Nielsen VideoScan/Home Media Magazine: Blu-ray/DVD/HD DVD Stats (Updated Weekly)

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Stats:

For the week ending August 28, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 36.86% vs 63.14%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $10.81 million
DVD sales total spending: $18.52 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue fell again to the lowest level since August 2009 (that's 2009, not 2019), and only $40,000 off the previous low. This was despite the release of The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It and Peter Rabbit 2 being this week's new releases.

"The Conjuring 3" managed a second-place finish, while "Peter Rabbit 2" got third.

Their respective multi-movie packs were also in the top 20, The Conjuring 3-Film Collection in 10th, Peter Rabbit Double Feature in 15th.

Despite these two somewhat big releases, Blu-ray revenue continued to slide into unprecedented territory.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Both the single movie versions of "The Conjuring 3" and "Peter Rabbit 2" were available on 4K. 8 titles out of the top 10 had UHD editions.



The complete top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, Blu-ray exclusives are denoted by *, UHD releases denoted by +):

1. Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard+
2. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It+
3. Peter Rabbit 2+
4. Luca+
5. Godzilla vs. Kong+
6. Mortal Kombat+
7. A Quiet Place Part II+
8. *Batman: The Long Halloween - Part Two
9. Nobody+
10. *The Conjuring 3-Film Collection

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:

For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.

"The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It" had a BD sales share of 52.21%, with "Peter Rabbit 2" getting only 44.48%.

On 4K, "The Conjuring 3" managed to get 11.86%, while "Peter Rabbit 2" struggled on 4K with only a 2% Ultra HD Blu-ray sales share.

Top 20 Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Market Share Chart

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending August 29, 2020 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 37.31% vs 62.69%

Blu-ray: $12.76 million
DVD: $21.44 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $1.95m (down 15.3%), with unit sales down 26.0%.

DVD sales decreased by $2.48m (down 13.6%), with unit sales down 23.0%.

This meant $4.43 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 37.31% to 36.86%

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Stats:

For the week ending August 21, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 37.01% vs 62.99%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $11.42 million
DVD sales total spending: $19.44 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue improved from last week, but not by much, as new release Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard was the week's best-seller.

Everything else was quite a distance away when it comes to sales, and it was all the way down to 8th for the next new release, A Discovery of Witches: Season 2.

The 35th anniversary 4K re-release of Labyrinth was in 9th.

Outside of the top 10, the Blu-ray only release of Sundown: Vampire in Retreat was in 15th, while the Magical Movie Mode edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone was in 19th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard" was made available on 4K. 8 titles out of the top 10 had UHD editions.



The complete top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, Blu-ray exclusives are denoted by *, UHD releases denoted by +):

1. Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard+
2. Luca+
3. *Batman: The Long Halloween - Part Two
4. A Quiet Place Part II+
5. Mortal Kombat+
6. The Hitman’s Bodyguard+
7. Godzilla vs. Kong+
8. A Discovery of Witches: Season 2
9. *Labyrinth+
10. Wrath of Man

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:

For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.

"Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard" managed a BD sales share of 63.15%, with a 4K sales share of 16.65%. "A Discovery of Witches: Season 2" got 58.65%.

Top 20 Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Market Share Chart

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending August 22, 2020 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 37.87% vs 62.13%

Blu-ray: $13.36 million
DVD: $21.92 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $1.94m (down 14.5%), with unit sales down 25.3%.

DVD sales decreased by $2.48m (down 11.3%), with unit sales down 19.4%.

This meant $4.42 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 37.87% to 37.01%

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Stats:

For the week ending August 14, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 36.02% vs 63.98%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $10.85 million
DVD sales total spending: $19.27 million

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Top 10:

A very quiet week that was only $100,000 off being the worst on record since August 2009.

The fact that there was only one new release in the entire top 20, and even that was a DC Animated Film, probably contributed. That release was Batman: The Long Halloween - Part Two, which at least managed to be the top-seller for the week.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Batman: The Long Halloween - Part Two" wasn't available on 4K. 8 titles out of the top 10 had UHD editions.



