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

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Stats:

For the week ending November 7, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 40.55% vs 59.45%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $14.29 million
DVD sales total spending: $20.95 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray sales improved ever slightly compared to last week, while DVD sales declined. This allowed weekly Blu-ray market share to rise back above 40%.

The Blu-ray top 10 was all over the place this week, most likely because of the low sales numbers involved, but the top-selling title was still My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising.

The top-selling new release, in 7th place, was the 4K re-release of V for Vendetta, while "new" new release Antebellum was in 8th place.

Game of Thrones: The Complete Series, another new release, was in 9th place.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "V for Vendetta" was, of course, available on UHD, but so was "Antebellum". 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. *My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising
2. Joker+
3. 1917+
4. Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn+
5. Knives Out+
6. Sonic the Hedgehog+
7. *V for Vendetta+
8. *Antebellum+
9. Game of Thrones: The Complete Series
10. Midway+

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.

For the non Blu-ray exclusive releases, "Game of Thrones: The Complete Series" had the best BD sales share, with 94.19%. "Antebellum" did less well, just failing to get over the 50%.

For the UHD releases, "Antebellum" managed a UHD sales share of 11.94%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending November 9, 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: 46.36% vs 53.64%

Blu-ray: $28.07 million
DVD: $32.48 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had new releases "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw", "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark", and "The Art of Racing in the Rain" in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $13.78m (down 49.1%), with unit sales down 44.5%.

DVD sales decreased by $11.53m (down 35.5%), with unit sales down 32.8%.

This meant $25.31 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 46.36% to 40.55%.

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Stats:

For the week ending October 31, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 38.32% vs 61.68%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $13.50 million
DVD sales total spending: $21.73 million

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Top 10:

A very quiet week (new release wise) saw Blu-ray revenue drop back towards historical lows.

Only two new releases were in the top 20, and the best selling of which, and the week's overall top seller, was My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising.

The other was the Criterion release of Parasite, in 9th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Neither of these two new releases were available on UHD. Only 3 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. *My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising
2. Back to the Future: The Ultimate Trilogy+
3. Hocus Pocus
4. *Batman: Death in the Family
5. Tremors: Shrieker Island
6. The Nightmare Before Christmas
7. Sonic the Hedgehog+
8. *Beetlejuice+
9. Parasite
10. Saw: 8-Film 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.

"My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising" was a Blu-ray exclusive, while "Parasite" didn't sell enough copies on Blu-ray to get into the BD sales share top 20.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending November 2, 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: 46.91% vs 53.09%

Blu-ray: $25.33 million
DVD: $28.67 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had new releases "The Lion King" and "Wonder Woman: Bloodlines" in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $13.60m (down 43.9%), with unit sales down 44.6%.

DVD sales decreased by $6.94m (down 24.2%), with unit sales down 26.3%.

This meant $20.54 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 46.91% to 38.32%.

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Stats:

For the week ending October 24, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 44.09% vs 55.91%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $17.38 million
DVD sales total spending: $22.04 million

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Top 10:

Following Amazon's Prime Day sales event, Blu-ray revenue fell back below $20 million yet again as the re-release of the Back to the Future: The Ultimate Trilogy on 4K and standard Blu-ray, the best seller this week, couldn't sell enough copies to keep revenue high.

There were actually quite a few more new releases in the top 20, including Tremors: Shrieker Island in 4th, and the SteelBook version of Princess Mononoke in 9th.

The same range of SteelBooks also landed My Neighbor Totoro in 12th, while we had Chucky Complete 7-Movie Collection in 11th.

Cut Throat City was the last new release in the top 20, at 18th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Only "Back to the Future: The Ultimate Trilogy" was made available on UHD. Only 3 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. Back to the Future: The Ultimate Trilogy+
2. *Batman: Death in the Family
3. Hocus Pocus
4. Tremors: Shrieker Island
5. The Nightmare Before Christmas
6. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
7. *Beetlejuice+
8. Star Trek: Picard - Season One
9. *Princess Mononoke
10. Saw: 8-Film 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.

