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

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Stats:

For the week ending June 11th 2016, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 43.39% vs 56.61%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $46.75 million
DVD sales total spending: $60.99 million

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Top 10:

A big week for Blu-ray thanks largely to Disney's Zootopia. It outsold the next best selling title by more than a 5 to 1 margin. That next best selling title, which was also a new release, was 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi.

There were no less than five more new releases in the top 20, although only one of these, Hail, Caesar!, was in the top 10.

The others were Rick and Morty: Season 2 in 12th, and the new Director's Cut of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Boy and the Beast, and Jarhead 3: The Siege in 17th, 18th and 19th.

But it was all about the mammalian mayhem, as Blu-ray revenue went back above $40 million for the week, with weekly Blu-ray market share going above 40% as well.

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

1. Zootopia
2. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
3. Deadpool+
4. Gods of Egypt+
5. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
6. Hail, Caesar!
7. The Martian
8. The Revenant+
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
10. Risen+

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). 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.

You may be surprised to find that 'The Boy and the Beast' had the week's best BD sales share, with 82.37%. '13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi' with 63.14% also did well, just above the 61.84% recorded by 'Rick and Morty: Season 2' and the 60.90% recorded by 'Hail, Caesar!'.

The week's top seller, 'Zootopia', also did well on Blu-ray, with its 59.51% falling just short of the other titles (but it's greater sales volume meant that its results had more significance).

'Jarhead 3: The Siege' got a respectable 41.54%.

None of these new releases were available on Ultra HD Blu-ray, but 'Zootopia' was available on 3D with a BD3D sales share of 3.82%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending June 13th 2015 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) has been made and is shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 31.63% vs 68.37%

Blu-ray: $28.56 million
DVD: $61.73 million

'Zootopia' was a much bigger release than 'Kingsman: The Secret Service', which was released the same week last year, and so there won't be an "all red" week this week.

Blu-ray sales increased by $18.19m (up 63.7%), while DVD sales decreased by $0.74m (down 1.2%) producing $17.45 million more in combined revenue.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 31.63% to 43.39%.

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Stats:

For the week ending June 4th 2016, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 31.92% vs 68.08%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $24.35 million
DVD sales total spending: $51.94 million

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Top 10:

The calm before the Zootopia shaped storm, as Gods of Egypt was the week's best selling new release and top overall seller.

It easily beat Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which finished in 3rd place, just above the previously top selling 'Deadpool'.

There was room for two more new releases in the top 10, with Triple 9 and Race in 6th and 8th place respectively.

An interesting observation looking at the sales table below, all but one title in the top 5 was available on Ultra HD Blu-ray - that missing title being 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'. With all due respect to the other titles, especially to 'Deadpool', but TFA is the exact kind of title that can help launch a new format and it's a shame Disney has decided to take a wait and see approach to the new format (and no, Zootopia isn't available on Ultra HD Blu-ray next week either).

So another quiet week, but next week is anything but, with Disney's animated hit Zootopia hitting Blu-ray for the first time.

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

1. Gods of Egypt+
2. Deadpool+
3. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies+
4. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
5. Risen+
6. Triple 9
7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
8. Race
9. Dirty Grandpa
10. The Revenant+

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). 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.

'Triple 9' had the best BD sales share out of all the new releases this week, with 48.86%. It narrowly beat the 47.12% of 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' and the 45.49% of 'Gods of Egypt'.

'Race' was a little bit further behind with 41.76%.

Two of these four new releases were available on Ultra HD Blu-ray, with 'Gods of Egypt' also available on 3D (7.45% BD3D sales share). 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' got a UHDBD sales share of 2.67%, while 'Risen' only managed 1.26%. It's still early days (and Blu-ray's market share against DVDs wasn't much better when it first launched all those years ago), so don't take these figures too seriously yet.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending June 6th 2015 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) has been made and is shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 33.00% vs 67.00%

Blu-ray: $32.34 million
DVD: $65.66 million

Another "all red" week, as 'Gods of Egypt' couldn't stand up to 'The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $7.99m (down 24.7%), while DVD sales decreased by $13.72m (down 20.9%) producing $21.71 million less in combined revenue.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 33.00% to 31.92%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 28th May 2016, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 32.10% vs 67.90%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $23.61 million
DVD sales total spending: $49.95 million

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Top 10:

Another quiet week, in which the week's top selling Blu-ray was still 'Deadpool'. The best selling new release, which came in 2nd place overall, was Risen.

