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

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Stats:

For the week ending 2 December 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 53.55% vs 46.45%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $21.37 million
DVD sales total spending: $18.54 million

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

Cyber Monday is here. Blu-ray sales remained above $20 million, although unlike last week, it was a very quiet one for new releases.

The best-selling new release was the 4K SteelBook edition of WandaVision, which was 4th on the combined 4K and Blu-ray chart (second on the 4K only chart).

A Haunting in Venice was the only other new release in the combined top 20, in 11th (it wasn't made available on 4K).

The Naked Gun made the 4K chart, but not the combined top 20, and it was 13th.

Comparing this Cyber Monday with the last, Blu-ray revenue rose 7.7%, although at least a large chunk of this, if not all of it, is due to the popularity of this and last week's number one, Oppenheimer.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: All of this week's previously mentioned new releases had 4K editions or were 4K only releases. Again, 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. Oppenheimer+
2. The Expendables 4+
3. Barbie+
4. *WandaVision+
5. The Equalizer 3+
6. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse+
7. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+
8. Saw X+
9. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One+
10. John Wick: Chapter 4+

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

1. Oppenheimer
2. *WandaVision
3. The Expendables 4
4. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
5. John Wick: Chapter 4
6. Top Gun: Maverick
7. Fast X
8. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
9. Barbie
10. The Equalizer 3

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.

Both "WandaVision" and "The Naked Gun" are 4K only releases, so no BD sales share or 4K share sales are applicable. "A Haunting in Venice" got a BD sales share of 49%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending December 3, 2022 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 46.91% vs 53.09%

Blu-ray: $19.84 million
DVD: $22.45 million

Blu-ray sales increased by $1.53m (up 7.7%), with unit sales up 0.5%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.91m (down 17.4%), with unit sales down 20.6%.

This meant $2.38 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 46.91% to 53.55%

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Stats:

For the week ending 25 November 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 57.28% vs 42.72%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $23.91 million
DVD sales total spending: $17.83 million

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Top 20:

It's Black Friday week and another marker that we can use to show how much Blu-ray (and DVD) sales have declined. Except, our pre-determined narrative was incorrect* - Blu-ray sales rose!

That's right, Black Friday 2023 recorded a 17.6% rise, which wasn't what we were expecting. Could this be the beginning of a recovery for Blu-ray (and 4K), we're not sure, but perhaps we have reached the floor for 4K/Blu-ray sales, which is good news (and means physical media will probably stick around, if hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue can be still had from a "dying" format).

* Or maybe we were right after all.

That's because, unlike most Black Friday sales week where new releases are non-existent, Universal chose this week to release perhaps the most anticipated 4K/Blu-ray release of the year, Oppenheimer (4K trailer). There are widespread reports of discs selling out, so had Universal bothered to stock stores with enough copies, the Blu-ray revenue stats may have been even better.

We finally have the disc version of Barbenheimer, with "Oppenheimer" in first place (on both the combined 4K/Blu-ray chart and the 4K only chart) selling 1.7 times as many copies as the second-placed "Barbie".

Not only that, we have other new releases in the top 10. The Expendables 4 (or "Expend4bles" for those who want a more interesting title - 4K trailer) was 6th (7th on the 4K chart), and Saw X (4K trailer) was 10th (11th on the 4K chart).

There were a couple of other new releases that were only in the 4K only chart, as they did not rank high enough on the combined chart. The 30th-anniversary 4K edition of The Fugitive was 12th on the 4K chart and a couple of different packages of the 4K version of Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero was 17th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: All of this week's previously mentioned new releases had 4K editions or were 4K only releases. 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. Oppenheimer+
2. Barbie+
3. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+
4. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse+
5. John Wick: Chapter 4+
6. The Expendables 4+
7. Fast X+
8. The Equalizer 3+
9. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts+
10. Saw X+

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

1. Oppenheimer
2. Fast X
3. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
4. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
5. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
6. John Wick: Chapter 4
7. The Expendables 4
8. The Flash
9. Top Gun: Maverick
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.

"Oppenheimer" managed a BD sales share of 74%, beating the 70% earned by "Saw X" and the 61% earned by "The Expendables 4".