The "Back to the Future" ultimate trilogy box set was also made available on DVD (along with standard Blu-ray and 4K versions), Universal might as well have not bothered since the Blu-ray editions had a BD sales share of 95.71% - meaning only 4.29% of buyers chose to buy the DVD edition.

For the other non Blu-ray exclusive releases, "Cut Throat City" had the best BD sales share with 49.16%, just ahead of "Tremors: Shrieker Island" with 44.46%.

For 4K, "Back to the Future: The Ultimate Trilogy" had an amazing 79.64% UHD sales share, meaning almost everyone thought the 4K edition of this re-release was the edition to buy (the breakdown is as follows: 79.64% of all BTTF box sets sold were the 4K edition, with 16.07% the standard Blu-ray version, and 4.29% the DVD version).

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending October 26, 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: 51.02% vs 48.98%

Blu-ray: $30.98 million
DVD: $29.74 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had new releases "The Lion King" and "Wonder Woman: Bloodlines" in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $13.60m (down 43.9%), with unit sales down 44.6%.

DVD sales decreased by $7.7m (down 25.9%), with unit sales down 28.7%.

This meant $21.3 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 51.02% to 44.09%.

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Stats:

For the week ending October 17, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 49.88% vs 50.12%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $25.18 million
DVD sales total spending: $25.30 million

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Top 10:

The Amazon Prime Day sales event helped Blu-ray and DVD sales rise to respectable levels for the first time in a long time, as the online-only sale managed to circumvent the pandemic and the lack of new releases caused by it.

Sales were still down compared to last year's Prime Day event, which took place in July. That particular week saw Blu-ray sales worth $34.27 million, and this year's event was down 26.5%.

There were two new releases in the top 20 though. Batman: Death in the Family sold enough copies to reach second place, while Friday the 13th Collection Deluxe Edition wasn't too far behind in 3rd.

But it was mostly older titles that were heavily discount during Prime Day that sold well for the week, including the likes of Fast & Furious: The Ultimate Ride Collection and Jurassic 5-Movie Collection.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: No new 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray releases in the top 20 this week. Only 3 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. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
2. *Batman: Death in the Family
3. *Friday the 13th Collection Deluxe Edition
4. Hocus Pocus
5. Trolls World Tour+
6. Star Trek: Picard - Season One
7. 1917+
8. The Nightmare Before Christmas
9. Sonic the Hedgehog+
10. Fast & Furious: The Ultimate Ride 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.

Both of the new releases this week 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 October 19, 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: 45.24% vs 54.76%

Blu-ray: $23.67 million
DVD: $28.65 million

Finally, we break the unwanted record. Blu-ray sales actually managed to increase compared to the same week last year, due to Amazon Prime Day happening at a different time this year.

Blu-ray sales increased by $1.51m (up 6.4%), with unit sales down 13.6%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.35m (down 11.7%), with unit sales down 22.3%.

This meant $1.84 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 45.24% to 49.88%.

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Stats:

For the week ending October 10, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 37.06% vs 62.94%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.19 million
DVD sales total spending: $20.70 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray sales improved slightly off of the last few week's low (still the worst set of results since 2009) as new releases are still thin on the ground.

The best selling new release was Star Trek: Picard - Season One. Streaming shows usually don't sell well on Blu-ray, but Blu-ray sales have been so low that "Picard" managed to grab second place on this week's Blu-ray top 10. The top spot actually went to perennial favourite, "Hocus Pocus", but only just (less than 1% difference).

Third and fourth places were also new releases, with Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna easily beating The Tax Collector.

The 4K re-release of 300 was 6th, while the new version of The Secret Garden was 7th.

The Best Buy exclusive 4K SteelBook re-release of Interstellar was the only other new release in the top 20, coming in at 14th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Other than the 4K re-release of "300", only "The Tax Collector" was made available on 4K, and it was a Best Buy SteelBook version. 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. Hocus Pocus
2. Star Trek: Picard - Season One
3. Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna
4. The Tax Collector+
5. *Beetlejuice+
6. *300+
7. The Secret Garden
8. The Nightmare Before Christmas
9. Sonic the Hedgehog+
10. Rick and Morty: Season 4

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.

"Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna" had the best BD sales share out of not only this week's new releases, but all Blu-ray titles this week, with a BD sales share of 95.22%.

"Star Trek: Picard — Season One" did okay as well, with 55.67%, just ahead of "The Tax Collector" with 51.92%.

"The Secret Garden" had to settle for a below 50% share of 48.84%.

On 4K, despite being a Best Buy exclusive, "The Tax Collector" still managed a UHD sales share of 10.74%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending October 12, 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: 53.61% vs 46.39%

Blu-ray: $34.93 million
DVD: $30.22 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had new releases "Toy Story 4", "Annabelle Comes Home", and "Midsommar" in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $22.74m (down 65.1%), with unit sales down 57.7%.

DVD sales decreased by $9.52m (down 31.5%), with unit sales down 27.8%.

This meant $32.26 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 53.61% to 37.06%.

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Stats:

For the week ending October 3, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 36.23% vs 63.77%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $11.62 million
DVD sales total spending: $20.45 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray sales continued to decline off of last week's historic lows, but only slightly, as the lack of new releases meant that the only new release in the top 10 was the Best Buy exclusive 4K SteelBook version of The Evil Dead 1 & 2 dual movie pack.

Outside of the top 10, another Best Buy exclusive, the 4K SteelBook version of Mad Max: Fury Road was in 13th. The Criterion release of The Elephant Man was 16th, while the Blu-ray only releaseMy Hero Academia: Season Four, Part One was 18th.

Overall, the top 20 had a very Halloween looking feel to it (Rob Zombie must be rolling in it right now), as is the case this time ever year.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Other than the 4K re-releases, none of the other releases had UHD editions. 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. Hocus Pocus
2. Rick and Morty: Season 4
3. Sonic the Hedgehog+
4. *Beetlejuice+
5. Halloween
6. *Superman: Man of Tomorrow+
7. The Secret: Dare to Dream
8. Halloween+
9. Joker
10. *The Evil Dead 1 & 2+

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.

Only The Criterion release of "The Elephant Man" wasn't a Blu-ray exclusive this week, but it did not get a high enough Blu-ray market share to get into the top 20 (so below 31.71%).

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending October 5, 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: 52.09% vs 47.91%

Blu-ray: $33.39 million
DVD: $30.71 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had new release 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' in the top 10!

Blu-ray sales decreased by $21.77m (down 65.2%), with unit sales down 57.0%.

DVD sales decreased by $10.26m (down 33.4%), with unit sales down 31.1%.

This meant $32.03 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 52.09% to 36.23%.

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Stats:

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

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 36.41% vs 63.59%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $11.97 million
DVD sales total spending: $20.91 million

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Top 10:

Another unwanted record as Blu-ray sales dropped to levels not seen since August 30, 2009.

This is despite two new releases and two 4K re-releases in the top 10, including Rick and Morty: Season 4 in top spot.

The 4K re-release of Full Metal Jacket on 4K helped the title reach second place, while another 4K re-release, Whiplash, was 17th. In between the two was new release The Secret: Dare to Dream, coming in at 6th on the Blu-ray sales chart.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: The two non 4K only re-releases weren't made available on 4K. Only 3 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. Rick and Morty: Season 4
2. *Full Metal Jacket+
3. *Superman: Man of Tomorrow+
4. Hocus Pocus
5. Weathering With You
6. The Secret: Dare to Dream
7. Outlander: Season Five
8. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
9. *Beetlejuice+
10. *Rob Zombie Trilogy

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 season of 'Rick and Morty' got a BD sales share of 59.66% while 'The Secret: Dare to Dream' had to settle for 33.77%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending September 28, 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: 46.43% vs 53.57%

Blu-ray: $23.38 million
DVD: $26.98 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had new releases 'Yesterday', 'Anna', 'Child’s Play', 'Shaft', and the Disney signature collections of 'Sleeping Beauty' and '101 Dalmatians', all just in the top 10!

