to be tough for Blu-ray to gain on.

Blu-ray Market Share Holds at 14% with Healthier Revenues

Posted in Market Share, Studios, US Releases on June 25th, 2010 by Dave

hmm14.jpgThe Blu-ray market share was 14% for the second week running for the week ending June 20th, according to Home Media Magazine.

On the plus side the revenue was a healthier $26.44M, up 27% over the same period last year.

bookofeli.jpgWarner’s new release The Book of Eli took first place on the chart this week, ahead of Avatar from Fox which has pushed Disney’s Alice in Wonderland to 3rd position.

Shutter Island from Paramount and Sony’s 2012 round out the top 5, with recent Lionsgate release From Paris with Love having to settle for 6th place.

New release When in Rome from Disney debuted in 13th place on the chart, ahead of Sony’s new title Youth in Revolt in 17th position.

Looking at per title market share, top seller The Book of Eli was a strong player for Blu-ray with 35% market share, doing slightly better than Alice in Wonderland with 33% market share.

Avatar continues its strong run with 46% of sales on Blu-ray Disc, as does Life from BBC Video with 39% Blu-ray market share.

20122discedition.jpgDiscounts played a strong role this week with 2012 taking the top honors with 79% of sales on Blu-ray Disc, ahead of Law Abiding Citizen with 51% and of The Hangover with 48%.

New release When in Rome is at the other end of the scale with only 12% market share on Blu-ray Disc, while Youth in Revolt did better with 25% of sales on Blu-ray Disc.

Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the Week of June 21st, 2010

Posted in Studios, US Releases on June 23rd, 2010 by Dave

This week’s Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery has a number of interesting titles including the first stand alone 3D title available.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Blu-ray 3D) from Sony Pictures has been timed to release with their new 3D displays but is available for stand alone purchase and will no doubt be popular with bleeding edge 3D enthusiasts.

New Day and Date titles this week include action film Green Zone, teen comedy She’s Out of My League and the Tolstoy drama The Last Station.

In classic cinema, Warner has the Digibook release for A Star is Born and Criterion has two new titles - Close-Up and Red Desert.

Cult movie fans will be pleased to see B movies Death Race 2000 from the Roger Corman collection and Troma’s Tromeo and Juliet.

So all in all a good mix of titles for the week.

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Blu-ray Market Share 14% for the Week Ending June 13th

Posted in Market Share, Studios, US Releases on June 22nd, 2010 by Dave

hmm14.jpgThe Blu-ray market share was a typical 14% for the week ending June 13th, according to Home Media Magazine.

The weekly revenue was $19.52M for the week - down a little compared to last year.

Disney’s Alice in Wonderland remains in 1st place, ahead of new releases Shutter Island from Paramount and Lionsgate’s From Paris with Love in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

aliceinwonderland.jpg Avatar is still a big seller for Fox, taking 4th place on the chart, with recent remake release The Wolfman from Universal rounding out the top 5.

The new releases are doing fairly well for Blu-ray, with Alice in Wonderland, Shutter Island and From Paris with Love all taking 28% market share on Blu-ray Disc.

Avatar is still in the 39% market share range while Life from BBC Video sold 43% on Blu-ray Disc.

hurtlocker.jpg The Hurt Locker from Summit was the winner for the week with 52% of sales on Blu-ray Disc.

On a different note, sorry that this post is later and shorter than usual - I am actually in China for the week so while I will try to keep everything updated, my connectivity to the internets may be limited.

Forrest Gump, Dark Knight, Leon and Godfather on Sale at Amazon

Posted in Amazon Bargains on June 17th, 2010 by Dave

forrestgump.jpgAmazon has some great deals going right now with some very popular titles heavily discounted.

Perhaps the best deal in terms of savings is the recent Lionsgate release Law Abiding Citizen for $9.99.

Most popular right now is the Paramount Sapphire Series title Forrest Gump for only $12.99.

The two ‘good’ Godfather movies - The Godfather and The Godfather Part II - can be found for only $11.99 each.

Sony titles Leon: The Professional, Godzilla and The Mask of Zorro are only $10.99 right now, and Zombieland and District 9 are only $14.99.

Plus of course The Dark Knight remains a great bargain at only $9.49.

Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for the Week of June 7th, 2010

Posted in Studios, US Releases on June 9th, 2010 by Dave

The Blu-ray Cover Art Gallery for this week shows a bit of a slow week, with Shutter Island and From Paris with Love being the notable studio releases.

On the catalog releases side, Warner has the classic Caddyshack and Fox has Edward Norton in The Illusionist hitting Blu-ray this week.

Magnolia continues with its special interest releases with the documentary film 180 South: Conquerors of the Useless and on the TV side we have Ice Road Truckers: The Complete Season 3.

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