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

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Stats:

For the week ending 24 June, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 46.56% vs 53.44%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $13.75 million
DVD sales total spending: $15.78 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue was up 6.8% compared to the same week last year off the backs of what will be one of the biggest releases of this year, Avatar: The Way of Water. Because "John Wick 4" held well, it was not too far behind in second place. The original Avatar was also made available on 4K, and it was 4th.

If 6.8% sounds okay, it's worth noting that back in 2010 when the original "Avatar" first debuted on Blu-ray, that week recorded a revenue figure of $66.57 million - and this was when Blu-ray was barely getting started as a format.

Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant was 5th, while it was all the way down to 13th for the next new release, Skinamarink.

The 4K restoration re-release of Ronin on 4K and Blu-ray was 14th.

The 4K release of The Firm, Vanilla Sky, and The Manchurian Candidate was 16th, 19th, and 20th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Avatar: The Way of Water" did have a 4K edition, along with the aforementioned "Ronin" - "The Covenant" and "Skinamarink" did not. 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. Avatar: The Way of Water+
2. John Wick: Chapter 4+
3. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+
4. *Avatar+
5. Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant
6. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves+
7. The Pope’s Exorcist
8. Renfield
9. Shazam! Fury of the Gods+
10. Spider-Man: Into 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.

"Avatar: The Way of Water" had the best BD sales share of this week's new releases, with 61.88%. "Skinamarink" wasn't too far behind, with 59.61%.

"Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant" got 55.85%.

A new "Avatar" release definitely means a 3D release, and "Avatar: The Way of Water" had a 3D sales share of 6.78%.

On 4K, "Avatar: The Way of Water" had the best 4K sales share as well out of the new releases, with 28.74%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending June 25, 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: 43.87% vs 56.13%

Blu-ray: $12.87 million
DVD: $16.47 million

The new "Avatar" movie definitely did help Blu-ray record a better week than this time last year, when "The Bad Guys" was the biggest new release. Still, $13.75 million is not a great result in the context of the big release this week.

Blu-ray sales increased by $0.88m (up 6.8%), with unit sales down 2.0%.

DVD sales decreased by $0.69m (down 4.2 %), with unit sales down 14.2%.

This meant $0.19 million more in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 43.87% to 46.56%

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Stats:

For the week ending 17 June, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 46.30% vs 53.70%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $15.58 million
DVD sales total spending: $18.07 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue lifted this week after the official release days for The Super Mario Bros. Movie and John Wick: Chapter 4 happened during the week (the two titles received early releases last week). These two titles helped Blu-ray revenue record the best results for 2023.

The Pope’s Exorcist was new to the week as well, coming in 4th.

Outside of the top 10, Sakra was 18th, while 35th anniversary edition of Rain Man was 19th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Rain Man" did have a 4K edition, but the other two did not. 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. John Wick: Chapter 4+
2. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+
3. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves+
4. The Pope’s Exorcist
5. Renfield
6. Shazam! Fury of the Gods+
7. 65+
8. Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania+
9. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse+
10. Creed III+

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 Pope's Exorcist" got a BD sales share of 58.83%, ahead of the 50% earned by "Sakra". "Rain Man" wasn't made available on DVD and so it does not have a BD sales share figure.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending June 18, 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: 45.89% vs 54.11%

Blu-ray: $14.14 million
DVD: $16.67 million

It took two big releases to generate some positive growth for Blu-ray (and DVD) revenue. This time last year it was Morbin Time with the release of "Morbius" - it was no match for Mario and John Wick.

Blu-ray sales increased by $1.44m (up 10.2%), with unit sales down 1.6%.

DVD sales increased by $1.40m (up 8.4 %), with unit sales down 6.8%.

This meant $2.84 million more in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 45.89% to 46.30%

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Stats:

For the week ending 10 June, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 46.82% vs 53.18%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.31 million
DVD sales total spending: $13.98 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue did rise this week, but considering the A-list titles being released this week, it was still a bit disappointing. To be fair, both A-list titles were early releases, with their official release date being next week.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie was the clear top-seller for the week, with John Wick: Chapter 4 in a distant second-place. These two movies have a combined box office of around $USD 1.8 billion worldwide, so you'd think this would translate into a number week for Blu-ray.

