Star Trek passes 8 Million DVDs Sold

[Therin of Andor]

So what negative thing can be said about this that will move the goalposts back even further?

Hehehehe, well, over in TrekLit, someone reckons Alan Dean Foster's book sequel - his novelization of the film made the New York Times bestseller list - was postponed because someone on high has no faith in allowing tie-in novels to this film and DVD success story.

 

[Aragorn]

I don't go to TrekLit since I haven't read a Trek novel in a long time, but let me guess... someone who has a rank in his screen name?

 

[Therin of Andor]

I don't go to TrekLit since I haven't read a Trek novel in a long time, but let me guess... someone who has a rank in his screen name?

And this is about the same company that continues to churn out ST novels based on the lowly-rated VOY and ENT!

 

[SalvorHardin]

I don't go to TrekLit since I haven't read a Trek novel in a long time, but let me guess... someone who has a rank in his screen name?

You should visit that thread at Trek Lit.
His posts are hilarious, especially considering the responses of people who actually know what they are talking about.

 

[Jeri]

Those numbers are quite impressive. More so considering there has likely been tens of millions of illegal downloads from people who didn't purchase the movie.

As a matter of fact, XI was declared the most pirated movie of 2009 with more than 10 million downloads

Yeah, I was just thinking it was sweet so many people loved it enough to want a good copy.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Yeah, I was just thinking it was sweet so many people loved it enough to want a good copy.

Definitely.

I was also amused that, despite US fans deliberately snubbing "Nemesis" in cinemas, actually leaving thousands of opening night cinemas with lots of empty seats, and permitting "Maid in Manhattan" to take the opening weekend highest gross, when "Nemesis" came out on DVD, it was the US top seller for its debut weekend!

 

[Jeri]

How do they figure out how many illegal downloads have occurred?

 

[Therin of Andor]

How do they figure out how many illegal downloads have occurred?

Same as counting sheep. Count the legs and divide by four.

 

[Brolan]

How do they figure out how many illegal downloads have occurred?

The WAG method (Wild Ass Guess).

 

[OneBuckFilms]

How do they figure out how many illegal downloads have occurred?

- Establish download location servers.
- Count unique IP addresses that accessed those files on said server logs.

 

[Jeri]

Well, I see there are several answers to that question. Thanks.

(OT: Brolan, love your avatar. When "John Adams" was playing, we bought this flag; we hang it every Independence Day now.)

 

[cooleddie74]

How do they figure out how many illegal downloads have occurred?

The WAG method (Wild Ass Guess).

I have a friend who made two or three different burned copies of TREK months before it hit DVD and BluRay by accessing foreign websites where he could download the entire movie, albeit with some shoddy picture quality. He also knows someone who got access to a pre-release, not-for-sale copy of the film and saw that version too.

 

[SalvorHardin]

How do they figure out how many illegal downloads have occurred?

The WAG method (Wild Ass Guess).

I have a friend who made two or three different burned copies of TREK months before it hit DVD and BluRay by accessing foreign websites where he could download the entire movie, albeit with some shoddy picture quality. He also knows someone who got access to a pre-release, not-for-sale copy of the film and saw that version too.

The are all kinds of pirated versions out.
From crappy cam in theater quality to full 80GB blu-ray rip.
And that happens with almost all movies these days.

 

[npsf3000]

How do they figure out how many illegal downloads have occurred?

I agree with the WAG.

But you have to think about how most people pirate - click one of the top links on a google search. Combine that with bit torrent is based on a inherently insecure protocol its not that hard to track the pirates.

EDIT:

On an earlier poll I reckoned over 10m copies would be sold - we are nearly there .

 

[JoeZhang]

I watched it at the Cinema (IMAX), downloaded the pirate and tonight I am watching the bluray of it...

 

[JonnyBoy]

Best Buy is featuring Star Trek in an commercial for TVs. How's that for popularity?

 

[Amaris]

Best Buy is featuring Star Trek in an commercial for TVs. How's that for popularity?

THAT one caught me by surprise. I could hear the music from the living room and I was wondering why I could hear the main theme to Trek XI months after the Blu-ray release, walk into the living room and it's a Best Buy commercial for televisions! I was excited.

Anyhoo, I've done my part! One blu-ray for me on release night, one DVD for the winner of a contest, and one DVD for a friend.

 

[Sector 7]

Although a friend sent me an advance copy of the film, my brother bought me the 2-disc DVD with special features for Christmas and a Blu-Ray for himself... so that is 2 more for the tally.

 

[Jeri]

I think a lot of us buy multiple formats or copies; we got the bluray for the big screen and the DVD for the computer.

Before the bluray came out, we were visiting a wonderful site that had already cut bluray screen caps of the movie; my computer won't play bluray.

 

[MvRojo]

Star Trek moved UPWARDS again to #3 on the chart of Top Blu-Ray sales for last week, jumping up three spots from #6.