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

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Stats:

For the week ending May 30, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.83% vs 58.17%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $18.38 million
DVD sales total spending: $25.56 million

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Top 10:

Only a single new release in the top 20 this week (the COVID-19 inspired dry spell in terms of movie releases has started), with The Invisible Man just missing out on top spot, behind last week's number one 'Sonic the Hedgehog'.

The lack of new releases did not help Blu-ray revenue, which fell below the $20 million mark.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: 'The Invisible Man' was made available on UHD. Every 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. Sonic the Hedgehog+
2. The Invisible Man+
3. Onward+
4. *Justice League Dark: Apokolips War+
5. Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn+
6. The Call of the Wild+
7. Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker+
8. Bloodshot+
9. Top Gun+
10. Bad Boys for Life+

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 Invisible Man' had a BD sales share of 51.41% and 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 June 1, 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: 43.10% vs 56.90%

Blu-ray: $20.00 million
DVD: $26.40 million

An "all red" week in which every metric below was worse off when compared to the same week a year ago. That week wasn't a big week in terms of new releases either, with the only release in the top 10 being 'Outlander: Season Four'. A combination of the long term decline of physical media and the COVID-19 pandemic is responsible for this week's poor showing.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $1.62m (down 8.1%), with unit sales down 6.5%.

DVD sales decreased by $0.84m (down 3.2%), with unit sales down 3.3%.

This meant $2.46 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 43.10% to 41.83%.

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Stats:

For the week ending May 23, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 45.68% vs 54.32%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $24.24 million
DVD sales total spending: $28.83 million

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Top 10:

Sonic the Hedgehog was the top seller for the week ending May 23, 2020, and it will be one of the last big releases for a while due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

It was joined by Onward (trailer), which wasn't too far behind in second place.

Another new release, Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, was in third place.

Top Gun got re-released on 4K, Blu-ray and DVD and it sold quite well, coming in at 6th.

Promare finished in 8th place, while outside of the top 10, we had The Way Back (trailer) in 11th and Emma. in 18th (trailer).

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: 'Sonic the Hedgehog', 'Onward' and 'Justice League Dark: Apokolips War' were all 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. Sonic the Hedgehog+
2. Onward+
3. *Justice League Dark: Apokolips War+
4. Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn+
5. The Call of the Wild+
6. Top Gun+
7. Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker+
8. Promare
9. Bad Boys for Life+
10. Bloodshot+

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.

'Promare' actually had the best BD sales share out of all of this week's new releases, with 93.17%. The re-release of 'Top Gun', naturally, also had a good sales share of 74.00%.

'Onward' got 67.86%, while 'Sonic the Hedgehog' managed 61.86%.

'The Way Back' got 44.79%, while 'Emma.' had a BD sales share of 41%.

'Birds of Prey' had the best BD sales share of the new releases, with 64.44%.

For the trio of UHD releases, 'Top Gun' got a UHD sales share of 46.64%, while 'Sonic the Hedgehog' got 13.76%. 'Justice League Dark: Apokolips War' got 10.76%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 25, 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: 46.76% vs 53.24%

Blu-ray: $25.17 million
DVD: $28.66 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $0.93m (down 3.7%), with unit sales down 2.1%.

DVD sales increased by $0.17m (up 0.6%), with unit sales up 4.1%.

This meant $0.76 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 46.76% to 45.68%.

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Stats:

For the week ending May 16, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.82% vs 58.18%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $22.03 million
DVD sales total spending: $30.65 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue rose slightly compared to last week thanks to the release of Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn. It outsold the number two best-selling title on Blu-ray, another new release, The Call of the Wild, by almost a 3-to-1 margin.

The Walmart exclusive 'Birds of Prey/Suicide Squad 2-Movie Collection' was also in the top 20, at 16th.

The only other new release in the top 20 was Fantasy Island in 16th place.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Both 'Birds of Prey' and 'The Call of the Wild' were 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. Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn+
2. The Call of the Wild+
3. Bloodshot+
4. Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker+
5. Bad Boys for Life+
6. I Still Believe
7. Fantasy Island
8. 1917+
9. Jumanji: The Next Level+
10. Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge+

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.