When "John Wick: Chapter 3" was released, before the pandemic and the shift towards streaming, Blu-ray revenue for the week was nearly $40 million. There too was another "billion dollars" movie released on Blu-ray that week too, "Aladdin (2019)", so both weeks are comparable. We've gone from $40 million to just a bit over $12 million!

Renfield was the other new release in the top 10, coming in 4th.

The Best Buy exclusive 4K SteelBook version of Lord of War was 13th, and the only other new release in the top 20.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Renfield" didn't have a 4K edition. 9 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.

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

1. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+
2. John Wick: Chapter 4+
3. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves+
4. Renfield
5. 65+
6. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse+
7. Shazam! Fury of the Gods+
8. Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania+
9. Creed III+
10. Dune: Part 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.

"John Wick: Chapter 4" beat everyone else to have the best BD sales share of this week's new releases, with 75.89%. This was ahead of "The Super Mario Bros. Movie", which did 68.48%. "Renfield" was further back at 57.67%.

On 4K, "John Wick: Chapter 4" was the winner too, beating "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" with a 4K sales share of 29.01% versus 18.97%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending June 11, 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: $11.25 million
DVD: $15.48 million

A rare treat where Blu-ray revenue this week was actually up compared to the same week last year, when "The Northman" was the big headlining new release. That it took two movies with a combined global box office of nearly $1.8 billion to take down a movie that did less than $70 million worldwide, is interesting/depressing.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $1.06m (up 9.4%), with unit sales up 0.8%.

DVD sales decreased by $1.50m (down 9.7%), with unit sales down 18.7%.

This meant $0.44 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 42.09% to 46.82%

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Stats:

For the week ending 3 June, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 46.25% vs 53.75%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $10.30 million
DVD sales total spending: $11.97 million

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Top 10:

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves was the week's top-seller, and it helped Blu-ray weekly revenue rise above $10 million.

It easily outsold the number two title, another new release, 65.

Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Vol. 1 was 7th, with Violet Evergarden: The Movie in 9th.

The 4K re-release of The Last Starfighter was 10th.

Outside of the top 10, we have the Criterion release of Thelma & Louise in 12th, the SteelBook release of Maximum Overdrive was 13th, the 4K SteelBook release of Cliffhanger was 14th, and The People Under the Stairs was 15th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Only "Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Vol. 1" and "Maximum Overdrive" didn't have 4K editions. 9 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.

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

1. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves+
2. 65+
3. Shazam! Fury of the Gods+
4. Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania+
5. Creed III+
6. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse+
7. *Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Vol. 1
8. Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre+
9. *Violet Evergarden: The Movie+
10. *The Last Starfighter+

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.

"Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" had the best BD sales share out of this week's non-exclusive 4K or Blu-ray releases, with 65.18%. "65" got 58.21%.

On 4K, "Thelma & Louise" got a 4K sales share of 83.32%, "Violet Evergarden: The Movie" got 56.23%, "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" got 23.57% and "65" got 19.74%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending June 4, 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: 41.40% vs 58.60%

Blu-ray: $10.86 million
DVD: $15.37 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $0.56m (down 5.2%), with unit sales down 12.1%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.4m (down 22.1%), with unit sales down 26.0%.

This meant $3.96 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 41.40% to 46.25%

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Stats:

For the week ending 27 May, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 43.73% vs 56.27%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $8.99 million
DVD sales total spending: $11.57 million

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Top 10:

Despite the release of Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Blu-ray revenue only ticked up slightly.

Another big movie, Creed III, was also new, coming in third. The Best Buy exclusive 4K SteelBook release of Crank was 4th.

The 4K release of Brotherhood of the Wolf was 5th, with the 4K release of The Running Man was 11th.

A lot of WB releases were in the top 20, as it appears titles in the "Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary" box sets have been counted as separate releases.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: All of this week's new releases in the top 20 either had 4K editions or were 4K-only releases. Every titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions!

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

1. Shazam! Fury of the Gods+
2. Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania+
3. Creed III+
4. *Crank+
5. *Brotherhood of the Wolf+
6. Blade Runner: The Final Cut+
7. Inception+
8. Watchmen+
9. 2001: A Space Odyssey+
10. Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre+

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.

"Shazam! Fury of the Gods" managed a BD sales share of 62.87%, ahead of "Creed III" with 58.67%.