On 4K, "Oppenheimer" managed an impressive 4K sales share of 36.27%, "Saw X" managed 25%, and "The Expendables 4" got 23%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending November 26, 2022 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: 50.20% vs 49.80%;

Blu-ray: $20.33 million
DVD: $20.17 million

Blu-ray sales increased by $3.58m (up 17.6%), with unit sales up 2.9%.

DVD sales decreased by $2.34m (down 11.6%), with unit sales down 20.2%.

This meant $1.24 million more in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 50.20% to 57.28%

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Stats:

For the week ending 18 November 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 52.00% vs 48.00%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $16.35 million
DVD sales total spending: $15.09 million

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Top 20:

Another week, and we're getting really close to Black Friday now. Close, but not yet there, which means we still have new releases (Black Friday week usually is quiet in terms of new releases).

The Equalizer 3 was the most popular title and new release for the week, on the combined Blu-ray/4K sales chart (it was second on the 4K only sales chart). The Equalizer 3-Movie Collection also ranked, in 15th (the 4K edition failed to make the 4K top 20).

Sound of Freedom (4K, 8K trailer) was third (no 4K version was made available), and then it was all the way down to 9th for the next new release, The Nun II (4K, 8K trailer). "The Nun II" failed to make the 4K top 20 though, which was filled with older releases due to the start of the Black Friday sales.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: As mentioned earlier, "The Equalizer 3" (and the 3-movie pack) and "The Nun II" both had 4K editions, "Sound of Freedom" did not. 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. The Equalizer 3+
2. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+
3. Sound of Freedom
4. John Wick: Chapter 4+
5. Barbie+
6. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One+
7. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse+
8. Fast X+
9. The Nun II+
10. Top Gun: Maverick+

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

1. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2. The Equalizer 3
3. Fast X
4. John Wick: Chapter 4
5. Top Gun: Maverick
6. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
7. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
8. The Mist
9. Interstellar
10. A Clockwork Orange

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 Equalizer 3" managed a BD sales share of 59%, with "The Equalizer 3-Movie Collection" getting 58%. "The Nun II" got 53%, while "Sound of Freedom" got 50%.

On 4K, "The Equalizer 3" got a 4K sales share of 18%, versus 7% for "The Nun II".

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending November 19, 2022 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: 43.44% vs 56.56%

Blu-ray: $16.03 million
DVD: $20.87 million

Blu-ray sales increased by $0.32m (up 2.0%), with unit sales down 7.2%.

DVD sales decreased by $5.78m (down 27.7%), with unit sales down 43.7%.

This meant $5.46 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 43.44% to 52.00%

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Stats:

For the week ending 11 November 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 50.66% vs 49.34%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $13.46 million
DVD sales total spending: $13.11 million

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Top 20:

As we get closer to Black Friday, Blu-ray revenue continues to climb, even if the new releases this week didn't particularly seem very significant.

Gran Turismo (4K trailer) was the best-selling new release, but it was only second on the combined Blu-ray/4K chart (but it was top of the 4K only chart).

The 4K only release of American Graffiti was the next new release, in 14th place (10th on the 4K chart). It was the first of a trio of 4K only releases, the others being Scrooged, was 16th (11th on the 4K chart) and Fargo in 17th (12th on the 4K chart).

There were a couple of other 4K releases that didn't make the combined top 20. Trading Places was 14th on the 4K chart, and Violent Night was 18th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Every new release in the top 20 was made available on 4K, or were 4K only releases. Every 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. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One+
2. Gran Turismo+
3. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts+
4. Blue Beetle+
5. Barbie+
6. Top Gun: Maverick+
7. Meg 2: The Trench+
8. Evil Dead Rise+
9. Pulp Fiction+
10. Enter the Dragon+

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

1. Gran Turismo
2. Top Gun: Maverick
3. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
4. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
5. Pulp Fiction
6. Evil Dead Rise
7. Enter the Dragon
8. Top Gun
9. Shazam! Fury of the Gods
10. *American Graffiti

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.

"Gran Turismo" was the only new release that had a simultaneous DVD release, and so the only one with a BD sales share - it got 70.98%.

