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Although this is a pretty lame chart. Hard to believe that Fox has a 9.92%, since they haven't released a non-release since February 2007.]]>Jul 13th 2007 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/Jul 13th 2007 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/
Although the first comment is pretty lame. Hard to believe it's first, since it's so retarded. ]]>Jul 13th 2007 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/
HDDVD is lagging in disc sales AND in player sales.
I'm not saying that Blu-Ray is "winning" either. Neither format has taken off yet.]]>Jul 13th 2007 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/Jul 13th 2007 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/Jul 14th 2007 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/Jul 13th 2007 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/
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2007 Yearly Box Office Gross (to Date):

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2007&view=releasedate&view2=domestic&sort=gross&order=DESC&&p=.htm

1 Spider-Man 3 (Sony) $333,790,022 (BD Exclusive)
2 Shrek the Third (P/DW) $314,132,750
3 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (BV) $296,454,390 (BD Exclusive)
4 300 (WB) $210,524,305
5 Wild Hogs (BV) $166,943,052 (BD Exclusive)
6 Knocked Up (Uni.) $123,344,430 (HDDVD Exclusive)
7 Blades of Glory (P/DW) $117,912,269
8 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Fox) $116,121,001 (BD Exclusive)
9 Ghost Rider (Sony) $115,802,596 (BD Exclusive - already released on BD)
10 Ocean's Thirteen (WB) $102,907,030
11 Meet the Robinsons (BV) $96,534,518 (BD Exclusive)
12 Norbit (P/DW) $95,360,247
13 Bridge to Terabithia (BV) $82,272,442 (BD Exclusive - already released on BD)
14 Disturbia (P/DW) $78,843,606
15 Evan Almighty (Uni.) $62,861,090 (HDDVD Exclusive)
16 Stomp the Yard (SGem) $61,356,221 (BD Exclusive - already released on BD)
17 Ratatouille (BV) $54,578,355 (BD Exclusive)
18 TMNT (WB) $54,149,098
19 Surf's Up (Sony) $54,136,127 (BD Exclusive)
20 Live Free or Die Hard (Fox) $52,675,091 (BD Exclusive)

As you can see, of the Top 10 grossing films, 5 are exclusive to Blu-ray and only 1 is exclusive to HD-DVD, that means Blu-ray has available to it 9 of the Top 10 films and HD-DVD only 5. When we expand out to the Top 20 grossing films to date, we see that 11 of the Top 20 Grossing films are Blu-ray exclusives and only 2 are HD-DVD exclusives. Blu-ray has available to it 18 of the Top 20 grossing films to date, while HD-DVD has only 9. Yeah, the holiday season is going to be tremendous for HD-DVD.
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So this SUPER advantage of Blu-Ray in studio support is as it seems just hype.

You seem to forget to sir, that HD DVD doesn't need EXCLUSIVE studios, they just need the existing studios to go neutral as most of them are. The cheaper hardware, bigger PC support and no regional coding will do that rest and ensure a win. Ok so those Blockbuster movies of the moment are mostly coming from Sony, but this is just temporary situation. There's a lot of blockbuster movies soon to come out from Universal, Warner and other big players that will also be availablef for HD DVD.

I have both technologies (BD and HD DVD) in my home, and I just fail to see why a consumer should pay more for pretty much the same thing, not to mention an absolute monopoly Sony is trying to create by closing the circle with hardware, movies and their propriatery format. This is a BIG no no and a very bad sign for the future of movie enthusiasts. Secondly, even some of Sony's Blu-Ray only titles in the US are available on HD DVD in Europe as HD DVD hold a significant advantage there. So, you know what, I wish I knew this sooner, as I would buy Underworld for example on HD DVD and just pay for import to US. Since it's HD DVD, no regional coding WHOOWHOO..]]>Jul 15th 2007 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/Jul 16th 2007 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/Jul 16th 2007 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/
When you look at the top 10 and 20 movies coming out, the MAJORITY are blu-ray now and there is no reason for that to change in the future unless UNIVERSAL PICTURES somehow releases ALL top 10 movies. haha!!]]>Jul 16th 2007 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/13/every-blu-ray-statistic-you-could-ever-crave/Jul 16th 2007 3:19PM