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Transformers DVD - 8.3 Million copies sold!

Postby Bed Bugs » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:57 am

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According to the <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/home_entertainment/news/e3i749b0ca3471b8cfeadcb9b3825a9a75f" target="_blank">Hollywood Reporter</a>, Transformers has blown away the competition this year with the highest number of DVD's sold for any movie during the first week of release! Even more surprising, over half copies were sold on the first day!

Currently, Transformers holds the 2007 record for:
Most DVD's sold overall for the first week - 8.3 Million
Most DVD's sold on release date - 4.5 Million
Most HD-DVD's sold on release date - 100,000
Most HD-DVD's sold overall for the first week - 190,000
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Postby darkqueen01 » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:24 am

Yeah!!! I knew I got up early on Tuesday for a reason!
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Postby Collector Maximus » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:30 am

Pretty cool! I was waiting for someone to post the results.
I got mine at Wal Mart, a little after Midnight, on the first day of release.
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Postby Cascadia » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:53 am

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4.5 million on the first DAY. Over 8 million in the first week
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Postby Autobot032 » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:55 am

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I know there's more to it, but if you just go with a roundabout figure...

The DVD sales (around the $20.00 mark) $166,000,000.00
The HD-DVD sales (around the $30.00 mark) $5,700,000.00

A grand total of $171700000.00

Which would bring the overall total to being a little over $871700000.00

We're so close to the billion mark, it's not funny. Plus it hasn't even been released in all of the world markets yet. Once those figures come in, we could easily go over a billion here.
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Postby thehmphone » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:55 am

GO TRANSFORMERS! GO!!!
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Postby Cascadia » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:59 am

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The DVD is still selling like hot cakes in my area.
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Postby SnipeShade » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:02 am

:APPLAUSE: And I contributed to that monster of a statistic. YEY! I'm amazed that Im actually part of a fandom of something that is that popular. :HALUC:

But yea, I can believe those numbers. When I go to stores, and I check the transformer dvd sections (or any other tf inhabited section) it looks like a geeky tornado came thru and raped the shelves. xD
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Postby TheKnightShift » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:13 am

This bodes very well for the box-office potential of Transformers 2.

Look at how well Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest did over its predecessor. No doubt because a lot of folks who didn't see the first Pirates movie in the theaters but instead waited to catch it on DVD, wanted to see the second one during its initial theatrical run. Dead Man's Chest wound up having one of the biggest opening weekends in Hollywood history.

I've a cousin who just saw Transformers for the first time this past weekend. His sister got married on Saturday and she gave his son - who was the ringbearer - a copy of the Transformers DVD as a gift at the rehearsal dinner. Well after the wedding my cousin watched it and was blown away. He seriously can't wait to see the sequel when it comes out in theaters.

Don't be surprised if Transformers 2 winds up making the top 10 all-time earning movies, in large part because of the DVD :D
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Postby Leonardo » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:15 am

How much of this figure is due to the fact that there are numerous different versions?
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Postby Bed Bugs » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:20 am

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That's what I am wondering. I know for a fact that several other members bought multiple copies (and I know another guy in WI who has bought every version himself to get all the exclusives).
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Postby Deceptiwho? » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:23 am

Thats how the Transfans get down!! Picture us rollin!! ;)^
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Postby ShGarland_1383 » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:56 am

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I'm glad I didn't wait to get into wal-mart the next day... :)
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Postby Nemesis Cyberplex » Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:28 am

Yay...now 8 million people will know Brawl as his code name, where as if they finally decide to make a construction vehicle combiner in a sequel, he's either going to be Brawl resurrected, or will not be called Devastator.

Yeah, that'd be almost like having to call Nightcrawler in X2 something else because they had already used the name to replace Shadowcat's name. 'Cause the director thought it was cooler....
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Postby opjet » Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:46 am

more stress for tf2 writers don't
**** tf2 up
we want a good no better follow up
take ya time plotting and planning the next movie
anybody agree with me
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Postby GetterDragun » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:16 am

My copy says Devestator and not Brawl.
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Postby mblase » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:22 am

Although since none of the other summer blockbusters have been released yet, this number is relatively meaningless.
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Postby Kayevcee » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:05 am

I wish I had enough money to call $170,000,000 meaningless ;)

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Postby dragons » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:29 am

glad i decided to go out and get the dvdv on opening day transformers tin cases are all sold out where i live but i find that to be odd i dont have alot of transformer fans here as you guys over there do.
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Postby Ultra Magnus » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:30 am

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I guess I don't understand why this DVD was released so soon; Spider-Man 3 came out almost 2 months prior, as did Pirates, and Transformers comes FIRST??? I wonder who got shot or fired or lost a bet(or something similar) in the biz to make this happen. Either way, I've been watching MY copy of Transformers EVERY DAY since I got it. My MOM even wants the Transforming case for herself! I'll probably buy a couple more versions of the DVD; I have no less thn 5 different versions of the Star Wars Trilogy, this is the same thing. The more money this movie franchise makes, the better for all of us. So I'll support it, no problem.

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Postby guarayakha » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:50 am

Great, but that means another bunch more weird exclusives for TF2 DVD/HDDVD the next time around.
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Postby 80sgeek » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:53 am

Fender Bender wrote:That's what I am wondering. I know for a fact that several other members bought multiple copies (and I know another guy in WI who has bought every version himself to get all the exclusives).


People thought I was weird for having 3 versions: Walmart, Target & Best Buy (wasn't planning on getting that one, got it as a gift). Wonder what they would say about your friend. Is it a Wisconsin thing we need to get more then 1 version?

GetterDragun wrote:My copy says Devestator and not Brawl.


I think all copies say that. I don't have an HD player so I can't say if they changed it in the HD version. You would think that they would have been able to change that error with the DVD. But guess we'll have to wait and see for the Collector's Edition that my friends and I think will be coming out just before Christmas.
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Postby leday » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:59 am

Ultra Magnus wrote:I guess I don't understand why this DVD was released so soon;


I would hazard a guess and say "Hasbro's Christmas toy sales tie-in" here...

Just a thought....

Still...I'm very glad it came out so soon and VERY happy with my already-watched-multiple-times copy!
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Postby First-Aid » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:32 am

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Leonardo wrote:How much of this figure is due to the fact that there are numerous different versions?

Interesting question, but not many people are like us fans buying more than one copy. The best way to measure that would be to look at Star Wars and its various releases. Don't have the number myself, but someone maybe does.
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Goddammit, now I can't unsee it.
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Postby Hip-Hoptimus Rime » Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:46 am

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AWESOME! Glad to know my 2 purchases helped out, at least technically. I had pre-ordered it from Target.com, but when it came it was the plain 2-disc, not the transforming case version. I bought that one at Target the same day, and instead of returing the plain one I donated it to overseas troops. So it still counts as a sale, yay TF!

And if I can keep it from my wife I might buy the Best Buy version for the Robot Heroes figs if it's still available...
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