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

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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

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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

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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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Top 10:

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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Top 10:

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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Top 10:

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

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Top 10:

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).

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Stats:

For the week ending May 15, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 38.98% vs 61.02%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $11.72 million
DVD sales total spending: $20.40 million

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Top 10:

Quite a few new releases popped into the top 20 this week, but Blu-ray revenue hovered around record lows once again despite this.

The best selling new release was Justice Society: World War II, which also happened to be the overall best seller for the week on Blu-ray.

The Marksman wasn't too far behind in second place (and was actually the top seller on DVD).

There was another new release in 3rd place, the 4K release of Saw. The next new release was the 20th anniversary of Shrek. Another 20th anniversary release was The Fast and the Furious, in 9th.

The Criterion edition of Fast Times at Ridgemont High came 11th, while the last of the new releases in the top 20 was The Legend of Hei in 18th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Justice Society: World War II" and "Shrek" were both non 4K only releases that had 4K editions. 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. *Justice Society: World War II+
2. The Marksman
3. *Saw+
4. Wonder Woman 1984+
5. The Little Things
6. Shrek+
7. Venom+
8. *John Wick: Chapters 1-3+
9. *The Fast and the Furious+
10. News of the World+

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.

Looking at the BD sales share of those non Blu-ray/4K exclusive releases, "The Marksman" had the highest BD sales share with 41.45%, with the other titles not ranking high enough to get into the top 20.

In terms of 4K sales share, "Shrek" got an amazing 72.89%, followed by "The Fast and the Furious" with 63.95%. "Justice Society: World War II" got 16.84%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 16, 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: 41.82% vs 58.18%

Blu-ray: $21.99 million
DVD: $30.59 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 "Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn", "The Call of the Wild", and "Fantasy Island" in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $10.07m (down 45.8%), with unit sales down 44.7%.

DVD sales decreased by $11.93m (down 39.0%), with unit sales down 38.4%.

This meant $22 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 41.82% to 38.98%

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Stats:

For the week ending May 8, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 36.49% vs 63.51%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $11.72 million
DVD sales total spending: $20.40 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray sales recovered a bit from last week's historical lows thanks to a couple of new releases in the top 20.

The best selling title of the week was a new release in the form of The Little Things, displacing "Wonder Woman 1984" from the top spot it has held on to for several weeks.

The next new release was the 4K edition of Speed, selling enough copies to get into 3rd place.

Judas and the Black Messiah in 4th was the next new release, while The Virtuoso in 7th rounded off the new releases in the top 10.

And finally, in 19th, we have the 4K release of Big Fish.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: The two non 4K only releases didn't get 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. The Little Things
2. Wonder Woman 1984+
3. *Speed+
4. Judas and the Black Messiah
5. News of the World+
6. *Dirty Dancing+
7. The Virtuoso
8. Soul+
9. Monster Hunter+
10. Vanquish

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

The BD sales share for a particular title 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.

"Judas and the Black Messiah" got a BD sales share of 55.21%, while "The Little Things" had to settle for 48.77%.

"The Virtuoso" got 46.12%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 9, 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: 39.30% vs 60.70%

Blu-ray: $20.67 million
DVD: $31.92 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 "Bloodshot", "I Still Believe", and "Gretel & Hansel" in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $8.95m (down 43.3%), with unit sales down 42.4%.

DVD sales decreased by $11.52m (down 36.1%), with unit sales down 34.4%.

This meant $20.47 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 39.30% to 36.49%

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Stats:

For the week ending May 1, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 35.62% vs 64.38%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $10.78 million
DVD sales total spending: $19.48 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray sales further declined past even last week's historical lows to make this week the new record low since August 30, 2009.

This is despite one new release and a couple of Blu-ray re-releases in the top 20. The best-selling of these new releases was the Best Buy 4K SteelBook exclusive version of Dirty Dancing, coming in second.

Closely behind in third place was the week's "new" new release, Vanquish, which was again closely followed by another new re-release, the 4K limited edition of Donnie Darko.

Finally, in 15th, was the last new release, another re-release, the 4K edition of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: The week's only non 4K re-release, "Vanquish", wasn't 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. Wonder Woman 1984+
2. *Dirty Dancing+
3. Vanquish
4. *Donnie Darko+
5. Soul+
6. News of the World+
7. Monster Hunter+
8. The Croods: A New Age+
9. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
10. 1917+

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

The BD sales share for a particular title 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.

