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

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Stats:

For the week ending February 20, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 38.82% vs 61.18%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.27 million
DVD sales total spending: $19.34 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue continued its drop towards record lows as the week's most popular new release was the Korean film The Swordsman. It sold enough copies to get a third-place finish in this week's Blu-ray top 10.

No less than four other new releases were in the top 20, including My Hero Academia: Season Four, Part Two in 6th, The Informer in 8th, Harley Quinn: The Complete First and Second Seasons in 18th and Lovecraft Country: The Complete First Season in 19th.

But despite the quantity of new releases, the lack of quality, even say to the level of "Greenland" last week, meant that Blu-ray revenue had to fall.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: None of this week's new releases were made available on UHD. Only 4 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. Greenland
2. Freaky
3. The Swordsman
4. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
5. Mulan+
6. My Hero Academia: Season Four, Part Two
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy+
8. The Informer
9. Tenet+
10. *John Wick: Chapters 1-3+

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

BD sales share for a title is the percentage of disc packages sold for this movie that contained the Blu-ray edition of the film (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 Swordsman" led the BD sales share chart this week with a BD sales share of 69.74%. "Lovecraft Country: The Complete First Season" just missed out on getting over 50% with 49.50%, while "The Informer" had to settle for 38.64%. The other two new releases were Blu-ray only ones.

No new UHD releases this week, but at the top of the UHD sales share chart was "The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy" with 28.80%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending February 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: 47.24% vs 52.76%

Blu-ray: $22.81 million
DVD: $25.48 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had the new release "Midway" in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $10.54m (down 46.2%), with unit sales down 42.9%.

DVD sales decreased by $6.14m (down 20.1%), with unit sales down 19.6%.

This meant $16.68 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 47.24% to 38.82%

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Stats:

For the week ending February 13, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 39.37% vs 60.63%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $14.54 million
DVD sales total spending: $22.39 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue improved slightly off the backs of two fairly good release, which were the top 2 sellers for the week ending February 13, 2021. Greenland and Freaky were those two titles, although "Greenland" easily outsold "Freaky", at least on Blu-ray.

There was only one other new release in the top 20, Jiang Ziya (Legend of Deification), in 15th.

The two new releases helped Blu-ray revenue rise to a 6 week high.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: None of this week's three new releases in the top 20 were made available on UHD. 6 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. Greenland
2. Freaky
3. Let Him Go
4. Batman: Soul of the Dragon+
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy+
6. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
7. Tenet+
8. Mulan+
9. 1917+
10. Sonic the Hedgehog+

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

BD sales share for a title is the percentage of disc packages sold for this movie that contained the Blu-ray edition of the film (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.

"Freaky" narrowly beat "Greenland" in terms of BD sales share, 51.46% versus 50.21%. But both missed out to "Jiang Ziya (Legend of Deification)", which got 52.30%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending February 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: 46.21% vs 53.79%

Blu-ray: $24.07 million
DVD: $28.02 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had the new release "Ford v Ferrari" in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $9.53m (down 39.6%), with unit sales down 37.0%.

DVD sales decreased by $5.63m (down 20.1%), with unit sales down 17.3%.

This meant $15.16 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 46.21% to 39.37%

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Stats:

For the week ending February 6, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 36.20% vs 63.80%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.40 million
DVD sales total spending: $21.85 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue continued to slide as only two new releases were present in the Blu-ray sales top 20.

Let Him Go was the top-selling new release as well as the overall top-seller for the week, outselling last week's number one, "Batman: Soul of the Dragon".

Then it was all the way down in 19th for the next new release, the 4K re-release of Do the Right Thing.

The lack of new releases and the waning popularity of "Tenet" means that this week's Blu-ray results are the lowest since last October.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Let Him Go" wasn't made available on UHD. 7 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. Let Him Go
2. Batman: Soul of the Dragon+
3. Tenet+
4. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
5. Mulan+
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy+
7. Godzilla: King of the Monsters+
8. Fatman
9. Synchronic
10. *John Wick: Chapters 1-3+

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

BD sales share for a title is the percentage of disc packages sold for this movie that contained the Blu-ray edition of the film (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.

