Blu-ray Disc Sales Surpass One Million Mark

Blu-ray Accounts For 70 Percent of High-Definition Movies Sold During First Quarter, According to Home Media Research Sales Figures

HOLLYWOOD--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blu-ray Disc has become the first high definition format to sell more than one million discs, a milestone it has achieved in less than a year. Blu-ray Disc sales also accounted for 70 percent of the high-definition movies sold during the first quarter of 2007, according to sales figures published today by Home Media Research.

“Sales of Blu-ray Disc titles have taken off since the first of the year”

Blu-ray’s sales lead has increased each month since the first of the year and nearly three out of every four high-definition movies sold in March were on Blu-ray Disc, according to the HMR sales figures.

Industry projections suggest that this steady growth trend will continue based on the fact that seven of the eight major studios are releasing an increasing number of blockbuster movies on Blu-ray Disc, most of which will only be available in high-definition on Blu-ray Disc. In 2006, 18 of the top 20 selling DVD’s were released by studios that are publishing their movies on Blu-ray Disc.

Blu-ray Disc titles accounted for eight of the top ten selling high definition titles in the first quarter of this year and since the introduction of both high definition formats, seven of the top ten selling high definition movies are on Blu-ray Disc.

“Sales of Blu-ray Disc titles have taken off since the first of the year,” said Andy Parsons, Chairman of the Blu-ray Disc Association’s U.S. Promotion Committee and Senior Vice President New Product Development at Pioneer Electronics. “Blu-ray Discs have been outselling HD DVD by more than two to one since the beginning of the year and the gap is steadily widening. It’s exactly what we’ve said all along would happen - the strong support for Blu-ray among movie studio and equipment manufacturers means that consumers have more choices when it comes to players and titles. And they’re choosing Blu-ray by an ever-increasing margin.”

The sustained sales advantage enjoyed by Blu-ray throughout the first three months of the year will continue as studios maintain an aggressive release schedule to bring the biggest Hollywood movies to high definition. In the coming months, Blu-ray Disc studios will be releasing blockbuster titles such as Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Night at the Museum, Cars and Dreamgirls (for a complete release schedule, see attached chart).

About Blu-ray Disc

Blu-ray Disc is the next-generation optical disc format being developed for high-definition video and high-capacity software applications. A single-layer Blu-ray Disc will hold up to 25 gigabytes of data and a double-layer Blu-ray Disc will hold up to 50 gigabytes of data.

About the Blu-ray Disc Association

The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is responsible for promoting and further developing business opportunities for Blu-ray Disc - the next-generation optical disc for storing high-definition movies, games, photos and other digital content. The BDA has more than 180 members. Its Board of Directors consists of Apple; Dell Inc.; HP; Hitachi, Ltd.; LG Electronics Inc.; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation; Panasonic (Matsushita Electric); Pioneer Corporation; Royal Philips Electronics; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Sharp Corporation; Sony Corporation; Sun Microsystems, Inc.; TDK Corporation; Thomson; Twentieth Century Fox; Walt Disney Pictures and Television; Warner Bros. Entertainment.

