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Old 03-10-2018, 06:33 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop View Post
Yeah, it looks like there were experiments, like The Wrath of Khan, but Top Gun is the watershed release that set the price point from then on. Here's an article from the New York Times about Top Gun's release, from 1987. Though it mentions the typical price for a home video release was $80-90 (crazy!), it also mentions that Beverly Hills Cop and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom were released for $30. There's a quote from a Disney exec saying that there could be two home video markets. Releases for rentals from video stores and releases for the mass public to own.

Interesting bit of trivia: The success of Top Gun finally convinced Steven Spielberg to release E.T. to home video.
Oh, I bought a few of those $80 VHS. Now days, it's not uncommon to find DVD of older movies for less than $10. Price points can change quite a bit over time.
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