This data is from a website called Blu-ray. It is not an official Blu-ray site. It actually looks like a commercial site. Their source is Home Media Magazine, but I cannot find the article on the original site. Thanks to N4G for this tip.
According to Home Media Magazine, consumers spent over $60M on Blu-ray titles last week, representing 14% of the home media market. The 167% spike is due in large part to the Blu-ray release of ‘The Dark Knight’, which is breaking Blu-ray sales records around the world. Comparatively, the previous week, where ‘Wanted’ was the hot new release, consumers spent $23.64M on Blu-ray.
On the year in whole, consumers have spent nearly $500M on Blu-ray titles, and the average spent per week has been growing as adoption continues to rise.
Impressive, but can anyone see this format taking over while prices are this high? I think there will need to be HDTV price drop and Blu Ray disc price drops in order for it to take over. My first Blu Ray will be The Dark Knight. It’s enough for me, i’m not really into the HD movie scene, as much as gaming.