On 4K, "Shazam! Fury of the Gods" once again on top of "Creed III", with a 4K sales share of 20.07% versus 19.98%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 28, 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: 47.68% vs 52.32%

Blu-ray: $14.38 million
DVD: $15.78 million

Another week of big drops compared to the same week last year, when "The Batman" was released.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $5.39m (down 37.5%), with unit sales down 38.2%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.21m (down 26.7%), with unit sales down 31.0%.

This meant $9.60 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 47.68% to 43.73%

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Stats:

For the week ending 20 May, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 44.12% vs 55.88%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $8.78 million
DVD sales total spending: $11.12 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue continues its slow climb back above $10 million (there used to be a time when $50 million was the benchmark, as a Marvel movie barely made any dent in Blu-ray sales this week. Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania outsold everything else this week, including the second-placed Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre.

Max Fleischer's Superman was 5th, with the In the Line of Duty: I-IV box set in 7th.

The Italian Job gets a 4K release and is the last new release in the top 20.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Only "Max Fleischer's Superman" wasn't made available on 4K (or wasn't a 4K only release). 5 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. Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania+
2. Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre+
3. Yellowstone: Season 5, Part 1
4. Knock at the Cabin+
5. *Max Fleischer's Superman
6. Jesus Revolution
7. *In the Line of Duty: I-IV
8. Cocaine Bear
9. *The Italian Job+
10. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - 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.

Of this week's new (and non Blu-ray/4K exclusive) releases, "Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania" had the best BD sales share with 68.96%.

"Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre" wasn't too far behind with 63.24%.

On 4K, "Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania" was once again ahead of "Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre", with a 4K sales share of 32.24% compared to 24.96%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 21, 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: 44.32% vs 55.68%

Blu-ray: $12.14 million
DVD: $15.25 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $3.36m (down 27.7%), with unit sales down 31.6%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.13m (down 27.1%), with unit sales down 30.2%.

This meant $7.49 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 44.32% to 44.12%

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Stats:

For the week ending 13 May, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 40.97% vs 59.03%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $8.37 million
DVD sales total spending: $12.06 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue rose ever so slightly with 6 new releases in the top 20.

Yellowstone: Season 5, Part 1 was the most popular new release, and the week's overall top-seller. The juggernaut that is the Yellowstone televisual universe was evident here because the box set actually outsold the feature film Knock at the Cabin.

Superman 1978-1987 5-Film Collection on 4K was 6th, just ahead of the 2020 remake of Children of the Corn getting its Blu-ray release - it was 7th.

The Blu-ray version of All Quiet on the Western Front was released following the 4K version a few weeks ago, and it was 13th, and Unwelcome was 14th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Other than the Superman 4K boxset, the only new release with a 4K edition was "Knock at the Cabin". Only 4 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. Yellowstone: Season 5, Part 1
2. Knock at the Cabin+
3. 80 for Brady
4. Jesus Revolution
5. *Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
6. *Superman 1978-1987 5-Film Collection+
7. Children of the Corn
8. Cocaine Bear
9. Plane+
10. *Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen - Part 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.

"Knock at the Cabin" had the best BD sales share of this week's lot of new releases, with 54.57%. "Unwelcome" was next with 39.95%, followed by "Children of the Corn" with 31.07%.

"Yellowstone: Season 5, Part 1" had to settle for 19.73%, but given the show's demographic, this isn't too surprising.

On 4K, "Knock at the Cabin" managed a 4K sales share of 16.44%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 14, 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: 42.28% vs 57.72%

Blu-ray: $12.22 million
DVD: $16.68 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $3.85m (down 31.5%), with unit sales down 35.7%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.62m (down 27.7%), with unit sales down 29.4%.

This meant $8.47 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 42.28% to 40.97%

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Stats:

For the week ending 6 May, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 37.82% vs 62.18%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $7.22 million
DVD sales total spending: $11.87 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue stayed largely unchanged from previous weeks as 80 for Brady was the top-selling new release (and overall top seller) for the week.

The 4K re-release of Deep Impact was 6th, joined outside of the top 10 by the Best Buy exclusive Disney 100 4K SteelBook (phew, long title) releases of the original Star Wars trilogy, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, in 11th, 12th and 13th respectively.

