Quarks 3rd for first week DVD sales

[Mazer Rackham]

Quarks 3rd week numbers are out and it's dropping like a rock. 17th place selling under 200k for total sales well under 2m.
Kung Fu Panda (22nd week of release) and Pinocchio (5th week) are easily out selling it.

[Captain Nash]

Dang and blast.
Ahhh well, Bond 23 will save the franchise...
Though it doesn't need saving.

[katied]

Quarks 3rd week numbers are out and it's dropping like a rock. 17th place selling under 200k for total sales well under 2m.
Kung Fu Panda (22nd week of release) and Pinocchio (5th week) are easily out selling it.

You KNOW things are bad when two kiddie films are outselling you

[Kristatos]

Quarks 3rd week numbers are out and it's dropping like a rock. 17th place selling under 200k for total sales well under 2m.
Kung Fu Panda (22nd week of release) and Pinocchio (5th week) are easily out selling it.

You KNOW things are bad when two kiddie films are outselling you

I don't know about that. There are a lot of families with kids and comparatively few films aimed at them compared with the oversaturated 13-25 age bracket. My friends with young kids are always complaining about how hard it is to find good quality films for them.

[katied]

I don't know about that. There are a lot of families with kids and comparatively few films aimed at them compared with the oversaturated 13-25 age bracket. My friends with young kids are always complaining about how hard it is to find good quality films for them.

In terms of good movies for kids?Yeah,it HAS been a bit hit and miss.Even my niece and nephews don't mind watching the same movies(my parents have quite a selection of kids' films my mom bought on the cheap) over and over again.

[Dr. No]

Quarks 3rd week numbers are out and it's dropping like a rock. 17th place selling under 200k for total sales well under 2m.
Kung Fu Panda (22nd week of release) and Pinocchio (5th week) are easily out selling it.

You KNOW things are bad when two kiddie films are outselling you

It si bad when older kiddie films are out selling you

We've been Kung fued for a long time now, and we did pick up the new Pinocchio when it came out. But that was a while ago, maybe the easter sales gave the older films an edge.


Oh! Tlkaing about watching a movie over and over and over and over..........
I know I'm being payed back for something I must has tortured my parents with, but I know those d**n Madagascar movies by heart! the kids love monochromatic animals for some reason I like to move it.... move it

[katied]

It si bad when older kiddie films are out selling you

Ain't that the truth!


LOL only slightly related but I saw a QOS video game for the DS on sale for 10. Even the video game of the movie is getting marked down

[Mazer Rackham]

Quark continues to embarrass. Ah, the gift that keeps giving

It moved up a few spots but sold nearly 30% less than the precious week at slightly over 100k. Total DVD sales still well under 2m. Remember by industry standard Quark should have sold over 3m the first week.

Amazingly Twilight moved back up the charts. All I can say is "d**n! Does it have legs!"

[katied]

EON are probably *cringing* at QOS' sales figures. It probably won't keep them from making a crap movie next time around though.


On a related note,my parents saw Twilight thanks to a friend of the family's. They both really liked it and they're 68 and 67 years old! So Twilight does have some crossover appeal!

[oscartheman]

What about all the headlines?They made it up and nobody wanted to call them on it?

[katied]

QOS is officially a failure on DVD. You can't make up stuff like it failing as much as it did.

[Mazer Rackham]

They are misleading but the studios are not lying. Not in the strictly legal terms they hold to.

What did happen was they massaged the numbers to make them look more favorable and used limited terms to describe success. Biggest seller in UK, AU in 2009 doesn't hold much meaning in the first 3 to 4 months of 2009. It is a comparison that does not consider any movie release to home video before 1-01-09 and it is one that will be dethroned in short order.