"Let Him Go" had a disappointing first week BD sales share of 30.95%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending February 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: 42.60% vs 57.40%

Blu-ray: $18.79 million
DVD: $25.32 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had new releases "Doctor Sleep", "Playing With Fire", "Last Christmas", and "The Good Liar" in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $6.39m (down 34.0%), with unit sales down 31.2%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.47m (down 13.7%), with unit sales down 10.8%.

This meant $9.86 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 42.60% to 36.20%

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Stats:

For the week ending January 30, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 38.09% vs 61.91%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.87 million
DVD sales total spending: $20.92 million

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Top 10:

There were four new releases in the top 10, but despite this, Blu-ray revenue stayed at the lows that have become the norm in recent weeks.

Batman: Soul of the Dragon was the top-selling new release and overall top seller for the week, even outselling "Tenet".

Also new was Fatman in 3rd place, followed by Synchronic in 4th.

Doom Patrol: The Complete Second Season was the other new release, in 15th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Only "Batman: Soul of the Dragon" was available on UHD. 7 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. Batman: Soul of the Dragon+
2. Tenet+
3. Fatman
4. Synchronic
5. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy+
7. Mulan+
8. Love and Monsters+
9. Godzilla: King of the Monsters+
10. 1917+

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

BD sales share for a title is the percentage of disc packages sold for this movie that contained the Blu-ray edition of the film (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: Soul of the Dragon" led the BD sales share chart with a BD sales share of 78.56%. "Synchronic" got 52.15%. "Fatman" got 48.46%, and "Doom Patrol: The Complete Second Season" got 40.57%.

On UHD, "Batman: Soul of the Dragon" got a BD sales share of 17.17%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending February 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: 45.87% vs 54.13%

Blu-ray: $21.06 million
DVD: $24.85 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had new releases "Terminator: Dark Fate", "Parasite", and "Harriet" in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $8.19m (down 38.9%), with unit sales down 34.7%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.93m (down 15.8%), with unit sales down 12.2%.

This meant $12.12 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 45.87% to 38.09%

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Stats:

For the week ending January 23, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 37.67% vs 62.33%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.85 million
DVD sales total spending: $21.26 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue continues to creep downwards toward historic lows as another week goes by without any major new movie releases. The best selling new release was a 4K re-issue of the classic John Carpenter film They Live. It came 6th.

Closely behind in 7th was another new release, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Part 2.

Now coming out of the top 10, in 16th, was the next new release, another Shout Factory John Carpenter 4K re-issue, this time for Prince of Darkness.

And better late than never, the 4K release of 2012 rounds off the top 20 in 19th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: The only new release in the top 20 that wasn't a 4K only release was "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Part 2", and it didn't have a UHD edition. 7 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. Tenet+
2. Love and Monsters+
3. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
4. 1917+
5. Mulan+
6. *They Live+
7. *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Part 2
8. Honest Thief
9. *John Wick: Chapters 1-3+
10. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum+

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

BD sales share for a title is the percentage of disc packages sold for this movie that contained the Blu-ray edition of the film (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.

All of this week's new releases (in the top 20) were Blu-ray or 4K Blu-ray only releases, so they would all technically have a 100% BD sales share rating.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 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: 46.70% vs 53.30%

Blu-ray: $21.74 million
DVD: $24.81 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had new releases "Zombieland: Double Tap", "The Addams Family", "Jay & Silent Bob Reboot" and "Black and Blue" in the top 10. This was the week last year when Wuhan went into full lockdown, by the way.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $8.89m (down 40.9%), with unit sales down 39.7%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.55m (down 14.3%), with unit sales down 10.1%.

This meant $12.44 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 46.70% to 37.67%

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Stats:

For the week ending January 16, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 37.35% vs 62.65%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $13.98 million
DVD sales total spending: $23.45 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue dropped below $14 million for the week ending January 6, as the top-selling new release, Lupin III: The First, came third on the Blu-ray sales chart. Funnily enough, this movie didn't really sell that well on DVD, coming in at 20th - the 96% Blu-ray sales share kind of explains this weird result.