For 4K releases that had both a 4K and standard Blu-ray/DVD editions, again "Gran Turismo" is the only release that fits this category, and it got a 4K sales share of 36.54%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending November 12, 2022 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 48.76% vs 51.24%

Blu-ray: $15.34 million
DVD: $16.12 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $1.88m (down 12.3%), with unit sales down 22.5%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.01m (down 18.7%), with unit sales down 24.7%.

This meant $4.89 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 48.76% to 50.66%

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Stats:

For the week ending 4 November 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 46.84% vs 53.16%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.07 million
DVD sales total spending: $13.70 million

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Top 20:

A big release in the form of Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (4K trailer) helped to lift Blu-ray sales, as the annual Black Friday sales have also started early at some outlets. The latest "M:I" movie outsold "Barbie" by more than a 2-to-1 margin. It was top of both the combined Blu-ray/4K chart and the 4K only chart.

Blue Beetle (4K trailer) is another decent-sized release, debuting in third place (second on the 4K chart).

There were three more new releases in the top 10, including Retribution in 6th (no 4K edition, 4K trailer), Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part Two in 7th (16th on the 4K chart), and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 in 9th (no 4K edition, 4K trailer).

There were a couple of new releases that didn't rank high enough in the combined Blu-ray/4K top 20, but did rank inside the top 20 on the 4K chart.

The 30th-anniversary edition of Schindler's List arrives in the form of a 4K limited edition and a limited edition SteelBook that's exclusive to Best Buy. It was 7th on the 4K chart.

The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection Vol. 3 was 13th on the 4K chart.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Of this week's new releases in the combined Blu-ray/4K top 20, "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One", "Blue Beetle", and "Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part Two" all had 4K editions. 8 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. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One+
2. Barbie+
3. Blue Beetle+
4. Meg 2: The Trench+
5. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts+
6. *Retribution
7. *Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part Two+
8. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+
9. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
10. The Flash+

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

1. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2. Blue Beetle
3. Barbie
4. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
5. Meg 2: The Trench
6. Enter the Dragon
7. *Schindler's List
8. Prey
9. Scarface
10. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

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.

"Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" had a BD sales share of 69.73%, just ahead of "Blue Beetle", which had a BD sales share of 65.21%. "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3" managed 40.85%.

For 4K releases that had both a 4K and standard Blu-ray/DVD editions, "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" had a 4K sales share of 33.20%. "Blue Beetle" got 20.11%, while "Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part Two" got 16.04%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending November 5, 2022 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 51.09% vs 48.91%

Blu-ray: $18.71 million
DVD: $17.91 million

This time last year was when "Top Gun: Maverick" was released, which explains the sea of red you see below.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $6.64m (down 35.5%), with unit sales down 31.0%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.21m (down 23.5%), with unit sales down 25.8%.

This meant $10.85 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 51.09% to 46.84%

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Stats:

For the week ending 28 October, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 45.02% vs 54.98%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $10.08 million
DVD sales total spending: $12.31 million

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Top 10:

The release of Meg 2: The Trench (4K trailer) was not enough to arrest the decline of Blu-ray sales compared to last week's high (which was thanks to the release of Barbie). The sequel was the top-seller on both the combined Blu-ray/4K chart and the 4K only sales charts.

It was otherwise a quiet week for new releases, with the next new release being the Criterion release of The Others, in 7th (and 3rd on the 4K chart).

Then it was all the way down to 15th for the next new release in the top 20, the 25th-anniversary SteelBook release of Godzilla (6th on the 4K chart), followed by The Boys: Season 3 in 18th (no 4K edition).

The 4K 40th-anniversary edition of Cujo was 20th (9th on the 4K chart).

There were several new releases in the 4K top 20 that didn't sell enough copies to get into the combined Blu-ray and 4K top 20. Red Dragon was 10th, The Muppets Take Manhattan was 11th, The Toxic Avenger Collection was 14th, and Paramount Scares Vol. 1 was 16th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Of this week's new releases in the combined Blu-ray/4K top 20, only "The Boys: Season 3" failed to materialise with a 4K edition. 8 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. Meg 2: The Trench+
2. Barbie+
3. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts+
4. The Last Voyage of the Demeter
5. Haunted Mansion+
6. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse+
7. *The Others+
8. Prey+
9. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+
10. Talk to Me+

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

1. Meg 2: The Trench
2. Barbie
3. *The Others
4. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
5. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
6. *Godzilla
7. Evil Dead Rise
8. Prey
9. *Cujo
10. *Red Dragon

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.

