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Apocalypse,” “Robocop,” “Sense and Sensibility,” “Stealth,” “Species,” “SWAT,”
“XXX,” “Black Hawk Down” and “The Bridge on the River Kwai”
Sony will release four movies x month, increasing to 10 x month by the end of 2006.
Lion’s Gate Home Entertainment:
“Lord of War,” “The Punisher,” “Devil’s Rejects,” “Saw,” “T2: Judgment Day,”
“Reservoir Dogs,” “Total Recall,” “Dune,” “Rambo: First Blood” and “See No Evil”
Buena Vista Home Entertainment/Disney:
“Kill Bill: Vol. 1,” “Hero,” “Dark Water,” “Ladder 49,” “The Brothers Grimm,” “The
Great Raid,” “Armageddon,” “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,” “Dinosaur” & “Everest”
Eagle Rock Entertainment:
Planned to provide 20 music artists such as Miles Davies and George Benson.
Oct 06
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announced first three 50GB Blu-Ray Disc titles:
Click (TTM Oct 10)
Black Hawk Down (TTM November 14)
Talladega Nights (TTM December 12)
Industry and Content Support – CES
2007
Blu-ray Presentation
• Seven of eight major Hollywood studios
support BD
• Five are exclusive to Blu-ray
• You cannot watch films from these five
studios on HD DVD
• More content means more consumers
can be attracted to BD
• More important than any other factor for
a format’s success
Impact of 7 of 8 Studios
DVD sales illustrate current HD format alignment of releasing studio
The Top Selling 20 DVD Titles in 2006 (source: Daily Variety 1/5/2007)
Blu-ray
HD DVD
1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead man’s Chest X
2. The Chronicles of Narnia X
3. Cars X
4. Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire X X
5. Wedding Crashers X X
6. Walk the Line X
7. King Kong X
8. Over the Hedge
9. The Da Vinci Code X
10. Ice Age: The Meltdown X
11. Chicken Little X
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