5 MILLION??? That's downloads, not plays. If that's true its an amazing record! If all of those buy a ticket when it comes out that amounts to a $40-50 million opening weekend, which would be a Trek record.
On the other hand I downloaded 3 diff versions from 2 sites...
I'm thinking specifically of the LOTR films and Star Wars prequels as the most likely record holders. In my own files here I have trailers from Apple for ROTK, AOTC, etc. all at sub-HD resolutions, and a quick Google search turns up no evidence that 720p/1080p trailers were available for these films. If anyone has such a trailer from Apple, I'll gladly stand corrected.
I think they mean total downloads ever from their site whether its HD or not. As far as HD goes I think they've had HD files for 2-3 years, well after the SW movies or LOTR.
Edit: Ok the other article does mention HD trailers. I wonder if they have the records for all trailers on the site somewhere.
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Apparently the first promotional trailer for the LOTR trilogy received 1.7m downloads in its first 24 hours of release against Trek XI's 1.8m, that may have been the record Trek XI broke. It's odd that the press release doesn't mention the previous record holder. Frankly, 1.7m in 2000 is more impressive than 1.8m in 2009.
Not really. LOTR was a mainstream success and the films made around $1 billion each. Star Trek films have never made more than $175 million worldwide in their first go-round at theaters. They avg maybe $120 million a film. Seen in that light, the download record is nothing less than amazing.
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