Not many of this week's new releases had DVD editions, and so out of the ones that did, "The Boys: Season 3" had the best BD sales share, with 74.19% (with 25.81% belonging to sales of the DVD edition). "Meg 2: The Trench" surprisingly failed to break through the 50% barrier, with 48.44%.

Very few releases also had both a 4K edition and a standard Blu-ray edition. "The Others" was one of them, and it had a 4K sales share of 79.80% (with 20.2% belonging to the Blu-ray edition). "Meg 2: The Trench" managed 12.69%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending October 29, 2022 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: 42.96% vs 57.04%;

Blu-ray: $10.29 million
DVD: $13.66 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $0.21m (down 2.0%), with unit sales down 5.3%.

DVD sales decreased by $1.35m (down 9.9%), with unit sales down 18.4%.

This meant $1.56 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 42.96% to 45.02%

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Stats:

For the week ending 21 October, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 49.91% vs 50.09%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $13.18 million
DVD sales total spending: $13.23 million

These stats are available here:

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Top 10:

The biggest movie of the year Barbie (4K trailer) was the most popular title for the week, easily outselling all others. It was also the top seller on the 4K chart.

Disney's Haunted Mansion (4K trailer) was third (the Disney Movie Club, Best Buy and Wal-Mart 4K exclusive releases were 7th on the 4K chart).

The Last Voyage of the Demeter (4K trailer) was 4th (again, no 4K edition).

Evangelion: 3.0+1.11 Thrice Upon a Time was 5th (3rd on the 4K chart).

The Best Buy exclusive SteelBook release of The Wicker Man, the 1973 version, was 8th (4th on the 4K chart).

Outside of the top 10, Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match was 11th (13th on the 4K chart).

Shout Factory's release of The Blob was 12th (6th on the 4K chart).

Tod Browning’s Sideshow Shockers (the 3 movie pack featuring "Freaks", "The Unknown" and "The Mystic") was 17th (no 4K version).

There was another new release that was in the 4K top 20, but not in the Blu-ray top 20. The 50th-anniversary edition of The Way We Were was 17th on the 4K chart.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "The Last Voyage of the Demeter" and "Tod Browning’s Sideshow Shockers" didn't get released on 4K, the others did or were 4K only releases. 8 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. Barbie+
2. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts+
3. Haunted Mansion+
4. The Last Voyage of the Demeter
5. *Evangelion: 3.0+1.11 Thrice Upon a Time+
6. Prey+
7. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse+
8. *The Wicker Man+
9. Talk to Me+
10. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+

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

1. Barbie
2. Prey
3. Evangelion: 3.0+1.11 Thrice Upon a Time
4. *The Wicker Man
5. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
6. *The Blob
7. Haunted Mansion
8. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
9. John Wick: Chapter 4
10. Talk to Me

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.

"Tod Browning’s Sideshow Shockers" had the best BD sales share of these week's new releases, with 91.33% choosing the Blu-ray edition over the DVD edition.

"The Last Voyage of the Demeter " was next with 63.47%, while the week's top-seller "Barbie" had 62.37%.

"Haunted Mansion" got 53.58%.

On 4K, "Evangelion: 3.0+1.11 Thrice Upon a Time" got a 4K sales share of 53.06%. "Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match" got 28.91%.

"Barbie" managed 21.76%, while "Haunted Mansion" did well with 12.75% despite the 4K editions being store exclusives.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending October 22, 2022 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: 43.69% vs 56.31%

Blu-ray: $11.39 million
DVD: $14.68 million

Finally, a week where Blu-ray revenue rose compared to the same week last year, a testament to the power of "Barbie".

Blu-ray sales increased by $1.79m (up 15.7%), with unit sales up 13.1%.

DVD sales decreased by $1.45m (down 9.9%), with unit sales down 15.2%.