'Birds of Prey' had the best BD sales share of the new releases, with 64.44%.

'The Call of the Wild' got 57.16%, while 'Fantasy Island' couldn't get over the 50% mark with 46.16%.

On UHD, 'Birds of Prey' got a UHD sales share of 17.19% while 'The Call of the Wild' got 7.49%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 18, 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: 43.02% vs 56.98%

Blu-ray: $19.53 million
DVD: $25.87 million

Sales are up compared to the same week last year, mainly because 'Birds of Prey' was a much bigger release than 'Cold Pursuit'!

Blu-ray sales decreased by $2.5m (up 12.8%), with unit sales up 5%.

DVD sales increased by $4.78m (up 18.5%), with unit sales up 16.6%.

This meant $7.28 million more in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 43.02% to 41.82%.

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Stats:

For the week ending May 9, 2020, here are the stats:

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

Blu-ray sales total spending: $20.75 million
DVD sales total spending: $31.96 million

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Top 10:

New release Bloodshot was the week's top-selling title in another week where Blu-ray revenue hovered around the $20 million mark.

Two more new releases were in the top 10, with I Still Believe in 3rd and Gretel & Hansel in 8th.

And that was it for new releases. The COVID-19 inspired lull in releases is just around the corner, so expect new releases to be far and few in between until the summer movies like Tenet and Mulan, if they don't get cancelled first, arrives on disc later in the year.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Only 'Bloodshot' was released 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. Bloodshot+
2. Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker+
3. I Still Believe
4. Bad Boys for Life+
5. Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge+
6. Jumanji: The Next Level+
7. 1917+
8. Gretel & Hansel
9. Little Women
10. Ip Man 4: The Finale+

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.

'Bloodshot' had the best BD sales share out of the 3 new releases, with 56.69%. 'Gretel & Hansel' got 50.33% while 'I Still Believe' got 43%.

'Bloodshot' got a UHD sales share of 10.33%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 11, 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: 44.76% vs 55.24%

Blu-ray: $22.48 million
DVD: $27.74 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $1.73m (down 7.7%), with unit sales down 9.5%.

DVD sales increased by $4.22m (up 15.2%), with unit sales up 13.0%.

This meant $2.49 million more in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 44.76% to 39.37%.

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Stats:

For the week ending May 2, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 38.26% vs 61.74%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $19.17 million
DVD sales total spending: $30.94 million

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Top 10:

A pretty quiet week in which Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge in 3rd place was the best selling new release for the week. It was only one of two new releases in the top 20 this week, the other being Guns Akimbo in 13th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: 'Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge' did have a UHD edition. 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. Bad Boys for Life+
2. Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker+
3. Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge+
4. Ip Man 4: The Finale+
5. Dolittle+
6. Jumanji: The Next Level+
7. 1917+
8. The Gentlemen+
9. Bad Boys 3-Movie Collection
10. Little Women

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.

'Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge' had a BD sales share of 73.46%, with 10.40% UHD sales share.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 4, 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: 42.61% vs 56.54%

Blu-ray: $19.97 million
DVD: $26.90 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $0.80m (down 4.0%), with unit sales down 6.2%.

DVD sales increased by $4.04m (up 15.0%), with unit sales up 14.4%.

This meant $3.24 million more in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 42.61% to 38.26%.

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Stats:

For the week ending April 25, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 42.71% vs 57.29%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $21.59 million
DVD sales total spending: $28.96 million

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Top 10:

A big A-list release coupled with a couple of other minor releases helped to lift Blu-ray sales slightly for the week ending April 25, 2020.

Bad Boys for Life was that A-list release, easily beating everything else in its wake, include 'The Rise of Skywalker'.

The Bad Boys 3-Movie Collection also sold well, coming in at 6th.

There were four other new releases in the top 10. The Gentlemen (trailer) came 3rd, just ahead of Ip Man 4: The Finale in 4th.

