‘Dawn Treader’ Blu-ray/DVD Sales Update
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader DVD/Blu-ray sales got off to a slow start when it released on April 8, starting off at the #4 spot. It sold approximately 25% as many units as Prince Caspian (AslansCountry). The following two weeks were dominated by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, which released on April 15. The Hollywood Reporter writes:
‘The tally of Deathly Hallows, which had been released on a Friday and thus was on shelves only three days, is even more impressive considering the No. 2 title, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, in its first full week in stores, managed to accumulate only 18.2 percent of the top title’s total.”
Read this week’s sales report from Blu-ray.com here.
as we can all see that these days, movies that are being in the top, are those who are not about God and not having christian prospects. people would rather to watch these kind of films. like twilight for love story and hp for friendship, but both of them are witchcraft. while narnia is a very inspirational story. we must support narnia films for they are better than all the others.
I bought two copies!!
I LOVE VDT and I love Harry Potter. Sure people will argue with me, but I think the reason that HP is doing better (money-wise) is because the whole directing is better and sadly I thought some parts in VDT were a little cheesy. I love the story and the actors but they could have made the amazing world of Narnia a little more appealing.
Yes, there is a comparison for DVDs, as I mentioned lower down. VDT, in its first nine days, made less than half of what PC made in its first five days. Now, VDT had a blu-ray share of ~40%, while PC had a blu-ray share of ~10%, so that might make up some of the difference. Still, VDT hasn't made as much money on home disc as PC did at the same point in its release.
…yeah I bought Harry Potter before I bought Dawn Treader. Hate me if you want, but Deathy Hallows was a much better movie.
VDT didn't do as badly as a lot of people are makeing it out. The budget was $100 million and the spent an additional $50 million. They made 415 million. 415 million- 150 million = 265 million. That's not a bad profit. I wish I had $265 million 😉 Plus it also did beter then other movies. For example this weekened our family went to see Soul Surfer (AWESOME movie by the way. It is beter then the adds make it out to be) and after the movie when we got home I went and looked up the Soul Surfer numbers. It only made 32 million (It deserves way more then that) . I don't know how much the budget was but VDT has made a lot more money then that. VDT numbers were not terreble.
Movies in this generation are very dark and evil. It's hard to find something good in the darkness if your just blinded without Light (His Light).
You Are soooo right!!! People look for witchcraft and evil when they can watch awesome movies like Narnia and Pixar Movies!!!! Why do people hat it so much? 🙁
Why do You hate it? It's soooo better than HP? It's clean, with action and adventure and GOOOOOOOD Acting from Will Poulter, Gorgie Henlie, and Skander Keynes! Why watch deathly hallows when you got these good movies?
^^ Dawn Treader had a $150 million production budget and an additional $100 million for marketing. And you can't really subtract these numbers from its box-office gross. Not all of that money goes back to Fox and Walden, I'd estimate movie theaters kept about 50%.
I don't understand why some people say that HP points to evil, when in the film and books the main characters are trying to defeat evil… I enjoy both HP and Narnia… but the VDT seemed to be lacking, it was still enjoyable, but forgettable.
Hope they do better next time round. I wasn't even excited for the DVD/blu-ray release of this, I got the first two films on the day they came out. The first two were better films.
I agree about the Lone Islands, Starlily. Good analysis. 🙂
Frankly, I don't blame non-Christian groups for chosing HP over VDT. The CON books are by far my favorite, but the VDT movie is so preachy and not at all subtle. It's the script, not the acting, which does this I think.
As of 4/24, VDT has made $21,455,438 in DVD sales, and it's sold 730,000 copies on Blu-ray.
Well, aren't you a pessimistic one. 😉
If you were to read the Bible then read the Chronicles of Narnia series, you would see quite clearly that Aslan is a symbol of Jesus Christ. True, non-Christians are not going to understand that like Christians do. However, anyone watching who is curious enough to do some digging will realize that there is not a single other religion with a single other god that would fit the Aslan bill.
As for Apted being an agnostic, I can't verify that nor have I ever heard that. But, it's Hollywood. What would you expect? I will say that it's unfortunate that he has bought into a "belief" that really has no belief or hope.
Never seen the Harry Potter and ain't gonna to nither. I like the Narnia film. You kow what i meen ?
I got the movie on the day it was coming out……how exciting ! Actually my dad bought it for me by surprise. I liked the movie…….except poor reepicheep !! I do not like the new guy for brave reepicheep !! Anyone agree ? Sure he's new, but I say two thumbs down.
