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Released on DVD a year later?

posted 15 years ago by andpr0mises-1
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Does anyone know why this movie isn't going to be released on dvd until November of this year? It came out last year.

[–] xMichaelWood 15 years ago

I just realized that..... and its to sell good at Christmas time since its a Christmas movie. I believe they did this with "The Santa Claus" movies as well...

- michael w.

[–] Bigredhunk 15 years ago

They always do with X-Mas movies. I guess they think people won't rent them until they get in the holiday spirit or something.

They do it with all of them:

Elf
Fred Claus
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
A Christmas Tale
etc...

[–] andpr0mises-1 15 years ago

well, that makes perfect sense. i guess i never noticed with any other movie. thanks for clearing things up.

[–] !!!deleted!!! (19821846) 15 years ago

Yep, they do that with alot of holiday films. Like last year with Fred Claus, for example.

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[–] jackrabbit83 15 years ago

I think they will do the same thing to Disney's A Christmas Carol. Don't expect that movie to come out until November or December 2010.

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[–] jackrabbit83 15 years ago

No, usually bad movies come out on DVD very fast.

[–] codyv 15 years ago

It's true! They usually hold on to Christmas movies until aroud November before releasing them because they'll sell better and it's closer to the Christmas season. The first time I noticed this was with Elf, because I wanted to buy it right out of the theater and my mom informed me because it was a Christmas movie it wouldn't be out for a year. So keep that in mind when you see a good Christmas movie such as "Four Christmases" that it'll be a while before you can buy it!

[–] jessx2001 15 years ago

I remember wanting to get The Polar Express but it was released on DVD during Christmas time a year later as well. THAT is an excellent Christmas movie and it's my favorite. Got it on Blue-Ray this year:)