This meant $0.34 million more in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 43.69% to 49.91%

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Stats:

For the week ending 14 October, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 49.27% vs 50.73%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.09 million
DVD sales total spending: $12.45 million

These stats are available here:

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue rose above $10 million this week thanks to the release of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (4K trailer download), the top-selling title for the week on the Blu-ray chart as well as the 4K chart.

Strays (4K trailer download) was the next new release on the Blu-ray chart, in 6th place - no 4K edition was available for this title.

The 55th anniversary edition of Rosemary’s Baby on 4K was 9th on the Blu-ray chart and 2nd on the 4K chart.

The Boogeyman (4K trailer download) was 10th on the Blu-ray chart (no 4K edition), and outside of the top 10, the Wal-Mart exclusive Blu-ray release of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey was 11th (again, no 4K edition).

M3GAN (4K trailer download) gets a 4K release coming more than 6 months after the original disc releases - it was 14th on the Blu-ray chart and 8th on the 4K chart.

The Shout Factory 4K release of Pumpkinhead was 16th (6th on the 4K chart).

The Disney 100 4K release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was 17th (7th on the 4K chart).

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Strays", "The Boogeyman" and "Pumpkinhead" didn't get released on 4K, the others did or were 4K only releases. 8 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. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts+
2. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+
3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse+
4. Prey+
5. Talk to Me+
6. Strays
7. John Wick: Chapter 4+
8. Fast X+
9. *Rosemary’s Baby+
10. The Boogeyman

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

1. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
2. *Rosemary’s Baby
3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
5. Prey
6. *Pumpkinhead
7. *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
8. *M3GAN
9. Fast X
10. John Wick: Chapter 4

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.

"Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" managed a BD sales share of 57.48%, ahead of the 49% earned by "The Boogeyman" and the 45% earned by "Strays".

Only one title had separate 4K and Blu-ray releases, and that was "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts", which had a 4K sales share of 20%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending October 15, 2022 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 48.20% vs 51.80%

Blu-ray: $15.17 million
DVD: $16.30 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $3.08m (down 20.3%), with unit sales down 7.2%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.85m (down 23.6%), with unit sales down 22.9%.

This meant $6.93 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 48.20% to 49.27%

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Stats:

For the week ending 7 October, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 45.90% vs 54.10%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $9.84 million
DVD sales total spending: $11.60 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray sales climbed a little, but not enough to get over the $10 million mark.

The best-selling new release, and this week's overall top-seller, was Prey (4K trailer download), which outsold the second-placed, and also new to the week, Talk to Me - both titles were 1st and 4th on the 4K chart respectively.

The 4K release of The Mist was third (2nd on the 4K chart), followed by the 4K release of Scream 3 (3rd on the 4K chart).

RWBY Vol. 9 (no 4K edition) was the next new release, all the way down in 14th. Also outside of the top 10 was the Best Buy SteelBook edition of Evil Dead Rise (4K trailer download) in 18th, which got as high as 10th on the 4K chart.

The 4K and Blu-ray 3D (yes, 3D!) release of It Came From Outer Space was 19th, and 8th on the 4K chart.

And on the 4K chart but not ranking high enough for the Blu-ray chart was another new 4K release, Night of the Demons from Shout Factory.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Pretty much only "RWBY Vol. 9" wasn't available on 4K for this week's new 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. Prey+
2. Talk to Me+
3. *The Mist+
4. *Scream 3+
5. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse+
6. Elemental+
7. *Loki: The Complete First Season+
8. John Wick: Chapter 4+
9. The Little Mermaid+
10. Insidious: The Red Door

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

1. Prey
2. *The Mist
3. *Scream 3
4. Talk to Me
5. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
6. Loki: The Complete First Season
7. The Lost Boys
8. *It Came From Outer Space
9. John Wick: Chapter 4
10. *Evil Dead Rise

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 all the new releases that had DVD editions, "Prey" had the best BD sales share out of these, with 66.56%.

"Talk to Me" had to settle for 41%.

Over on 4K, it was "Talk to Me" that had the better results, with a 4K sales share of 41.44%, beating the 32.59% earned by "Prey".