The complete top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, Blu-ray exclusives are denoted by *, UHD releases denoted by +):

1. *Batman: The Long Halloween - Part Two
2. Luca+
3. A Quiet Place Part II+
4. Mortal Kombat+
5. Godzilla vs. Kong+
6. *The Transformers: The Movie+
7. *A Quiet Place 2-Movie Collection
8. Wrath of Man
9. Those Who Wish Me Dead
10. Spiral: From the Book of Saw+

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:

For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.

"Batman: Long Halloween Part Two" was a Blu-ray exclusive, so it technically would have a BD sales share of 100%.

Top 20 Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Market Share Chart

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending August 15, 2020 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 36.68% vs 63.32%

Blu-ray: $12.84 million
DVD: $22.17 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $1.99m (down 15.5%), with unit sales down 26.8%.

DVD sales decreased by $2.90m (down 13.1%), with unit sales down 21.2%.

This meant $4.89 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 36.68% to 36.02%

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Stats:

For the week ending August 7, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 38.39% vs 61.61%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.94 million
DVD sales total spending: $20.77 million

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Top 10:

Disney's Luca was the top-selling title for the week but didn't sell enough copies to make Blu-ray sales rise compared to recent weeks. That may be because the movie was already available for all subscribers of Disney+.

The other two new releases in the top 20 weren't likely to make much of an impact either. The Transformers: The Movie got a SteelBook 4K release and got 4th, while Those Who Wish Me Dead finished 6th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Luca" was available on 4K, along with the 4K only edition of "The Transformers: The Movie". 8 titles out of the top 10 had UHD editions.



The complete top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, Blu-ray exclusives are denoted by *, UHD releases denoted by +):

1. Luca+
2. A Quiet Place Part II+
3. Mortal Kombat+
4. *The Transformers: The Movie+
5. *A Quiet Place 2-Movie Collection
6. Those Who Wish Me Dead
7. Godzilla vs. Kong+
8. Spiral: From the Book of Saw+
9. Wrath of Man
10. Nobody+ (tied)
11. Raya and the Last Dragon+ (tied)

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:

For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.

"Luca" got a BD sales share of 58.38%, with a 4K sales share of 10.24%. "Those Who Wish Me Dead" got a BD sales share of 35.65%.

Top 20 Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Market Share Chart

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending August 8, 2020 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 36.31% vs 63.69%

Blu-ray: $14.13 million
DVD: $24.79 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $1.19m (down 8.4%), with unit sales down 22.4%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.02m (down 16.2%), with unit sales down 23.5%.

This meant $5.21 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 36.31% to 38.39%

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Stats:

For the week ending July 31, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 39.81% vs 60.19%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $13.38 million
DVD sales total spending: $20.23 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray sales increased slightly with this week's top seller being A Quiet Place Part II. The Two-Movie collection featuring this new movie and the first "A Quiet Place" movie also sold enough copies to get a third-place finish - this was a Blu-ray only release.

The next new release didn't finish in the top 10, The Dead Zone in 12th.

Midnight in the Switchgrass was in 13th, while American Gods: Season Three was the last of the new releases in the top 20, in 19th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Only "A Quiet Place Part II" was available on 4K. 6 titles out of the top 10 had UHD editions.



The complete top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, Blu-ray exclusives are denoted by *, UHD releases denoted by +):

1. A Quiet Place Part II+
2. Mortal Kombat+
3. *A Quiet Place 2-Movie Collection
4. Spiral: From the Book of Saw+
5. Godzilla vs. Kong+
6. Wrath of Man
7. Nobody+
8. Raya and the Last Dragon+
9. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
10. Star Trek: Discovery - Season Three

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:

For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.

"A Quiet Place Part II" had a BD sales share of 58.38%, with a significant 4K UHD sales share of 25.34% (more than a quarter of the physical copies sold for this movie was on 4K). "Midnight in the Switchgrass" got 38.90%. "American Gods: Season Three" failed to get into the BD sales share top 20, and the other new releases were Blu-ray only releases.

