The time of buying a physical DVD or Blu-Ray feels like an age away but some lucky people might be sitting on one particular film worth a bit of money.
Do you remember those days when you used to save up your allowance to buy your own DVD or Blu-Ray disk for a film you absolutely loved in the cinemas and just needed to have for yourself?
Or better yet, begged and pleaded with your parents to get you to buy it for you while you are out at the shops.
Well, it turns out, one of the films you tantrumed/negotiated your way into getting could actually be worth a fair bit of money.
And this film isn’t some niche indie film that flew under the radar, it is widely considered one of the greatest in its genre.
I wish my DVD collection could look this vast (Getty Stock Image)
The unfortunate truth is, despite this, in some countries you can’t stream it on any platform and you can’t buy the disks on Blu-Ray as they’re out of production.
You might be able to cop a disk if you searched on eBay but you then might have to fork over a fortune to get your hands on the disks.
Danny Boyle’s 2002 zombie apocalypse flick 28 Days Later is one hell of a film, but if you were of a mind to go and watch it now you’d hit something of a brick wall.
So you can see where we are going with this. Is it on Netflix? Nope. Depending on your country you might be able to catch it on Amazon’s Prime Video, but if you can’t, you could simply be out of luck.
So what do you do if you actually own a Blu-Ray disk of the film? Well, you can enjoy it to your hearts delight or you could look at selling it online.
If you bought it back in the day with the foresight that it would shoot up in worth, it is definitely your time to shine.
I always did love this shot of an empty Westminster Bridge (Fox Searchlight)
TikToker @unkn0wns0ldier11 laid out the situation, pointing out that someone over in the US was able to sell their copy for $110 because there’s no supply but demand still exists.
And it is for these very rare instances where stuff isn’t available digitally that I am such a fan of physical media. So, go check your collection and see if you can turn over a lovely bit of profit selling the disk.