Paramount and Dreamworks backs HD-DVD exclusively!

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ookaze said:

This is a ridiculous fight.
It's telling, really!

Shrek is just no match in popularity to Pixar movies. Pixar was bought by Dysney, so that pretty much seals it. If not hardcore cinephile, people will just buy the DVD version.

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0883357.html

Granted it's a few years old, but Shrek (especially as a franchise) is top dog. Pixar/Disney wins out by sheer quantity. Shrek 3 also broke the opening #s record for animated films.

All-Time Top Ten Grossing Animated Films

Rank	Title	Studio	Domestic gross1	Date opened
1.	Shrek 2	DreamWorks	$436,471,036	5/19/04
2.	Finding Nemo	Disney/Pixar	339,714,978	5/30/03
3.	The Lion King	Buena Vista	328,539,505	6/15/94
4.	Shrek	DreamWorks	267,665,011	5/16/01
5.	Monsters, Inc.	Buena Vista	255,870,172	11/2/01
6.	The Incredibles	Buena Vista/Pixar	251,657,0042	11/5/04
7.	Toy Story 2	Buena Vista	245,852,179	11/19/99
8.	Aladdin	Buena Vista	217,350,219	11/11/92
9.	Toy Story	Buena Vista	191,780,865	11/22/95
10.	Ice Age	Fox	176,387,405	3/15/02

1. Grosses through 1/02/2005 for films still tracking. Total including reissues and original release.

2. Film is still tracking.