Saturday, April 25, 2009

Two Ways of Getting Money

We're moving today, so I'm offering a lazy entry.

Our friend Abbey Luck informs she's nominated for a "Webby", I guess that's a bug-related award.  Here's the piece:

You can vote for these awards: here.

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Interesting business note:

The 50 Top Selling DVD's Of 2008

Rank  Movie Title  Units Sold Total Revenue Release Date

1 Dark Knight, The 10,300,870 $215,715,802 12/9/2008

2 WALL-E 10,153,664 $175,451,924 11/18/2008

3 Iron Man 9,408,533 $174,955,826 9/30/2008

4 Kung Fu Panda 8,431,318 $139,126,669 11/9/2008

5 I am Legend 6,444,666 $116,519,064 3/18/2008

6 Alvin and the Chipmunks 5,972,091 $100,468,536 4/1/2008

7 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 5,964,704 $124,625,475 10/14/2008

8 National Treasure - Book of Secrets 5,900,779 $94,069,136 5/20/2008

9 Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The 5,015,199 $82,746,127 12/2/2008

10 Hancock 5,012,362 $100,367,749 11/25/2008

11 Enchanted 4,964,380 $79,510,141 3/18/2008

12 Bee Movie 4,594,120 $73,808,995 3/11/2008

13 American Gangster 4,476,418 $75,033,673 2/19/2008

14 Sex and the City - The Movie 4,287,264 $88,766,856 9/23/2008

15 Tinker Bell 4,078,040 $64,081,876 10/28/2008

16 Incredible Hulk, The 3,960,331 $84,043,274 10/21/2008

17 Mamma Mia! 3,577,246 $74,782,328 12/16/2008

18 Wanted 3,435,979 $71,243,816 12/2/2008

19 Horton Hears a Who! 3,108,453 $54,420,779 12/9/2008

20 Juno 2,988,963 $51,029,656 4/15/2008

21 Sleeping Beauty 2,890,542 $46,368,005 9/9/2003

22 Game Plan, The 2,852,284 $48,825,015 1/22/2008

23 Tropic Thunder 2,840,556 $57,058,767 11/18/2008

24 101 Dalmatians 2,827,132 $44,948,992 11/9/1999

25 3:10 to Yuma 2,808,537 $54,522,425 1/8/2008 

Seven of the top 25 DVD sellers last year were fully animated.  Three more ("Enchanted", "Alvin and the Chipmunks" and "I Am Legend") featured heavy character animation.

Most interesting is number 15, "Tinker Bell", pulling in $64million for a production that cost maybe one or two million.

These are kiddie titles, and it's no surprise that selling junk to children is a easy way to get rich -it is surprising just how much money is pulled in.

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