Does anyone know what was the first DVD movie to get released on the DVD format? When was it released? Also, if there were more than one releases at the same times please list them.
2007-06-12 04:49:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
There wasn't one single release...there were multiple at one time. Warner Bros. Home Video was one of the first companies to release (in '96 or '97). Some of the earliest titles were "The Mask" and "Austin Powers."
2007-06-12 04:53:08 · answer #1 · answered by Film Jedi 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'm pretty certain DVDs came out in 1997, but didn't catch on until 2000. I know in my collection, there are a couple movies like "The Cable Guy" and "A League Of Their Own" that have very primitive menus and special features, not to mention a commercial at the beginning of each that advertises the DVD format showing only about 6 or 7 movies. My guess is that these were the first DVD movies released in the U.S.
2007-06-12 05:11:22 · answer #2 · answered by GK Dub 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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Does anyone know what was the first DVD movie to get released on the DVD format? When was it released? Also, if there were more than one releases at the same times please list them.
2015-08-11 22:04:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The first feature films on DVD appeared in Japan on December 20 [1996] (The Assassin, Blade Runner, Eraser, and The Fugitive from Warner Home Video)"
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"The first titles released in the U.S., on March 19, 1997, by Lumivision, authored by AIX Entertainment, were IMAX adaptations: Africa: The Serengeti, Antarctica: An Adventure of a Different Nature, Tropical Rainforest, and Animation Greats. (Other movies such as Batman and Space Jam had been demonstrated earlier, but were not full versions available for sale.)"
2007-06-12 04:54:50 · answer #4 · answered by Herman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First Dvd
2016-09-29 22:02:31 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DVD started off slowly. Rosy predictions of hundreds of movie titles for Christmas of 1996 failed to materialize. Only a handful of DVD titles, mostly music videos, were available in Japan for the November 1996 launch of DVD. The first feature films on DVD appeared in Japan on December 20 (The Assassin, Blade Runner, Eraser, and The Fugitive from Warner Home Video). By April, 1997 there were over 150 titles in Japan. The first titles released in the U.S., on March 19, 1997, by Lumivision, authored by AIX Entertainment, were IMAX adaptations: Africa: The Serengeti, Antarctica: An Adventure of a Different Nature, Tropical Rainforest, and Animation Greats. (Other movies such as Batman and Space Jam had been demonstrated earlier, but were not full versions available for sale.) The Warner Bros. U.S. launch followed on March 24, but was limited to seven cities. Almost 19,000 discs were purchased in the first two weeks of the US launch -- more than expected. InfoTech predicted over 600 titles by the end of 1997 and more than 8,000 titles by 2000. By December 1997, over 1 million individual DVD discs were shipped, representing about 530 titles. By the end of 1999, over 100 million discs had shipped, representing about 5,000 titles. By the end of 2000 there were over 10,000 titles available in the US and over 15,000 worldwide. By the end of 2001 there were about 14,000 titles available in the U.S. By the end of 2002 there were about 23,000 titles available in the U.S. By March 2003, six years after launch, over 1.5 billion copies of DVD titles had been shipped. Compared to other launches (CD, LD, etc.) these are a huge numbers of titles released in a very short time. (Note that these numbers don't include adult titles, which account for an additional 15% or so.) Just over 10,000 new DVD titles were released in 2003, and almost 11,000 came out in 2004, for a total of 42,500 titles (with about 40,300 still available). It would cost you about $800,000 to buy one copy of each.
2007-06-13 02:29:23 · answer #6 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All of these are still in the theaters. I would expect September at the earliest, but a studio can decide to move up or push back a release date for any reason, so nothing is set in stone
2016-03-16 23:17:53 · answer #7 · answered by Susan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive got a DVD from 1995.....it was of some film from the US cant remember its name....
2007-06-12 06:01:50 · answer #8 · answered by scottish football ....nuff said 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
"little monsters" with fred savage
2007-06-12 04:52:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
"DVD killed the video star."
:-)
2007-06-12 04:57:09 · answer #10 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