The latest home entertainment news from studios and independent suppliers, including upcoming DVD releases, DVD marketing campaigns, earnings, distribution deals, corporate restructurings, executive moves and partnerships.
Disney profits up 18%, DVD down By Susanne Ault and Variety's Marc Graser - 11/12/2009 NOV. 12 | FROM VARIETY: Iger: Consumers moving away from DVD collecting More
New Moon breaks box office records By Pamela McClintock of Variety - 11/20/2009 NOV. 20 | FROM VARIETY: Summit Entertainment’s sequel New Moon has set box office history in breaking all records for midnight runs, grossing a whopping $26.3 million as it unspooled in 3,514 theaters at 12:01 a.m. Friday.
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Sony showcases Blu-ray features By Laurence Lerman - 11/19/2009 NOV. 19 | PHYSICAL: Studio says disc sales up 85%, format-capable households up 112%
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DISC DISH Samantha Clark, Managing editor and online editor, Video Business November 19, 2009 Capitalism: A Love Story on DVD next year
So, we saw on Blu-ray.com that Michael Moore's latest movie, Capitalism: A Love Story... More
DISC DISH Laurence Lerman, Product Digest Editor, Video Business November 12, 2009 The Brothers Warner in March
The Brothers Warner, a 2008 feature-length documentary on Harry, Albert, Sam and Ja... More
50 Dead Men walking Phase 4 Films execs and 50 Dead Men Walking star Jim Sturgess visited with distributor VPD recently.
Fans for Fight Club Fox held a screening of Fight Club for 200 fans in Los Angeles on Nov. 17 to celebrate the film’s 10th anniversary. David Fincher’s 1999 film starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton is now available on Blu-ray.
Costello spectacle To promote MVD’s DVD and Blu-ray release of Spectacle: Elvis Costello With...: Season One, singer-songwriter Elvis Costello made an in-store appearance at New York City’s Barnes & Noble on Nov. 17.