Blu-ray sales decreased by $11.41m (down 48.8%), with unit sales down 42.5%.

DVD sales decreased by $6.07m (down 22.5%), with unit sales down 21.9%.

This meant $17.48 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 46.43% to 36.41%.

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Stats:

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

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 37.49% vs 62.51%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $13.29 million
DVD sales total spending: $22.16 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue stayed at record low levels as new release Outlander: Season Five was the top selling title for the week.

It was just head of Weathering With You in 2nd place, and the Blu-ray only re-releases of Shivers and Little Monsters in 5th and 6th.

That was it for new releases though. '1917' made a return to the top 10.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: None of this week's new releases in the top 20 were 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. Outlander: Season Five
2. Weathering With You
3. *Superman: Man of Tomorrow+
4. Hocus Pocus
5. *Shivers
6. *Little Monsters
7. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
8. 1917+
9. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
10. *Beetlejuice+

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.

Of the non Blu-ray exclusive new releases, 'Weathering With You' had the best BD sales share with 89.83% while 'Outlander: Season Five' had to settle for 43%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending September 21, 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: 48.08% vs 51.92%

Blu-ray: $26.69 million
DVD: $28.82 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had new release 'X-Men: Dark Phoenix' in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $13.40m (down 50.2%), with unit sales down 42.1%.

DVD sales decreased by $6.66m (down 23.1%), with unit sales down 20.4%.

This meant $20.06 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 48.08% to 37.49%.

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Stats:

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

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 37.54% vs 62.46%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $13.17 million
DVD sales total spending: $21.91 million

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Top 10:

Despite a healthy number of new, re-releases and Blu-ray exclusives in the top 20, Blu-ray revenue was largely unchanged from the low level recorded in the previous couple of weeks.

DC Universe animated feature film Superman: Man of Tomorrow was the best-selling out of all the new releases, earning it a top spot finish on the Blu-ray sales chart. It was a Blu-ray only release, with both a standard Blu-ray version and a 4K Blu-ray version.

The 4K re-release of the original animated version of Ghost in the Shell was in a distant second place.

The Target exclusive Rob Zombie Trilogy Blu-ray box set wasn't too far behind in 3rd place - the general release version is coming in a few week's time. This mean the top 3 were all Blu-ray exclusives.

5th place was occupied by True History of the Kelly Gang, while the Best Buy exclusive The Incredible Hulk (2008 version), another Blu-ray exclusive, was in 7th.

The 60th anniversary edition of Psycho was in 14th place, just ahead of the 4K The Alfred Hitchcock Collection. Both were Blu-ray exclusives.

Hocus Pocus returns to the top 10, as per Halloween tradition. The 4K version arrives the week after the one reported on here. 2020's 'The Invisible Man' also returns to the top 10, likely for similar Halloween related reasons.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Other than the 4K re-releases, only 'Superman: Man of Tomorrow' was 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. *Superman: Man of Tomorrow+
2. *Ghost in the Shell+
3. *Rob Zombie Trilogy
4. *Beetlejuice+
5. True History of the Kelly Gang
6. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
7. *The Incredible Hulk+
8. Hocus Pocus
9. The Invisible Man+
10. Rogue

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.

Only 'True History of the Kelly Gang' wasn't a Blu-ray exclusive, and it had a BD sales share of 40.95%.

For UHD sales share, only 'Superman: Man of Tomorrow' wasn't a 4K exclusive and it got a UHD sales share of 13.43%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending September 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: 56.07% vs 43.93%

Blu-ray: $39.79 million
DVD: $31.17 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had new releases 'Aladdin', the re-release of the animated version of 'Aladdin' and 'John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum', in the top 10. Blu-ray unit sales was down nearly 60% compared to the same week last year!

Blu-ray sales decreased by $26.62m (down 66.9%), with unit sales down 59.6%.

DVD sales decreased by $9.26m (down 29.7%), with unit sales down 24.5%.

This meant $35.88 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 56.07% to 37.54%.