Blu-ray Disc Association Product and Title Release Schedule April 23, 2007(a)
Blu-ray Disc Movie Titles
Now Playing
US Release Date	Title	European Release Date	Japan Release Date	Studio
April 2007
3^rd
	Identity			Sony
	(1)Volver			Sony
	(2)King Arthur	(2)4/9/2007		Disney
	(2)GI Jane			Disney
7^th
	A Scanner Darkly			Warner Bros.
	Dog Day Afternoon			Warner Bros.
10^th
	Payback: Straight Up – The Director’s Cut			Paramount
17^th
	Enter the Dragon			Warner Bros.
	The Dirty Dozen			Warner Bros.
March 2007
7^th
	Hoosiers			MGM
13^th
	(2)Casino Royale(1)	March 2007		Sony
	The Holiday			Sony
	Layer Cake			Sony
20^th
	(2)Chicken Little	(2)March 2007	(2)4/25/07	Disney
	(2)Finding Neverland	(2)March 2007		Disney
	(1)Eragon			Fox
	(2)Rocky Balboa			Sony
	Big Fish	March 2007		Sony
21^st
	Cinderella Man – Japan Only		(2)3/21/07
	Face/Off – Japan Only		(2)3/21/07
27^th
	National Geographic: Relentless Enemies			Warner Bros.
	March of the Penguins			Warner Bros.
	Happy Feet			Warner Bros
	Incubus – Alive at Red Rocks (Blu-ray/CD Combo)			Sony
	Warriors of Heaven and Earth			Sony
	The Pursuit of Happyness			Sony
February 2007
6^th
	(2)Running with Scissors(1)			Sony
	(2)The Tailor of Panama			Sony
	Reservoir Dogs			Lionsgate
	Young Guns			Lionsgate
	American Psycho			Lionsgate
	First Blood			Lionsgate
13^th
	Chronos			Koch
	The World’s Fastest Indian			Magnolia
	(1)The Usual Suspects			MGM
	(2)Ladder 49			Disney
	Reign of Fire			Disney
	The Sentinel	4/9/07		Fox
	Entrapment			Fox
	Broken Arrow			Fox
	Phone Booth			Fox
	Planet of the Apes (2001)			Fox
	Chain Reaction			Fox
	The Marine			Fox
	The Usual Suspects			MGM
	The Departed			Warner Bros.
20^th
	(1)Babel			Paramount
	(2)Vertical Limit			Sony
	Destiny’s Child – Live in Atlanta			Sony
	(2) The Prestige(1)			Disney
27^th
	Bullitt			Warner Bros.
	The Getaway			Warner Bros.
	(2)Stranger than Fiction(1)	March 2007		Sony
	Nine Inch Nails: Beside You in Time			Interscope
January 2007
2^nd
	The Covenant			Sony
9^th
	(1)Crank			Lionsgate
16^th
	GoodFellas			Warner Bros.
	Scooby Doo: The Movie			Warner Bros.
	(2)The Gridiron Gang			Sony
	Resident Evil: Apocalypse			Sony
	Employee of the Month			Lionsgate
23^rd
	Saw II			Lionsgate
	(1) Saw III			Lionsgate
	The Manchurian Candidate			Paramount
	We Were Soldiers			Paramount
	(2) Casanova			Disney
	(2) Chicago			Disney
	(2) The Guardian	(2)March 2007	(2)6/20/07	Disney
	(2) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy	(2)March 2007	12/6/06	Disney
	Black Rain		12/22/2006	Paramount
	Alien Vs. Predator	4/9/2007		Fox
	Men of Honor	4/9/2007		Fox
	Courage Under Fire	4/9/2007		Fox
30^th
	(1) Open Season			Sony
	Flyboys			MGM
	Hart’s War			MGM
	The Wicker Man			Warner Bros.
	Beerfest (Unrated)			Warner Bros.
December 2006
5^th
	(1) Rocky			MGM
	Bulletproof Monk			MGM
	Flight of the Phoenix	March 2007		Fox
	Rising Sun	4/9/2007		Fox
	The Architect			Magnolia
	Entrapment			Fox
	National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation			Warner Bros.
	A Christmas Story			Warner Bros.
6^th
	The Pacifier – Japan Only		12/6/06
	The Innocence – Japan Only		12/6/06
12^th
	Kung Fu Hustle	March 2007		Sony
	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby			Sony
	Tony Bennett: An American Classic			Sony
	The Devil Wears Prada			Fox
	(1) World Trade Center			Paramount
19^th
	Lady in the Water			Warner Bros.
	(2) Flightplan	(2)March 2007	(2)1/26/07	Disney
	(1) Invincible			Disney
	(2) Pearl Harbor	(2)March 2007	(2)1/26/07	Disney
	The Sopranos: Season 6, Part 1			Warner Bros.
	All the King’s Men			Sony
26^th
	Transporter 2			Fox
	The Descent			Lionsgate
November 2006
3^rd
	John Legend: Live at the House of Blues
7^th
	(1) Little Man			Sony
	Reds			Paramount
	Nacho Libre			Paramount
14^th
