The DVD debuted at #1, how many did it sold?
[www.billboard.com]

I just checked Soundscan.

And the number is..................

20,422 units of the Biggest Bang DVD Box Set.

PECMAN

Thanks Pecman, the number is kinda weak but enough to be #1. Four Flicks debuted at #1 with 53,000 copies sold the first week, that's almost 3 times the first week sales of Biggest Bang.

Didn't FOUR FLICKS come out around Christmas?

PECMAN

I believe it may have...and I suspect was made more widely availble than Biggest Bang has been in the midst of it's very peculiar launch.

flicks was much more promoted on tv, why???

maybe cohl will tarp over the unsold inventory?

*and i'm just like that bird - singing just for you*



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-06-22 19:36 by the singer not the bong.

Good to see it was number one. There's no shame in it not selling as well as Four Flicks and not a shock either. It doesn't have the novelty factor that Four Flicks had. Many casual fans will think the one dvd set is enough and skip the second set.

I wonder why they keep doing this exclusive thing with Best Buy? I heard somewhere that it helped keep the cost down for Four Flicks but you would think with more outlets it would sell even better.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-06-22 20:47 by FrankM.

georgelicks Wrote:
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> Thanks Pecman, the number is kinda weak but enough
> to be #1. Four Flicks debuted at #1 with 53,000
> copies sold the first week, that's almost 3 times
> the first week sales of Biggest Bang.

It's only weak when you compare it to Four Flicks- as would be the case with almost every music dvd ever released.

Platinum for a dvd set is 100,000 right? Since it is a four dvd set isn't it almost platinum already? It would be the equivalent of an album selling 800,000 copies in the first week.

actually, frank, i think the 20k figure refers to all four discs - that's how soundscan usually tallies. thus, it will only have sold 5,000 - i hope i'm wrong. (that said i haven't yet purchased my one - or four, perhaps - copy yet!)

*and i'm just like that bird - singing just for you*

the singer not the bong Wrote:
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> actually, frank, i think the 20k figure refers to
> all four discs - that's how soundscan usually
> tallies. thus, it will only have sold 5,000 - i
> hope i'm wrong. (that said i haven't yet purchased
> my one - or four, perhaps - copy yet!)

If I'm not mistaken Soundscan counts unit sales, because I think the Four Flicks Soundscan numbers were only like 400k or something like that. RIAA multiplies by four for their certification system. I think the 20k figure refers to the units sold not the individual discs.

FrankM you're right, so a 2 cd set that sells 2 million copies would be 4X platinum.

FrankM Wrote:
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> Good to see it was number one. There's no shame in
> it not selling as well as Four Flicks and not a
> shock either. It doesn't have the novelty factor
> that Four Flicks had. Many casual fans will think
> the one dvd set is enough and skip the second set.
>
> I wonder why they keep doing this exclusive thing
> with Best Buy? I heard somewhere that it helped
> keep the cost down for Four Flicks but you would
> think with more outlets it would sell even better.

I agree with your comments about casual fans skipping it. $29.99 is an excellent price for a 4 dvd set, but obviously higher than what a casual fan may want to pay for a dvd, especially when they spent the same amount 4 years ago for Four Flicks.

I'm very happy that Best Buy sells it, because I have no problem dropping $29.99 for both of these dvds they have put out, but if they were priced at $49-59 at traditional retailers, I'd have to think twice about buying them, despite being a big fan. I'm sure I would have ended up buying both though, the new one primarily because I was at the Rio concert and would want that preserved on dvd. The Best Buy arrangement is good for both parties. I'm sure they have payed the Stones a lot of up front money for the exclusive rights and Best Buy uses the dvds as a loss leader to bring people into the store who will then see the electronic items they sell in their stores, where best Buy will truly make their profit. From the Stones standpoint, they are probably making more money off what Best Buy probably gives them upfront and by selling a lot more units even at the discounted price. I'm sure if these dvds were priced around $59.99 that they would have sold 1/4 of what they have sold currently.

>> i think the 20k figure refers to all four discs <<

20,422 doesn't divide evenly by four, so it's pretty clearly the number of units.

>> if these dvds were priced around $59.99 <<

smile: we'll see what happens when the set is released in Europe -
that's just about the price amazon.co.uk has them listed for

Amazing that there is that much of a price difference in the two markets.