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Hey People anyone got the number of sellings of Chicago so far ?
 
What i've got so far :

Most probably about 300k sold in USA (56k sold in 1st week)
Approx 80k sold in UK
Certified Diamond for 100k in France
80k(+) sold in Brazil
Certified 3xPlat for 75k in Spain
Certified 4xPlat for 60k in Australia
Certified 3xPlat for 15k in New Zealand
Certified Gold for 3k in Switzerland

Total = approx 713,000 sold/certified so far in these 8 countries.

So must now be at 800k-1m(+) sold/certified worldwide. According to Paul M. they sold 2m DVD's in 2005.
 
edge3 I would to know what are the sales of the other DVD and VHS concerts of U2. Do you know
these numbers?

Is 1 million a good number of sellings for a DVD?

Is true that Paul McCartner sold 2 million of DVD's? I think are many DVD's for a tour not as far succesful as the Vertigo Tour.

Cheers
Gery
 
gery said:
edge3 I would to know what are the sales of the other DVD and VHS concerts of U2. Do you know
these numbers?

Is 1 million a good number of sellings for a DVD?

Is true that Paul McCartner sold 2 million of DVD's? I think are many DVD's for a tour not as far succesful as the Vertigo Tour.

Cheers
Gery

Other U2 DVD's/videos have sold in similar numbers.

1 million is a great amount - huge in fact !!

Not Paul McCartney !...U2 Manager Paul McGinness said U2 sold 2 million DVD's in total in 2005.
 
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This week Chicago DVD re-enters the UK music DVD chart at # 17. Full UK chart run so far :

2-4-6-8-7-6-5-5-5-11-9-14-11-15-x (out of top 30)-30-24-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-17

Sold approx 80k in first 7 weeks (7th best selling music DVD of 2005).
 
World Cup

With the popularity of soccer in England and the U2 Vertigo Tour being featured in many of the TV ads and coverages of the World Cup, it could be that this exposure has resulted in a spike in DVD sales.
 
Re: World Cup

beLIEve said:
With the popularity of soccer in England and the U2 Vertigo Tour being featured in many of the TV ads and coverages of the World Cup, it could be that this exposure has resulted in a spike in DVD sales.

this is the 1st ive heard abou this lol :lol:
 
I think maybe it's re-entered due to a music DVD sale now on in HMV & Woolworths - i just saw the single disc version available, in this sale, for £14.99 in HMV (from £17.99 i think) & just £5.97 (!) in Woolworths.
 
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UK update :

2-4-6-8-7-6-5-5-5-11-9-14-11-15-x (out of top 30)-30-24-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-17-20-28-29-x

Sold approx 80k in first 7 weeks (7th best selling music DVD of 2005).
 
Exact US SoundScan figures for, i believe, up to last week (much thx to Grindstone for the figures) :

Vertigo Chicago DVD - 265,654 (not too far off with 300k! :wink:)
Slane Castle DVD - 243,163
Elevation Live DVD - 243,236

So total estimated sales/certifications for Chicago from following 9 countries :

265,654 sold in USA (56k sold in 1st week)
Approx 80k sold in UK (in first 7 wks)
Certified Diamond for 100k in France
80k(+) sold in Brazil
Certified 3xPlat for 75k in Spain
Certified 4xPlat for 60k in Australia
Certified Platinum for 40k in Denmark
Certified 3xPlat for 15k in New Zealand
Certified Gold for 3k in Switzerland

Total = approx 718,654 sold/certified in these 9 countries

So must now be at 800k-1m(+) sold/certified worldwide (according to Paul M. they sold 2m DVD's in 2005).
 
