``The Grinch'' Shatters Records and Sets New All-Time Mark for Biggest Holiday Title Ever.Entertainment Editors UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Nov. 26, 2001 Record-Breaking Holiday Sales in Six Days, Selling More Than 8.5 Million Units on VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , Topping $145 Million; Consumers Buy More Than Half of Product Shipped, With Many Stores Running Out of Stock The DVD and home video release of "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" by Universal Studios Home Video has generated $145 million in consumer sales in only six days, despite many retailers being closed on Thanksgiving Day. Holiday shoppers picked up 8.5 million copies, making it the biggest holiday title of all time and generating record-breaking first-week sales for a live-action release second only to "Titanic Titanic (tītăn`ĭk), British liner that sank on the night of Apr. 14–15, 1912, after crashing into an iceberg in the N Atlantic S of Newfoundland. More than 1,500 lives were lost. ." "The Grinch" also broke the all-time DVD live-action sales record for the six-day time period, with an estimated 3 million copies sold. "For the second year in a row, `The Grinch' has stolen Thanksgiving. Last year it was the biggest-grossing film of the year, with $260 million domestic box office, and this year it's the biggest home video title of the holidays," said Craig Kornblau, president, Universal Studios Home Video. "We have exceeded all expectations, and consumer response to `The Grinch' proves we have a perennial perennial, any plant that under natural conditions lives for several to many growing seasons, as contrasted to an annual or a biennial. Botanically, the term perennial family holiday classic for all time. Consumers embraced the title at an astonishing a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. rate, buying over 50 percent of the available inventory within the first six days," Kornblau added. "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" is available on VHS at $24.98 SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. , and a special VHS Gift Set, which includes the video and a Grinch plush doll, is priced at $29.98 SRP. The DVD Collector's Edition lists for $26.98 SRP and the deluxe de·luxe also de luxe adj. Particularly elegant and luxurious; sumptuous: deluxe accommodations; a de luxe automobile. adv. Limited Edition DVD Gift set, which includes a DVD Collector's Edition and an interactive play set, is $39.98 SRP. Universal Studios Home Video is a unit of Universal Studios (www.universalstudios.com), a part of CANAL+, the TV and Film division of Vivendi Universal, a new global leader in media and communications. |
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