Box office flop Zoolander No. 2 only managed to finish 5th, just 0.01 index points above the 6th placed The Finest Hours.

How to Be Single was slightly further behind in 7th place.

The last release in the top 20 wasn't in the top 10, and it was Rise of the Legend in 13th place.

So while there were numerous new releases, none lit up the box office when they were released at the cinemas, and as a result, all of them were fairly average when it came to Blu-ray (and DVD) sales. This meant that Blu-ray revenue was at its worst in 2016, and at its lowest since September of last year.

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

1. Deadpool+
2. Risen+
3. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
4. Dirty Grandpa
5. Zoolander No. 2
6. The Finest Hours
7. How to Be Single
8. The Revenant+
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
10. The Witch

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). 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.

Despite not doing great in terms of sales, 'Zoolander 2' did have a good BD sales share, with 51.94%. 'The Finest Hour' managed 41.17%, just ahead of the 39.96% of 'Risen'.

'Rise of the Legend' got 36%, while 'How to Be Single' managed 30%.

'Risen' was the only of the mentioned new releases available on Ultra HD Blu-ray this week, with a UHDBD sales share of 1.08%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending 30th May 2015 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) has been made and is shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 29.97% vs 70.03%

Blu-ray: $25.06 million
DVD: $58.56 million

Almost an "all red" week, but saved at the last minute by the increasing weekly Blu-ray market share.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $1.45m (down 5.8%), while DVD sales decreased by $8.61m (down 14.7%) producing $10.06 million less in combined revenue.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 29.97% to 32.10%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 21st May 2016, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 35.00% vs 65.00%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $27.14 million
DVD sales total spending: $50.40 million

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Home Media Magazine



Top 10:

Dirty Grandpa is no Deadpool, at least not according to the sales figures. The De Niro/Efron comedy could not beat last week's super "hero" number one, and despite being this week's best selling new release, it could only manage a number two finish on the Blu-ray and DVD charts.

Overall, it was another very quiet week, with only one more new release in the entire top 20. That new release was The Witch, which came 4th.

Making the combined Blu-ray and DVD chart, but not the Blu-ray only chart, was Orange Is the New Black: Season Three, which finished 11th on the combined chart.

The quietness of the week meant that both Blu-ray sales and weekly market share returned back down to earth from last week's highs.

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

1. Deadpool+
2. Dirty Grandpa
3. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
4. The Witch
5. The Revenant+
6. The 5th Wave+
7. Ride Along 2
8. The Choice
9. The Hateful Eight
10. Purple Rain

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). 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 Witch' actually had the higher BD sales share of the new releases this week, its 47.79% beat the 40.63% of 'Dirty Grandpa'.

'Orange Is the New Black: Season Three' got 19%.

None of these new releases were available on Ultra HD Blu-ray or Blu-ray 3D.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending 23rd May 2015 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) has been made and is shown below (special note: published data for 23rd May 2015 does not seem to be accurate).

Blu-ray vs DVD: 35.75% vs 64.25%

Blu-ray: $37.75 million
DVD: $67.83 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $10.61m (down 28.1%), while DVD sales decreased by $17.43m (down 25.7%) producing $28.04 million less in combined revenue.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 35.75% to 35.00%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 14th May 2016, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 46.87% vs 53.13%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $50.22 million
DVD sales total spending: $56.93 million

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Top 10:

This was the best week since that unbelievable week in which 'The Force Awakens' was released in early April, all thanks to one rude, crude masked superhero - Deadpool. It outsold the latest 'Star Wars' film, which was still the top seller as of last week, by more than a 18-to-1 margin.

There was only one other new release in the top 20, and that was The Boy in 5th.

Two more new releases were in the combined Blu-ray and DVD top 20, but didn't sell enough copies on Blu-ray to make it into the Blu-ray top 20. Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood and Wrestlemania XXXII were 10th and 18th on the combined list respectively.

