The Dark Knight Smashes Ironman, Sells 1.7 Million Blu-ray's In First Week

I didn't think Ironman's record breaking Blu-ray release had a chance against The Dark Knight and it appears I was bang on. While Ironman managed 500, 000 Blu-ray disc sales in its first week, The Dark Knight easily smashed it with 1.7 million sales in its first week--including rental sales. Furthermore, with DVD sales attached the total disc sales reached an amazing 13.5 million! If you don't already know, BD-Live Blu-ray owners will be able to chat with The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan tomorrow thanks to good ol' Profile 2.0 interactivity. I'm not sure if there's a limited amount of space available though--if that's the case you're probably out of luck. With the Blu-ray disc and Special Edition DVD copies of The Dark Knight, a digital copy was included and in the first week 300, 000 downloads were completed. An impressive number sure, but also confirmation that tangible media is still alive and well.

You can still get your copy of The Dark Knight from Amazonin time for Christmas if you order now!

The Dark Knight Special Edition DVD--$20.00 with free shipping
The Dark Knight Single-Disc DVD--$14.99 with free shipping
The Dark Knight BD-Live Blu-ray--$23.99 with free shipping

Via Engadget HD

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