"Vanquish" managed to get a BD sales share of 44.66%, while all the other new releases were Blu-ray exclusives.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 2, 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: 37.97% vs 62.03%

Blu-ray: $19.08 million
DVD: $31.17 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 "Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge" in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $8.3m (down 43.5%), with unit sales down 43.0%.

DVD sales decreased by $11.69m (down 37.5%), with unit sales down 37.3%.

This meant $19.99 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 37.97% to 35.62%

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Stats:

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

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 35.36% vs 64.64%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $11.33 million
DVD sales total spending: $20.71 million

These stats available from here:

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Top 10:

Blu-ray sales declined to their lowest level since August 30, 2009 as the lack of new releases, largely due to the pandemic, has hit disc sales once again.

The only new release in the entire top 20 was the special edition release of the 2003 South Korean film Memories of Murder by acclaimed director Bong Joon Ho ("Snowpiecer", "Parasite"), and it didn't even come anywhere near the top spot, coming in at 8th.

With mid-late April traditionally being a quiet period for Blu-ray, this and the lack of new releases meant that Blu-ray revenue fell to levels not seen in 12 years.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Unfortunately, "Memories of Murder" wasn't made 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. Wonder Woman 1984+
2. News of the World+
3. Soul+
4. Willy's Wonderland
5. Monster Hunter+
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy+
7. The Croods: A New Age+
8. Memories of Murder
9. 1917+
10. Shadow in the Cloud

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

The BD sales share for a particular title 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.

"Memories of Murder" did not rank in the top 20 in terms of BD sales share.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 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: 42.50% vs 57.50%

Blu-ray: $21.38 million
DVD: $28.92 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 "Bad Boys for Life", "The Gentlemen", "Ip Man 4: The Finale", and "Like a Boss" in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $10.05m (down 47.0%), with unit sales down 45.5%.

DVD sales decreased by $8.21m (down 28.4%), with unit sales down 27.0%.

This meant $18.26 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 42.50% to 35.88%

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Stats:

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

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 35.88% vs 64.12%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.19 million
DVD sales total spending: $21.78 million

These stats available from here:

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue was at its lowest point in 2021 so far with far and few quality new releases occurring during the week.

Willy's Wonderland was the best selling new release for the week, coming in a distant second to "Wonder Woman 1984".

The only other new title in the top 20 was the 4K (and standard Blu-ray) re-release of Spaceballs, in 18th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Other than "Spaceballs", there were no other new 4K releases in the top 20. 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. Wonder Woman 1984+
2. Willy's Wonderland
3. Soul+
4. News of the World+
5. Monster Hunter+
6. Shadow in the Cloud
7. The Croods: A New Age+
8. *Wonder Woman 2-Film Collection+
9. 1917+
10. John Wick: Chapters 1-3+

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

The BD sales share for a particular title 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.

"Willy’s Wonderland" managed a BD sales share of 59.43%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 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: 40.83% vs 59.17%

Blu-ray: $19.17 million
DVD: $27.78 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 "Underwater", and "Just Mercy" in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $6.98m (down 36.4%), with unit sales down 35.0%.

DVD sales decreased by $6m (down 21.6%), with unit sales down 23.2%.

This meant $12.98 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 40.83% to 35.88%

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Stats:

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

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 36.85% vs 63.15%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $14.27 million
DVD sales total spending: $24.45 million

These stats available from here:

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue fell back down to earth again thanks to the Easter sales lull, and even a couple of new releases couldn't prevent Blu-ray revenue from falling below the $15 million mark.

In term of new releases, the one that ranked highest on the Blu-ray sales chart was Shadow in the Cloud in 4th, followed by Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar in 7th.

And in 10th was Earwig and the Witch.

This year's post-Easter lull was a poor one even compared to last year's middle of the lockdown effort. Blu-ray revenue was down $5.11 million!

