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

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Stats:

For the week ending 1 February 2025, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 25.3%
Blu-ray: 21.4%
DVD: 53.3%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

Both Blu-ray and 4K UHD sales share dropped back compared to the previous weeks, mainly due to the lack of new releases coming in the week.

The only new release in both the combined 4K and Blu-ray chart as well as the 4K chart was the 4K and Blu-ray Criterion release of Winchester '73 - it was 17th on the combined chart, but didn't rank high enough on the 4K only chart.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: Every single title out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions!

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

1. Venom: The Last Dance+
2. The Substance+
3. The Wild Robot+
4. Dune: Part Two+
5. Venom 3-movie collection+
6. *Jackie Brown+
7. Oppenheimer+
8. Deadpool & Wolverine+
9. Alien: Romulus+
10. Smile 2+

The complete 4K top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, 4K exclusives are denoted by *):

1. Venom: The Last Dance
2. Dune: Part Two
3. The Substance
4. The Wild Robot
5. *Jackie Brown
6. Oppenheimer
7. Smile 2
8. The Shining
9. Blade
10. *Kill Bill Vol. 1

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

The BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for that contained the titles's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions) for a particular title. 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 week's only new release did have separate 4K and Blu-ray editions, but it did not rank high enough in the 4K sales share top 20.

The "Venom 3-Movie Collection" got 59.59%.

For 4K sales share, "The Cell" managed 82.77%, "Smile 2" got a high 59.75%. "Venom: The Last Dance" got 29.90%, just ahead of "The Substance" at 28%. "Venom 3-Movie Collection" managed a 4K sales share of 9%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending February 3, 2024 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 7.2%
Blu-ray: 29.3%
DVD: 63.5%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 36.5% to 46.7%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 25 January 2025, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 33.3%
Blu-ray: 22.6%
DVD: 44.0%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

Finally, the new releases come flooding back in. And as a result, 4K and Blu-ray market share rose to a recent high.

New release Venom: The Last Dance was the top-seller for the week, on both the combined 4K and Blu-ray chart as well as the 4K only chart. The Venom 3-movie collection was also in the top 10, in 7th (while 4K edition was available, it was the expensive limited edition set with an included action figure - it did not rank in the 4K top 20).

Oscar winning The Substance was in a distant second place (selling less than a third as many copies as "Venom: The Last Dance") - it was third on the 4K chart.

Smile 2 was in third place (second on the 4K chart), and typical of recent Paramount releases, it was only available as a 4K, a 4K SteelBook and a DVD edition - no standalone Blu-ray edition again.

The next couple of releases come via Lionsgate and feature both 4K and 4K SteelBook packages. Kill Bill Vol. 1, just ahead of Kill Bill Vol. 2 and Jackie Brown, and they were 4th, 5th, and 6th, respectively, on both charts.

Arrow's release of The Cell on 4K and Blu-ray was 10th (8th on the 4K chart).

Heretic was available on Blu-ray and a 4K edition exclusive to the A24 Shop - it was 14th, and not in the 4K top 20.

Elevation was released on Blu-ray only and was 16th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: Only "Elevation" wasn't available on 4K. Every single title out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions!

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

1. Venom: The Last Dance+
2. The Substance+
3. Smile 2+
4. *Kill Bill Vol. 1+
5. *Kill Bill Vol. 2+
6. *Jackie Brown+
7. Venom 3-movie collection+
8. The Wild Robot+
9. Dune: Part Two+
10. *The Cell+

The complete 4K top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, 4K exclusives are denoted by *):

1. Venom: The Last Dance
2. Smile 2
3. The Substance
4. *Kill Bill Vol. 1
5. *Kill Bill Vol. 2
6. *Jackie Brown
7. Dune: Part Two
8. *The Cell
9. Oppenheimer
10. *Snowpiercer

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

The BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for that contained the titles's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions) for a particular title. 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 Substance" had the best BD sales share of this week's new releases, with 68.02%. "Venom: The Last Dance" wasn't too far behind with 61.07%, just ahead of "Smile 2" with 59.75%.

The "Venom 3-Movie Collection" got 59.59%.

