In a conference during the CES tech fair shortly after the announcement of a four-week window for Warner titles, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings stated that they should be "fully in stock" after 28 days. Now it's been four weeks since the release date of
The Invention of Lying and
Whiteout, and, according to information from blu-ray.com staff and forum members, both movies appear with an availability status of "short wait" for most Netflix subscribers.
It might be argued that those are not really hit titles for which there may be pent-up demand. The first Warner movie with over $100 million domestic box office revenue will be
The Blind Side – incidentally, the first Warner movie to be delayed both at Netflix and at Redbox (see blu-ray.com,
February 16).