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: None of this week's new releases were made available on 4k UHD. 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. Wonder Woman 1984+
2. Soul+
3. News of the World+
4. Shadow in the Cloud
5. Monster Hunter+
6. *Wonder Woman 2-Film Collection+
7. Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar
8. The Croods: A New Age+
9. *The Ten Commandments+
10. Earwig and the Witch

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

The BD sales share for a particular title 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, "Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar" had the best BD sales share, with 68.32%. "Shadow in the Cloud" was further behind with 42.99%. "Earwig and the Witch" didn't get into the BD sales share top 10.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 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: 46.88% vs 53.12%

Blu-ray: $23.63 million
DVD: $26.78 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had the new releases "Dolittle", "Little Women" and "Cats" in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $9.36m (down 39.6%), with unit sales down 38.8%.

DVD sales decreased by $2.33m (down 8.7%), with unit sales down 8.1%.

This meant $11.69 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 46.88% to 36.85%

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Stats:

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

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.53% vs 58.47%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $21.81 million
DVD sales total spending: $30.70 million

These stats available from here:

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Top 10:

The release of Wonder Woman 1984 and the pre-Easter sales bump helped Blu-ray revenue rise above $20 million. It was actually the only "new" new release in the top 20, except for the Wonder Woman 2-Film Pack in 6th place.

There was the 4K re-release of The Ten Commandments in 5th place.

In terms of comparing to last year's pre-Easter bump, which was quite disappointing as it occurred in the middle of the COVID-19 lockdown (down $23.90 million compared to 2019's same period!), this year's was slightly better, albeit only slightly. Blu-ray revenue fell by $1.82 million, but DVD rose by $3.92 million.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Both the standalone and 2-film pack for "Wonder Woman 1984" were made available on 4K Ultra HD. Every single title in this week's 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. Wonder Woman 1984+
2. Soul+
3. News of the World+
4. The Croods: A New Age+
5. *The Ten Commandments+
6. *Wonder Woman 2-Film Collection+
7. Monster Hunter+
8. Godzilla: King of the Monsters+
9. Trolls World Tour+
10. Mulan+

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

The BD sales share for a particular title 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.

"Wonder Woman 1984" had a BD sales share of 61.93% with a UHD sales share of 15.68%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 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: 55.79% vs 44.21%

Blu-ray: $34.56 million
DVD: $27.39 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had the new releases "Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker", and "Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga - 9-Movie Collection" in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $12.75m (down 36.9%), with unit sales down 21.5%.

DVD sales increased by $3.31m (up 12.1%), with unit sales up 12.4%.

This meant $9.44 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 55.79% to 41.53%

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Stats:

For the week ending March 27, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 40.58% vs 59.42%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $18.74 million
DVD sales total spending: $27.44 million

These stats available from here:

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue rose slightly off the backs of Pixar's latest animated hit, Soul. The animated film, having been originally released on Disney+, easily outsold second placed, and also newly released, News of the World.

Three re-releases on Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray were the rest of the new releases in the top 20. 2014's Godzilla gets a new 4K Blu-ray release and came in 5th, while the Collector's Edition of Event Horizon on Blu-ray was in 8th.

And Gattaca also saw a SteelBook 4K re-release (the standard edition is coming later in the year), coming in 12th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Soul" and "News of the World" were both available on 4K Ultra HD, in addition to the 4K re-releases. 8 titles in this week's 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. Soul+
2. News of the World+
3. The Croods: A New Age+
4. Monster Hunter+
5. *Godzilla+
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy+
7. Greenland
8. *Event Horizon
9. *John Wick: Chapters 1-3+
10. Godzilla: King of the Monsters+

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

The BD sales share for a particular title 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.

"Soul" had a BD sales share of 76.69%, which compares well to "News of the World" with only 41.51%. The other releases were all Blu-ray exclusives, so technically, they would have a 100% BD sales share.

For 4K UHD sales share, for the non-exclusive releases, "Soul" managed a UHD sales share of 10.70%, while "News of the World" got 7.52%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending March 28, 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: 44.76% vs 55.24%

Blu-ray: $20.35 million
DVD: $25.11 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had the new releases "1917", and "The Grudge: The Untold Chapter" in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $1.61m (down 7.9%), with unit sales down 6.7%.

DVD sales increased by $2.33m (up 9.3%), with unit sales up 7.0%.

This meant $0.72 million more in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 44.76% to 40.58%