For 4K sales share, "The Cell" managed 82.77%, "Smile 2" got a high 59.75%. "Venom: The Last Dance" got 29.90%, just ahead of "The Substance" at 28%. "Venom 3-Movie Collection" managed a 4K sales share of 9%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 27, 2024 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 10.3%
Blu-ray: 27.1%
DVD: 62.7%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 37.4% to 55.9%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 18 January 2025, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 32.4%
Blu-ray: 16.9%
DVD: 50.7%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

Still pretty quiet, but we have four new releases compared to last week's two, so things are starting to get going again.

The Arrow 4K and Blu-ray limited editions of Inglourious Basterds was the best-selling new release, coming in at 3rd on both the combined 4K/Blu-ray chart, as well as the 4K only chart.

The Amazon Exclusive 4K SteelBook release of Snowpiercer was 6th (second on the 4K chart), and in 18th, the 4K edition of Once Upon a Time in the West was 18th (11th on the 4K chart).

And finally on the 4K only chart, the 4K edition of Chinatown was 16th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: All the new releases had 4K editions. Every single title out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions!

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

1. The Wild Robot+
2. Alien: Romulus+
3. *Inglourious Basterds+
4. Deadpool & Wolverine+
5. *Se7en+
6. *Snowpiercer+
7. Oppenheimer+
8. Twisters+
9. Dune: Part Two+
10. Godzilla Minus One+

The complete 4K top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, 4K exclusives are denoted by *):

1. *Se7en
2. *Snowpiercer
3. *Inglourious Basterds
4. Oppenheimer
5. Dune: Part One
6. Transformers One
7. The Wild Robot
8. The Searchers
9. Dune: Part Two
10. Alien: Romulus

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

The BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for that contained the titles's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions) for a particular title. 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.

"Inglourious Basterds" was available on both Blu-ray and 4K, and so its 4K sales share was 86.00%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 20, 2024 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 13.1%
Blu-ray: 26.9%
DVD: 60.0%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 40.0% to 49.3%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 11 January 2025, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 39.4%
Blu-ray: 17.5%
DVD: 43.1%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

Another quiet week in which we only have two new releases in the top 20s.

The 30th anniversary 4K and 4K SteelBook re-release of Se7en was the top-seller for the week, on both the combined Blu-ray and 4K chart and also the 4K only chart.

The only other release was the Blu-ray edition of Armor in 16th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: 9 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.

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

1. *Se7en+
2. The Wild Robot+
3. Twisters+
4. Alien: Romulus+
5. No Country for Old Men+
6. Joker: Folie à Deux+
7. Terrifier 3+
8. Dune: Part Two+
9. Deadpool & Wolverine+
10. Twister+

The complete 4K top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, 4K exclusives are denoted by *):

1. *Se7en
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Twisters
4. Twister
5. Transformers One
6. The Wild Robot
7. Joker: Folie à Deux
8. Dune: Part Two
9. Terrifier 3
10. Trap

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

The BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for that contained the titles's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions) for a particular title. 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.

Neither of the two new releases were made available on new multi-platform discs, so there's nothing to report in terms of BD or 4K sales share.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 13, 2024 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 14.6%
Blu-ray: 23.2%
DVD: 62.2%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 37.8% to 56.9%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 4 January 2025, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 19.2%
Blu-ray: 21.9%
DVD: 58.9%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

The first week of a new year is usually a quiet one in terms of new releases, and this was the case for this week too.

It's so quiet, in fact, there were no new releases in the combined Blu-ray and 4K top 20. There were a couple of new releases in the 4K only top 20 though, and by couple, I mean exactly two, both from Kino Lorber.

The first was the 4K and Blu-ray (4K restoration edition) of Hatari!, which was 14th on the chart, just ahead of the new 4K edition of Snake Eyes in 15th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: 9 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.