Like a Boss got a 10th place finish, while The Last Full Measure (trailer).

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: 'Bad Boys for Life' (not the 3 movie collection), 'The Gentlemen' and 'Ip Man 4: The Finale' were all 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. Bad Boys for Life+
2. Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker+
3. The Gentlemen+
4. Ip Man 4: The Finale+
5. Dolittle+
6. Bad Boys 3-Movie Collection
7. Frozen
8. Jumanji: The Next Level+
9. 1917+
10. Like a Boss

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 Gentlemen' had the best BD sales share out of this week's new releases, with a BD sales share of 63.13%.

'Ip Man 4: The Finale' got 56.12%, while top seller 'Bad Boys for Life' got 53.79%.

'The Last Full Measure' got 52.60%, while 'Like a Boss' got 47.86%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 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: 43.46% vs 56.54%

Blu-ray: $19.70 million
DVD: $25.63 million

Again not a fair comparison like last week, but the opposite - a normal week this year compared to the post-Easter lull from last year.

Blu-ray sales increased by $1.89m (up 9.6%), with unit sales up 7.4%.

DVD sales increased by $3.33m (up 13.0%), with unit sales up 10.0%.

This meant $5.22 million more in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 43.46% to 42.71%.

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Stats:

For the week ending April 18, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.19% vs 58.81%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $19.38 million
DVD sales total spending: $27.67 million

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Top 10:

The post-Easter lull is upon us, and sales this year were largely comparable to the previous year.

There were a couple of new releases too, but they weren't the most popular titles. The most popular new release was Underwater in 6th place, followed by Just Mercy in 7th.

We described last year's post-Easter lull (happening during the week ending April 27, 2019) as "one of the worst in terms of sales", but Blu-ray revenue managed to go even lower this year, albeit only slightly. DVD revenue actually rose for some reason.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Neither of the two new releases were 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. Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker+
2. Dolittle+
3. Jumanji: The Next Level+
4. 1917+
5. Little Women
6. Underwater
7. Just Mercy
8. Frozen II+
9. Joker+
10. Knives Out+

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.

'Underwater' had the better BD sales share out of the two new releases, with a BD sales share of 54.72%. 'Just Mercy' had to make do with 43%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 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: 47.94% vs 52.06%

Blu-ray: $35.89 million
DVD: $38.97 million

Not really a fair comparison because we're comparing the post-Easter lull with the pre-Easter sales bump, which happened this time last year. An "all red" week was inevitable.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $16.51m (down 46.0%), with unit sales down 47.0%.

DVD sales decreased by $11.3m (down 29.0%), with unit sales down 26.7%.

This meant $27.81 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 47.94% to 41.19%.

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Stats:

For the week ending April 11, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 47.26% vs 52.74%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $23.90 million
DVD sales total spending: $26.67 million

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Top 10:

This year's pre-Easter sales bump pretty much did not eventuate, with sales actually falling compared to the last week. The effect of the COVID-19 lockdown, perhaps, finally visible clearly on the sales figures.

Last year's pre-Easter week happened a little later (the week ending April 20, 2019), but it brought $35.81m in Blu-ray sales and $74.82m in total sales. This year, this is down to $23.90m and $50.57m respectively.

And it's not due to releasing either, as while the film business grinds to a half, the current batch of new releases are all from pre-outbreak times and we won't be seeing the lull in new releases until a couple of months down the track.

As such, Dolittle was the best selling new release for the week, coming in at a distant 2nd place behind last week's number one, 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'.

Little Women, the next new release, was in 3rd place while the much-maligned Cats was in 7th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Only 'Dolittle' was 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. Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker+
2. Dolittle+
3. Little Women
4. Jumanji: The Next Level+
5. 1917+
6. Frozen II+
7. Cats
8. Spies in Disguise+
9. Joker+
10. Knives Out+

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.

It was actually 'Cats' that had the best BD sales share, with 55.49%. 'Little Women' was next with 55.30% and 'Dolittle' wasn't too much behind with 52.60%.