It was one of three new releases in the top 20, with Spell in 10th and Ultraman Taro: The Complete Series in 17th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: None of the new releases was available as UHD titles. 6 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. Tenet+
2. Love and Monsters+
3. Lupin III: The First
4. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
5. 1917+
6. Honest Thief
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy+
8. Mulan+
9. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum+
10. Spell

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

BD sales share for a title is the percentage of disc packages sold for this movie that contained the Blu-ray edition of the film (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.

As mentioned earlier, "Lupin III: The First" had a great set of BD sales share numbers, 96.24% to be exact. This meant that only 3.76% bothered to buy the DVD only edition.

"Spell" didn't do as well, getting a BD sales share of 41.47%. "Ultraman Taro: The Complete Series" was a Blu-ray only release.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 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: 48.20% vs 51.80%

Blu-ray: $23.38 million
DVD: $25.13 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had new releases "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil", "Gemini Man", and "Dragon Ball Super: Part 10" in the top 10. We're now at the part of last year where people started taking notice of this new virus coming out of China, and we were one week away from the start of the greatest lockdown in history (at that time), which was to happen in the city of Wuhan, China.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $9.40m (down 40.2%), with unit sales down 35.1%.

DVD sales decreased by $1.68m (down 6.7%), with unit sales down 4.0%.

This meant $11.08 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 48.20% to 37.35%

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Stats:

For the week ending January 9, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 36.31% vs 63.69%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $15.00 million
DVD sales total spending: $26.31 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray and DVD sales remained largely unchanged from the previous week, still at levels that are historical lows. The fact that there was only one new release in the top 20 didn't help matters.

That new release was Love and Monsters, which did enough to become the new top seller for the week, unseating "Tenet" from its multi-week run at the top.

January has never been a traditionally strong month for new releases and sales, but Blu-ray revenue was still down by more than 35% compared to the same week last year.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Love and Monsters" did have a UHD release. 7 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. Love and Monsters+
2. Tenet+
3. Honest Thief
4. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
5. 1917+
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy+
7. Mulan+
8. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum+
9. My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising
10. Sonic the Hedgehog+

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

BD sales share for a title is the percentage of disc packages sold for this movie that contained the Blu-ray edition of the film (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.

"Love and Monsters" had a BD sales share of 55.59%, with a UHD sales share of 15.13%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 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: 47.32% vs 52.68%

Blu-ray: $23.33 million
DVD: $25.97 million

DVD sales actually increased compared to the same week last year - that's something! In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had new releases "Joker", and "The Lighthouse" in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $8.33m (down 35.7%), with unit sales down 29.4%.

DVD sales increased by $0.34m (up 1.3%), with unit sales up 3.6%.

This meant $7.99 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 47.32% to 36.31%

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Stats:

For the week ending January 2, 2021, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 38.52% vs 61.48%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $15.95 million
DVD sales total spending: $25.46 million

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Top 10:

The first week of 2021 arrives with another set of fairly poor results and only one new release in the top 20.

Honest Thief in second place was that new release, a fair ways away from the top seller, "Tenet".

Compared to the same week last year, Blu-ray sales were down nearly 15%, with DVD revenue down more than 8%.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Honest Thief" wasn't made available on UHD. 5 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. Tenet+
2. Honest Thief
3. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
4. Mulan+
5. 1917+
6. The War With Grandpa
7. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum+
8. Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
9. My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising
10. The New Mutants+

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

BD sales share for a title is the percentage of disc packages sold for this movie that contained the Blu-ray edition of the film (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.

"Honest Thief" couldn't get above the 50% BD sales share mark with only 42.07%.

The top-ranked title in terms of UHD sales share was "Tenet" with 25.85%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 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: 40.28% vs 59.72%

Blu-ray: $18.70 million
DVD: $27.73 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $2.75m (down 14.7%), with unit sales down 16.2%.

DVD sales decreased by $2.27m (down 8.2%), with unit sales down 11.7%.

This meant $5.02 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 40.28% to 38.52%

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Stats:

For the week ending December 26, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.11% vs 58.89%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $27.90 million
DVD sales total spending: $39.96 million

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Top 10:

The last full week, and the last week before Christmas, is a busy week for sales, but usually devoid of new releases. This year, it's no different, except "busy" is now very much a relative term due to the pandemic.