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And there's something need to be told as well , in Brazil despite this good sellin :

-The Double edition only started to be sold 3-4 months after
-The price of the single edition , would be around 30 dollars :| Yeah Believe it or not , 30 dollars ........... It has to be a lot of love

Anyway Glad to hear the dvds sell well ....... Still ... For a Band with the fame of U2 in live shows , I wish there was bigger sellings
 
dont forget italy where the dvd is nuber 14 on the top 20 dvd,and also dvd sold well in germany,i m now in brasil and the dvd is still top 10 here and tonight bono will be in bahia for a benefict show with a local star ivete sangalo so cd e dvd sales will be high in the next weeks
....edge 3 i bought here a dvd u2 live in sao paulo for 1,5 euro, 2 months ago i found the same dvd in camden town in london for 20 pounds.....
 
monai2 said:

....edge 3 i bought here a dvd u2 live in sao paulo for 1,5 euro, 2 months ago i found the same dvd in camden town in london for 20 pounds.....

UK prices are generally the highest in the world - we're always getting ripped off :mad:. Still, if you only paid 1.5 euros & it was a genuine DVD then i would think you must have got an absolute bargain.
 
& in the UK, after a 2 week absense, it re-enters again at # 22. So full run so far :

2-4-6-8-7-6-5-5-5-11-9-14-11-15-x (out of top 30)-30-24-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-17-20-28-29-x-x-22

Sold approx 80k in first 7 weeks (7th best selling music DVD of 2005).
 
...climbs again in the UK : up 3 to 19. Full run so far :

2-4-6-8-7-6-5-5-5-11-9-14-11-15-x (out of top 30)-30-24-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-17-20-28-29-x-x-22-19

Sold approx 80k in first 7 weeks (7th best selling music DVD of 2005).
 
monai2 said:
any news from uk?

Out again. Last 3 wks have been : 23-x-x

Full run so far :

2-4-6-8-7-6-5-5-5-11-9-14-11-15-x (out of top 30)-30-24-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-17-20-28-29-x-x-22-19-23-x-x

Sold approx 80k in first 7 weeks (7th best selling music DVD of 2005).
 
monai2 said:
i think for the australian tour in november

Doubtful, it's way too soon. The tour's a little under two months away. I'd suspect it's riding on the back of ZooTV's release.
 
Re-Enters at # 21 in UK. Full run so far :

2-4-6-8-7-6-5-5-5-11-9-14-11-15-x (out of top 30)-30-24-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-17-20-28-29-x-x-22-19-23-x-x-x-x-x-21

Sold approx 80k in first 7 weeks (7th best selling music DVD of 2005).
 
UK : down 3 to 24. Full run so far :

2-4-6-8-7-6-5-5-5-11-9-14-11-15-x (out of top 30)-30-24-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-17-20-28-29-x-x-22-19-23-x-x-x-x-x-21-24

Sold approx 80k in first 7 weeks (7th best selling music DVD of 2005)...& about 100k now.
 
These are great numbers for music DVDs, strange they don't make the impact that TV or movie DVDs do. Millions of spectators witnessed the Vertigo tour in North America, and plenty of the buyers were people who didn't go, you'd think they'd sell more.
 
France 2005 sales:

Vertigo Chicago: 98,945
Slane: 31,540

France 2006 sales:

Vertigo Chicago: 31,585
Zoo TV: 28,635



Does anyone have approximate sales figures for this DVD is various countries?
I know it has sold approx 132k in France, and 100k in Australia
 
UK EOY positions & sales since 2003 :

2003 : Slane 8th with 61,141

2004 : Slane 29th with ~35k

2005 : Chicago 7th with ~80k, Rattle & Hum 18th with ~47k & Slane 50th with 24k

2006 : chart run for Chicago = 5-5-11-9-14-11-15-x (below top 30)-30-24-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-17-20-28-29-x-x-22-19-23-x-x-x-x-x-21-24-x-x...out of top 30 for rest of year & below EOY top 40 best sellers so below 23k sold - but would estimate 15k)

So Slane's now sold ~130k which is a lot - must be amongst the top 20/30 best selling music dvd's ever.

Chicago total = 90-100k
 
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