{"id":5832,"date":"2010-04-30T18:49:23","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T08:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=5832"},"modified":"2010-04-30T18:49:23","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T08:49:23","slug":"avatar-smashes-australia%e2%80%99s-industry-records-to-become-biggest-selling-%e2%80%9cday-one%e2%80%9d-blu-ray-and-dvd-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=5832","title":{"rendered":"AVATAR SMASHES AUSTRALIA\u2019S INDUSTRY RECORDS TO BECOME BIGGEST SELLING \u201cDAY ONE\u201d BLU-RAY AND DVD TITLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Film On Track To Become Australia\u2019s Highest Selling DVD Release Of All Time\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sydney, Australia (Friday 30<sup>th<\/sup> April 2010)<\/strong> \u2013 AVATAR has once again shattered industry records delivering the biggest \u201cday one\u201d DVD and Blu-ray sales results of any film in Australia, announced today by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE).\u00a0 In just one day, TCFHE sold 360,000 combined units* of AVATAR (DVD and Blu-ray) \u2013 beating all \u201cweek one\u201d release records. AVATAR quickly surpassed the competition and is expected to become Australia\u2019s highest-selling film of all time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are absolutely thrilled with our launch day sales results following the massive success the Avatar DVD and Blu-ray release has been having all around the world,\u201d commented Chris Dunn, Managing Director,TCFHE Australia. \u201cIt\u2019s no surprise that fans would be excited to own AVATAR on Blu-ray and with 22% of our sales coming from the high-definition format \u2013 doubling the previous week one record in just one day \u2013 it clearly demonstrates\u00a0 that the Australian consumer is embracing Blu-ray.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The launch of AVATAR on DVD and Blu-ray allows fans to return to the world of Avatar in the comfort of their own home as the land of Pandora comes alive in their living rooms.\u00a0 The must-own AVATAR Blu-ray release provides the ultimate high definition experience ever for home viewing audiences.\u00a0 Recognised for its optimum picture and sound, the film\u2019s masterful cinematography, art direction and visual effects lends itself to awe-inspiring clarity when viewed on Blu-ray Disc.<\/p>\n<p>Since its global theatrical release last December, AVATAR has continued to make motion picture history. Written and directed by James Cameron and produced with his long-time collaborator Jon Landau, AVATAR stars Sam Worthington, Zo\u00eb Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang,\u00a0 Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Wes Studi and Laz Alonso. The Oscar\u00e2 and Golden Globe\u00ae winning epic is the highest grossing film of all time, taking in over $2.7 billion in worldwide box office with over $1.9 billion\u00a0 derived from international markets. Director James Cameron takes audiences to a spectacular world beyond imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption and discovery as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization.<\/p>\n<p>AVATAR is available to own on Blu-ray Disc and DVD at all retail locations.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment<\/span><\/strong><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC (TCFHE) is a recognized global industry leader and a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, a News Corporation company. Representing 75 years of innovative and award-winning filmmaking from Twentieth Century Fox, TCFHE is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming, acquisitions and original productions on DVD, Blu-ray Disc Digital Copy, Video On Demand and Digital Download. The company also releases all products globally for MGM Home Entertainment. Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty stores and e-commerce throughout the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Film On Track To Become Australia\u2019s Highest Selling DVD Release Of All Time\u00a0 Sydney, Australia (Friday 30th April 2010) \u2013 AVATAR has once again shattered industry records delivering the biggest \u201cday one\u201d DVD and Blu-ray sales results of any film in Australia, announced today by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE).\u00a0 In just one day,<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=5832\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5833,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5832\/revisions\/5833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}