Top 20 Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Market Share Chart

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending August 1, 2020 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 38.37% vs 61.63%

Blu-ray: $15.12 million
DVD: $24.29 million

Blu-ray market share increased compared to the same week last year, but only because DVD sales dropped more than Blu-ray sales. This is despite there being only one new release in the top 20 this time last year. Both unit sales and actual revenue were down, which is worrying considering the fact that we're supposed to be coming out of the pandemic right now, compared to being in the middle of it last year.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $1.74m (down 11.5%), with unit sales down 23.0%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.06m (down 16.7%), with unit sales down 24.6%.

This meant $5.80 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 38.37% to 39.81%

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Stats:

For the week ending July 24, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 38.70% vs 61.30%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.97 million
DVD sales total spending: $20.54 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue continued to drop despite the release of Spiral: From the Book of Saw. The new horror film failed to get top spot, instead, settling for second-place behind Mortal Kombat.

Star Trek: Discovery — Season Three was the next best-selling new release, in 5th place, just ahead of the Blu-ray only release of The Wraith.

The Walking Dead: The Complete Tenth Season was the last of the new releases in the top 10, at 8th.

New to 4K releases G.I. Joe: Retaliation and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra were 13th and 14th respectively, while the Criterion Collection version of La Piscine was 17th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Spiral: From the Book of Saw" did get a 4K release, while the two G.I. Joe movies were 4K only releases. 5 titles out of the top 10 had UHD editions.



The complete top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, Blu-ray exclusives are denoted by *, UHD releases denoted by +):

1. Mortal Kombat+
2. Spiral: From the Book of Saw+
3. Wrath of Man
4. Godzilla vs. Kong+
5. Star Trek: Discovery — Season Three
6. *The Wraith
7. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
8. The Walking Dead: The Complete Tenth Season
9. Nobody+
10. Raya and the Last Dragon+

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:

For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.

"Spiral: From the Book of Saw" got a BD sales share of 68.89%, which a high 4K sales share of 33.13% (meaning 1 in 3 opted to get the 4K edition over the standard Blu-ray or DVD only editions).

"Star Trek: Discovery — Season Three" got 63.44% while "The Walking Dead: The Complete Tenth Season" only got 38.47%.

Top 20 Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Market Share Chart

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending July 25, 2020 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 40.74% vs 59.26%

Blu-ray: $16.93 million
DVD: $24.63 million

Another "all red" week in which every stat below is worse than the same week last year's stats. That week had the new releases "Scoob!", "Capone", "Resistance", "Survive the Night", and "Marriage Story".

Blu-ray sales decreased by $3.96m (down 23.4%), with unit sales down 29.3%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.09m (down 16.6%), with unit sales down 25.4%.

This meant $8.05 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 40.74% to 38.70%

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Stats:

For the week ending July 17, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 39.93% vs 60.07%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $14.20 million
DVD sales total spending: $21.36 million

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Top 10:

The release of three relatively well-known movies on Blu-ray didn't really help Blu-ray revenue much, as overall revenue stayed steady compared to the previous week.

Mortal Kombat was easily the week's top seller, leaving the second-placed new release Wrath of Man in the dust.

Fourth place also belonged to a new release, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.

The 4K release of Snatch was in 8th, while the Criterion version of Deep Cover was in 9th. The remastered version of Almost Famous, available as a standard Blu-ray as well as a 4K release, was 14th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Mortal Kombat" and "Almost Famous" both had 4K editions. 6 titles out of the top 10 had UHD editions.



The complete top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, Blu-ray exclusives are denoted by *, UHD releases denoted by +):

1. Mortal Kombat+
2. Wrath of Man
3. Godzilla vs. Kong+
4. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
5. Raya and the Last Dragon+
6. Nobody+
7. *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World+
8. *Snatch+
9. Deep Cover
10. Mirror

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:

For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.

Another Criterion release got an impressive BD sales share, this time it's "Deep Cover" with 94.87% - again, they should stop concentrating on DVDs and start making some 4K discs!

"Mortal Kombat" got 67.11% (the 4K version had a UHD sales share of 22.42%), while "Wrath of Man" got 58.34%.

