mrstickball said:
~70% of all ticket sales were for the 3D version. Although I don't know how well it'd sell with the 3D features (given the penetration of 3D TV's), most of the reason it did so well was due to 3D. The same can be said for Alice in Wonderland too. Actually, thats pretty bad sales for Avatar at 4m copies, unless it has Twilight-like legs. The movie beat Titanic by a huge margin...You'd think it'd beat Transformers by a wide margin, too. |
Well the sources I've read do say it sold significantly more then 4 million on the first day and remember these are extremely early figures so we have no real idea what its actually sold yet. Significanly more could mean 4.3 million or 4.9 million. We really have no idea yet. But these are the fastest so far this year so whilst they are a bit dissapointing I think its more indicative of the change in the home video markets (eg more digital sales, lots of rentals, transition from DVD to BR) then the movie lacking any demand and some users waiting for the more feature rich and 3d version being released this year and the next (they don't want to buy the movie twice or three times etc).
Just as a note its also number one on itunes, so its doing well in the digital distribution realm aswell. But its certainly nowhere near Finding Nemo which I've read sold 8 million DVDs first day. Atleast Avatar beat the BR first day record.
