Spider-Man Owns DVD

Posted Monday, November 4, 2002 at 4:02 PM Central

by John Couture

In case you missed it (and chances are you didn't), Spider-Man enjoyed a rare Friday video/DVD release. Columbia gambled on the odd release date, but it looks like it's paying off in spades as Spider-Man quickly broke record after record for DVD sales.

Spider-Man sold 7 million copies on Friday alone, besting previous record holder Monsters, Inc. and its 5 million copies sold on its first day of release. Columbia shipped 26 million copies on VHS and DVD, second all time to The Lion King, which shipped 28.8 million videocassettes when it initially came out on video in 1995.