On 4K, 'Dolittle' managed a UHD sales share of 6%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 13, 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: 44.30% vs 55.70%

Blu-ray: $26.85 million
DVD: $33.76 million

This mid-outbreak pre-Easter week actually did less well than a week in which "A Dog’s Way Home" was the top-selling new release exactly a year ago. That says something!

Blu-ray sales decreased by $2.95m (down 11.0%), with unit sales down 13.2%.

DVD sales decreased by $7.09m (down 21.0%), with unit sales down 20.2%.

This meant $10.04 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 44.30% to 47.26%.

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Stats:

For the week ending April 4, 2020, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 55.93% vs 44.07%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $34.84 million
DVD sales total spending: $27.45 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue rose above $30 million for the week again thanks to a big release: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker.

It easily outsold everything in its wake, including last week's number one '1917' by almost a 10-to-1 margin.

In 4th place was Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga - 9-Movie Collection and the Star Wars theme continued with the 4K re-release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, coming in 14th place.

The Current War: Director’s Cut rounded off the top 20 at 20th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Both the new Star Wars movie and the 9 movie collection were 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. Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker+
2. 1917+
3. Jumanji: The Next Level+
4. Frozen II+
5. Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga - 9-Movie Collection
6. Spies in Disguise+
7. Midway+
8. Knives Out+
9. Joker+
10. Ford v Ferrari+

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.

'Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker' got a huge BD sales share, 78.72%, and its 4K edition did equally well with a UHD sales share of 24.22%.

'The Current War' got a BD sales share of 53.15%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 6, 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: 47.38% vs 52.62%

Blu-ray: $35.30 million
DVD: $39.21 million

While Blu-ray revenue was still down compared to the same week last year when 'Bumblebee' was released, it was only down slightly.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $0.46m (down 1.3%), with unit sales down 17.1%.

DVD sales decreased by $11.76m (down 30.0%), with unit sales down 26.3%.

This meant $12.22 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 47.38% to 55.93%.

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Stats:

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

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 45.22% vs 54.78%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $20.76 million
DVD sales total spending: $25.15 million

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Top 10:

Despite the release of critical favourite 1917, Blu-ray revenue fell compared to recent weeks as sales of 'Frozen II' started to slow.

The only other release in the top 20 was The Grudge: The Untold Chapter, coming in at 10th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: '1917' 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. 1917+
2. Jumanji: The Next Level+
3. Frozen II+
4. Spies in Disguise+
5. Midway+
6. Superman: Red Son+
7. Knives Out+
8. *Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle/The Next Level
9. Ford v Ferrari+
10. The Grudge: The Untold Chapter

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.

'1917' managed a BD sales share of 63.33% with a UHD sales share of 21.44%. 'The Grudge' had a BD sales share of 52.20%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending March 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: 53.33% vs 47.67%

Blu-ray: $43.61 million
DVD: $39.73 million

It was 'Aquaman' vs '1917', and the superhero movie that was released the same week last year won in the end easily. An "all red" week was unescapable.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $22.85m (down 52.4%), with unit sales down 50.5%.

DVD sales decreased by $14.58m (down 36.7%), with unit sales down 29.8%.

This meant $37.43 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 53.33% to 45.22%.

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Stats:

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

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 45.68% vs 54.32%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $25.13 million
DVD sales total spending: $29.88 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray sales rose compared to the previous week thanks to the release of Jumanji: The Next Level, which topped the Blu-ray sales chart quite easily. The Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle/The Next Level double movie pack finished in 7th.

The other new releases didn't do as well, with Superman: Red Son coming closest, finishing in 3rd place.

Richard Jewell was in 8th, while the Blu-ray exclusive release One Piece: Stampede finished outside of the top 10 in 17th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Both 'Jumanji: The Next Level' and 'Superman: Red Son' got UHD editions. 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. Jumanji: The Next Level+
2. Frozen II+
3. Superman: Red Son+
4. Spies in Disguise+
5. Knives Out+
6. Midway+
7. *Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle/The Next Level
8. Richard Jewell
9. Ford v Ferrari+
10. Uncut Gems

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.