That was it for new releases though.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Only "80 for Brady" wasn't a 4K exclusive release. Only 5 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. 80 for Brady
2. Jesus Revolution
3. *Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen - Part One+
4. Cocaine Bear
5. *Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
6. *Deep Impact+
7. Plane+
8. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish+
9. M3GAN
10. Top Gun: Maverick+

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 non Blu-ray or 4K exclusive release, "80 for Brady", managed a BD sales share of 29.29%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 7, 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: 39.00% vs 61.00%

Blu-ray: $11.35 million
DVD: $17.80 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $4.13m (down 36.4%), with unit sales down 34.0%.

DVD sales decreased by $5.93m (down 33.3%), with unit sales down 32.9%.

This meant $10.06 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 39.00% to 37.82%

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Stats:

For the week ending April 29, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 39.92% vs 60.08%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $7.43 million
DVD sales total spending: $11.18 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue stayed steady (and still very poor) compared to the previous week, with only a smattering of smaller releases happening this week.

The best-selling new release, and best-seller overall, was Jesus Revolution, selling slightly more copies than Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen - Part One in second place.

The Best Buy exclusive 4K SteelBook release of The Man Who Fell to Earth was 6th, while Police Story III: Supercop was 7th.

Star Trek: Lower Decks - Season 3 was 8th.

Outside of the top 10, Triangle of Sadness was 15th, with His Dark Materials: The Complete Third Season in 18th.

Just having gone through the new releases, I can actually see we did have a good number of them - they just weren't big sellers.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen - Part One", "Police Story III: Supercop", and "Triangle of Sadness" all had 4K editions, along with the 4K only release for "The Man Who Fell to Earth". Only 4 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. Jesus Revolution
2. *Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen - Part One+
3. Cocaine Bear
4. *Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
5. Plane+
6. *The Man Who Fell to Earth+
7. *Police Story III: Supercop+
8. Magic Mike’s Last Dance
9. Star Trek: Lower Decks - Season 3
10. M3GAN

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.

"Star Trek: Lower Decks - Season 3" had the best BD sales share out of this week's new releases, with 71.17%.

"Triangle of Sadness" managed 66.57%, while "His Dark Materials: The Complete Third Season" got 58.08%.

"Jesus Revolution" had to settle for 36.28%.

On 4K, "Police Story III: Supercop" did the best with a 4K sales share of 73.10%. "Triangle of Sadness" got 43.49% and "Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen - Part One" got 19.67%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 30, 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: 40.80% vs 59.20%

Blu-ray: $11.38 million
DVD: $16.51 million

It's getting harder and harder to explain the sea of red you see below. This time last year did have a "better" release in the form of "Moonfall", but a near 35% drop in Blu-ray revenue suggests it's more than just one title being the difference.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $3.95m (down 34.7%), with unit sales down 33.7%.

DVD sales decreased by $5.33m (down 32.3%), with unit sales down 32.4%.

This meant $9.28 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 40.80% to 39.92%

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Stats:

For the week ending April 22, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 38.97% vs 61.03%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $7.26 million
DVD sales total spending: $11.37 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue improved slightly, only slightly, compared to last week's horrifying lows. Cocaine Bear was the top-selling new release and top-selling new title overall for the week, handily beating the number two title (and another new release), Magic Mike’s Last Dance.

The 4K release of Rebel Without a Cause was 5th, and outside of the top 20, Marlowe was 12th.

Another 4K release of a classic was in 19th, 12 Angry Men.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Neither "Cocaine Bear" nor "Magic Mike’s Last Dance" had 4K editions. 6 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. Cocaine Bear
2. Magic Mike’s Last Dance
3. *Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
4. Plane+
5. *Rebel Without a Cause+
6. *Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham+
7. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish+
8. Top Gun: Maverick+
9. M3GAN
10. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever+

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.

"Cocaine Bear" didn't do as well on Blu-ray as expected, with a BD sales share of only 42.89%. "Magic Mike's Last Dance" didn't do too much better, with 39.58%.

Both did better than "Marlowe" with its 27.12%.

None of the other releases had both a 4K and Blu-ray simultaneous release, so no 4K sales share to report.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 23, 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: 44.16% vs 55.84%

Blu-ray: $13.42 million
DVD: $16.97 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $6.16m (down 45.9%), with unit sales down 42.5%.

DVD sales decreased by $5.60m (down 33.0%), with unit sales down 32.9%.

