Using the list from
zap2it, I took the
25 top grossing movies of 2007 to analyze the impact on the
Blu-Ray/
HD-DVD format war and what is/will be available. The amount of money is the box office at the theater.
I started to use the
top 15 but seeing that
Blu-Ray was in a better overall position, I took the whole list to see if
HD-DVD would improve. I kept the
Top 15 numbers anyway for comparison.
25 Top Grossing Movies of 2007
- Spider-Man 3, $336,530,303, Blu-Ray
- Shrek the Third, $321,012,359, HD-DVD
- Transformers, $319,071,806, HD-DVD
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, $309,420,425, Blu-Ray
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, $292,004,738, Blu-Ray, HD-DVD
- The Bourne Ultimatum, $227,471,070, HD-DVD
- 300, $210,614,939, Blu-Ray, HD-DVD
- Ratatouille, $206,445,654, Blu-Ray
- The Simpsons Movie, $183,135,014, Blu-Ray
- Wild Hogs, $168,273,550, Blu-Ray
- I Am Legend, $167,075,237, Blu-Ray, HD-DVD *In theater
- Knocked Up, $148,761,765, HD-DVD
- Rush Hour 3, $140,125,968, Blu-Ray
- Live Free or Die Hard, $134,529,403, Blu-Ray
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, $131,921,738, Blu-Ray
- American Gangster, $128,724,010, HD-DVD *In theater
- Bee Movie, $123,576,570, HD-DVD *In theater
- Superbad, $121,463,226, Blu-Ray
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, $119,725,280, HD-DVD
- Hairspray, $118,871,849, Blu-Ray, HD-DVD
- Blades of Glory, $118,245,842, HD-DVD
- Ocean's Thirteen, $117,154,724, Blu-Ray, HD-DVD
- Ghost Rider, $115,802,596, Blu-Ray
- Alvin and the Chipmunks, $112,374,569, Blu-Ray *In theater
- Enchanted, $104,148,770, Blu-Ray *In theater
Total gross: $4,476,481,405.00
The Top 15
Total Blu-Ray: 8 (53%) ($1,610,382,055 or 201M/movie)
Total HD-DVD: 4 (26%) ($1,016,317,000 or 254M/movie)
Total Blu-Ray/HD-DVD: 3 (20%) ($669,694,914 or 223M/movie)
Blu-Ray is the bigger winner from the list with
11 movies or
73% being available to the
Blu-Ray format.
HD-DVD is not too far behind
with
7 movies or
46%.
Blu-ray only movies
grossed 21% less money per movie than
HD-DVD and
10% less than
Blu-Ray/HD-DVD That should reflect in media sales later on.
I Am Legend is still in theater and the gap may fall a little.
8 movies were sequels.
Blu-Ray had 5 and
HD-DVD had 2. Only 1 for
Blu-Ray/HD-DVD
The top 25
Total Blu-Ray: 12 (48%) ($2,064,171,216 or 172M/movie)
Total HD-DVD: 8 (32%) ($1,506,588,702 or 188M/movie)
Total Blu-Ray/HD-DVD: 5 (20%) ($905,721,487 or 181M/movie)
Blu-Ray is the bigger winner from the list with
17 movies or
68% being available to the
Blu-Ray format.
HD-DVD is not too far behind
with
12 movies or
48%.
Blu-ray only movies
grossed 9% less money per movie than
HD-DVD and
5% less than
Blu-Ray/HD-DVD. That should reflect in media sales later on. A few more movies are still in theater and the gap will favor
Blu-ray.
American Gangsters and
Bee Movie will make much less than
Alvin and the Chipmunks or
Enchanted that are just a few weeks old.
HD-DVD gain a a few percent points against
Blu-ray.
Only 1 more sequels by
Blu-Ray/HD-DVD
Conclusion
I noticed that
Blu-Ray only movies made more money overall than
HD-DVD. With many sequels,
Blu-Ray played safe thus getting less money per movie but releasing more movies .
The
top 5 were occupied by 4 sequels. The 5th will also have a sequel. All 5 were big summer movies.
Those are the facts based on those numbers.
Will the list next year will be all:
Blue,
Red or
Black?
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