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Stats:

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

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 36.74% vs 62.29%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $13.19 million
DVD sales total spending: $22.71 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue improved slightly, just slightly, thanks to a couple of 4K re-releases in the top 10.

Beetlejuice and The Goonies were both made available on 4K for the first time, and came in 1st and and 2nd.

Also new was Rogue in 3rd place and Pitch Black: Limited Edition in 10th.

Children of the Sea was the only other new release, in 18th.

A few Chadwick Boseman got back into the top 10 following the tragic death of the actor, with Black Panther in 3rd and 21 Bridges in 8th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Other than the 4K re-releases, none of the other new releases were 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. *Beetlejuice+
2. *The Goonies+
3. Black Panther+
4. Trolls World Tour+
5. Rogue
6. *Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons
7. Scoob!+
8. 21 Bridges
9. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
10. *Pitch Black: Limited Edition

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 five Blu-ray/4K only releases aside, 'Rogue' just failed to get over 50% in BD sales share with 49.66%.

For UHD sales share, 65.14% of 'The Goonies' sales were for the 4K version, while it was 63.81% for 'Beetlejuice'.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending September 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: 44.69% vs 55.31%

Blu-ray: $24.43 million
DVD: $30.24 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had new releases 'Men in Black: International', 'Ma', and 'Booksmart', all in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $11.24m (down 46.0%), with unit sales down 38.8%.

DVD sales decreased by $7.53m (down 24.9%), with unit sales down 23.0%.

This meant $18.77 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 44.69% to 36.74%.

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Stats:

For the week ending August 29, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 37.10% vs 62.90%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.70 million
DVD sales total spending: $21.53 million

These stats available from here:

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue again dropped to become the lowest since September 13, 2009, while DVD sales dropped to levels not seen since the early 2000s.

The poor results was largely due to the lack of new releases, with The King of Staten Island being the only new release in the top 10 (coming in at only 3rd), with the Steelbook edition of Kiki’s Delivery Service being the only other new release in the top 20 (at 13th).

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: No new 4K releases in the top 20 this week. 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. *Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons
2. Trolls World Tour+
3. The King of Staten Island
4. Scoob!+
5. 1917+
6. The Outpost
7. Joker+
8. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw+
9. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
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 King of Staten Island' got a BD sales share of 54.01.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending August 31, 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: 49.20% vs 50.80%

Blu-ray: $30.31 million
DVD: $31.29 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had new releases 'Godzilla: King of the Monsters', 'The Secret Life of Pets 2', 'Rocketman' and Apocalypse Now: Final Cut', all in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $17.61m (down 58.1%), with unit sales down 49.9%.

DVD sales decreased by $9.76m (down 31.2%), with unit sales down 29.0%.

This meant $27.37 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 49.20% to 37.10%.

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Stats:

For the week ending August 22, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 37.78% vs 62.22%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $13.34 million
DVD sales total spending: $21.97 million

These stats available from here:

Media Play News



Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue rose slightly off last week's record low, as three new releases in the top 10 helped to list sales slightly.

Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons was the top seller for the week, easily outselling 'Trolls World Tour'.

The Outpost was in 3rd place and the Blu-ray/4K re-release of Flash Gordon was in 5th place.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: 'Flash Gordon' was made available on 4K. 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. *Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons
2. Trolls World Tour+
3. The Outpost
4. Scoob!+
5. *Flash Gordon+
6. 1917+
7. Joker+
8. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw+
9. Aquaman+
10. Birds of Prey and The Fantabulous Emancipation of one Harley Quinn+

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.

Of the three new releases, only 'The Outpost' wasn't a Blu-ray exclusive and it had a BD sales share of 46.18%.

'Flash Gordon' had a 4K UHD sales share of 83.69%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending August 24, 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: 47.56% vs 52.44%

Blu-ray: $26.36 million
DVD: $29.06 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had new releases 'Brightburn', 'A Dog’s Journey', 'The Hustle' and 'The Walking Dead: The Complete Ninth Season', all in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $13.02m (down 49.4%), with unit sales down 42%.