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending October 8, 2022 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 40.68% vs 59.32%

Blu-ray: $10.72 million
DVD: $15.63 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $0.88m (down 8.2%), with unit sales down 7.9%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.03m (down 25.8%), with unit sales down 28.3%.

This meant $4.91 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 40.68% to 45.90%

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Stats:

For the week ending 30 September, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 44.57% vs 55.43%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $8.99 million
DVD sales total spending: $11.18 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue remained below $10 million despite 10 new releases in the top 20. Elemental (4K trailer download) was the most popular of these new releases, and also the most popular title overall. 'Elemental' was available on 4K, but only via Best Buy, Walmart and Disney Movie Club and it came second on the 4K chart.

in an increasingly rare case of a streaming title making its way to disc, Loki: The Complete First Season (4K trailer download) came 3rd on the Blu-ray chart, and as a 4K edition was also available, it was top of the 4K sales chart.

Insidious: The Red Door was 4th, with the Universal animated release Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken in 7th. Neither of these were made available on 4K.

The 4K release of Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later was 9th on the Blu-ray chart, and was 4th on the 4K chart. Similarly, the 4K release of Natural Born Killers: Collector’s Edition was 10th on the Blu-ray chart, and 4th on the 4K chart.

Outside of the top 10, the second part of the first season of Star Trek: Prodigy (Season 1: Episodes 11-20) was 13th.

The 4K re-release of The Fifth Element was 15th on the Blu-ray chart and 6th on the 4K chart. Another 4K re-release, Ghostbusters 1 & 2 was 16th/7th.

And finally, the 4K release of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer was 17th/8th.

On the 4K chart, there were a few new releases that failed to make the Blu-ray top 20, including the 4K exclusive releases of My Bloody Valentine, Moonage Daydream, and Carlito's Way.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: 8 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. Elemental+
2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse+
3. *Loki: The Complete First Season+
4. Insidious: The Red Door
5. The Little Mermaid+
6. John Wick: Chapter 4+
7. Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
8. Fast X+
9. *Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later+
10. *Natural Born Killers: Collector’s Edition+

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

1. Loki: The Complete First Season
2. Elemental
3. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
4. *Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later
5. *Natural Born Killers: Collector’s Edition
6. *The Fifth Element
7. *Ghostbusters 1 & 2
8. *I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
9. John Wick: Chapter 4
10. *The Exorcist

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 non-4K only releases, "Star Trek: Prodigy - Season 1: Episodes 11-20" actually had the best BD sales share, with 77.37%.

"Elemental" managed 57.07%, while the other animated release, "Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken", just failed to get above 50%, with 49.40%.

"Insidious: The Red Door" got 48.07%.

On 4K (for those titles that had both 4K and non-4K releases), "Loki: The Complete First Season" got a 4K sales share of 51.88%. "Elemental" got 19.54%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending October 1, 2022 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: 41.82% vs 58.18%

Blu-ray: $10.91 million
DVD: $15.18 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $1.92m (down 17.6%), with unit sales down 20.1%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.00m (down 26.4%), with unit sales down 29.4%.

This meant $5.92 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 41.82% to 44.57%

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Stats:

For the week ending 23 September, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 45.98% vs 54.02%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $9.09 million
DVD sales total spending: $10.68 million

These stats are available here:

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue improved slightly from last week's lows, thanks to the release of The Little Mermaid. Even though it only outsold the recent number one "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" by a little, it was enough to lift Blu-ray sales to above $9 million.

The 50th anniversary 4K re-release of The Exorcist was in third place, with the Best Buy exclusive SteelBook edition also being available in the same week that the electronic retailer announcing the end of its sale of physical media. And then it was all the way down to 9th for the next new release, one of next year's Oscar favourite Past Lives.

The 4K SteelBook version of The Last Dragon was 10th.

The Best Buy Exclusive 4K SteelBook release of Fall was 12th, and finally in 17th was the Criterion edition of The Trial (available in 4K and HD).

