The Dark Knight fastest selling Blu-ray of all time; over 25% format share
by Andrew Yoon 
{ Dec 11th 2008 at 10:30PM }
"It's encouraging," said Ron Sanders, president of Warner Home Video. "The Blu-ray sales of 'Dark Knight' were exceptionally strong and much higher than our projections." Considering The Dark Knight is an obvious addition to an HD home theater set up, we doubt their projections were much lower. Besides, all that money should make up for the Golden Globe snub, amirite?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
bugatti23007 @ Dec 11th 2008 10:40PM
The HD download of the movie on PSN isn't worth it if it doesn't have the special features. The bonus with Batman unmasked the psychology of the character and the Batman tech was awesome.Only a die hard Batman fan would get the blu-ray disc version.
Deviation @ Dec 11th 2008 11:17PM
There is no HD download on the PlayStation Store. It's only a $15 SD purchase, no HD purchase, no HD rental.
bugatti23007 @ Dec 11th 2008 11:19PM
Well, eventually there will be an HD download I would think like other movies on PSN
baby sea tuna @ Dec 12th 2008 9:16AM
Really? The DVD got called out in some of the reviews I read for being especially skimpy with the extras.
LordPaul @ Dec 13th 2008 12:51PM
Only a die hard would get the Blu ray???
It has the features you talked about & it has the IMAX sections (which look AMAZING in BIG-O-VISION)
tmontana213 @ Dec 11th 2008 11:39PM
I'm gonna buy this shit on Blu-ray!
Jason @ Dec 11th 2008 10:44PM
This was my first Blu Ray Movie. And I will be buying a whole lot more after watching this. BD Live and all the special features are just awesome! And the picture and audio was just as good or better as the theater. The Dark Knight is the best movie this year, totally worth the $30.
-Why so serious!? lol
SnakeOzilla @ Dec 15th 2008 10:43AM
30$? I spend 24$ :) woot!
Bill @ Dec 11th 2008 10:50PM
Same here DK on Blu-ray was my first Blu-ray and after watching it I can see all my movies from here on out being Blu-ray.
-slycooper_rocker- (lorddshadow the amazing) psn: shahanasalam @ Dec 12th 2008 12:09AM
i would recommend pan's labyrinth. its amazing.
doc j @ Dec 12th 2008 12:25AM
I am seconding Pan's Labyrinth. It's the best blu-ray I own so far. (Because I'm getting Dark Knight for Christmas).
BananaBoat @ Dec 12th 2008 5:00AM
If you have cash to burn, Planet Earth is breathtaking on Blu-Ray
Nick @ Dec 11th 2008 11:02PM
After watching my Bluray copy I watched the digital copy version. WOW! I'm so glad I got this on Bluray. The movie is fantastic as it is but the quality acheived on Bluray is just outstanding.
Ranus Studios @ Dec 11th 2008 11:15PM
To be fair, nobody actually cares about the Golden Globes.
Sticky @ Dec 11th 2008 11:26PM
I wonder if this is sales or sell through.
Deviation @ Dec 11th 2008 11:37PM
As the article makes clear, this is the number of copies actually sold to consumers on the first day of release.
kentuckyfried @ Dec 11th 2008 11:49PM
Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I didn't like the movie as much as I thought I would. I was practically dying to get out of the theater the last 30 minutes, I can't imagine enduring that experience a second time much less many repeat viewings.
The first one, I haven't picked up yet on blu-ray though.
DavesC4 @ Dec 12th 2008 1:09AM
Everyone has a right to their own opinion, which I respect yours... However to confirm your thoughts, yes, you are without a doubt in the minority... :D
BananaBoat @ Dec 12th 2008 5:07AM
I'm a huge fan of Batman, but I know what you mean. They could have ended the movie without going into the whole *Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler* Two-Face thing at the end. It added an extra 30 minutes to the movie, but oh well.
More than anything else, Dark Knight is the answer to the prayers of comic book fans and Batman fans across the globe, that some day someone would make a Batman movie that took the franchise seriously. To have had a PERFECT depiction of the Joker was just icing on the cake (Even if he hadn't died, I think he deserves an oscar. His performance is incredible).
The movie completely made up for the abomination that was "Batman:Gotham Knight" (the animated bridge between the first Batman movie and Dark Knight).
Hamza @ Dec 13th 2008 6:15PM
Sadly, I do not respect your opinion.
poisonedsodapop @ Dec 14th 2008 4:18PM
I too think the movie wasn't amazing great. I think most films are turning out to be mediocre with a large hype following it. For this movie it was the "Heath hype" seeing as how it would be his last film. His parts were enjoyable but after watching it I realized how boring it really was.
jmyb17 @ Dec 11th 2008 11:52PM
this is my first blu ray purchase, worth every cent.. also got the godfather, and will be waiting for lord of the rings
lantus @ Dec 11th 2008 11:58PM
I had a feeling the 2nd highest grossing movie of all time would do well for Blu-Ray, and I have yet to buy my copy. :D
uh-oh polio @ Dec 12th 2008 12:27AM
This is my 2nd favorite blu-ray.Next to the band of brother series on blu ray of course. :]
DavesC4 @ Dec 12th 2008 1:11AM
Loved the movie, hope to pick it up on BR this weekend!!!
don and mike show @ Dec 12th 2008 9:21AM
Is this really the best we PS3 owners have to get excited about, a friggin movie? Where are all the exclusive games, why is their nothing to do in Home? R2 is cool and all but the Xbitches got about a hundred games up on us and their controller does not look like it was manufactured in the 1990's!!! I going to remain loyal but Sony better get their act together soon or we are going to have both the 360 and the next Microsoft console to share second place with.....
