Blu-ray Extends Sales Lead After Warner Announcement

Home Media Magazine is reporting that the Nielson VideoScan data shows Blu-ray captured 85% of the high definition media market the week following the Warner Brothers exclusivity announcement. At the top of the list was Lionsgate’s ‘3:10 to Yuma’, which sold four times as many units as the second place title, Sony’s ‘Resident Evil: Extinction’.

The Top 10 was dominated by Blu-ray titles this week, with not a single HD DVD title selling enough units to be considered a contender. The best selling HD DVD title sold only 1/10 as many copies as ‘3:10 to Yuma’, showing not only the popularity of that title, but also of the format in general.