"The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run" had to settle for 42.76%, the lower BD sales share not surprising for a title aimed primarily at kids.

Top 20 Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Market Share Chart

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending July 18, 2020 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 42.58% vs 57.42%

Blu-ray: $18.66 million
DVD: $25.16 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $4.46m (down 23.9%), with unit sales down 27.1%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.8m (down 15.1%), with unit sales down 23.0%.

This meant $8.26 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 42.58% to 39.93%

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Stats:

For the week ending July 10, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.73% vs 58.27%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $14.74 million
DVD sales total spending: $20.58 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray sales continued to fall as the 4K release of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World was the top-selling new release. It only came 5th though, just ahead of the 4K release of Space Jam - both still outsold the Criterion Collection Blu-ray of Mirror. The 4th of July holiday would also have impacted sales.

Another Criterion release, Bringing Up Baby, was at 10th while the 4K release of Howard the Duck was super close behind at 11th.

And that was it in terms of new releases in the top 20 - not a single new movie release is probably why Blu-ray revenue fell again.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: With Criterion not yet doing 4K releases, neither of this week's non 4K exclusive releases were available on 4K. 5 titles out of the top 10 had UHD editions.

The complete top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, Blu-ray exclusives are denoted by *, UHD releases denoted by +):

1. Godzilla vs. Kong+
2. Nobody+
3. Raya and the Last Dragon+
4. Batman: The Long Halloween — Part One
5. *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World+
6. *Space Jam+
7. Memories of Murder
8. Mirror
9. Fast Times at Ridgemont High
10. Bringing Up Baby

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:

For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.

The Criterion version of "Mirror" got an impressive BD sales share of 93.59% - makes you wonder maybe if Criterion should stop releasing DVDs and start making 4K UHDs.

Top 20 Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Market Share Chart

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending July 11, 2020 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 43.01% vs 56.99%

Blu-ray: $20.30 million
DVD: $26.90 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $5.56m (down 27.4%), with unit sales down 30.8%.

DVD sales decreased by $6.32m (down 23.5%), with unit sales down 28.7%.

This meant $11.88 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 43.01% to 41.73%

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Stats:

For the week ending July 3, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.89% vs 58.11%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $16.24 million
DVD sales total spending: $22.53 million

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Top 10:

With Amazon Prime Day over and done with for the year, and without any major new releases for the week ending July 3 2021, Blu-ray revenue fell back down again.

The 4K release of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory was the best selling of the new releases this week, coming in at 6th.

His Dark Materials: The Complete Second Season in 10th was the next best-selling new release. The Blu-ray exclusive release of The Strangeness in 13th was the last of the new releases in the top 20.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Neither "His Dark Materials: The Complete Second Season" and "The Strangeness" were made available on UHD. 5 titles out of the top 10 had UHD editions.

The complete top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, Blu-ray exclusives are denoted by *, UHD releases denoted by +):

1. Godzilla vs. Kong+
2. Nobody+
3. Batman: The Long Halloween — Part One
4. Raya and the Last Dragon+
5. Fast & Furious 8-Movie Collection+
6. *Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory+
7. The Unholy
8. Tom & Jerry
9. *Godzilla/Kong 3-Film Collection
10. His Dark Materials: The Complete Second Season

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:

For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.

"His Dark Materials: The Complete Second Season" had a BD sales share of 54.66%. The other two new releases were both Blu-ray only releases.

Top 20 Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Market Share Chart

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending July 4, 2020 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 35.76% vs 64.24%

Blu-ray: $14.22 million
DVD: $25.54 million

Blu-ray sales increased by $2.02m (up 14.2%), with unit sales down 5.5%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.01m (down 11.8%), with unit sales down 23.0%.

This meant $0.99 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 35.76% to 41.89%

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Stats:

For the week ending June 26, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 47.23% vs 52.77%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $23.57 million
DVD sales total spending: $26.34 million

These stats available from here:

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Top 10:

If you've noticed the uptick in sales in the stats above, it's due to the Amazon Prime Day sale event. This also explains why the titles in the top 20 feature many older releases, such as the "Fast & Furious 8-Movie Collection" and "Cowboy Bebop: The Complete Series". Titles like Jurassic 5-Movie Collection also returned to the top 10 for this sale event, just like during last year's event. Overall, this particular Prime Day event was comparable to the last, which also happened during the pandemic. Blu-ray sales was down slightly, but DVD sales increased a little bit.

