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Here’s one I didn’t think would happen given the Weinstein’s notoriously short attention spans with Asian projects, but Dragon Dynasty is doing well. They’ve kept on their release schedule, and their releases have been solid. Although the extras sometimes waver in value and quantity the releases are usually good at the very least, and they often make it all the way up to excellent. And the most heartening thing about them is that they’re selling. Their titles move about twice as much, if not more, units than Asian titles from other companies (DD discs appear to average in the 5,000 – 9,000 range, whereas most Asian DVDs in America sell in the 2,000 – 5,000 range. Some of their discs, like KILLZONE and POLICE STORY have even come close to 20,000 units, and THE PROTECTOR did much better than that, but it was supported by a theatrical release). My only complaint is that I wish their cover designs were a little more inspirational, but otherwise this (along with THE HOST) is one of the success stories for Asian movies in the US so far in 2007. Who’d’ve thunk it?
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