But if PC grossed more in theatres in the US than VDT, why are you people expecting VDT to sell more DVDs? I think between DVD and blu-ray sales, the movie is doing great. PC was out in time for Christmas sales, if I recall correctly, and it grossed more in the US theatres – so naturally, it should outsell VDT.
I'm just glad the film grossed well worldwide and is selling well on DVD/Blu-Ray. I want another movie!!
To be fair to "other movies," you can find God in many of them if you wish to. 😉
But yes, Narnia is one of the few films I've seen in the past few years that proudly proclaims Christian values and lessons. Honestly, I loved that the VDT movie wasn't subtle about it.
Gotta disagree there..
Tilda Swinton looked amazing.
Love her GREEN eyes. My favorite detail.
Where did you get the advertizing numbers? And I thought the theaters would have allready taken their money. By your logic you're saying that VDT made 2O7.5 million when 250 million was spent to make it. If they lost money theyd stop the franchise. I want to see where all your numbers are from.
Do you not read this site?
http://www.narniaweb.com/2011/01/dawn-treaders-fifth-week-at-the-box-office/
I kinda have to agree that hp was a better movie…
That is the amount the movie made though. The Theatres have already token their money. Narnia's profit is still over 100 million. That's still a lot of money 🙂
I actually didn't mind Reep as much as I thought I would. I kind of liked his relationship with Eustace. But I agree that the book Reep is better–in the movie he seemed too much like a thrill-seeker and less like a valiant, noble knight of Narnia. Maybe the film makers thought the book Reep was too stuffy.
Rubbish? Maybe it just depends on your liking of blu ray, but is certainly not rubbish.
Dawn Treader made $104 million in North America and $310 million in foreign countries. Those numbers aren't after movie theaters have taken their share.
You clearly didn't know what you were talking about when you were throwing numbers around for VDT's budget and you don't now.
Okay I'll admit that I was wrong on the first numbers (I didn't remember those right. Whoops! 🙂 ). But your suggesting VDT lost money. I don't think theyed "succure a budget for Magian's Nefew" if that was the case. And isn't 415 the number that VDT made? I think we both need to know what we're talking about 🙂
It's amazing how the success of Narnia dropped so massively in VDT.
i think my answer to that is this- most people have weak faith to God-thats why some of them are believing witchcraft films. being fair, I love hp for their friendship, but I would rather watch narnia. I love narnia films. way better than the others! cause narnia series is based on the Bible and we may learn God's love for us!
I'm not saying Fox and Walden lost money on VDT. Truthfully I don't know, I'm just saying the profit they made back is much much smaller than you were suggesting. And when did I say it didn't earn $415 million?
I wouldn't say Georgie or Skandar's acting was good. Ordinary is probably the kindest thing I can say about it. I don't think they suddenly became bad actors, I think that the combined elements of the terrible script and tight-scheduled director was what contributed to their less-than-brilliant performance.
You said that the theatres haven't tooken their money yet. I did the math by your logic. 415 divided by 2 (You said the theatres would take 50%) is 207.5. If they're trying to get back the 250 million spent making this film, that would not cut it.
For me it wasn't that drastic of a voice change, so I was fine with it.
I said that was an estimate. The percentage theaters keep is complicated and changes with every passing week. Even more so overseas as movie theaters keep an even higher percentage.
Are you saying that the theatres are going to take over 50% now? I could be wrong but I think the theaters have allready taken their money. Let's just stop because Im not understanding you and I dont think you're understanding me.
I am a Believer In Christ, and just because i might like harry potter just a bit more than vdt doesnt say that im not a Christian. Another thing, i havent seen the movie but once. Both of them. I have to say about the acting…they were much better in the last movies. Other than eustace was good. Hp, it was there best yet. thanks.
People are really stupid in buying Harry Potter 7 part 1 on blu-ray, because it's really one movie spilt in two; what people should do is wait for part 2 to come out on blu-ray than buy both at once that's what i'm going to do. The studio is just trying to find whatever excuse they can to milk even more money out of this already multi-billion dollar franchise. And it seems like it's working.
Actually the success of the Narnia movies dropped so massively in PC, not VDT.
This is such a ridiculous statement. How did the success of Narnia massively drop?! It grossed almost the exact same amount worldwide as PC. DVD/Blu-Ray sales are behind PC in the US (don't know about worldwie) but not "massively." After just three weeks in release, the VDT was the 14th best selling DVD for the year already. In a week or two it will move into the top 10. It's sales aren't as bad as people are making it out to be.
I agree, I had to stop watching harry potter movies, as they were getting too dark and disturbing, and I'm an adult. (and not a softy, either). They are worse than freddy kruger movies now.
