All Time Bestselling DVDs?

[esrefb]

Hi,

I'm looking for a list of all time bestselling DVDs, both in US and in the world. Could someone point me to a site please?

I assume Monsters Inc. and Spider Man should be at the very top. :rolleyes:

Thanks.

[Ringbearer589]

I know the best selling dvd is Finding Nemo not sure if it was world wide of just U.S. but i am positive i read that and not sure but any more of them though

[Indy in IN]

I'm yet to find a web site that lists DVDs in units sold. Anybody?

[MacReady]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/078322608X.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Tweek]

what i want to know is the first dvd ever sold.

[Neesh]

I seriously doubt 12 Monkeys is the best selling DVD of all time... although its a kick-ass movie!

I would guess The Matrix, or something.

I have a strong feeling that the upcoming Star Wars trilogy set will break all DVD sales records.

[Neesh]

Originally posted by Tweek
what i want to know is the first dvd ever sold.
This is from the very informative DVD FAQ (http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html):

DVD started off slowly. Rosy predictions of hundreds of movie titles for Christmas of 1996 failed to materialize. Only a handful of DVD titles, mostly music videos, were available in Japan for the November 1996 launch of DVD. The first feature films on DVD appeared in Japan on December 20 (The Assassin, Blade Runner, Eraser, and The Fugitive from Warner Home Video). By April there were over 150 titles in Japan. The first titles released in the U.S., on March 19, 1997, by Lumivision, authored by AIX Entertainment, were IMAX adaptations: Africa: The Serengeti, Antarctica: An Adventure of a Different Nature, Tropical Rainforest, and Animation Greats. (Other movies such as Batman and Space Jam had been demonstrated earlier, but were not full versions available for sale.) The Warner Bros. U.S. launch followed on March 24, but was limited to seven cities. Almost 19,000 discs were purchased in the first two weeks of the US launch -- more than expected. InfoTech predicted over 600 titles by the end of 1997 and more than 8,000 titles by 2000. By December 1997, over 1 million individual DVD discs were shipped, representing about 530 titles. By the end of 1999, over 100 million discs had shipped, representing about 5,000 titles. By the end of 2000 there were over 10,000 titles available in the US and over 15,000 worldwide. By the end of 2001 there were about 14,000 titles available in the U.S. By the end of 2002 there were about 23,000 titles available in the U.S. Compared to other launches (CD, LD, etc.) these are a huge numbers of titles released in a very short time. (Note that this does not include adult titles, which accounts for an additional 15% or so.) By March 2003, six years after launch, over 1.5 billion copies of DVD titles had been shipped.

[rilocay]

This may have changed by now, but WORLD WIDE top 2 were 1. The Matrix & 2. Gladiator . The have probably changed by now, but i would still say matirx is in the top 3 as mostpeople i know is the first dvd that they buy.

[Mattapooh]

That's kinda funny 'cause I own over 100 DVDs right now and I haven't picked up ANY of the Matrix films.

I'm not sure I will, maybe if there's a special edition of the first or something.

[esrefb]

OK I'm really surprised that nobody knows a source for this. I wonder why the numbers are not disclosed. :confused:

I mean, isn't it a liitle bit too strange that you can learn box office numbers, or audio CD numbers but not DVDs? :