	X-Men: The Last Stand	March 2007		Fox
	Behind Enemy Lines	March 2007		Fox
	Fantastic Four	11/06		Fox
	Kingdom of Heaven	11/06		Fox
	The Omen	11/06	11/10	Fox
	Kiss of the Dragon	11/06		Fox
	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	March 2007		Fox
	Speed	March 2007		Fox
	The Transporter	11/06		Fox
	Million Dollar Baby			Warner Bros.
	The Last Samurai			Warner Bros.
	ATL			Warner Bros.
	(2) Black Hawk Down			Sony
21^st
	Ice Age: The Meltdown	11/13/2006	11/13/2006	Fox
	Annapolis			Disney
	(2) Enemy of the State	(2)March 2007	(2)2/23/07	Disney
	Goal: The Dream Begins			Disney
	Sky High	(2)March 2007	(2)1/26/07	Disney
	The Wild		(2)4/25/07	Disney
28^th
	Windtalkers			MGM
	Superman Returns			Warner Bros.
	Superman: The Movie			Warner Bros.
	Superman II: The Donner Cut			Warner Bros.
	The Ant Bully			Warner Bros.
October 2006
3^rd
	The Pat Metheny Group: The Way Up Live			Eagle Rock
	John Legend – Live at the House of Blues			Sony
10^th
	Syriana			Warner Bros.
	16 Blocks			Warner Bros.
	Aeon Flux			Par
	U2: Rattle and Hum			Par
	One Last Thing			Magnolia
	The War Within			Magnolia
	Bikini Destinations: Triple Fantasy			Magnolia
	Bubble			Magnolia
	HDNet World Report: Shuttle Discovery’s Historic Mission			Magnolia
	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room			Magnolia
	(2) Click	11/13/06		Sony
17^th
	Glory Road			Disney
	Haunted Mansion		11/8/06	Disney
	Gone in 60 Seconds	(2)March 2007	11/8/06	Disney
	Dark Water			Disney
	The Brothers Grimm			Disney
24^th
	Italian Job			Paramount
	Sahara			Paramount
	Legends of Jazz Showcase			LRS Media
	Monster House	12/8/06		Sony
30^th
	(1) Mission: Impossible III			Paramount
	(1) Mission: Impossible – Box Set			Paramount
	Alice Cooper: Live in Montreux 2005			Eagle Rock
	The Phantom of the Opera			Warner Bros.
	The Searchers			Warner Bros.
	Unforgiven			Warner Bros.
	Under Siege			Warner Bros.
September 2006
5^th
	Lethal Weapon			Warner Bros.
	Blazing Saddles			Warner Bros.
	Full Metal Jacket	Fall 2006		Warner Bros.
	Firewall	Fall 2006		Warner Bros.
19^th
	A Knight’s Tale	10/16/06		Sony
	The Big Hit			Sony
	S.W.A.T. (2003)	10/16/06		Sony
	Tears of the Sun	10/16/06		Sony
	Dinosaur	(2)4/9/2007	11/8/06	Disney
	8 Below	(2)March 2007	11/8/06	Disney
	The Great Raid			Disney
	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back			Disney
26^th
	(1) The Lake House			Warner Bros.
	Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride			Warner Bros.
	Swordfish			Warner Bros.
	Space Cowboys	Fall 2006		Warner Bros.
	Lethal Weapon 2			Warner Bros.
	The Fugitive			Warner Bros.
	House of Wax			Warner Bros.
	Four Brothers			Paramount
	Laura Croft: Tomb Raider			Paramount
	Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow			Paramount
	Sleepy Hollow			Paramount
August 2006
1^st
	Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang			Warner Bros.
	Training Day	Fall 2006		Warner Bros.
	Good Night and Good Luck			Warner Bros.
	Rumor Has It			Warner Bros.
15^th
	(1) RV	10/16/06		Sony
	Memento			Sony
	Into The Blue (2005)	11/13/06		Sony
22^nd
	(1) Silent Hill			Sony
29^th
	Stargate			LG
	Devil’s Reject			LG
	Stir of Echoes			LG
	Total Recall			LG
July 2006
11^th
	(1)Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction			Sony
25^th
	Species			MGM
	Stealth	11/13/06		Sony
	(1)The Benchwarmers			Sony
	The Last Waltz			MGM
June 2006
20^th
	50 First Dates	11/13/06		Sony
	The Fifth Element	10/16/06		Sony
	House of Flying Daggers			Sony
	Hitch	10/16/06		Sony
	Underworld Evolution	10/16/06		Sony
	XXX: State of The Union	11/13/06		Sony
	Terminator			MGM
27^th
	(1) Ultraviolet	10/16/06		Sony
	Crash			Lionsgate
	Lord Of War			Lionsgate
	The Punisher			Lionsgate
	Terminator 2 – Judgment Day			Lionsgate
	Saw			Lionsgate