But it was really only 'Deadpool' that had a huge effect on this week's sales, allowing Blu-ray revenue to rise above $50 million (up 89% compared to the same week last year) for the week again, and for weekly Blu-ray market share to reach its highest, for a non Star Wars week, since October last year (when Jurassic World was released).

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

1. Deadpool+
2. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
3. The Revenant+
4. The 5th Wave+
5. The Boy
6. The Choice
7. Ride Along 2
8. Joy+
9. Avengers: Age of Ultron
10. Ant-Man

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). 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.

'Deadpool' had a great set of BD sales share results, with 71.13%. This explains the better than average weekly Blu-ray market share result for the week.

For the other new releases, 'The Boy' managed to have the best BD sales share with 37%, followed by 'Lego Scooby-Doo! Haunted Hollywood' with 25% and 'Wrestlemania XXXII' with 13%.

'Deadpool' was also released on Ultra HD Blu-ray, with a UHDBD sales share of 3.28%. It's interesting to note that 3 of the top 4 sellers this week had Ultra HD Blu-ray editions.

None of these new releases were available on Blu-ray 3D.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending 16th May 2015 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) has been made and is shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 30.46% vs 69.54%

Blu-ray: $26.53 million
DVD: $60.56 million

Blu-ray sales increased by $23.69m (up 89.3%), while DVD sales decreased by $3.63m (down 6%) producing $20.06 million more in combined revenue.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 30.46% to 46.87%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 7th May 2016, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 31.99% vs 68.01%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $26.02 million
DVD sales total spending: $55.32 million

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Top 10:

'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' was back at the number one spot this week, which can only mean one thing - the new releases this week weren't up to scratch.

This may be a bit harsh, because The 5th Wave wasn't too far behind, and it did beat 'The Revenant' in third place.

In 4th place was yet another Nicholas Sparks inspired movie, The Choice, which easily beat the fifth placed and the much better publicized Joy.

With the sequel coming in June, a new re-release of the 20th anniversary edition of Independence Day did well enough to get a top 10 finish, in 8th place.

But that was it for new releases in the top 20 though. Blu-ray results was down a little, while DVD revenue was up a little, thus making sure weekly Blu-ray sales share was lower.

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 VII - The Force Awakens
2. The 5th Wave+
3. The Revenant+
4. The Choice
5. Joy+
6. Ride Along 2
7. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
8. Independence Day
9. Krampus
10. The Hateful Eight

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). 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 5th Wave' enjoyed a great debut BD sales share of 75.30%, with 'Independence Day' getting 70.13%. 'The Choice' fell below the 50% mark with 42.81%.

'Joy' only managed 23%.

There were a couple of UHD Blu-ray releases too this week, with both 'The 5th Wave' and 'Joy' available one the new 4K format. The UHDBD sales share for each title was 1.18% and 0.65%.

None of these new releases were available on Blu-ray 3D.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending 9th May 2015 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) has been made and is shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 33.77% vs 66.23%

Blu-ray: $34.11 million
DVD: $66.89 million

This weeks releases were up against 'Fifty Shades of Grey', and Fifty beat 5(th) well enough to ensure this week was an "all red" week.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $8.09m (down 23.7%), while DVD sales decreased by $11.57m (down 17.3%) producing $19.65 million less in combined revenue.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 33.77% to 31.99%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 30th April 2016, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 33.50% vs 66.50%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $26.19 million
DVD sales total spending: $52.00 million

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Top 10:

It's gone all quiet on the releases front, as 'The Force Awakens' and last week's number one 'The Revenant' remained in the top two spots this week.

The week's most popular new release, Ride Along 2, was in third place. Further behind in 4th place was the next new release Krampus.

That was it for new releases in the top 10, and there was only one new release outside of the top 10 anyway, Jane Got a Gun.

So as you can see, this week was hardly a big week in terms of new releases, which explains the relatively low Blu-ray and DVD revenue this week.

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 VII - The Force Awakens
2. The Revenant+
3. Ride Along 2
4. Krampus
5. The Hateful Eight
6. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
7. Ip Man 3
8. Norm of the North
9. Star Wars: The Original Trilogy
10. Game of Thrones: The Complete Fifth Season

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). 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.

