Walmart pushing Lionsgate Blu-ray Discs for $10 a pop

by Darren Murph posted Dec 5th 2008 at 4:45PM

Generally, we wouldn't bother covering that Wally World was moving Blu-ray Discs at a discount -- after all, isn't that store like the low price leader or something? But this just reeks of something different. This just reeks of change, and we certainly hope it's a sign of things to come. With Black Friday far behind us, Walmart has seen fit to start selling a few Lionsgate (read: non-sucky) BDs for $10 each, and the news comes just days after one reporter questioned when Blu-ray software would fall more in line with the hardware in terms of dollars. Really, every other retailer out there has to pay attention to this should Walmart start to drastically undercut the rest in terms of BD pricing, so here's hoping the store puts even more at the $10 level, and soon.

[Thanks, Joel]

Filed under: Blu-ray

Tags: bd, blu-ray, deal, deals, films, lionsgate, movies, price, price cut, price drop, PriceCut, PriceDrop, prices, pricing, sale, wal-mart, walmart

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3dpenguin @ Dec 5th 2008 4:51PM

Two words Lions Gates. Walmart will mark down prices just to get rid of titles which are taking up space, loss or profit.

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Happy_man @ Dec 5th 2008 4:51PM

I now feel like an ass for paying $35.00 bucks for the Punisher.

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THizzle7XU @ Dec 5th 2008 5:49PM

You should feel like an ass for paying that much for any single Blu-ray movie since there are so many ways to find them cheaper. Did you buy it at Sears or something?

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H Choi @ Dec 5th 2008 6:35PM

Not to rub salt on your wounds, but the transfer for The Punisher was absolute garbage.

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Achilles @ Dec 5th 2008 4:57PM

Oh well, guess Lionsgate is trying to get rid of VERY SUCKY titles. Guess something is better than nothing?

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THizzle7XU @ Dec 5th 2008 5:51PM

You think T2 is very sucky? That would be a Lionsgate title.

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Bozster @ Dec 5th 2008 6:27PM

THizzle7XU,

it's not a bad movie but it's 17 years old and DVD versions are being sold from $1.99-$4.99 on Amazon and other places. You can probably get these titles in Hollywood Video or places like that in a package for like 3 DVDs for $6 type deal as well.

$10 is a good price but on more recent and better titles would be nice.. not 15-20 catalog titles.

It's obvious they are getting rid of the inventory of old and movies nobody is really buying anymore.

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shawnmos @ Dec 6th 2008 5:23PM

That release of T2 does indeed suck. I am waiting for the Ulimate Edition like they released on HD DVD. When are we going to get that?

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SimbaDogg @ Dec 7th 2008 1:22AM

T2 covers your action
Crash covers your drama

if you dont like either of these movies, i may begin to start questioning your taste

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Jimmy @ Dec 5th 2008 5:55PM

At least it's pushing Blu-ray and not employee's to get trampled...aww, too soon?

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B.J. @ Dec 5th 2008 6:46PM

Hell, I think its a pretty good deal. I picked up Saw II the other day. Can't beat $10...

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Gus @ Dec 5th 2008 7:03PM

Good for the consumer, but this must be very short term, someones losing a bucket load of $ here.

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Andy Sullivan @ Dec 5th 2008 7:08PM

Check out the titles and then check out the reviews on dvdreview.com to see what's good and what's not so good.

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hey hey @ Dec 5th 2008 8:39PM

Ill check out the selection, but am waiting for T2 to come out in Lossless Audio.

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FM @ Dec 5th 2008 10:07PM

After buying the Transformers Blu-ray for $10 last weekend, and now reading this article, I'm hoping that this will be the future street price of all Blu-ray discs.

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DVD4ME @ Dec 6th 2008 1:20AM

If $10 is the future street price, BR is doomed,there's less money in this than a $10 DVD.

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sn1per @ Dec 6th 2008 10:59AM

There may be less profit to be had in a $10 DVD, but you can't expect people to pay $10 for DVDs forever, can you? I mean, I have a hard time justifying more than $5 for a DVD, now that I own a bluray player. Who wants plain old DVD, when you can get the same thing in HD?

Of course, I also can't justify more than $15 for a bluray, so $10 for older titles sounds about right to me... hopefully this is a trend, and not just some limited-time thing.

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Daimyo Nintendo @ Dec 14th 2008 11:22AM

Ten bucks for blu-ray! Now thats what I am talking about.

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Woody @ Dec 7th 2008 9:54PM

OH! I didn't realize that these were permanent price drops. I thought it was for just a short time. This is great for those just starting off.

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