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

1. Terrifier 3+
2. The Wild Robot+
3. Transformers One+
4. Alien: Romulus+
5. Deadpool & Wolverine+
6. Godzilla Minus One+
7. Reagan
8. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice+
9. No Country for Old Men+
10. Twisters+

The complete 4K top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, 4K exclusives are denoted by *):

1. Transformers One
2. Terrifier 3
3. Alien: Romulus
4. No Country for Old Men
5. The Wild Robot
6. *The Searchers
7. Arcane: League of Legends - Season One
8. Deadpool & Wolverine
9. Godzilla Minus One
10. *Interstellar

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

The BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for that contained the titles's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions) for a particular title. 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 "Hatari!" had both 4K and Blu-ray editions, but it was nowhere to be found on the 4K sales share chart.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 6, 2024 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 12.5%
Blu-ray: 26.6%
DVD: 60.9%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 39.1% to 41.1%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 28 December 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 17.9%
Blu-ray: 21.7%
DVD: 60.4%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

It's the week of Christmas, and this is usually a quiet time for new releases, and this time proved to be no different.

The only new release in the top 20 was the Warner Archive Collection 4K and Blu-ray release of The Searchers - it was 12th on the combined Blu-ray and 4K chart, and third on the 4K only chart.

And this was it. Quiet, as I mentioned.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: 9 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.

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

1. Terrifier 3+
2. The Wild Robot+
3. Alien: Romulus+
4. Transformers One+
5. Deadpool & Wolverine+
6. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice+
7. Godzilla Minus One+
8. Reagan
9. Twisters+
10. Joker: Folie à Deux+

The complete 4K top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, 4K exclusives are denoted by *):

1. Transformers One
2. Terrifier 3
3. *The Searchers
4. Alien: Romulus
5. Deadpool & Wolverine
6. *Interstellar
7. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
8. Godzilla Minus One
9. The Grinch
10. The Wild Robot

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

The BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for that contained the titles's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions) for a particular title. 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 this week's sole new release, "The Searchers" had a 4K sales share of 97.54%, which means that only 2.46% of the discs sold for this movie wasn't the 4K edition - and this includes all currently selling DVD editions of this classic movie.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending December 30, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 17.7%
Blu-ray: 30.9%
DVD: 51.4%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 48.6% to 39.6%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 21 December 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 23.3%
Blu-ray: 22.8%
DVD: 53.9%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

4K sales share rose off the backs of several new releases, although none that you would consider an A-list release.

The top-selling new release was also the week's overall top seller, Terrifier 3 - it was second on the 4K only chart. Closely behind was Transformers One, which was the actual top-seller on the 4K chart. Interestingly, "Transformers One" skipped having a separate Blu-ray release, with only the 4K and DVD editions available (although the 4K edition does include the Blu-ray version).

The box office bomb Joker: Folie à Deux was 4th on both charts - not really redeeming itself on home release either.

Digimon: Digital Monsters - The Movies 1-3 was 9th - it wasn't made available on 4K.

Demolition Man arrives as an Arrow limited edition release on 4K and Blu-ray, and it was 12th (5th on the 4K chart).

Seinfeld: The Complete Series on 4K and Blu-ray was 18th (12th on the 4K chart).

The first of two Amazon exclusive 4K SteelBook releases was 19th, Kickboxer (10th on the 4K chart). We'll get to the other release shortly.

Rounding off the top 20 was The Mean One on Blu-ray SteelBook was 20th.

Two more new releases on the 4K only chart.

The other Amazon exclusive 4K SteelBook was Stir of Echoes was 16th, while the 4K release of The Holdovers was 19th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: Only "The Mean One" and "Digimon: Digital Monsters - The Movies 1-3" didn't have a 4K release or wasn't a 4K exclusive. 9 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.

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

1. Terrifier 3+
2. Transformers One+
3. Alien: Romulus+
4. Joker: Folie à Deux+
5. Deadpool & Wolverine+
6. The Wild Robot+
7. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice+
8. Godzilla Minus One+
9. *Digimon: Digital Monsters - The Movies 1-3
10. The Grinch+

The complete 4K top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, 4K exclusives are denoted by *):

1. Transformers One
2. Terrifier 3
3. Alien: Romulus
4. Joker: Folie à Deux
5. *Demolition Man
6. Deadpool & Wolverine
7. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
8. *Interstellar
9. Godzilla Minus One
10. *Kickboxer

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

The BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for that contained the titles's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions) for a particular title. 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 new releases with separate DVD editions, "Terrifier 3" had the best BD sales share, 73.34%. "Transformers One" was the next best, with 68.63%, just ahead of "Joker: Folie à Deux" with 63.20%.