'Krampus' had the best BD sales share, with 52.73%. 'Ride Along 2' managed 44.38%. 'Jane Got a Gun' only managed 31%.

None of these new releases were available on Blu-ray 3D or Ultra HD Blu-ray.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending 2nd May 2015 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) has been made and is shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 27.86% vs 72.14%

Blu-ray: $22.14 million
DVD: $57.33 million

Blu-ray sales increased by $4.05m (up 18.3%), while DVD sales decreased by $5.33m (down 9.3%) producing $1.28 million less in combined revenue.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 27.86% to 33.50%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 23rd April 2016, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 37.15% vs 62.85%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $31.23 million
DVD sales total spending: $52.84 million

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Top 10:

The Revenant was the top selling new release for the week ending 23rd April 2016, and it was also the overall best seller on Blu-ray and DVD.

It did well enough on Blu-ray to displace 'Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens' from the top spot.

In a very distant third place was the next new release, Ip Man 3.

The last new release in the top 10 was Norm of the North in 5th place.

Outside of the top 10, we have Misconduct in 11th and Fifty Shades of Black in 15th.

So while Oscar favourite 'The Revenant' was definitely an A-List release, both Blu-ray and DVD revenue dropped compared to last week and weekly Blu-ray market share dipped below 40% again.

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

1. The Revenant+
2. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
3. Ip Man 3
4. The Hateful Eight
5. Norm of the North
6. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
7. Justice League vs. Teen Titans
8. Star Wars: The Original Trilogy
9. Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy
10. Game of Thrones: The Complete Fifth Season

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). 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 previously mentioned new releases, it was actually 'Misconduct' that had the best BD sales share, with 73.55%.

'The Revenant' also managed to sell better on Blu-ray than on DVD, with 52.05%, something that 'Ip Man 3' just failed to achieve with 48.38%.

'Fifty Shades of Black' got 38% and 'Norm of the North' got 36%.

None of these new releases were available on Blu-ray 3D, but 'The Revenant' was available on Ultra HD Blu-ray, with 2.30% of all packages sold containing the 4K version of the film.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending 25th April 2015 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) has been made and is shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 28.35% vs 71.65%

Blu-ray: $22.80 million
DVD: $57.62 million

Blu-ray sales increased by $8.43m (up 37%), while DVD sales decreased by $4.78m (down 8.3%) producing $3.65 million more in combined revenue.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 28.35% to 37.15%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 16th April 2016, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 40.56% vs 59.44%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $36.34 million
DVD sales total spending: $53.25 million

These stats available from here:

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Top 10:

Well that didn't last long, following last week's record breaker, things are back to a relative normal, with Blu-ray weekly market share retreating back below the 50% mark.

Justice League vs. Teen Titans was the week's top selling new release, but it was only second on the Blu-ray top sellers list, behind Star Wars.

There were two more new releases in the top 20, with The Forest being the better seller at 5th, and Standoff not doing as well in 11th.

So no record breaking heroics this week, but with DVD sales falling faster than Blu-ray sales, Blu-ray weekly market share was able to remain above 40% for the week.

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

1. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
2. Justice League vs. Teen Titans
3. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
4. The Hateful Eight
5. The Forest
6. Star Wars: The Original Trilogy
7. Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy
8. The Good Dinosaur
9. Creed
10. Game of Thrones: The Complete Fifth Season

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). 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.

Following The Force Awaken's heroics, another new release this week came close to matching the BD sales share record for new releases, an unlikely candidate actually. 'Standoff' had a BD sales share of 79.81%, which is unusually high for a title that is, to put it kindly, not particularly well known.

'Justice League vs. Teen Titans' managed 58.93%, which is much more in line with your typical release.

'The Forest' managed 38%.

None of these new releases were available on Blu-ray 3D or Ultra HD Blu-ray.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending 18th April 2015 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) has been made and is shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 28.86% vs 71.14%

Blu-ray: $22.06 million
DVD: $54.38 million

Another unfair comparison, as this week's "Biggest Blu-ray Title Ever" was up against last year's post Easter sales lull. An "all green" week was inevitable.

Blu-ray sales increased by $14.28m (up 64.8%), while DVD sales decreased by $1.13m (down 2.1%) producing $13.15 million more in combined revenue.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 28.86% to 36.34%.