A special limited edition of Akira and The War With Grandpa, in 15th and 16th respectively, were the only new releases in the top 20.

Compared to the same week last year, the pre-pandemic one, Blu-ray sales were down 24.8%, with DVD revenue down 14%.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Akira" was a 4K exclusive, but "The War With Grandpa" was not made available on UHD. 5 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. Tenet+
2. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
3. Mulan+
4. The Grinch+
5. Elf
6. A Christmas Story
7. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
8. 1917+
9. The Polar Express
10. Sonic the Hedgehog+

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

BD sales share for a title is the percentage of disc packages sold for this movie that contained the Blu-ray edition of the film (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 War With Grandpa" got a BD sales share of 40.36%, and "Akira" was a Blu-ray/4K only release.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending December 27, 2019 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: 44.39% vs 55.61%

Blu-ray: $37.10 million
DVD: $46.47 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had new releases "Rambo: Last Blood", "Downton Abbey: The Motion Picture", "Abominable", "Ad Astra" and "Overcomer" in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $9.2m (down 24.8%), with unit sales down 23.7%.

DVD sales decreased by $6.51m (down 14.0%), with unit sales down 14.3%.

This meant $15.71 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 44.39% to 41.11%.

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Stats:

For the week ending December 19, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.24% vs 58.76%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $30.81 million
DVD sales total spending: $43.90 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue bounced back above the $30 million dollar mark for the week ending December 19, 2020, thanks to the holiday period shopping surge, but perhaps more importantly, the release of the A-list movie Tenet, arguably the only major release to occur theatrically during the pandemic (and one that ultimately failed to bring in the big bucks for Warner Bros., hence their decision to release everything in 2021 on streaming simultaneously).

It was easily the top-selling title for the week, outselling the Christmas favourite "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" by quite a big margin.

It was also, as expected (due to the traditional reason of avoiding other big releases and the actual lack of new releases right now), the only major new release in the top 20, with the only other new release being the SteelBook edition of Spirited Away, at 16th.

The rest of the top 10 has a very "Christmasy" look to it, which is not surprising for this time of the year, although normally, the top 10 would be filled with big recent releases.

Comparing this week to the same week last year, where we actually had the likes of "Rambo: Last Blood" and "Ad Astra" (both "smaller" movies than Tenet in a typical year) as the headlining new releases. Blu-ray sales were down 43.5%, with DVD sales down 36.1%. Not great, but certainly could have been worse without "Tenet".

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Tenet" was made available on UHD as expected. 4 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. Tenet+
2. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
3. The Grinch+
4. Elf
5. Mulan+
6. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
7. The Polar Express
8. A Christmas Story
9. A Charlie Brown Christmas+
10. The Santa Clause: The Complete 3-Movie Collection

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

BD sales share for a title is the percentage of disc packages sold for this movie that contained the Blu-ray edition of the film (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.

"Tenet" had an amazing 82.40% BD sales share, meaning very few people wanted to purchase the DVD edition of the film. In fact, the single most popular edition of the film was actually the 4K edition, with a 4K UHD sales share of 45.53%. To break it down, 45.53% chose the 4K edition, 36.87% chose the standard Blu-ray edition and 17.6% chose the DVD only edition.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending December 20, 2019 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: 44.25% vs 55.75%

Blu-ray: $54.53 million
DVD: $68.70 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had new releases "Rambo: Last Blood", "Downton Abbey: The Motion Picture", "Abominable", "Ad Astra" and "Overcomer" in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $23.72m (down 43.5%), with unit sales down%.

DVD sales decreased by $24.80m (down 24.8%), with unit sales down 34.1%.

This meant $48.52 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 44.25% to 41.24%.

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Stats:

For the week ending December 12, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 39.45% vs 60.55%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $26.67 million
DVD sales total spending: $40.94 million

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Top 10:

The holiday shopping period is in full swing, and this is usually a period of very few new releases, but still a good amount of sales due to the increased amount of shoppers. So with more than $26 million in sales this week, it's by no means a super sales week (down 35% compared to the same week last year) but compared to the pandemic average, it's actually not too bad.