Out of this week's previously mentioned new releases, 'Superman: Red Son' had the best BD sales share - 83.64%.

'Jumanji: The Next Level' was the next best with 57.12%, while 'Richard Jewell' just managed to get over the 50% hurdle with 51.18%.

On 4K, 'Superman: Red Son' had a UHD sales share of 11.17%, while 'Jumanji: The Next Level' got 10.40%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending March 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: 53.85% vs 46.15%

Blu-ray: $42.67 million
DVD: $36.57 million

The new Jumanji movie was up against both 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' and 'Mary Poppins Returns', so not much of a contest really. So yep, another "all red week".

Blu-ray sales decreased by $17.54m (down 41.1%), with unit sales down 36.5%.

DVD sales decreased by $6.69m (down 18.3%), with unit sales down 16.6%.

This meant $24.23 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 53.85% to 45.68%.

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Stats:

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

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 43.80% vs 56.20%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $21.82 million
DVD sales total spending: $28.00 million

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Blu-ray sales continued to drop compared to recent weeks despite the release of Spies in Disguise and 3 other new releases in the top 20.

'Spies in Disguise' only sold enough copies to get a second-place finish, behind recent bestseller 'Frozen II'.

Uncut Gems was the next best selling new release, in 4th place.

Charlie’s Angels continued its disappointing performance run with a 6th place finish.

Bombshell finished in 8th place.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Both 'Spies in Disguise' and 'Charlie’s Angels' got UHD editions. 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. Frozen II+
2. Spies in Disguise+
3. Knives Out+
4. Uncut Gems
5. Midway+
6. Charlie’s Angels+
7. Ford v Ferrari+
8. Bombshell
9. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood+
10. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil+

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.

Out of this week's previously mentioned new releases, 'Uncut Gems' had the best BD sales share of 70.01%.

'Spies in Disguise' wasn't too far behind in 64.65%, and 'Charlie’s Angels' was even closer behind at 64.57%. 'Bombshell' got 58.09%.

On 4K, it was actually 'Charlie’s Angels' that had the best UHD sales share of 14.23%. 'Spies in Disguise' got 7.95%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending March 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: 49.13% vs 50.87%

Blu-ray: $37.56 million
DVD: $38.89 million

Another "all red week", but this one is easy to understand as this time last year, we saw the release of 'Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald'.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $15.74m (down 41.9%), with unit sales down 36.1%.

DVD sales decreased by $10.89m (down 28.0%), with unit sales down 23.6%.

This meant $26.63 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 49.13% to 43.80%.

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Stats:

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

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 43.62% vs 56.38%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $23.89 million
DVD sales total spending: $30.88 million

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Queen & Slim was the best selling new release for the week, but it only sold enough copies to get a 6th place finish. As a result, Blu-ray revenue fell sharply compared to the previous (bumper) week.

The next new releases didn't even get into the top 10. Dark Waters finished in 15th place, just ahead of 'Titans: The Complete Second Season' in 18th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: 'Queen & Slim' did get a UHD edition. Every titles out of 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. Frozen II+
2. Knives Out+
3. Midway+
4. Ford v Ferrari+
5. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood+
6. Queen & Slim+
7. Doctor Sleep+
8. Joker+
9. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil+
10. Terminator: Dark Fate+

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.

'Queen & Slim' had the best BD sales share out of this week's new releases, with a share of 61.01%. It was just ahead of 'Dark Waters' at 59.34%.

'Titans: The Complete Second Season' managed 43%.

The 4K edition of 'Queen & Slim' got a UHD sales share of 9.14%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending March 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: 43.98% vs 56.02%

Blu-ray: $32.02 million
DVD: $40.79 million

An "all red" week in which every metric below was worse off than when compared to the same week a year ago. At that time, 'Creed II' was released, and obviously we also didn't have a major disease outbreak to contend with. Going forwards, it will be interesting to see what kind of effect the current crisis has on disc sales - with most sales happening online these days and with many people stuck at home with nothing to do, perhaps sales might even go up!

