Billboard 2008 Top DVD Sales
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Billboard 2008 Top DVD Sales
Billboard has posted its annual year-end chart information, and while we generally think of it as a music magazine, there is data pertaining to DVD. Their ranked list is as follows:
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/yeare...nd+Video+Sales
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/yeare...nd+Video+Sales
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Ratatouille
- Shrek the Third
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Iron Man
- The Bourne Ultimatum
- The Simpsons Movie
- Alvin and the Chipmunks
- I Am Legend
- Superbad
- National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
- Enchanted
- Live Free or Die Hard
- Transformers
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Hairspray
- High School Musical 2
- Bee Movie
- American Gangster
- Sex and the City: The Movie
- 300
- Juno
- Spider-Man 3
- Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
- The Game Plan
- Planet Earth: The Complete Series
- 101 Dalmations: Platinum Edition
- No Country for Old Men
- 3:10 to Yuma
- The Incredible Hulk
- Sleeping Beauty
- 27 Dresses
- Ocean's Thirteen
- Snow Buddies
- The Bucket List
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
- Tinkerbell
- Rush Hour 3
- The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
- The Kingdom
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Thank you very much for this info!
I was trying to find this out on their website but they wanted me to sign up and pay. I glad to see THE GODFATHER reissue didn't sell on dvd. MAybe studios will stop all this double dipping.
I was trying to find this out on their website but they wanted me to sign up and pay. I glad to see THE GODFATHER reissue didn't sell on dvd. MAybe studios will stop all this double dipping.
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I'm not a subscriber, either. This chart data is currently available for free. Also, remember that The Godfather restoration DVDs came out in late September. Very few of the top 40 titles came out as late as they did. While we're at it, the re-releases weren't quite a double dip, as they really did take great pains to boost the quality of the transfers for that release. I would say a true double-dip would be the Star Wars DVDs, where the same nine discs keep getting circulated.
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Although moderately interesting, I'm not exactly sure what use this list has. Since very few DVDs that came out toward the end of the year are on here, it is really not a list of "movies released in 2008 that were the most popular," which I think would be a more interesting list. Given this format, it seems likely that Batman The Dark Knight will be #1 next year, but it's not even mentioned on this list.
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Although moderately interesting, I'm not exactly sure what use this list has. Since very few DVDs that came out toward the end of the year are on here, it is really not a list of "movies released in 2008 that were the most popular," which I think would be a more interesting list. Given this format, it seems likely that Batman The Dark Knight will be #1 next year, but it's not even mentioned on this list.
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Of the list, I own 17.
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Bolding is mine. That was the big glaring omission that I saw on this list. This is due to a late release, obviously. Thats why I don't put much credence in lists like that, for that reason. Some surprises on this list though. I would have thought Transformers would be much higher, and I am Legend would be lower. Of the 40 listed, I own 14 and have bought 17. I am would like to see sales data for the first week of release of these dvd's. Wonder what a top 40 list of just first week sales would be like.
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I own 14 of those. Glad to see 3:10 to Yuma ranked, if only to say the Western genre is still kicking somewhat.
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Bolding is mine. That was the big glaring omission that I saw on this list. This is due to a late release, obviously. Thats why I don't put much credence in lists like that, for that reason. Some surprises on this list though. I would have thought Transformers would be much higher, and I am Legend would be lower. Of the 40 listed, I own 14 and have bought 17. I am would like to see sales data for the first week of release of these dvd's. Wonder what a top 40 list of just first week sales would be like.
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The Dark Knight will continue to sell steadily day after day through '09 and likely sell way more this year than it did between release day and 12/31.