We did have a couple of new releases though. The re-edited "Godfather III" arrives on Blu-ray in the form of Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone, coming in at 3rd on the Blu-ray chart. Yellowstone: Season 3 came in 6th (but earned a first-place finish on the DVD sales chart). And finally, in 9th, the 4K re-release of Total Recall was the only other new release in the top 20.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Both the "Godfather III" re-edit and "Total Recall" were Blu-ray exclusives, with only the latter being available on 4K. "Yellowstone: Season 3" was not made available on UHD. Only 4 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. Mulan+
2. The Grinch+
3. *Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
4. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
5. Elf
6. Yellowstone: Season 3
7. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy+
9. *Total Recall+
10. The Polar Express

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

BD sales share for a title is the percentage of disc packages sold for this movie that contained the Blu-ray edition of the film (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 only non Blu-ray exclusive was "Yellowstone: Season 3", but it only got a BD sales share of 17%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending December 14, 2019 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: 43.89% vs 56.11%

Blu-ray: $41.22 million
DVD: $52.69 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had new releases "It: Chapter Two", "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", and "Hustlers" in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $14.55m (down 35.3%), with unit sales down 30.2%.

DVD sales decreased by $11.75m (down 22.3%), with unit sales down 23.5%.

This meant $26.30 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 43.89% to 39.45%.

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Stats:

For the week ending December 5, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 47.31% vs 52.69%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $33.53 million
DVD sales total spending: $37.35 million

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Top 10:

It's Cyber Monday week where more Blu-ray sales happen, and Blu-ray revenue rises to a high for the year. At least that's the case for a normal year. 2020 is not a normal year.

As with most Cyber Monday weeks, there won't be a huge list of new releases. For this week, the 4K re-release of The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy was not only a new release but a top seller for the week. It, along with the 4K re-release of The Hobbit: The Motion Picture Trilogy, was the only new releases for the week.

So how does the COVID-19 Cyber Monday week compare to last year's very normal CM week? Well, Blu-ray revenue was down 31.1% from $48.66 million to $33.53 million. This might not sound too bad given last week's (Black Friday's) 56% drop, but considering CM 2019 only dropped by 8.5% compared to CM 2018, the 31.1% drop is significant. DVD sales didn't fare much better, having dropped 24.7%.


This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "The New Mutants" was made available on UHD. 9 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. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy+
2. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
3. Mulan+
4. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
5. Elf
6. The Grinch+
7. The Hobbit: The Motion Picture Trilogy+
8. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum+
9. Sonic the Hedgehog+
10. The Polar Express

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

BD sales share for a title is the percentage of disc packages sold for this movie that contained the Blu-ray edition of the film (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 two new releases in the top 20 were all Blu-ray (actually 4K) only new releases, so they would have a nominal BD/UHD sales share of 100% if you only consider these new re-issues. When grouped together with all past editions of the trilogy box sets, "The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy" had a BD sales share of 93.11%, and a UHD sales share of 82.50%. "The Hobbit: The Motion Picture Trilogy" had a UHD sales share of 78.58% and a UHD sales share of 62.97%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending December 7, 2019 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: 49.52% vs 50.48%

Blu-ray: $48.66 million
DVD: $49.60 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $15.13m (down 31.1%), with unit sales down 34.0%.

DVD sales decreased by $12.25m (down 24.7%), with unit sales down 38.3%.

This meant $27.38 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 49.52% to 47.31%.

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Stats:

For the week ending November 28, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 48.68% vs 51.32%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $34.44 million
DVD sales total spending: $36.31 million

These stats available from here:

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Top 10:

It's Black Friday week and hopefully the only during the pandemic, but it looks like COVID-19 has had a big effect on BF sales.

Traditionally, BF week is not about new releases, and there weren't any in the top 20 this week and all about big sales and sales of older titles.

The top seller of the week was Joker, with "Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection" making a comeback to the top 10, and older titles like Doctor Sleep and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald getting back into the top 20.

Comparing this Black Friday to the last one, things don't look too well. Blu-ray sales were down 56.5% and DVD sales down 62.5%. Black Friday 2019 was already down 24.3% for Blu-ray revenue compared to BF 2018, but sales being half of what it was, has to be related to the pandemic. Total sales were down more than $100 million compared to the last Black Friday!