There were new releases in the top 20 though, including the action hit Nobody in second place. Third was also featured a new release, Batman: The Long Halloween — Part One.

The Unholy in 7th was the only other new release in the top 20.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Only "Nobody" had a 4K UHD edition. 7 titles out of the top 10 had UHD editions.



The complete top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, Blu-ray exclusives are denoted by *, UHD releases denoted by +):

1. Godzilla vs. Kong+
2. Nobody+
3. Batman: The Long Halloween — Part One
4. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
5. Fast & Furious 8-Movie Collection+
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy+
7. The Unholy
8. Raya and the Last Dragon+
9. Jurassic 5-Movie Collection+
10. The Hobbit: The Motion Picture Trilogy+

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:

For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.

Of this week's new releases "Batman: The Long Halloween — Part One" has the best BD sales share, 84.98%. "Nobody" managed a respectable 64.55% (with a 17.22% 4K UHD sales share), while "The Unholy" got 57.93%.

Top 20 Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Market Share Chart

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending June 27, 2020 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 38.22% vs 61.78%

Blu-ray: $15.65 million
DVD: $25.30 million

It's great to finally be able to see some "green" in the stats below, even if it was the slightly unfair comparison between a week with the Amazon Prime Day sale event and just a normal week last year.

Blu-ray sales increased by $7.92m (up 50.6%), with unit sales up 6.3%.

DVD sales decreased by $1.04m (up 4.1%), with unit sales down 21.3%.

This meant $8.96 million more in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 38.22% to 47.23%

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Stats:

For the week ending June 19, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 45.63% vs 54.37%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $17.70 million
DVD sales total spending: $21.09 million

These stats available from here:

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Top 10:

Blu-ray sales jumped back up again thanks to the release of Godzilla vs. Kong, which was easily the top seller for the week ending June 19, 2021.

The three movie box set featuring this latest movie as well as "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" and "Kong: Skull Island" was also in the top 10, coming in at 5th.

While the Godzilla/Kong cross-over movie was the clear top seller, there were other new releases in the top 20 too, including Voyagers in 8th.

The SteelBook re-release of Sicario was 9th and the last new release in the top 20.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: All of the new releases mentioned above were available on 4K (except for the Godzilla/Kong 3-movie box set). 8 titles out of the top 10 had UHD editions.



The complete top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, Blu-ray exclusives are denoted by *, UHD releases denoted by +):

1. Godzilla vs. Kong+
2. Wonder Woman 1984+
3. Raya and the Last Dragon+
4. *Indiana Jones 4-Movie Collection+
5. *Godzilla/Kong 3-Film Collection
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy+
7. Tom & Jerry
8. Voyagers+
9. *Sicario+
10. The Hitman’s Bodyguard+

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:

For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.

"Godzilla vs. Kong" had a good BD sales share of 65.98%, and a 4K sales share of 22.23%. It even had a 3D edition, with a higher than expected 11.92% in terms of 3D sales share.

"Voyagers" did a little bit less well on Blu-ray, with a BD sales share of 53.73%, and a 4K sales share of 13.98%.

Top 20 Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Market Share Chart

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending June 20, 2020 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.33% vs 58.67%

Blu-ray: $19.05 million
DVD: $27.04 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $1.35m (down 7.1%), with unit sales down 21.3%.

DVD sales decreased by $5.95m (down 22.0%), with unit sales down 29.7%.

This meant $7.3 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 41.33% to 45.63%

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Stats:

For the week ending June 12, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.12% vs 58.88%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.76 million
DVD sales total spending: $18.27 million

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Blu-ray market share rose above 40% for the first time in a while, but that was largely due to a drop in DVD sales. It might be that it was just a very slow week, but a couple of high profile Blu-ray only releases helped the format rise slightly above the mediocre.