I like the VDT film! And I look very much forward to the dvd coming out in my country.
The Lone Islands' scenes were disappointing, this is one of my favourite part of the book. And the film was a bit rushed at times. I loved Reep, though, and his relationship with Eustace. All in all a good film.
Really? Is that the last two movies, because I didn't see them. While all of the HP movies (and books) have dark themes, I wouldn't say the first five films were really disturbing. When Phoenix came out, it was so impotent and pointless that I decided the film franchise had run it's course, artistically. The book is one of my all-times faves and, I have to say, my own visualization that I had from reading the book was vastly superior to the movie.
That's one way in which the Walden Narnia films are superior to the Potter series. They always add something to my experience of the books. Beautiful visualizations of the Narnian landscape, and some excellent performances. When I reread VDT after seeing the movie, I enjoyed the book even more because I was picturing Will Poulter and Ben Barnes, and even Georgie, although she overacts at times. I was also picturing the Walden visualizations of the Ship, Magician's Island, Aslan's country, etc.
All things considered, Georgie and Skandar did a much better job than I could have. I think Georgie especially handled her lines, some of which were supremely terrible, as well as she could. Take, for example, "We did it! I knew we would." *rolls eyes*
And the umpteen times she states the obvious, usually appearing in the form of "Look!"
Skandar did well, too; he succeeded in completely creeping me out at Death/Goldwater, at any rate. I was really disappointed that there was no reconciliation between Edmund and Eustace, though!!
Will Poulter, though, was phenomenal!! He had some great lines! As well as Reepicheep.
That's really cool, Anhun!
I only hated the movie because it was such a far cry from the book. I actually liked some of the changes in PC but VDT, there were very little. I did like the Lucy/Susan dream. Some of the dialouge was very cheesy. I hate it when people make Narnia like that. There are some fantasy books that are corny but Narnia is not one of them.
I loved the special effects, especially the sea serpent! Very freaky! Can't wait for there to be a 3D DVD/Blu-ray version some time in the future!
What name could u come up with by combining the names Elena+Eileen(twin sisters)?
You call that a success? *IF* they made any money with VDT, it surely wasn't much, especially when it was divided between Fox and Walden. Disney made a very good decision when they dumped the franchise.
Yes, Apted is agnostic. However, I doubt his belief system had anything to do with the lackluster nature of VDT. His Bond film was similarly panned by fans and critics alike. It seems clear that he has little interest in genre films and does them for the paycheck only, since the projects he personally invests in (Amazing Grace, etc.) show more signs of care and thoughtful development.
You might want to try re-reading the article before you go on your usual "gP is biased!!11!" whinging-fest. The 1/4 figure comes from the Aslan's Country article, which gP linked to. And exactly what does the fact that VDT released on a different day than PC have to do with the amount of DVDs it sold in its initial week?
Darling, I hate to break it to you, but there aren't any witches in Twilight. You might want to get your facts straight before attacking a film for being "EVUL!!11!". As for the Narnia movies being better than other movies, I think you meant to write "books" there and not movies. Because the movies so far have been average to mediocre to outright crappy.
Ah, yet another deranged Potter hater who has clearly never read the books, probably never watched the movies, and has been indoctrinated by people who have no conception whatsoever of what the practices of real life witches actually are and so believe that waving sticks around and shouting Latin phrases is going to get you in touch with the devil.
Please tell me English isn't your first language.
*Much* better
Evil? Seriously? Sure, there are some that are just irredeemably immoral with no good themes whatsoever, but that isn't the majority of movies. A few swear words or some violence does not a movie "EVUL!!!11!!"
The new Thor movie particularly comes to mind. Very clean movie, content wise with only a few minor profanities, no sex whatsoever. Excellent themes though, like the importance of humility and self-sacrifice. Well worth a viewing.
I have a reason why I would never see that movie. This Thor guy is supposed to be a god. The first and second commandments say that people should have no god accept for God and no idols. And i agree that just beacuse there's a curse word (Perfer there to be non but you can't always have your way when it comes to movies 🙂 ) or vilonce (Passion of the Christ – That's pretty violent but not evil 🙂 ) doesn't make a movie bad, but there are other resons which I don't care to talk about here 🙂
Eleena???
At first I thought the acting was supurb, but the second time seeing it I thought Georgie was a bit off. My third time watching it (On DVD) I noticed it again. It dosen't bother me that much but it is one of the few things I would have changed.
Have you learned nothing from LB??? When Tash was called apon, he came. 🙂 There is evil witch craft in this world which satan controlls. He wants to control people. People shouldn't call on satan: he might come and try to steer them away from the Lord.