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "The New Mutants" was made available on UHD. 9 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. Joker+
2. Sonic the Hedgehog+
3. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
4. 1917+
5. Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn+
6. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum+
7. Mulan+
8. Spider-Man: Far From Home+
9. The Grinch+
10. Jumanji: The Next Level+

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

BD sales share for a title is the percentage of disc packages sold for this movie that contained the Blu-ray edition of the film (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.

No new releases in the top 20 this week, but "Joker" ended up being top of the BD sales share chart, while "Top Gun" topped the UHD sales chart with a BD sales share of 26.96%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending November 30, 2019 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: 44.98% vs 55.02%

Blu-ray: $79.17 million
DVD: $96.83 million

As mentioned earlier, disc sales were down dramatically compared to the same week last year (which was also a Black Friday week), but Blu-ray market share was up (because DVD sales dropped more than Blu-ray sales).

Blu-ray sales decreased by $44.73m (down 56.5%), with unit sales down 64.8%.

DVD sales decreased by $60.52m (down 62.5%), with unit sales down 75.5%.

This meant $105.25 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 44.98% to 48.68%.

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Stats:

For the week ending November 21, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.78% vs 58.22%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $23.90 million
DVD sales total spending: $33.30 million

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Top 10:

The New Mutants was the top-selling new release for this pre Black Friday week, although it failed to unseat "Mulan" from the top spot.

There was only one other new release in the top 10, Unhinged, in 16th place.

For the second week in a row, Blu-ray sales rose compared to the same week last year. Spoiler alert: it won't hold for next week, Black Friday week.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "The New Mutants" was made available on UHD. Every single 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. Mulan+
2. The New Mutants+
3. 1917+
4. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum+
5. Jumanji: The Next Level+
6. Joker+
7. Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn+
8. Sonic the Hedgehog+
9. Spider-Man: Far From Home+
10. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw+

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

BD sales share for a title is the percentage of disc packages sold for this movie that contained the Blu-ray edition of the film (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 New Mutants" did well on Blu-ray, with a BD sales share of 70.24% and a very high UHD sales share of 25.14%%.

"Unhinged" got 47.01%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending November 23, 2019 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: 37.55% vs 62.45%

Blu-ray: $17.97 million
DVD: $29.89 million

Another week without every metric below being worse off than the same week last year. Is this a new trend (answer: no, check back next week and you'll see).

Blu-ray sales decreased by $5.93m (up 33%), with unit sales up 70.4%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.41m (up 11.4%), with unit sales up 23.9%.

This meant $9.34 million more in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 37.55% to 41.78%.

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Stats:

For the week ending November 14, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 43.29% vs 56.71%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $26.25 million
DVD sales total spending: $34.39 million

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Top 10:

A big improvement for Blu-ray this week because we have the first A-list release for a while, even if that release was originally released as a premium streaming title.

Disney's live action remake of Mulan easily topped the sales chart, while there was another major new release in 9th place, Bill & Ted Face the Music. Mulan's success shows that despite not having a theatrical release, and despite it becoming available for streaming by Disney+ subscribers soon, many were still attracted to the physical media edition.

Sales of older titles also saw many titles return to the top 10, including Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in 8th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Mulan" was made available on UHD. 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. Mulan+
2. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
3. Jumanji: The Next Level+
4. Sonic the Hedgehog+
5. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw+
6. Dolittle+
7. Trolls World Tour+
8. Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker+
9. Bill & Ted Face the Music
10. Frozen II+

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

BD sales share for a title is the percentage of disc packages sold for this movie that contained the Blu-ray edition of the film (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.

"Mulan" did well on Blu-ray, with a BD sales share of 71.83% and a UHD sales share of 10.02%.

"Bill & Ted Face the Music" managed 59.77%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending November 16, 2019 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: 42.74% vs 57.26%

Blu-ray: $24.10 million
DVD: $32.29 million

For once, we have a week without every metric below being worse off than the same week last year. In fact, everything was improved!

Blu-ray sales decreased by $2.15m (up 8.9%), with unit sales up 54.4%.

DVD sales decreased by $2.1m (up 6.5%), with unit sales up 33.3%.

This meant $4.25 million more in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 42.74% to 43.29%.