For 4K sales share for titles with both a separate 4K and Blu-ray or DVD editions, "Demolition Man" had the best result, with 96.98% - they probably shouldn't have bothered with the Blu-ray edition.

"Seinfeld: The Complete Series" had a 4K sales share of 79.58%, while "Transformers One" was the next best at 68.63%. "Terrifier 3" got 48.35%.

"Joker: Folie à Deux" at least did well relatively on 4K, with 34.24%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending December 23, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 12.2%
Blu-ray: 30.4%
DVD: 57.4%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 42.6% to 46.1%. Thanks to this week's superior new releases, combined 4K and Blu-ray market share increased slightly.

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Stats:

For the week ending 14 December 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 20.2%
Blu-ray: 24.7%
DVD: 55.1%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

4K sales share dropped as new releases also dropped for the week. The best-selling new release was the 4K release of Interstellar, which was 4th on the combined 4K and Blu-ray chart (second on the 4K chart).

The Criterion edition of No Country for Old Men on 4K and Blu-ray was also released, and it was 7th (4th on the 4K chart).

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials was 15th - it wasn't made available on 4K.

And finally, the 4K SteelBook release of Willow was 17th (10th on the 4K chart).

There was one more new release in the 4K only top 20 - the 4K edition of Riddick was 14th.

So a pretty quiet week.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: Only the "Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials" set didn't have a 4K edition. Every single title out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions!

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

1. Alien: Romulus+
2. The Wild Robot+
3. Deadpool & Wolverine+
4. *Interstellar+
5. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice+
6. Godzilla Minus One+
7. *No Country for Old Men+
8. *Reagan
9. *Star Wars: The Mandalorian - The Complete Third Season+
10. Twisters+

The complete 4K top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, 4K exclusives are denoted by *):

1. Alien: Romulus
2. *Interstellar
3. *Star Wars: The Mandalorian - The Complete Third Season
4. *No Country for Old Men
5. *Star Wars: Ahsoka - The Complete First Season
6. Deadpool & Wolverine
7. Godzilla Minus One
8. The Wild Robot
9. The Grinch
10. *Willow

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

The BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for that contained the titles's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions) for a particular title. So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.

The only new release that had a DVD edition was "Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials", and it had a BD sales share of 70.50%.

For 4K sales share, the only title that had both a simultaneous 4K and Blu-ray release was "No Country for Old Men", which had a 4K sales share of 77.77%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending December 16, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 19.1%
Blu-ray: 32.8%
DVD: 48.1%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 51.9% to 44.9%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 7 December 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 30.3%
Blu-ray: 23.3%
DVD: 46.7%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

4K sales share jumped thanks to one big sci-fi release, and several 4K exclusive releases from Disney.

Alien: Romulus was the top-selling new release on both the combined Blu-ray and 4K chart, and the 4K only chart.

The Wild Robot was in second place (4th on the 4K chart).

Disney has released several 4K SteelBook releases for their popular Disney+ series, including Star Wars: Ahsoka - The Complete First Season in 5th (2nd on the 4K chart), Star Wars: The Mandalorian - The Complete Third Season in 6th (3rd on the 4K chart), Loki: The Complete Second Season in 8th (5th on the 4K chart), and Hawkeye: The Complete First Season in 10th (7th on the 4K chart).

In between all of those 4K SteelBook releases was the 4K and 4K SteelBook re-release of Galaxy Quest in 9th (6th on the 4K chart).

The Forge was 17th (no 4K edition).

That was it for the combined top 20, but there were a couple of more releases on the 4K only top 20.

The Walmart exclusive 4K SteelBook release of 300 was 13th on the 4K chart, joined by the Amazon exclusive 4K release of Pulp Fiction in 14th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: Only "The Forge" didn't have a 4K edition. Every single title out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions!