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "The Little Mermaid" was available on 4K, but only via the Best Buy, Wal-Mart and Disney Movie Club editions, "The Trial" had both a 4K and standard Blu-ray edition. Only "Past Lives" didn't have a 4K edition 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. The Little Mermaid+
2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse+
3. *The Exorcist+
4. John Wick: Chapter 4+
5. Fast X+
6. The Flash+
7. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3+
8. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+
9. Past Lives
10. *The Last Dragon+

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

1. *The Exorcist
2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
3. The Little Mermaid
4. *The Last Dragon
5. *Fall
6. John Wick: Chapter 4
7. *Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
8. The Flash
9. Fast X
10. *Sleepy Hollow

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.

"Past Lives" had the best BD sales share of this week's new releases, with 76.36% of sales of this title being the Blu-ray version (versus 23.64% being the DVD only edition).

The week's top-seller, "The Little Mermaid", got 53.53%.

On 4K, "The Little Mermaid" had a UHD sales share of 18.48%, which is quite good considering those editions weren't available for wide, non-exclusive release.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending September 24, 2022 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: 41.81% vs 58.19%

Blu-ray: $11.15 million
DVD: $15.52 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $2.06m (down 18.5%), with unit sales down 25.2%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.84m (down 31.2%), with unit sales down 31.9%.

This meant $6.90 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 41.81% to 45.98%

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Stats:

For the week ending 16 September, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 40.69% vs 59.31%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $7.87 million
DVD sales total spending: $11.47 million

These stats are available here:

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Top 10:

A very quiet week in terms of new releases in which Blu-ray revenue fell below $8 million for the first time since June. The top-selling new release was Batman: Mask of the Phantasm in second place.

The next new release was Joy Ride in 9th.

Outside of the top 10, Cobweb was 12th, Air was 14th, The Walking Dead: Dead City - Season 1 was 17th and the 4K SteelBook version of Smile was last of the new releases in the top 20, in 19th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: The two 4K-only releases, "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm" and "Smile", were the only titles made available on 4K. 8 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. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse+
2. *Batman: Mask of the Phantasm+
3. The Flash+
4. Fast X+
5. John Wick: Chapter 4+
6. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3+
7. Spider-Verse 2-Movie Collection+
8. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+
9. Joy Ride
10. Star Trek: Picard - The Final Season

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

1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2. *Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
3. The Flash
4. John Wick: Chapter 4
5. *Sleepy Hollow
6. Fast X
7. *Kick-Ass 2
8. *Smile
9. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
10. Ghoulies

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 this week's new releases, "Cobweb" had the best BD sales share of 68.84%. It was just slightly ahead of "Joy Ride" at 68.36%.

"Air" managed only 41.32%, which was still better than "The Walking Dead: Dead City - Season 1" at 28.40%.

The two 4K releases were 4K only releases, and so they don't have a 4K sales share (or rather, both would be nominally at 100%).

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending September 17, 2022 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 40.52% vs 59.48%

Blu-ray: $11.44 million
DVD: $16.79 million

Some big drops this week compared to the same week last year, when "Elvis", "Where the Crawdads Sing", and "Lightyear" being the best-sellers.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $3.57m (down 31.2%).

DVD sales decreased by $5.32m (down 31.7%).

This meant $8.89 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 40.52% to 40.69%

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Stats:

For the week ending 9 September, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 43.72% vs 56.28%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $10.54 million
DVD sales total spending: $13.57 million

These stats are available here:

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Top 10:

Despite the release of the popular film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Blu-ray revenue still dropped compared to the previous week (although DVD revenue was up slightly) - Spider-Verse 2-Movie Collection was 6th.

The new animated film was by far the most popular Blu-ray for the week, and it was also the best-selling 4K disc.

The next new Blu-ray release was Star Trek: Picard - The Final Season, in third place - Star Trek: Picard - The Complete Series was 15th.

The 4K release of Sleepy Hollow was 5th (2nd on the 4K chart),

Outside of the Blu-ray top 10, The Princess Bride also gets the 4K treatment, and it was 12th (4th on the 4K chart).

Matilda gets both the 4K and SteelBook treatment, and it was 16th (8th on the 4K chart), and the 4K edition of Night of the Comet was 18th (9th on the 4K chart).

