So I finally found the Bluray sales for ST09..wow..

[MacLeod]

You know I love that last bit about the Rest of the World box office gains not being as big as expected.

Lets look at the numbers ST (2009) US$127.95m, STID US$234m. An increase of something like 83%. Do we know what Paramount were expecting the increase to be. Because I suspect that 83% would hardly be considered bad.

 

[Cicero]

You know I love that last bit about the Rest of the World box office gains not being as big as expected.

Lets look at the numbers ST (2009) US$127.95m, STID US$234m. An increase of something like 83%. Do we know what Paramount were expecting the increase to be. Because I suspect that 83% would hardly be considered bad.

My impression (which might be inaccurate) is that they were looking for something in the 180%–280% range – the type of increase seen after the first movies in the Pirates and Dark Knight series.

 

[BillJ]

My impression (which might be inaccurate) is that they were looking for something in the 180%–280% range – the type of increase seen after the first movies in the Pirates and Dark Knight series.

Then they were just not very bright to expect that type of growth from a property that has never done well in international markets.

 

[RAMA]

More than double the amount sold for Star Wars? A lot of fans have refused to buy that because it doesn't have the originals. I imagine STID will not be as successful as ST'09 in light of Paramount/Bad Robot's latest tactics.

Also, there's a caveat to that list. It only captures sales from July 2009 onward. It's missing the first 7 months of sales for The Dark Knight, yet it's at 2.6 million. That's probably the true #1, making Star Trek #4.

I don't think the sales for the format from before that year were as high, but the numbers are probably not exact.

The majority of people who purchase blurays are not Trekkies, and most won't care exactly what the extras are.

RAMA

 

[Corran Horn]

I imagine STID will not be as successful as ST'09 in light of Paramount/Bad Robot's latest tactics.

If STID is not as successful it won't be because of that. People at large are buying the DVD/Blu-Ray to watch the film, not because they are dying to see the Behind-the-Scenes look at Benedict Cumberbatch's hairdo.

I'm not too happy about the commentary decision but I agree with you. A vocal minority is unhappy. Maybe 5% of the people that'd be buying...maybe.

 

[Rarewolf]

More than double the amount sold for Star Wars? A lot of fans have refused to buy that because it doesn't have the originals.

Perhaps more accurate to say ReBuy, there's a difference between buying a film on DVD then upgrading to Blu-Ray, and just buying a brand new film on Blu-Ray.