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

1. Alien: Romulus+
2. The Wild Robot+
3. Deadpool & Wolverine+
4. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice+
5. *Star Wars: Ahsoka - The Complete First Season+
6. *Star Wars: The Mandalorian - The Complete Third Season+
7. Godzilla Minus One+
8. *Loki: The Complete Second Season+
9. *Galaxy Quest+
10. *Hawkeye: The Complete First Season+

The complete 4K top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, 4K exclusives are denoted by *):

1. Alien: Romulus
2. *Star Wars: Ahsoka - The Complete First Season
3. *Star Wars: The Mandalorian - The Complete Third Season
4. The Wild Robot
5. *Loki: The Complete Second Season
6. *Galaxy Quest
7. *Hawkeye: The Complete First Season
8. Deadpool & Wolverine
9. Godzilla Minus One
10. Dune: Part Two

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

The BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for that contained the titles's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions) for a particular title. 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.

"Alien: Romulus" had the best BD sales share out of the week's non-format exclusive new releases, and it had a BD sales share of 72.48%. "The Wild Robot" managed 56.98%.

"The Forge" only managed 19%.

For 4K sales share, "Alien: Romulus" was again on top, with a massive 44.65%. From this, we can deduce that 44.65% of copies of the movie sold were the 4K edition, 27.83% purchased the Blu-ray edition, and 27.52% bought the DVD edition.

For "The Wild Robot", it had a 4K sales share of 21.07% (with 35.91% of sales for the Blu-ray edition, and 43.02% for the DVD edition).

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending December 9, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 19.8%
Blu-ray: 28.9%
DVD: 51.3%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 48.7% to 53.3%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 30 November 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 19.8%
Blu-ray: 29.0%
DVD: 51.2%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

It's Black Friday week, so not a lot of new releases, but some of this year's favourites are getting back to near the top of the list as discounting happens. Titles like Dune: Part Two, Despicable Me 4, The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy, The Batman, and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire are all back in the top 10, and more are back in the top 20, like "Top Gun: Maverick" and "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire".

We did have a couple of new releases, though. The Criterion editions of Paper Moon on 4K and Blu-ray was the highest ranked of them, at 17th (12th on the 4K chart). The 4K Criterion edition of The Shape of Water was 20th (7th on the 4K chart).

The 4K edition of Hush was also in the 4K only top 20, in 18th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: All the new releases had 4K editions or were 4K only releases. 9 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.

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

1. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice+
2. Deadpool & Wolverine+
3. Godzilla Minus One+
4. Dune: Part Two+
5. Despicable Me 4+
6. *Reagan
7. Twisters+
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy+
9. The Batman+
10. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire+

The complete 4K top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, 4K exclusives are denoted by *):

1. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2. Deadpool & Wolverine
3. Godzilla Minus One
4. Dune: Part Two
5. The Batman
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
7. *The Shape of Water
8. Harry Potter Complete 8 Film Collection
9. The Shining
10. Gladiator

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

The BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for that contained the titles's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions) for a particular title. 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.

"Paper Moon" had both a 4K and Blu-ray edition, and it had a 4K sales share of 72.88%, meaning pretty much everyone chose to buy the 4K edition. All the other new releases were 4K exclusives, so nothing to report in terms of BD or 4K sales share.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending December 2, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 32.5%
Blu-ray: 17.5%
DVD: 50.0%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 50% to 48.8%. Comparing this week to 2023's Black Friday week, both Blu-ray and UHD market share dropped.

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Stats:

For the week ending 23 November 2024. Stats are unavailable for this week.

The sales data are available here:

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Top 20:

It's a week full of new releases. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was this week's top-seller, selling just ahead of the quite excellent Godzilla Minus One. Their positions were reversed on the 4K only chart, with the Godzilla movie on top instead.

The 40th anniversary 4K and 4K SteelBook release of The Terminator was 4th (3rd on the 4K chart).

House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season was 5th (also 5th on the 4K chart), while the Blu-ray only release of Reagan was 6th.

In 8th place was the Wal-Mart exclusive SteelBook 4K edition of Oppenheimer.

