Avatar sold 3.2 million DVD (including Blu-ray) copies on its first day out (not including rentals), last Thursday, according to figures provided by 20th Century Fox (via Deadline.com). Earlier reports had Avatar selling 4 million units.
James Cameron's 3D sci-fier — on DVD in plain old HD 2D — broke The Dark Knight's record for Blu-ray sales: 600K copies for TDK vs. 1.2 million for Avatar.
However, The Dark Knight holds the record for "old-format" DVD sales: 2.1 million copies vs. Avatar's 2 million. (Of course, there were fewer Blu-ray players then; most people had to buy regular DVDs.)
Approximately 2 million more Avatar DVDs were sold on Friday. Two-day total: 5.2 million copies (if figures are accurate), beating the Twilight Saga: New Moon's 4 million copies sold on that title's first two days out just a couple of weeks ago.
Photo: Avatar (WETA / 20th Century Fox)
That is unbelievable! This is going to end up breaking another record. It's funny how James is breaking his own record with two films that are so completely different.
>>>>>>>>>>>Well your numbers sure are off!
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Just in case – if that's what you mean – I added "including Blu-ray" to the first line.
Well your numbers sure are off!