Alright, so these "
charts" and "
sales figures" that make their way out every so often are decent indicators of which format is on top at any given moment, but if you've ever wanted to delve deeper into the statistics behind Blu-ray, your wish has come true. While we can't imagine how much effort went into creating it, a new website has been launched that details nearly every aspect of Blu-ray imaginable, right down to how much each film grossed at the box office and what percentage of discs sport lossless audio tracks. 'Course, as great as this site is, only one obvious question remains unanswered: who's up for creating an HD DVD counterpart?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Anthony @ Jul 13th 2007 3:01PM
First!
Although this is a pretty lame chart. Hard to believe that Fox has a 9.92%, since they haven't released a non-release since February 2007.
Billy @ Jul 13th 2007 3:31PM
HD DVD has Blu-ray by the balls.
Bull @ Jul 13th 2007 3:41PM
Second!
Although the first comment is pretty lame. Hard to believe it's first, since it's so retarded.
glide @ Jul 13th 2007 4:35PM
HD DVD has Blu-ray by the balls? In what sense?
HDDVD is lagging in disc sales AND in player sales.
I'm not saying that Blu-Ray is "winning" either. Neither format has taken off yet.
ed @ Jul 13th 2007 6:19PM
As you can see $ony is the only one that is going to benefit from bluray.
Evan @ Jul 14th 2007 1:36AM
Yes, good to see Sony making the money on its own proprietary format. I know some of you will pretend that Sony is just doing this for the good of high definition...
Kevin Murphy @ Jul 13th 2007 6:21PM
Odd, nothing about stand-alone player sales and share.
Mr_Fizzlepop @ Jul 13th 2007 6:51PM
Come the holidays, those balls HD DVD is holding will be getting pretty big.
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2007 Yearly Box Office Gross (to Date):
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2007&view=releasedate&view2=domestic&sort=gross&order=DESC&&p=.htm
1 Spider-Man 3 (Sony) $333,790,022 (BD Exclusive)
2 Shrek the Third (P/DW) $314,132,750
3 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (BV) $296,454,390 (BD Exclusive)
4 300 (WB) $210,524,305
5 Wild Hogs (BV) $166,943,052 (BD Exclusive)
6 Knocked Up (Uni.) $123,344,430 (HDDVD Exclusive)
7 Blades of Glory (P/DW) $117,912,269
8 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Fox) $116,121,001 (BD Exclusive)
9 Ghost Rider (Sony) $115,802,596 (BD Exclusive - already released on BD)
10 Ocean's Thirteen (WB) $102,907,030
11 Meet the Robinsons (BV) $96,534,518 (BD Exclusive)
12 Norbit (P/DW) $95,360,247
13 Bridge to Terabithia (BV) $82,272,442 (BD Exclusive - already released on BD)
14 Disturbia (P/DW) $78,843,606
15 Evan Almighty (Uni.) $62,861,090 (HDDVD Exclusive)
16 Stomp the Yard (SGem) $61,356,221 (BD Exclusive - already released on BD)
17 Ratatouille (BV) $54,578,355 (BD Exclusive)
18 TMNT (WB) $54,149,098
19 Surf's Up (Sony) $54,136,127 (BD Exclusive)
20 Live Free or Die Hard (Fox) $52,675,091 (BD Exclusive)
As you can see, of the Top 10 grossing films, 5 are exclusive to Blu-ray and only 1 is exclusive to HD-DVD, that means Blu-ray has available to it 9 of the Top 10 films and HD-DVD only 5. When we expand out to the Top 20 grossing films to date, we see that 11 of the Top 20 Grossing films are Blu-ray exclusives and only 2 are HD-DVD exclusives. Blu-ray has available to it 18 of the Top 20 grossing films to date, while HD-DVD has only 9. Yeah, the holiday season is going to be tremendous for HD-DVD.
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Nfinity @ Jul 15th 2007 6:12AM
You fail to notice sir that all the talk about Blu-Ray having more studio support is completely BS. The ONLY studio by these numbers that is actually releasing Blu-Ray exclusive titles is Sony. Others are pretty much a few percent here and there. You see, Warner is the major Blu-Ray movie releaser just after Sony and I'm sorry to burst everyone's bubble but all of their titles are available on HD DVD too with the exception of few that are still not available on Blu-ray.
So this SUPER advantage of Blu-Ray in studio support is as it seems just hype.
You seem to forget to sir, that HD DVD doesn't need EXCLUSIVE studios, they just need the existing studios to go neutral as most of them are. The cheaper hardware, bigger PC support and no regional coding will do that rest and ensure a win. Ok so those Blockbuster movies of the moment are mostly coming from Sony, but this is just temporary situation. There's a lot of blockbuster movies soon to come out from Universal, Warner and other big players that will also be availablef for HD DVD.
I have both technologies (BD and HD DVD) in my home, and I just fail to see why a consumer should pay more for pretty much the same thing, not to mention an absolute monopoly Sony is trying to create by closing the circle with hardware, movies and their propriatery format. This is a BIG no no and a very bad sign for the future of movie enthusiasts. Secondly, even some of Sony's Blu-Ray only titles in the US are available on HD DVD in Europe as HD DVD hold a significant advantage there. So, you know what, I wish I knew this sooner, as I would buy Underworld for example on HD DVD and just pay for import to US. Since it's HD DVD, no regional coding WHOOWHOO..
Rick wilson @ Jul 16th 2007 3:14PM
B - E - A utiful!
Tom @ Jul 16th 2007 9:14AM
Considering there are 4 million blu-ray players (including ps3) available worldwide and only 300,000 HD DVD players currently, blu-ray has a 13 to 1 ratio over HD in hardware. With that kind of hardware lead I would consider it a complete failure that they are hardly selling more then HD DVD in software... So why is there such a low attach rate for blu-ray?
Rick wilson @ Jul 16th 2007 3:18PM
Nfinity: hahaha, other exclusive bd partners are only a "few percent"?? HD-DVD only has ONE! that is ONE out of ALL movie companies that is exclusive to blu-ray.
When you look at the top 10 and 20 movies coming out, the MAJORITY are blu-ray now and there is no reason for that to change in the future unless UNIVERSAL PICTURES somehow releases ALL top 10 movies. haha!!
Rick wilson @ Jul 16th 2007 3:19PM
EDIT: HD-DVD only has ONE! that is ONE out of ALL movie companies that is exclusive to HD-DVD. (maning less than two btw... just one)