Blu-ray sales decreased by $8.13m (down 25.4%), with unit sales down 24.4%.

DVD sales decreased by $9.91m (down 24.3%), with unit sales down 23.7%.

This meant $18.04 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 43.98% to 43.62%.

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Stats:

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

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 56.43% vs 43.57%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $45.40 million
DVD sales total spending: $35.06 million

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A huge release in the form of Frozen II helped Blu-ray sales rise of $40 million, and helped it become one of the best weeks of 2020 so far. A Target exclusive 'Frozen 2-Movie Collection' was also in the top 10, at 9th.

Knives Out in second place was also a new release, although it only sold just slightly over a tenth as many copies as 'Frozen II'.

There was just one other new release in the top 20, and that was Color Out of Space in 6th place.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: All of the new releases mentioned above had UHD editions. 9 titles out of 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. Frozen II+
2. Knives Out+
3. Midway+
4. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood+
5. Ford v Ferrari+
6. *Color Out of Space+
7. Joker+
8. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil+
9. Frozen 2-Movie Collection
10. Terminator: Dark Fate+

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 this week's new releases, 'Frozen II' got a BD sales share of 77.85%, while 'Color Out of Space' was second best with 66.55%. 'Knives Out' was third best with 66.00%.

On 4K, 'Color Out of Space' had the best UHD sales share with 28.02%, while 'Knives Out' managed to get 16.91%. 'Frozen II' wasn't as popular on UHD as the other two, with a UHD sales share of 8.89%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending March 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: 50.15% vs 49.85%

Blu-ray: $43.28 million
DVD: $43.02 million

This time last year was the time for another big animated hit in the form of 'Ralph Breaks the Internet' (along with the 4K re-release of 'The Little Mermaid'). Still, 'Frozen II' was a bigger release it seems, with Blu-ray revenue rising 4.9% compared to the same week last year.

Blu-ray sales increased by $2.12m (up 4.9%), with unit sales up 0.2%.

DVD sales decreased by $7.96m (down 18.5%), with unit sales down 27.6%.

This meant $5.84 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 50.15% to 56.43%.

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Stats:

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

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

Blu-ray sales total spending: $22.89 million
DVD sales total spending: $25.57 million

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Top 10:

Midway was the top seller for the week, and also the top-selling new release.

It sold more than twice as many copies as the second-placed, and also newly released, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.

Jojo Rabbit in 4th place was the next new release, just ahead of 21 Bridges in 5th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: All but '21 Bridges' got UHD releases out of this week's new releases in the top 20. 9 titles out of 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. Midway+
2. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood+
3. Ford v Ferrari+
4. Jojo Rabbit+
5. 21 Bridges
6. Joker+
7. Terminator: Dark Fate+
8. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil+
9. Doctor Sleep+
10. Zombieland: Double Tap+

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 this week's new releases, 'Jojo Rabbit' actually had the best BD sales share, with 78.03% of all purchases being the Blu-ray or 4K edition of the film.

'Midway' got 62.03%, while 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood' managed 54.08%, just ahead of '21 Bridges', which got 52.02%.

For the 4K releases, 'Jojo Rabbit' was ahead of the other new releases as well, with 17.65% of buyers opting for the 4K edition. 'Midway' wasn't far behind with 17.32%. 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood' got 8.34%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending February 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: 45.94% vs 54.06%

Blu-ray: $33.13 million
DVD: $38.98 million

Another "all red" week, but 'Ford v Ferrari' was never going to match up to 'Bohemian Rhapsody', which was released the same week last year.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $10.24m (down 30.9%), with unit sales down 29.7%.

DVD sales decreased by $13.41m (down 34.4%), with unit sales down 36.0%.

This meant $23.65 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 45.94% to 47.23%.