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" was available on 4K, but the last season of "Picard" wasn't - the rest were all 4K only releases. 8 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. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse+
2. The Flash+
3. Star Trek: Picard - The Final Season
4. Fast X+
5. *Sleepy Hollow+
6. Spider-Verse 2-Movie Collection+
7. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3+
8. John Wick: Chapter 4+
9. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+
10. No Hard Feelings

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

1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2. *Sleepy Hollow
3. The Flash
4. *The Princess Bride
5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
6. Fast X
7. John Wick: Chapter 4
8. *Matilda
9. *Night of the Comet
10. The Super Mario Bros. Movie

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.

"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" managed a fantastic BD sales share of 84.68% (meaning almost nobody bothered to buy the DVD edition of the film). "Spider-Verse 2-Movie Collection" did equally well, with 76.55%.

On 4K, "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" had a 4K sales share of 39.13%. All the others were 4K only releases.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending September 10, 2022 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: 42.09% vs 57.91%

Blu-ray: $11.39 million
DVD: $15.67 million

Blu-ray sales increased by $0.85m (down 7.5%).

DVD sales decreased by $2.1m (down 13.4%).

This meant $2.95 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 42.09% to 43.72%

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Stats:

For the week ending 2 September, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 47.81% vs 52.19%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $11.14 million
DVD sales total spending: $12.16 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue improved slightly (at least it's above $10 million this week) on the backs of the release of The Flash, which easily outsold everything else for the week.

In a distant third place was the comedy No Hard Feelings.

The next new release was the 4K release of Infinity Pool, in 7th place.

Outside of the top 10, the 45th-anniversary 4K release of Battlestar Galactica (the reworked pilot made into a TV movie) was new to the charts in 14th.

The Flash: The Ninth and Final Season was the last of the new releases, in 17th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "The Flash" was available on 4K, along with the two 4K only releases in "Infinity Pool" and "Battlestar Galactica". 8 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. The Flash+
2. Fast X+
3. No Hard Feelings
4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3+
5. John Wick: Chapter 4+
6. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+
7. *Infinity Pool+
8. Avatar: The Way of Water+
9. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse+
10. 1923: A Yellowstone Origin Story - Season One

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 Flash" had a BD sales share of 69.73%. "No Hard Feelings" got a respectable 54.37%.

On 4K, "The Flash" got a 4K sales share of 30.87%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending September 3, 2022 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: 38.93% vs 61.07%

Blu-ray: $10.00 million
DVD: $15.69 million

Your eyes have not deceived you. Blu-ray revenue actually rose compared to the same week last year - not too hard considering "The Flash" and "No Hard Feelings" were up against a week in which "1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story" was the only new release in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales increased by $1.14m (up 11.4%), with unit sales up 8.4%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.53m (down 22.5%), with unit sales down 24.0%.

This meant $2.39 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 38.93% to 47.81%

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Stats:

For the week ending 26 August, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 42.78% vs 57.22%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $8.15 million
DVD sales total spending: $10.90 million

These stats are available here:

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Top 10:

Despite 5 new releases in the top 20, Blu-ray revenue fell again. The 4K release of The Nightmare Before Christmas was the best-selling of the new releases, coming in at 4th.

The Blackening was not too far behind in 5th.

Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar was 7th and the 4K release of Hackers was 12th.

And finally, the 4K release of Weird Science was 13th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Only "Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar" wasn't made available on 4K (or was a 4K only release). 7 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. Fast X+
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3+
3. John Wick: Chapter 4+
4. *The Nightmare Before Christmas+
5. The Blackening+
6. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+
7. *Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar
8. 1923: A Yellowstone Origin Story - Season One
9. Avatar: The Way of Water+
10. Asteroid City

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 "The Blackening" actually had both Blu-ray and DVD editions (and so has a relevant BD sales share to look at) and it managed 73.85%.

It was also the only title that had both a 4K and standard Blu-ray edition (and so has a relevant 4K sales share to look at), and it managed a 4K sales share of 31.45%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending August 27, 2022 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: 43.69% vs 56.31%

Blu-ray: $11.46 million
DVD: $14.77 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $3.31m (down 28.9%), with unit sales down 22.4%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.87m (down 26.2%), with unit sales down 26.3%.

This meant $7.18 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 43.69% to 42.78%