| Home Video (DVD & VHS) Out Sells Feature Films, Video Games and Movies in 2002 |
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| Written by AVRev.com | |
| Friday, 17 January 2003 | |
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incredible success of DVD video has propelled home video to become
America’s most popular entertainment medium, surpassing consumer
spending on movie tickets, music, video games and mass-market books.
Just announced by the DVD Entertainment Group at the International
Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, U.S. consumers spent more
than twice as much buying and renting DVDs and VHS as they did going to
the movies. In 2002, consumers spent $20.3 billion buying and renting
DVDs and VHS versus $9.3 billion moviegoers spent at the theatrical box
office.
DVD now represents 57 percent of 2002 home video consumer spending, driven by DVD retail sales which increased 61 percent to $8.7 billion (compared with $5.4 billion in 2001). Consumers spent an additional $2.9 billion renting DVDs (more than double the $1.4 billion in 2001), bringing total DVD spending to $11.6 billion versus $6.8 billion in 2001 an increase of 71 percent. Numerous DVD titles broke sales records in 2002 with many selling at least four million copies. Some of these titles include “American Pie II,” “Austin Powers in Goldmember,” “Black Hawk Down,” “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” “Minority Report,” and “Star Wars - Episode II: The Attack of the Clones.” Like this article? Bookmark and share with any of the sites below.        |
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