The 4K release of Blazing Saddles was 10th (8th on the 4K chart), just ahead of the 4K release of North by Northwest in 11th (7th on the 4K chart).

The Killer’s Game was 13th (20th on the 4K chart), just ahead of Speak No Evil in 13th (it wasn't available on 4K).

And finally, the 4K release of Labyrinth was 18th (10th on the 4K chart).

We're not done yet, bear with me, there were still a couple more releases on the 4K only chart.

The 4K Wal-Mart exclusive SteelBook edition of The Dark Crystal was 13th.

The Arrow release of A Simple Plan in 4K and Blu-ray editions was 15th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: "Reagan" and "Speak No Evil" did not have 4K editions. 9 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.

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

1. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice+
2. Godzilla Minus One+
3. Deadpool & Wolverine+
4. *The Terminator+
5. House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season+
6. *Reagan
7. Twisters+
8. *Oppenheimer+
9. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga+
10. *Blazing Saddles+

The complete 4K top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, 4K exclusives are denoted by *):

1. Godzilla Minus One
2. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
3. *The Terminator
4. Deadpool & Wolverine
5. House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season
6. *Blazing Saddles
7. *North by Northwest
8. *Oppenheimer
9. A Nightmare on Elm Street
10. *Labyrinth

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

The BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for that contained the titles's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions) for a particular title. So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.

Looking at the new releases that had DVD editions, "Godzilla Minus One" had the best BD sales share, with a BD sales share of 79.16%. "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" had 61.75%, with "The Killer’s Game" getting 58.95%, just a whisker above "House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season" with 58.94%.

"Speak No Evil" got 49%.

For the new releases with separate 4K and Blu-ray editions, "Godzilla Minus One" got a 4K sales share of 49.82%. "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" got a 4K sales share of 29.97%. "House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season" got 26.59%. The other new releases that quality for a 4K sales share did not get into the top 20.

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

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Stats:

For the week ending 16 November 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 15.0%
Blu-ray: 21.7%
DVD: 63.2%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

The 4K SteelBook release of Gladiator was the best-selling new release for the week, even though it only ranked 3rd on the combined Blu-ray and 4K chart - it was second on the 4K chart.

The Criterion 4K release of Seven Samurai was 5th, 3rd on the 4K chart.

Star Trek: Prodigy - Season 2 on Blu-ray (and DVD) was 8th - no 4K edition.

The Amazon exclusive 4K SteelBook of Planes, Trains and Automobiles was 14th (7th on the 4K chart).

Afro Samurai: The Complete Series + Movie was released on a SteelBook Blu-ray edition, and it was 15th. And finally, the 1932 version of Scarface got a Criterion treatment on 4K and Blu-ray, and it was 19th (11th on the 4K chart).

There were more new releases on the 4K only chart.

The 4K limited edition release of Elvira: Mistress of the Dark was 9th. The 4K release of Born on the Fourth of July was 12th. The 4K release of The Sugarland Express was 13th. And finally, the 4K limited edition release of The Invasion was 16th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: Only "Star Trek: Prodigy - Season 2" didn't come in a 4K edition. 9 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.

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

1. Deadpool & Wolverine+
2. Twisters+
3. *Gladiator+
4. *The Crow+
5. *Seven Samurai+
6. *Arcane: League of Legends - Season One+
7. The Grinch+
8. Star Trek: Prodigy - Season 2
9. Despicable Me 4+
10. Borderlands+

The complete 4K top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, 4K exclusives are denoted by *):

1. Deadpool & Wolverine
2. *Gladiator
3. *Seven Samurai
4. Twisters
5. *Arcane: League of Legends - Season One
6. The Grinch
7. *Planes, Trains and Automobiles
8. *The Crow
9. *Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
10. *Zodiac

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

The BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for that contained the titles's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions) for a particular title. 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.

Since only "Star Trek: Prodigy - Season 2" had a DVD edition, it was the only new release with a BD sales share - a high 83.75%.