DVD sales decreased by $7.09m (down 24.4%), with unit sales down 23.5%.

This meant $20.11 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 47.56% to 37.78%.

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Stats:

For the week ending August 15, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 36.58% vs 63.42%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.82 million
DVD sales total spending: $22.23 million

These stats available from here:

Media Play News



Top 10:

We have a new record low, with Blu-ray sales at their lowest levels since September 13, 2009. The fact that the only new release in the top 20 was the 45th anniversary re-release of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which came in 6th on the Blu-ray top sellers chart.

'Bad Boys for Life' returns to the top 10.

That was pretty much it in terms of new releases in the top 20, as the COVID-19 release lull continues to bite.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: No 4K new releases in the top 20. 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. Trolls World Tour+
2. Scoob!+
3. Sonic the Hedgehog+
4. 1917+
5. Bad Boys for Life+
6. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
7. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw+
8. Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker+
9. Bloodshot+
10. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film 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.

'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' managed a BD sales share of 65.92%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending August 17, 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: 62.63% vs 37.37%

Blu-ray: $57.49 million
DVD: $34.31 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had 'Avengers: Endgame' to look forward to as the new release for the week. Just think about that. Avengers: Endgame versus the Blu-ray re-release of a 45 year-old movie (even if it is a classic).

Blu-ray sales decreased by $44.67m (down 77.7%), with unit sales down 70.7%.

DVD sales decreased by $12.08m (down 35.2%), with unit sales down 28.7%.

This meant $56.75 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 62.63% to 36.58%.

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Stats:

For the week ending August 8, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 36.26% vs 63.74%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $14.12 million
DVD sales total spending: $24.82 million

These stats available from here:

Media Play News



Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue dropped to its lowest level since September 27, 2009, as the lack of new releases has seriously hurt physical media revenue sales.

The only new release was His Dark Materials: The Complete First Season in 12th place.

Aquaman makes a return to the top 10.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: 'His Dark Materials' wasn't available on 4K. 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. Scoob!+
2. Trolls World Tour+
3. Sonic the Hedgehog+
4. *Jaws: 45th Anniversary Edition+
5. 1917+
6. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw+
7. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum+
8. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
9. Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker+
10. Aquaman+

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.

'His Dark Materials: The Complete First Season' had a BD sales share of 36%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending August 10, 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: 48.04% vs 51.96%

Blu-ray: $25.67 million
DVD: $27.76 million

In our new regular feature where we pine for days past, this time last year we had 'Pokémon Detective Pikachu' to look forward to as the new release for the week.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $11.55m (down 45.0%), with unit sales down 39.5%.

DVD sales decreased by $2.94m (down 10.6%), with unit sales down 13.5%.

This meant $14.49 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 48.04% to 36.26%.

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Stats:

For the week ending August 1, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 38.35% vs 61.65%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $15.12 million
DVD sales total spending: $38.35 million

These stats available from here:

Media Play News



Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue dropped again, to the second lowest set of weekly results in 2020, while weekly Blu-ray market share dropped below 40% as well.

This is not surprising considering the lack of new releases, with Gundala in 15th being the only new release in the top 20.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: 'Gundala' wasn't available on 4K. 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. Scoob!+
2. Trolls World Tour+
3. Sonic the Hedgehog+
4. Capone
5. Survive the Night
6. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw+
7. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection
8. Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker+
9. 1917+
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.

'Gundala' managed a BD sales share of 40%. 'Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker' topped the BD sales share chart with 67.50% while 'John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum' was at the top of the UHD sales share chart with 22.69%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending August 3, 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: 43.51% vs 56.49%

Blu-ray: $20.80 million
DVD: $27.01 million

New releases from this week last year included 'UglyDolls' and 'Long Shot', hardly the most popular titles, but Blu-ray sales were still up. The only silver lining is that DVD sales are declining at a slower rate.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $5.68m (down 27.3%), with unit sales down 30.8%.

DVD sales decreased by $2.7m (down 10.0%), with unit sales down 14.9%.

This meant $8.38 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 43.51% to 38.35%.