Spiderman: 7 miljoen DVD's en Video's in 1 dag verkocht

Spider-Manä breekt ook op Home Entertainment-gebied alle records

Na de overweldigende box-office resultaten van Spider-Man over de hele wereld (beste openingsweekend ooit ter wereld). Breekt Spider-Man ook op het gebied van Home Entertainment (DVD en Video) alle records in haar eerste weekend in de Verenigde Staten. Op vrijdag 1 november, de eerste dag dat de dubbel dvd en video in de winkels verkrijgbaar was, werden er al 7 miljoen exemplaren verkocht. Onderstaand het originele persbericht dat alle informatie en cijfers bevat over dit recordbrekende weekend.


Culver City, Calif., November 3, 2002 – Shattering sales records for a home entertainment release during its first weekend, the Spider-Manä phenomenon continues to reach new heights by selling an estimated 7 million DVDs and videocassettes on its first day (Friday) based on day-one reporting. With a projected 11 million DVDs and videocassettes to be sold in North America during its first weekend, the title is estimated to generate more than $190 million in retail revenue in North America during its first three days in the marketplace., it was announced today by John Calley, Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment. 

Having shipped an unequalled 26 million combined units in North America and with first day record breaking sales, Spider-Man is on track to become the biggest selling DVD title in history. The title will also set an industry record for the most revenue ever generated by a studio in a single weekend on a single title.

Proving itself to be to be the most-wanted film of the holiday season, Spider-Man will debut as the #1 selling DVD and VHS and the title is on track to become the top-selling home entertainment release ever. 

“With more than a billion dollars in worldwide revenues to date on this single title, the success of Spider-Man is simply staggering,” said Calley. “It took a true superhero to accomplish this phenomenal fete and the dividend for Sony Pictures Entertainment will be the most successful year in the studio’s history.”

“We are thrilled by the record breaking performance of Spider-Man on DVD and video,“ noted Benjamin Feingold, president of Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. “There is no question that Spider-Man’s record-breaking home entertainment release greatly benefited from its extraordinary theatrical performance. But credit for Spider-Man’s success in the home entertainment sector must also be given to CTHE’s marketing, sales and operations team who rose to the challenge by creating an impressive, strong and effective distribution strategy that insured maximum awareness and timely availability of the product for our retailers and consumers.”

The year’s hottest film is available as a 2-disc set in both wide and full screen Special Editions on DVD. A home entertainment extravaganza, Spider-Man, features an exclusive web of innovative interactive elements loaded with special never-before-revealed Spider-Man factoids and a first look at comic book-to-film comparisons. Also released day and date was a specially packaged Limited Edition Collector’s DVD Gift Set, loaded with collectible memorabilia extra features for the ultimate home viewing experience. 

Spider-Man’s theatrical performance and now home entertainment release have broken virtually every major milestone:

• Garnered more than $800 million worldwide 
• Biggest opening weekend in Hollywood history 
• Biggest single day box-office 
• Fastest film in history to ever reach the $100 million mark (3 days), the $200 million mark (9 days), the $300 million mark (22 days) and the $350 million mark (31 days).

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