Only "Scarface" had both a 4K and Blu-ray edition, and so it's the only one with a 4K sales share - but it didn't rank in the top 20 4K sales share chart.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending November 18, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 32.9%
Blu-ray: 29.9%
DVD: 37.3%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 62.8% to 36.7%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 9 November 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 19.8%
Blu-ray: 25.5%
DVD: 54.7%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

Blu-ray and 4K market share remained steady as a dozen new releases littered the top 20, although none were what you would consider A-list releases.

The top-selling new release was 2024's The Crow, even though it was only 3rd on the combined Blu-ray and 4K chart (second on the 4K chart, it wasn't available on DVD).

Trap was 4th (10th on the 4K chart), while the hugely controversial It Ends With Us was 5th (it wasn't available on 4K).

The 4:30 Movie was 6th (5th on the 4K chart thanks to the Amazon exclusive 4K edition - no DVD edition made available).

The 4K anniversary edition of White Christmas was 8th (4th on the 4K chart). The Amazon 4K SteelBook exclusive of John Wick was 10th (6th on the 4K chart).

Another 4K edition, We Were Soldiers, was 11th (7th on the 4K chart). Yet another 4K edition, this time the limited edition SteelBook of Escape From New York, was 13th (9th on the 4K chart).

Taking a break from 4K releases, I Love Lucy: The Complete Series on Blu-ray was 14th. "It Ends with Us" managed 34%.

Back to 4K, the limited edition 4K SteelBook of Krampus was 18th (12th on the 4K chart). The 1954 version of Godzilla also comes to Criterion 4K and it was 19th (11th on the 4K chart).

We're finished with the combined top 20, but there was one more new release in the 4K only top 20. The 4K edition of Rules of Engagement was 16th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: As mentioned earlier, only "It Ends With Us" and the "I Love Lucy" box set were not available on 4K. 9 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.

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

1. Deadpool & Wolverine+
2. Twisters+
3. *The Crow+
4. *Trap+
5. It Ends With Us
6. *The 4:30 Movie+
7. Borderlands+
8. *White Christmas+
9. Despicable Me 4+
10. *John Wick+

The complete 4K top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, 4K exclusives are denoted by *):

1. Deadpool & Wolverine
2. *The Crow
3. Twisters
4. *White Christmas
5. *The 4:30 Movie
6. *John Wick
7. *We Were Soldiers
8. *Zodiac
9. *Escape From New York
10. *Trap

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

The BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for that contained the titles's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions) for a particular title. 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 new releases that had DVD editions this week, "Trap" managed a BD sales share of 51.97%, and "It Ends With Us" got 34%.

For the new releases with simultaneous 4K and Blu-ray releases, "The 4:30 Movie" got a 4K sales share of 59.02%. "The Crow" got 30.15%, and "Trap" got 15.90%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending November 11, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 31.4%
Blu-ray: 26.9%
DVD: 41.7%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 58.3% to 45.3%. This time last year was actually a quiet week with "Gran Turismo" being the only major release, but Black Friday sales were bigger last year at this time it appears.

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Stats:

For the week ending 2 November 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 18.8%
Blu-ray: 25.1%
DVD: 56.0%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

Blu-ray and 4K market share dropped back down as the quality of new releases dropped too, although with Black Friday just around the corner, things might pick up soon. The 4K release of Trick ‘r Treat was the most popular new release in the combined Blu-ray and 4K top 20, coming in at 4th (it was also 4th on the 4K only chart).

Another 4K re-release (and most of the new releases this week are 4K re-releases), Zodiac, was next in 5th (3rd on the 4K chart). Addams Family Values in 7th (5th on the 4K chart), was the next 4K re-release.

The next 4K re-release was Drag Me to Hell, which was 14th (7th on the 4K chart). Yet another 4K re-release, for How the Grinch Stole Christmas, was 16th (8th on the 4K chart).

Breaking the trend, the Blu-ray boxset J-Horror Rising was 19th. Another Blu-ray boxset, The Classic Ghosts was in 20th place.

There was one more new release on the 4K only top 20 chart. The 4K re-release of Shocker was 13th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: The two horror Blu-ray boxsets weren't available on 4K, everything else was. Every single title out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions!

