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Chipmunks Sell Out

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 at 10:40 am by Jami

Alvin and the Chipmunks

In what can only be a clear sign that everything I thought I knew about humanity is categorically wrong, Alvin and the Chipmunks sold more that 2.6 million DVD copies in a single day becoming the fastest selling DVD of the year.

I don’t know how to take this news. Clearly, I have no idea what I’m talking about. Audiences don’t care about new shit. They want the recycled shlock that the studios keep pumping out. The studios know what they’re doing and people are eating it up.

Well shit.

[Via Variety]

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5 Responses to “Chipmunks Sell Out”

  1. AvatarChris Moran
    Posted: Apr 3rd, 2008 at 11:04 am
    1

    Nice writing style. Looking forward to reading more from you.

    Chris Moran

  2. AvatarVonKraut
    Posted: Apr 3rd, 2008 at 11:53 am
    2

    I really don’t understand this phenomenon either. That movie looks terrible, you would have to pay me to watch it. Are there really that many idiots out there?

  3. AvatarMarty
    Posted: Apr 3rd, 2008 at 12:15 pm
    3

    Well, there’s 2 thoughts toward this…

    1. I officially hate everything ever, and I’m officially turning in my key to this thing we call life.

    OR

    2. These sales charts are usually based on ‘units shipped’, not ‘units sold’. When I was at Best Buy Tuesday (grabbing a copy of Sweeney Todd), I noticed that they had an unusually high number of copies of Alvin and the Chipmunks, even with like 5-8 stacked at each register.

    Could it be that they increased the initial shipment to appear as if the DVD was a hit? I know that in the late 90s, they were doing this with a lot of albums (specifically in the boy band realm, that’s how Nsync had the 1-week record), so I wouldn’t put it past them do pull the same trick.

  4. AvatarBAMikeyD
    Posted: Apr 3rd, 2008 at 3:11 pm
    4

    Kinda like how they keep making Saw movies? :P

  5. AvatarKindless
    Posted: Apr 3rd, 2008 at 7:23 pm
    5

    GOOD GOD WHAT? UGH

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