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I think it will be one time only, maybe will extend for a week or two, but it won't be permanent. The DVD version of The Force Awakens was pretty basic, plus the movie being what it is at the box office, and with the Blu-ray pricing relatively reasonable compared to the bare bones DVD edition, it all helped to drive sales in one direction.

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Percentage of revenue:Blu-ray vs DVD: 59.28% vs 40.72%

I think, it was the very first time ever, when Blu-ray figures beaten the DVD sales. However, let's see if it was a one time only thing, or it will generate a permanent surplus over DVD sales.

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Stats:

For the week ending 9th April 2016, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 59.28% vs 40.72%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $93.54 million
DVD sales total spending: $64.26 million

These stats available from here:

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Top 10:


What a difference a week makes, but that's what happens when you get a new Star Wars film, and one of the top grossing films of all time, released on Blu-ray.

That film was of course Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, and it completely dominated the sales charts, beating the second placed (and last week's number one) 'The Hateful Eight' by a ratio of nearly 42 to 1. Both the original and prequel trilogy box sets was also back in the top 10 at 4th and 5th respectively, with the complete trilogy (well, not as complete now) selling as high as 8th.


So it's perfectly understandable that Disney and other studios decided to keep the release slate clear this week, to avoid having to compete with one of the biggest Blu-ray releases of all time. Only Lionsgate was so bold as to schedule a (relatively) significant release for this week, but Countdown only managed to get as high as 19th on the combined Blu-ray and DVD sales chart (and nowhere to be found on the Blu-ray top 20).

As for how big The Force Awakens was. While it did not break any Blu-ray weekly sales records, but outside of the busy holiday sales period where the revenue records are usually broken, it was one of the best weeks, easily beating the likes of 'Jurassic World' from last year, and not quite beating 'Frozen' from a couple of years back.

One record broken was the weekly Blu-ray market share, at 59.28% it's the first and only time that Blu-ray revenue has exceeded DVD revenue in weekly sales - the previous record was "only" 48.62%, set by the aforementioned 'Jurassic World'.

There's also another record broken, read on to find out.

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

1. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
2. The Hateful Eight
3. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
4. Star Wars: The Original Trilogy
5. Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy
6. Daddy's Home
7. The Good Dinosaur
8. Star Wars: The Complete Saga
9. Game of Thrones: The Complete Fifth Season
10. Point Break

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). 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.

Here's where that other record was broken. Not counting Blu-ray exclusives and catalog re-releases, The Force Awakens's 82.61% represent the biggest BD sales share for a new release yet, and explains why this week's DVD revenue figures were barely above that of last week's. Nobody wanted to buy the DVD version of the latest Star Wars movie, and this is exactly the kind of movie you'd prefer to see on Blu-ray over standard definition DVD.

As for the other new release, 'Countdown' managed only 15%.

'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' was not available in a 3D edition or a Ultra HD Blu-ray edition (but I'm sure these will materialize one day), and neither was 'Countdown'

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending 11th April 2015 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) has been made and is shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 28.95% vs 71.05%

Blu-ray: $24.02 million
DVD: $58.95 million

Another unfair comparison, as this week's "Biggest Blu-ray Title Ever" was up against last year's post Easter sales lull. An "all green" week was inevitable.

Blu-ray sales increased by $69.52m (up 289.4%), while DVD sales increased by $5.31m (up 9%) producing $74.83 million more in combined revenue.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 28.95% to 59.28%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 2nd April 2016, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 33.10% vs 66.90%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $30.35 million
DVD sales total spending: $61.35 million

These stats available from here:

Home Media Magazine



Top 10:

The post Easter lull is upon us again, with Blu-ray and DVD revenue falling back from last week's highs.

While studios traditionally avoid this week to bring out new releases, there were still five new releases in the Blu-ray top 20.

The best selling of these new releases, and the week's top seller, was The Hateful Eight.

The 2015 remake of Point Break was the next best selling new release, in 3rd place.

Down in 5th place was the next new release, Concussion.

That was it for new releases in the top 10, and the next new release was Forsaken in 16th place, and followed by Exposed in 18th place.