This meant $11.76 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 44.16% to 38.97%

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Stats:

For the week ending April 15, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 38.64% vs 61.36%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $6.94 million
DVD sales total spending: $11.02 million

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Blu-ray revenue dropped to a new record low - results not seen since the week of 17th August 2008. That this particular week would be a weak one for Blu-ray revenue isn't surprising - it is the week after Easter in which sales are generally quite low - but the level at which Blu-ray revenue dropped was alarming.

Compared to the last "post Easter lull", Blu-ray revenue dropped by more than 48% - this like-for-like comparison shows how far, and how fast, Blu-ray revenue has fallen in these post-pandemic days.

In terms of new releases, the 20th anniversary editions of House of 1000 Corpses, including a Best Buy SteelBook editions, was the best-selling new release coming in at 3rd.

Infinity Pool was the next new release, in 5th.

The 40th-anniversary edition 4K release of Flashdance was 10th and the last of the new releases in the top 20.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Other than "Flashdance" being a 4K-only release, none of the other releases came in 4K. 6 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. *Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
2. Plane+
3. *House of 1000 Corpses
4. *Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham+
5. Infinity Pool
6. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish+
7. M3GAN
8. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever+
9. Top Gun: Maverick+
10. *Flashdance+

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 "Infinity Pool" had a DVD edition, and so it was the only one with a BD sales share - 56.76%.

None of the other releases had both a 4K and Blu-ray simultaneous release, so no 4K sales share to report.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 16, 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: 53.68% vs 46.32%

Blu-ray: $26.39 million
DVD: $22.77 million

This year's (exceptionally poor) post Easter sales lull is up against last year's pre Easter sales bump, which explains the lop-sided comparison you see below.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $19.45m (down 73.7%), with unit sales down 70.4%.

DVD sales decreased by $11.75m (down 51.6%), with unit sales down 50.1%.

This meant $31.20 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 53.68% to 38.64%

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Stats:

For the week ending April 8, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 39.92% vs 60.08%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $9.54 million
DVD sales total spending: $14.36 million

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The 4K boxset Star Trek: The Next Generation - 4-Movie Collection was the best-selling new release for the week, coming in at 6th on the top 10 chart. It was part of the 4K re-release of the TNG movies, of which the 4K edition of Star Trek: First Contact also made the top 10, in 19th place.

The Maltese Falcon was the next new release, in 7th, and it took was part of something larger - several titles have been released individually in 4K, as well as on Blu-ray as part of the Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary Film Collection box sets. Cool Hand Luke, in 11th, was another such title.

And finally, Cowboy Bebop: 25th Anniversary Edition, available in standard and limited editions, ranked 17th.

Easter came a bit early this year compared to the previous year, but you almost couldn't tell. In years past, the week before Easter usually means a small sales bump, but nothing like that was evident this week. Blu-ray revenue was down almost 64% compared to the last pre-Easter sales bump, DVD sales down almost 37%. Worrying.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Cowboy Bebop: 25th Anniversary Edition" did not come in 4K, with the others being 4K releases. 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. Plane+
2. *Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
3. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish+
4. *Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham+
5. M3GAN
6. *Star Trek: The Next Generation - 4-Movie Collection+
7. *The Maltese Falcon+
8. Everything Everywhere All at Once+
9. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever+
10. Top Gun: Maverick+

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.

Unless I'm mistaken, all of this week's new releases in the top 20 were either 4K or Blu-ray exclusives, meaning they did not have a DVD edition and so there would not be a BD sales share to report on these (or rather, these would be at 100%, with the DVD editions at 0%). These releases were either 4K-only or Blu-ray-only releases, so no 4K UHD sales share either (or rather, the 4K sales share would be 100% for those that were released on 4K).

In other words, nothing to see here, please move on.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 9, 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: 42.25% vs 57.75%

Blu-ray: $13.99 million
DVD: $19.12 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $4.45m (down 31.8%), with unit sales down 30.5%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.76m (down 24.9%), with unit sales down 22.8%.

This meant $9.21 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 42.25% to 39.92%

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Stats:

For the week ending April 1, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.61% vs 58.39%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $9.72 million
DVD sales total spending: $13.64 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue dropped slightly despite the release of Plane, the new release that was the week's top-seller. The pre-Easter sales bump isn't due until next week.

