Anyone know what the first day sales of TLM PE were?

[my chicken is infected]

And on that note, any idea where I can see sales figures for DVDs? I'd also like to know how many copies B&TB sold.

[Ting Ting]

I'm not completely sure, but I'm assuming it sold very well. I went to Target directly after school that day and saw that it was all sold out! Thankfully they had some copies left at Best Buy.

[MickeyMousePal]

Does this answer your question?

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/ho ... 1003220557

[rodis]

Great news!

BTW, I just checked for some numbers on Cinderella's DVD and it apparantly sold 3.2 million copies in its first week. Let's see if Mermaid can equate or even top that.

[Dottie]

I think it will. As far as I know Cindy never was Number1 on amazon's sales charts, and TLM is.

[my chicken is infected]

1.6 million!

[The Merman]

Wow! I hope TLM will top Cindy. I mean she is the most amazing Disney character ever created! hehe in my opinion at least

[James]

Wow, 1.6 million, thats really good. I hope that it does surpass Cinderella, in terms of sales. BTW, is there any link available to find out how much sales each Platinum Edition sold? Or does anyone know and can justpost the info off the top of their head? If someone can, then thanks.
-James

[Disney Duster]

I think it will. As far as I know Cindy never was Number1 on amazon's sales charts, and TLM is.

Actually, it was the number 1 DVD on Amazon.com for a while, and I know this because I checked all the time. And why does everyone want The Little Mermaid to beat Cinderella so badly? Cinderella is a Walt Disney classic. If only the new classics sold well, eventually the old walt disney classics would fall fall out of popularity and be forgotten.

[goofystitch]

Disney Duster wrote:

And why does everyone want The Little Mermaid to beat Cinderella so badly? Cinderella is a Walt Disney classic. If only the new classics sold well, eventually the old walt disney classics would fall fall out of popularity and be forgotten.

There is no limit to the number of films that can be a cultural classic before older ones fall out. Stellar sales of "The Little Mermaid" won't affect "Cinderella" anymore or less than poor sales for either would have. The only reason a classic would become not a classic is if society had changed so much that they were no longer capable of embracing what audiences used to love about the film. "Cinderella" is such an endearing film that I don't think anyone will live to see the day where it is not a treasured occasion when it is re-released.

[Disney Duster]

There is no limit to the number of films that can be a cultural classic before older ones fall out. Stellar sales of "The Little Mermaid" won't affect "Cinderella" anymore or less than poor sales for either would have. The only reason a classic would become not a classic is if society had changed so much that they were no longer capable of embracing what audiences used to love about the film.

You give me hope. But Aladdin didn't do so well, and what if Disney thinks no one cares for it anymore and it isn't treated specially? And another thing is most people on this forum love the Fab Four (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King) more than the older films. Just look at the Ultimate Disney Animated Classics Countdown. So after Disney releases new movies that are actually good (critical and financial hits), will the "modern classics" be like the older ones, and it will keep on going, with more and more generations thinking the films are too old? I read somewhere that kids didn't want to watch Cinderella because they thought it was too old. I think the DVD changed that, and that's partly why it was restored to show no age whatsoever. But what if our movies become like silent films where only a small crowd likes watching the "classics".

[goofystitch]

I don't know. I think that because I grew up on all of these films, I have a hard time grasping the concept that kids would dismiss films because it was old. Until I was 6, I thought all Disney films were made by Walt and around the same time. I didn't realise that "The Jungle Book" wasn't made at the same time as "The Little Mermaid." I just knew that I loved both movies. It wasn't until I was around 8 that I realised there was some order to when these things were made and saw that "Snow White" was number one and so on. As a kid, just the name Disney meant something special to me and I loved all of the films I had seen. I do feel like "Cinderella" is safe due to the characters huge popularity in the theme parks. When I go to WDW, I always see more girls dressed as Cinderella than any other princess and they all get so excited to meet her. I think it would be a shame to see "Aladdin" not included when the Platinum Edition repeats itself simply because of it's poor DVD sales. However, "Aladdin" was full of pop culture when it was made in 1993, some of which is either over kids heads or dated, and recent social issues could be a factor. However, "A Whole New World" is agreeably the most popular Disney song to this day and I don't think people have forgotten the film. The stage show at DCA is incredibly possible and so is the Magic Carpet ride at Disney World. Also, "Aladdin" is the climax of "Mickey's Phillarmagic." I don't think this film will be reduced from it's classic status. I just think Disney didn't try hard enough to sell it to a new generation unaware of it's greatness.

[MickeyMousePal]

Source: http://www.comingsoon.net

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/dvdnews.php?id=16908

First week sales numbers....

[PrincessJen]

4 MILLION!!! Holy moly that surpassed Cinderella by A LOT! It's awesome that people love this movie so much.

[Disney Duster]

Goofystitch, thank you, once again you gave me hope. I'm still worried about Aladdin, because Disney based all of their Platinum Edition titles on the sales of the VHS's, so if they base the next releases on how well the DVD's sold...you see where I'm going? But I think you're right, it's still popular as proven in the parks. Same for Cinderella's status in the parks, because I was so worried when I found out Ariel has surpassed her on DVD! Maybe it's like this: Cinderella is a quieter film, that many parents claim has no villains that scare their kids. As for The Little Mermaid, I heard kids were had nightmares about Ursula. So, maybe littler kids like her but The Little Mermaid has more scare, and adults like scare, so it won the kid's market and the adult market on DVD, beyond just Disney enthusiasts.

By the way, as a kid I never knew the ages the Disney movies came, either, except I could tell with their cartoon shorts. I also didn't notice the differences in animation or style until I grew up a bit, either.