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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
First we get it sold more then 500k, then we hear 700k, then 800k, then 1.2 Million. Now we are getting its 7.2 Million sales combined (DVD and Blu-ray) and now they are counting copies sold to rental stores. There are 5000 Blockbusters in America and lets say each store got, at minimum 100 DVD copies (if not way more) so there goes 500k DVDs and assuming they got 5 BD copies each, another 25k to Blu-ray. Not counting Hollywood Video, Netflix, Blockbuster Online and Mom and Pop stores. Its becoming a very long joke that we are all apart of. We will never know how many copies Iron Man sold unless Paramount brings each point out (This includes copies picked up and purchased by customers NOT rental stores, online rentals, Red Box etc). Ridiculous. These charts serve very little purpose since most of us can't even figure out what they actually mean and who they are and are not counting. The rest is just a big guessing game.
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The only "official" word we have heard from Paramount thus far has been the 500K. The other numbers you add up to the discussion to prove your
point aren't any more credible than your prediction on another forum that
Iron Man will sell 200 000+. So, what you
heard from other than Paramount sources hardly matters.
Furthermore, adding business sales to the overall ratio isn't a new practice nor it is as
misleading as you want it to be. It is a fraction of the sales ratio which has always been considered. At least by those who know what they are talking about.
To sum it all up, as Kefrank notes above,
Iron Man sold incredibly well with the initial rough numbers Paramount revealed still intact.
Pro-B