One of those titles was Indiana Jones 4-Movie Collection, narrowly missing out on being the most popular Blu-ray title for the week (which was last week's top seller, "Raya and the Last Dragon").

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children was also new and also a Blu-ray only affair (4K only, actually0, but it was in a distant 3rd place.

It was down to 8th for the next new release, City of Lies. This movie was at least made available on DVD. The only other new release in the top 20 was Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, another Blu-ray only release.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Indiana Jones 4-Movie Collection" was made available on 4K. 8 titles out of the top 10 had UHD editions.

The complete top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, Blu-ray exclusives are denoted by *, UHD releases denoted by +):

1. Raya and the Last Dragon+
2. *Indiana Jones 4-Movie Collection+
3. *Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children+
4. Tom & Jerry
5. Chaos Walking+
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy+
7. *John Wick: Chapters 1-3+
8. City of Lies
9. Wonder Woman 1984+
10. The Hitman’s Bodyguard+

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:

For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.

Both the "Indy Quadrilogy", "Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children" and "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off" were Blu-ray only releases, so their BD sales share would nominally be 100% (they are listed as 99.76%, 99.97% and 61.77% respectively in the market share chart linked to below because older DVD edition sales were included in the calculation - in our calculation, we ignore these and only report BD sales share if an equivalently DVD edition was made available for sale).

As the only non Blu-ray exclusive release, "City of Lies" managed a BD sales share of 57.65%.

For 4K sales share (again the caveat about "equivalent non 4K edition being made available" also holds true), "Indiana Jones 4-Movie Collection" got a massive 91.62% UHD sales share, meaning that practically nobody purchased the standard Blu-ray edition of this box set.

Top 20 Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Market Share Chart

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending June 13, 2020 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 38.80% vs 61.20%

Blu-ray: $16.09 million
DVD: $25.38 million

Rising weekly market share allowed the following comparison to escape the "all red" hell (where every metric is down, hence in the red) that it has been in for ages.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $3.33m (down 20.7%), with unit sales down 33.6%.

DVD sales decreased by $7.11m (down 28.0%), with unit sales down 31.4%.

This meant $10.44 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 38.80% to 41.12%

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Stats:

For the week ending June 5, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 37.96% vs 62.04%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.17 million
DVD sales total spending: $19.89 million

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The Courier was the week's top-selling new release, but it was only able to finish in 6th place in an otherwise quiet week.

Sales dropped back to a lower level after the last two weeks saw a slight increase in sales thanks to the release of "Raya and the Last Dragon". The Disney animated film was still this week's top seller.

The next new release was all the way down in 19th, the 4K release of Smokey and the Bandit. 20th was also a new release, Endangered Species.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Smokey and the Bandit" was the only new title this week (in the top 20) available on 4K. 7 titles out of the top 10 had UHD editions.



The complete top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, Blu-ray exclusives are denoted by *, UHD releases denoted by +):

1. Raya and the Last Dragon+
2. Tom & Jerry
3. Chaos Walking+
4. *John Wick: Chapters 1-3+
5. The Marksman
6. The Courier
7. Wonder Woman 1984+
8. A Quiet Place+
9. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum+
10. *Justice Society: World War II+

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:

For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.

"The Courier" managed a BD sales share of 51.67%, while "Endangered Species" got 38%.

Top 20 Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Market Share Chart

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending June 6, 2020 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 39.59% vs 60.41%

Blu-ray: $16.38 million
DVD: $24.99 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $4.21m (down 25.7%), with unit sales down 30.0%.

DVD sales decreased by $5.10m (down 20.4%), with unit sales down 24.0%.

This meant $9.31 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 39.59% to 37.96%.

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Stats:

For the week ending May 29, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.05% vs 58.95%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $14.26 million
DVD sales total spending: $20.48 million

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Chaos Walking was the best-selling new release for the week ending May 29, 2021, but it only managed to be the third most popular title on Blu-ray.

It was one of no less than 8 new releases in the top 20. Supernatural: The Fifteenth and Final Season was the next best selling new release, in 5th place. The complete series box set was in 15th.