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

1. Deadpool & Wolverine+
2. Twisters+
3. Borderlands+
4. *Trick ‘r Treat+
5. *Zodiac+
6. Despicable Me 4+
7. *Addams Family Values+
8. A Quiet Place: Day One+
9. Inside Out 2+
10. Longlegs+

The complete 4K top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, 4K exclusives are denoted by *):

1. Deadpool & Wolverine
2. Twisters
3. *Zodiac
4. *Trick ‘r Treat
5. *Addams Family Values
6. Borderlands
7. *Drag Me to Hell
8. *How the Grinch Stole Christmas
9. *Arcane: League of Legends - Season One
10. Longlegs

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

The BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for that contained the titles's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions) for a particular title. So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.

All of this week's new releases were 4K or Blu-ray only releases, so there's nothing to report in terms of sales share.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending November 4, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 15.2%
Blu-ray: 36.6%
DVD: 48.2%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 51.8% to 43.9%. "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" and "Blue Beetle" were the big releases this time last year. Bigger releases, it appears.

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Stats:

For the week ending 26 October 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 27.8%
Blu-ray: 30.7%
DVD: 41.5%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

Blu-ray and 4K market share rose sharply thanks to two major releases, and a spate of 4K releases. Deadpool & Wolverine was the clear top-seller, no surprise for one of the biggest movies of 2024. Twisters (watch 4K trailer) didn't do too badly at the box office either, and it was the second most popular title for the week. The Twisters Double Feature on Blu-ray and DVD was also in the top 20, in 17th.

In a distant third place was the critically panned Borderlands (watch 4K trailer).

The 4K release of The Sixth Sense was 5th on the combined Blu-ray and 4K chart, and 4th on the 4K chart. Also from the same director, the 4K release of Signs was 6th (5th on the 4K chart).

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Separation on Blu- ray only was next, in 12th place. Oddity was 13th (it wasn't made available on 4K).

We then continue with the 4K releases with Ghost in 15th (6th on the 4K chart), The Wolfman in 16th (8th on the 4K chart), and Death Becomes Her in 18th (9th on the 4K chart).

The Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Vol. 5 4K box set was 19th (7th on the 4K chart), and finally In a Violent Nature was 20th (not available on 4K).

There were more new releases on the 4K only chart.

The Hitcher (on 4K and Blu-ray) was 10th, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was 12th, Cheeky! was 15th, Hellraiser: Quartet of Torment (on 4K and Blu-ray) was 16th, and finally, the Criterion release of Gummo on 4K and Blu-ray was 17th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: The "Twisters Double Feature", "Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Separation", "Oddity", and "In a Violent Nature" weren't available on 4K, everything else was. Every single title out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions!

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

1. Deadpool & Wolverine+
2. Twisters+
3. Borderlands+
4. Despicable Me 4+
5. *The Sixth Sense+
6. *Signs+
7. A Quiet Place: Day One+
8. *MaXXXine+
9. Bad Boys: Ride or Die+
10. Inside Out 2+

The complete 4K top 10 chart is below (new releases in bold, 4K exclusives are denoted by *):

1. Deadpool & Wolverine
2. Twisters
3. Borderlands
4. *The Sixth Sense
5. *Signs
6. *Ghost
7. *Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Vol. 5
8. *The Wolfman
9. *Death Becomes Her
10. *The Hitcher

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

The BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for that contained the titles's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions) for a particular title. 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 & Wolverine" had a BD sales share of 75.03%, the best of this week's new releases. "In a Violent Nature" was next with 69.24%.

"Borderlands" got 64.13%, while the week's second top-seller "Twisters" got 55.86%. "Oddity" managed 50.17%. "Twisters Double Feature" managed 14%.

For 4K sales share, "Deadpool & Wolverine" was again the best, with 37.59%. It was followed by "Borderlands" with 29.31% and "Twisters" with 25.22%. The other releases with 4K sales share didn't make the top 20.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending October 28, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 10.2%
Blu-ray: 30.0%
DVD: 59.8%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 40.2% to 58.5%. "Meg 2: The Trench" was no match for "Deadpool & Wolverine".