Thursday, September 02, 2004

Question of the day!
If dog walkers have to scope the poop why don’t horse riders?

'Passion' DVDs: 2.4 million sold 1st day (Taken from 24/7 news)
Mel Gibson's movie The Passion of the Christ has sold 2.4 million copies in the US by midday on its first day of release on DVD, BBC News says. Starring Jim Caviezel, the film made US$610m (£340m) at the global box office after its cinema release in February. Some Jewish groups claimed the film was anti-Semitic in blaming ancient Jewish people for killing Christ. Animated film Finding Nemo holds the US record for one-day DVD sales, selling around 8 million copies on release. A spokesman for distributor Fox Home Entertainment said initial demand for copies of The Passion on DVD and video cassette was 20% greater than predicted.

Scott Hettrick, editor in chief of US trade magazine DVD Exclusive, said The Passion was expected to sell as well as Spider-Man and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which sold up to 18 million copies on DVD in the US. The film was also released on DVD and video in the UK on Tuesday. In common with its cinema release, the promotional campaign for DVD sales of The Passion had been aimed at a Christian audience.

Fox sent promotional material to more than 260,000 churches in the US. Mr Hettrick says some retailers were sending 50 Passion DVDs at a time to church groups. "It almost appears there's a strong segment of the market that wants to own this in the same way that they want to own the Bible," he says.

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