The 4K re-release of Super 8 was in 9th, with another 4K re-release, My Fair Lady, in 11th, with the third 4K re-release being The Birds in 18th.

The last two spots in the top 20 were also new releases, Explorers and Ultraman Leo: The Complete Series, both Blu-ray only releases.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Apart from 4K only releases, only "Chaos Walking" had a UHD version. 7 titles out of the top 10 had UHD editions.



The complete top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, Blu-ray exclusives are denoted by *, UHD releases denoted by +):

1. Raya and the Last Dragon+
2. Tom & Jerry
3. Chaos Walking+
4. The Marksman
5. Supernatural: The Fifteenth and Final Season
6. *John Wick: Chapters 1-3+
7. Wonder Woman 1984+
8. *Justice Society: World War II+
9. *Super 8+
10. A Quiet Place+

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:

For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.

"Chaos Walking" debuts on Blu-ray with a BD sales share of 55.02%, while "Supernatural: The Fifteenth and Final Season" got 31%.

Top 20 Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Market Share Chart

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 30, 2020 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.92% vs 58.08%

Blu-ray: $18.38 million
DVD: $25.47 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $4.12m (down 22.4%), with unit sales down 30.5%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.99m (down 19.6%), with unit sales down 23.4%.

This meant $9.11 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 41.92% to 41.05%.

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Stats:

For the week ending May 22, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 43.94% vs 56.06%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $15.62 million
DVD sales total spending: $19.93 million

These stats available from here:

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A couple of relatively big releases this week, and a bunch of other smaller releases, and Blu-ray revenue instantly jumped $4 million higher, even though we're still talking about historical lows here for the format.

One of those big releases was Raya and the Last Dragon, easily the week's top seller. Another big release was Tom & Jerry in (a distant) second place.

Both movies were "pandemic releases", meaning they missed out on major theatrical runs and had to settle for fast-tracked streaming.

The third of this week's new releases were also a pandemic release, Above Suspicion, in 5th place.

Star Trek: Lower Decks — Season 1 was closely behind in 6th, while Oscar favorite Minari was in 8th.

The 4K release of Animal House was the next new release, in 9th. Outside of the top 10, Cosmic Sin was in 11th, the 4K SteelBook release of Last Action Hero was in 12th, with the 4K release of The Sting in 15th.

Dragonheart 5-Movie Collection was the last of the new releases in the top 20.

Phew.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Other than the 4K only releases, "Raya and the Last Dragon" was the only other release that had a 4K editions. 5 titles out of the top 10 had UHD editions.



The complete top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, Blu-ray exclusives are denoted by *, UHD releases denoted by +):

1. Raya and the Last Dragon+
2. Tom & Jerry
3. The Marksman
4. *Justice Society: World War II+
5. Above Suspicion
6. Star Trek: Lower Decks — Season 1
7. Wonder Woman 1984+
8. Minari
9. *Animal House+
10. *John Wick: Chapters 1-3+

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:

For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.

"Raya and the Last Dragon" had the best BD sales share (not including the 4K/Blu-ray only releases), with 70.49%. "Above Suspicion" just missed out on 50% with 48.28%, just ahead of "Minari" with 47.10%. "Cosmic Sin" got 42.34%.

In terms of 4K sales share, "Raya" got 13.03%.

Top 20 Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Market Share Chart

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 23, 2020 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 45.68% vs 54.32%

Blu-ray: $24.29 million
DVD: $28.88 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past (although we are already in parts of last year when the pandemic was hitting all of us hard), this time last year we had the new releases "Sonic the Hedgehog", "Onward", "Justice League Dark: Apokolips War", "Top Gun" and "Promare" in the top 10. "Sonic" was known as the last big release before the "pandemic dry patch" started. As a result, we will no longer be doing this comparison going forward.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $8.67m (down 35.7%), with unit sales down 39.3%.

DVD sales decreased by $8.95m (down 31.0%), with unit sales down 33.4%.

This meant $17.62 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 45.68% to 43.94%. The market share was the best one for Blu-ray in a while (the best since December 5, 2020).