For the week ending 15th February 2009, here are the stats:
Percentage of Top 20 titles by disc volume:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 8% vs 92%
All sales by $ volume (Percentage of Total Sales):
Blu-ray sales down 2% compared to last week, total spending: $10.78 million (6.57%)
DVD sales up 7.9% compared to last week, total spending: $153.35 million (93.43%)
You can read the latest digital edition of HMM (February 23 Issue) with the above stats here:
Another average week for Blu-ray, with DVD making a little comeback - DVD sales were only 0.25% down compared to the same time last year, which given the economy, lower DVD prices, and competition from Blu-ray, that should qualify it as an increase in sales.
Madagascar 2 was again this week's top seller, thanks largely to the absence of any real hit releases. TDK jumps back up to second - where would Blu-ray be without it (and Iron Man), you might wonder. The third most popular Blu-ray title of the week was "Miracle at St. Anna". "W." coming in sixth, Planet Earth also in the top 10 along with Iron Man and Transformers.
For the BD market share, the Madagascar 2 did not make the top 20 again despite being the most popular title (so it had under 9.92% market share, which was the bottom listed share in the top 20). "Miracle at St. Anna" did better at 18%, but the pattern we're seeing is that popular titles debut at around 15 to 20%, and then fall away as DVD sales come back stronger due to price cuts. The complete BD market share chart can be seen here:
Some bigger releases next week. Body of Lies, Changeling and High School Musical 3 lead the new release list, while catalogue releases like Ghandi, The Passion of the Christ, Kramer vs Kramer and "Capote / In Cold Blood", a 2-disc pack (first for Blu-ray?) is also available.
Percentage of Top 20 titles by disc volume:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 8% vs 92%
All sales by $ volume (Percentage of Total Sales):
Blu-ray sales down 2% compared to last week, total spending: $10.78 million (6.57%)
DVD sales up 7.9% compared to last week, total spending: $153.35 million (93.43%)
You can read the latest digital edition of HMM (February 23 Issue) with the above stats here:
Another average week for Blu-ray, with DVD making a little comeback - DVD sales were only 0.25% down compared to the same time last year, which given the economy, lower DVD prices, and competition from Blu-ray, that should qualify it as an increase in sales.
Madagascar 2 was again this week's top seller, thanks largely to the absence of any real hit releases. TDK jumps back up to second - where would Blu-ray be without it (and Iron Man), you might wonder. The third most popular Blu-ray title of the week was "Miracle at St. Anna". "W." coming in sixth, Planet Earth also in the top 10 along with Iron Man and Transformers.
For the BD market share, the Madagascar 2 did not make the top 20 again despite being the most popular title (so it had under 9.92% market share, which was the bottom listed share in the top 20). "Miracle at St. Anna" did better at 18%, but the pattern we're seeing is that popular titles debut at around 15 to 20%, and then fall away as DVD sales come back stronger due to price cuts. The complete BD market share chart can be seen here:
Some bigger releases next week. Body of Lies, Changeling and High School Musical 3 lead the new release list, while catalogue releases like Ghandi, The Passion of the Christ, Kramer vs Kramer and "Capote / In Cold Blood", a 2-disc pack (first for Blu-ray?) is also available.
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