Pretty good news. 20% is a sizable enough portion of sales, and an even larger percent of profit, that studios cannot ignore sales numbers like that. Like video games, DVD sales are pretty front-loaded, but I expect the final percentage to be a little bit lower simply because there are more DVD players out there.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=1888
Iron Man Destroys Blu-ray Retail Records
Posted October 8, 2008 08:55 AM by Josh Dreuth
 According to various retail sources, on average, 20% of all 'Iron Man' discs that were sold last week were on the Blu-ray format. For Internet-based stores, that percentage climbed to an astounding 50%. While final unit sales data has yet to be reported, it is expected that 'Iron Man' is the highest selling Blu-ray yet. Oddly enough, Paramount Home Entertainment has yet to make an official statement on the sales data, but one thing is for sure: If 'Iron Man' hasn't already broken the 1 Million units sold barrier yet, it will likely do so by the end of the year. |
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