Blu-ray Disc Movie Titles
Coming Soon
US Release Date	Title	European Release Date	Japan Release Date	Studio
April 2007
24^th
	Night at the Museum			Fox
	Ultimate Avengers/Ultimate Avengers 2			Lionsgate
	(2)The Queen(1)			Disney
	(2)Déjá vu	(2)April 2007		Disney
	Failure to Launch			Paramount
	Planet Earth: The Complete Collection			BBC
	Secret Window			Sony
May 2007
1^st
	(1)Dreamgirls			Paramount
	Happily N’Ever After			Lionsgate
8^th
	Dirty Dancing 20^th Anniversary Edition			Lionsgate
	Catch and Release			Sony
	Donnie Brasco			Sony
	Revenge			Sony
	Chris Botti - Live with Orchestra and Special Friends			Sony
15^th
	Stomp the Yard			Sony
	Battle of the Bulge			Warner Bros.
	The Road Warrior			Warner Bros.
22^nd
	Flags of our Fathers			Paramount
	(2)Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (two disc set: 50GB + 25GB)	(2)May 2007	(2)5/23/07	Disney
	(2)Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (two disc set: 50GB + 25GB)	(2)May 2007	(2)5/23/07	Disney
	(2)Apocalypto			Disney
	Closer			Sony
29^th
	Blood and Chocolate			Sony
	Curse of the Golden Flower			Sony
	Weeds Season 1			Lionsgate
	Basic Instinct			Lionsgate
June 2007
5^th
	Coming to America			Paramount
	Trading Places			Paramount
	Cars			Disney
	Hellboy			Sony
	Meatballs			Sony
	The Messengers			Sony
	Rescue Me – Season 3			Sony
	Bruce Springsteen With The Sessions Band Live in Dublin			Sony
	Rio Bravo			Warner Bros.
	The Cowboys			Warner Bros.
	Blood Diamond			Warner Bros.
8^th
	Con Air	(2)June 2007		Disney
	Crimson Tide	(2)June 2007		Disney
	The Rock	(2)June 2007		Disney
12^th
	(2)Primeval			Disney
	Daddy’s Little Girls			Lionsgate
19^th
	(2)Bridge to Terabithia			Disney
June TBD
	Cruel Intentions			Sony
	Ghost Rider			Sony
	Seven Years in Tibet			Sony
TBD 2007
	The Complete Matrix Trilogy			Warner Bros.
	The Ultimate Matrix Collection			Warner Bros.
(1)Titles released day-and-date with DVD
(2)50GB Blu-ray Disc Title
(a) Data is accurate as of April 23, 2007 and is based on information provided by BDA member companies.