But the post Easter lull being what it is, DVD revenue fell to its lowest level since early January, although Blu-ray revenue managed to stay above $30 million for the week.

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

1. The Hateful Eight
2. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
3. Point Break
4. Daddy's Home
5. Concussion
6. The Good Dinosaur
7. Game of Thrones: The Complete Fifth Season
8. The Peanuts Movie
9. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
10. Sisters

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). 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 Hateful Eight' did relatively well on Blu-ray, with a BD sales share of 55.06%. The remake of 'Point Break' managed 40.57%, while 'Exposed' was further down the list with 35%.

'Concussion' managed 34%, with 'Forsaken' only getting 19%.

Out of the new releases, we have both a 3D release and a UHD release. 'Point Break' was the title available on 3D, with a BD3D sales share of 5.75%. As for the UHD release, it was Will Smith's 'Concussion', but it managed a UHDBD sales share of only 1.84%. To put this into context, only one copy of the UHD edition was sold for every 18 copies of the standard Blu-ray edition.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending 4th April 2015 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) has been made and is shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 33.96% vs 66.04%

Blu-ray: $51.05 million
DVD: $99.28 million

It's another "all red" week, but this one was unavoidable as differing times for Easter meant this week's post Easter lull was up against last year's pre Easter bump.

A fairer comparison would be to compare this week with the week ending the 11th of April 2015, and both Blu-ray and DVD did better this year than last year, with Blu-ray in particular doing much better.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $37.93m (down 38.2%), while DVD sales decreased by $20.7m (down 40.5%) producing $58.63 million less in combined revenue.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 33.96% to 33.10%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 26th March 2016, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue:
Blu-ray vs DVD: 35.98% vs 64.02%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $52.30 million
DVD sales total spending: $93.05 million

These stats available from here:

Home Media Magazine



Top 10:

A big new release this week, and another one that wasn't too shabby either. The big release was the final installment in the Hunger Games saga, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, easily this week's top selling title, outselling the second placed one by more than a 4-to-1 margin.

The second placed one was the Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg comedy Daddy's Home.

And with the pre Easter sales bump happening, both DVD and Blu-ray results looked great for the week.

The Hunger Games wasn't satisfied with just the top spot, it also managed to find a place in the 9th and 10th places, won by the related The Hunger Games: Complete 4-Film Collection and the Walmart exclusive 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Parts 1 & 2' double movie pack.

Monster High: Great Scarrier Reef got onto the combined Blu-ray and DVD chart at number 15, but failed to sell enough copies on Blu-ray to get into the Blu-ray top 20.

As a result of the last 'Hunger Games' movie mainly, with some help from 'Daddy's Home', both Blu-ray and DVD revenue rose quite significantly compared to the previous week, and Blu-ray weekly market share rose to a two months high, and weekly Blu-ray revenue surpassed the $50 million mark for the first time in 2016 (weekly DVD revenue was also at its highest in 2016).

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

1. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2. Daddy's Home
3. The Peanuts Movie
4. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
5. The Good Dinosaur
6. Game of Thrones: The Complete Fifth Season
7. Creed
8. Sisters
9. The Hunger Games: Complete 4-Film Collection
10. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Parts 1 & 2 (Walmart Exclusive)

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). 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 Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2' managed a BD sales share of 55.25%, with the 4-film collection getting 50.34% and the Walmart exclusive final teo movie pack at 50.25%.

'Daddy's Home' didn't do as well, but did enough for a comedy, with 40.00%. 'Monster High: Great Scarrier Reef' managed 40%.

None of these new releases were available on Blu-ray 3D or Ultra HD Blu-ray. Ultra HD Blu-ray titles 'The Martian' and 'The Peanuts Movie' continue to under-perform on the new 4K platform, with UHDBD sales shares of 0.94% and 0.10% respectively.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending 28th March 2015 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) has been made and is shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 37.44% vs 62.56%

Blu-ray: $54.36 million
DVD: $90.83 million

A not too common event where DVD revenue is up compared to this time last year, and Blu-ray revenue was down.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $2.06m (down 3.8%), while DVD sales increased by $2.22m (up 2.4%) producing $0.16 million more in combined revenue.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 37.44% to 35.98%.

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