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham was second, while Rick and Morty: Season 6 was 6th.

All Quiet on the Western Front was the last new release in the top 10, in 8th.

Outside of the top 10, Missing was 13th, Attack on Titan: Final Season - Part 2 was 17th, Doctor Who: William Hartnell - Complete Season Two was 18th, and Chucky: Season Two was 19th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Plane" and "Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham" and "All Quiet on the Western Front" all had 4K editions. 6 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. Plane+
2. *Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham+
3. *Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
4. M3GAN
5. Everything Everywhere All at Once+
6. Rick and Morty: Season 6
7. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish+
8. All Quiet on the Western Front+
9. *John Wick: Chapters 1-3+
10. A Man Called Otto

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, "Rick and Morty: Season 6" had the best BD sales share - 66.66%. "Plane" wasn't too far behind at 60.99%.

"Chucky: Season Two" managed 50.45%, with "Missing" at 45.78%.

On 4K, "Plane" got a 4K sales share of 15.96%, just ahead of "Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham" at 15.22%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 2, 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: 38.50% vs 61.50%

Blu-ray: $12.29 million
DVD: $19.63 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $1.26m (down 20.9%), with unit sales down 17.7%.

DVD sales decreased by $5.99m (down 30.5%), with unit sales down 29.5%.

This meant $7.25 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 38.50% to 41.61%

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Stats:

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

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 42.81% vs 57.19%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $10.12 million
DVD sales total spending: $13.52 million

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Despite a slew of new releases, Blu-ray and DVD sales both dropped slightly. M3GAN was the top-selling new release, but it came in second-place to last week's number one "Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero".

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season One was one of four other new releases in the top 10, coming in third.

Babylon was 4th, while Dragonslayer was 5th. And Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist was 9th.

The Criterion release of Inland Empire was 12th, followed closely behind by the Best Buy exclusive Jujutsu Kaisen 0. Another Best Buy exclusive, the 4K SteelBook version of Rocky IV was 15th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Babylon" and "Dragonslayer" both had 4K editions. 5 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. *Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
2. M3GAN
3. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season One
4. Babylon+
5. Dragonslayer+
6. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish+
7. A Man Called Otto
8. Everything Everywhere All at Once+
9. Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist
10. Top Gun: Maverick+

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.

"Babylon" managed a BD sales share of 64.79%, just ahead of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season One" at 57.99%.

"M3GAN" got 50.99%. "Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist" only got 23%.

On 4K, "Dragonslayer" got a 4K sales share of 74.34%, whereas "Babylon" got 29.02%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending March 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: 38.69% vs 61.31%

Blu-ray: $11.38 million
DVD: $18.03 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $1.26m (down 11.1%), with unit sales down 1.0%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.51m (down 25.0%), with unit sales down 26.9%.

This meant $5.77 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 38.69% to 42.81%

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Stats:

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

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 42.97% vs 57.03%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $10.81 million
DVD sales total spending: $14.35 million

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Top 10:

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero was the best-selling title and best-selling new release for the week.

A Man Called Otto was in a distant second-place, with multi Academy awards winning The Whale in 4th.

The Walking Dead: The Complete Eleventh Season was 6th and the last of the new releases in the top 10.

The Best Buy exclusive 4K SteelBook release of Rocky III was 11th, while the 4K release of The Prince of Egypt was 13th.

Two more 4K only releases left in the top 20, Streets of Fire in 15th and The Core in 17th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Only two types of releases this week, 4K re-issues and new releases that didn't come in 4K. 9 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.

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

1. *Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
2. A Man Called Otto
3. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish+
4. The Whale
5. Everything Everywhere All at Once+
6. The Walking Dead: The Complete Eleventh Season
7. Top Gun: Maverick+
8. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever+
9. *John Wick: Chapters 1-3+
10. Devotion+

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 non 4K re-issue releases, "The Whale" managed a BD sales share of 44.41%. "The Walking Dead: The Complete Eleventh Season" got 39.16% and "A Man Called Otto" managed 32.02%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending March 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: 36.16% vs 63.84%

Blu-ray: $11.00 million
DVD: $19.42 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $0.19m (down 1.8%), with unit sales up 3.2%.

DVD sales decreased by $5.07m (down 26.1%), with unit sales down 26.8%.

This meant $5.26 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 36.16% to 42.97%