The number 2 claim for its first weeks sales is disingenuous since the other two contenders for that weeks rankings opened their sales days earlier. Also this ranking from a magazine combines DVD sales with the Blu-rays sold, again the days not counted hurt the Bolt and Twilight totals and Twilight had no Blu-ray release available outside of Target and Best Buy, not that it mattered to the Twilight juggernaut. If Bolt was beaten by Quark, and I am not convinced it was, it was by a razor thin margin.

Quark demonstrates in the following weeks a drastic and dramatic drop off. Which should be of concern to the Bond heads because home video sales represent a large percentage of their future income.

A New Bond movie dropping off the sales radar this quickly is unheard of. Blockbuster Video Canada's best selling rental and DVD numbers have no mention of Quark. Quarks does get a nod for being number 8 in their Blu-ray sales. Which is not all that impressive given the limited numbers Blu-rays sell.

[Mazer Rackham]

QOS is officially a failure on DVD. You can't make up stuff like it failing as much as it did.

The Drop off and overall poor preformance is astounding!

[katied]

The Drop off and overall poor preformance is astounding!

Absolutely right on both counts!

[Mazer Rackham]

Fifth week in circulation and Quark is in at just under 2m DVD sold.

[The Sweeney]

I wonder if EON recognise they f@cked up big style with QoS.

[katied]

I wonder if EON recognise they f@cked up big style with QoS.

Nope.

Also, judging by the ads in the Sunday papers before it came out,the free stuff they were giving away with it wasn't that great

[Capt. Sir Dominic Flandry]

I wonder if EON recognise they f@cked up big style with QoS and Casino Royale

I've copied your old trick of editing a post for comic effect.

I'd imagine Eon are rather confused as they tried to replicate the spirit of Casino Royale with the addition of some more action to placate those who found CR dull and splashed out a fortune on the movie. They must have been surprised when it received a critical mauling.

[The Sweeney]

I'd imagine Eon are rather confused as they tried to replicate the spirit of Casino Royale with the addition of some more action to placate those who found CR dull and splashed out a fortune on the movie. They must have been surprised when it received a critical mauling.

When they first heard AWTD, how could they not expect that to get a critical mauling? When they saw the millions being poured into action scenes, only to be severly hacked to death in an editing room, how could they not expect it?

The film tried to copy the Bourne Ultimatum way too much, with its wobbly action scenes happening from the off, and not allowing the audience to slow down until the end. Unfortunately, EON didn't realise that the Bourne films work in this fashion. Bourne is filmed in a documentary style throughout, and the script is pretty engaging and gripping too. Whereas the script and storyline for QoS is just plain garbage, and shot in a pretentious arthouse style for non-action scenes, and Bourne-style for the action scenes. Compare the brilliant scene at Waterloo station in TBU, to any of the garbage in QoS (especially the laughable dogfight and freefall).

I hope EON put it down to an experiment that went badly wrong.

[bjmdds]

I'd imagine Eon are rather confused as they tried to replicate the spirit of Casino Royale with the addition of some more action to placate those who found CR dull and splashed out a fortune on the movie. They must have been surprised when it received a critical mauling.

When they first heard AWTD, how could they not expect that to get a critical mauling? When they saw the millions being poured into action scenes, only to be severly hacked to death in an editing room, how could they not expect it?

The film tried to copy the Bourne Ultimatum way too much, with its wobbly action scenes happening from the off, and not allowing the audience to slow down until the end. Unfortunately, EON didn't realise that the Bourne films work in this fashion. Bourne is filmed in a documentary style throughout, and the script is pretty engaging and gripping too. Whereas the script and storyline for QoS is just plain garbage, and shot in a pretentious arthouse style for non-action scenes, and Bourne-style for the action scenes. Compare the brilliant scene at Waterloo station in TBU, to any of the garbage in QoS (especially the laughable dogfight and freefall).

I hope EON put it down to an experiment that went badly wrong.

Your commentary here officially vindicates my name of choosing of QOS as TBM. You are one of a select few from other forums that totally agrees with that assumption good buddy. You really soured on it 180 degrees from your initial viewing. Did you buy the DVD?