SilverFireshot @ Dec 12th 2008 11:05AM
Nice. Take an article about a movie and turn it into a console war.
Anyway, as for the topic at hand. I think my wife got me the Blu-ray of this for Christmas so I'll have to wait a couple of weeks to watch it again. I've seen it 5 times already though so I'm sure I can wait.
warlock7 @ Dec 12th 2008 11:24AM
Looking at your posts indicates that you are an xbot looking for a way to make yourself feel better about your HD-DVD add-on not being able to play a BD movie.
Home is quite nice, much nicer than the Vista-ization of LIVE that is the NXE.
Quantity isn't usually quality. Both the Wii and the 360 suffer from that diesease.
Devin @ Dec 12th 2008 11:53AM
@don
Considering every PS3 can play BR's then YES it is something to get excited about especially if you've already invested in a 5.1+, HDTV Home Theater.....
Emyrs @ Dec 12th 2008 3:21AM
I kinda ruined one of my christmas gifts... i was all excited for the release on tuesday and was saying to my girl "i cant wait! bluray!" and she was like.. "oh.. i was going to get you that as part of your christmas gift *pout*" .... so now i have to wait until christmas to watch it! ahhh..
but.. it was really sweet of her.. we both enjoyed it immensely in the theaters.. and usually shes not one for actiony movies...
meh.. i can wait the two weeks to see it again..
dan @ Dec 12th 2008 4:26AM
erm.....isnt 600,000 of 3 million 20 % ?????
meatee @ Dec 12th 2008 6:11AM
That's what I was thinking... 25-30% would be from 2 to 2.4 million, which isn't quite "nearly 3 million."
Rick Shurts @ Dec 12th 2008 7:00AM
I thought ths same thing. But it says, "25-20% of disc sales." That means the rest were digital copies, VHS, etc.?
deathxrebirth @ Dec 12th 2008 10:05PM
LOL... VHS? I think I read it sold 20,00 on Laser disc and 80,000 Betamax!
TDK resurrecting formats!
Still only sold 3 copies on HD-DVD though ;)
Ferdasyn @ Dec 12th 2008 7:10AM
Like many others, this was also my first Blu Ray. Until now, I didn't think the price was justifiable but I was absolutely blown away by the quality. Blu Ray is the future, I have no doubt about it.
baby sea tuna @ Dec 12th 2008 9:19AM
Close. After owning a PS3 for a year, I took the plunge about a month ago and bought Iron Man as my first BR. This'll definitely be my second though (unless someone gets me Wall-E for Xmas.)
Tyler @ Dec 12th 2008 12:38PM
Does not really surprise me... Target and Wal-mart were sold out of this movie on Blu-ray, Except for Targets special one in the Batman mask (+$10... and LOL) but had plenty of DVDs left. I was surprised that I had to go to more than one store to find it on Blu... (THANK YOU COSTCO!)
Jeffrey Stratton @ Dec 12th 2008 12:52PM
Yeah I found that to be true at Best Buy as well. I bought the Blu-Ray at about Ten AM and they had plenty. When I went back later in the day (I forgot printing paper) they literally had four or five left.
Calmixx @ Dec 12th 2008 2:25PM
I am sorta irritated about this release.
The package clearly states that the digital copy will be in HD when played back on my PS3 - but there is NO WAY to LOAD the digital copy ONTO the PS3. Seriously. Not even in SD.
Can somebody splain this to me as I am obviously slow.
4thcage @ Dec 12th 2008 3:06PM
Y O U S U R E Y O U D I D N ' T B U Y A D V D I N S T E A D ?
Sinful Lust @ Dec 12th 2008 3:09PM
i remember once, one of the writers of ps3fanboy said once the format war was over they would stop posting blu ray news or something like that. or was it once msoft went blu ray? anyways...
KinjiroSSD @ Dec 12th 2008 5:31PM
I'm proud to be part of the Tuesday Bluray sales.
Rick @ Dec 12th 2008 6:19PM
Remember, it's always better when you bring it home on Blu.
Ohscaryone @ Dec 15th 2008 8:41AM
Batman on Blu Ray was outstanding.
I have had my ps3 for awhile and believe it or not one of the best looking Blu Ray movies I have watched is 50 first dates. Why this movie looks so good I cant figure out but it is outstanding. When ever someone comes over I use that movie to show the system off and so far everyone just sits down and watches lol.