Stats:
For the week ending November 27, 2021, here are the stats:
Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 46.29% vs 53.71%
Blu-ray sales total spending: $26.27 million
DVD sales total spending: $30.48 million
These stats are available from here:
Media Play News
Top 10:
Black Friday pre-sales and declining interest in physical media all contributed to a lacklustre Black Friday sales event, where Blu-ray sales were down 27% compared to last year's sales event.
As usual for Black Friday, there were no new releases in the top 20. Instead, it was dominated by titles that were on sale during the event (such as "Wonder Woman 1984", "1917"), along with recent best-sellers "F9: The Fast Saga", "Jungle Cruise"), and a sprinkle of Christmas favourites ("The Grinch", "Elf").
So just how bad was BF2021? Blu-ray sales were down 27.1% as mentioned earlier, but that's on top of the 54.5% decline that we saw last year. At that time, we attributed much of the decline to the pandemic and the lack of new releases. And while things are still not back to 100% on this front, the number of big releases have improved, and yet, revenue was still down. This suggests COVID-19 isn't to blame for everything and that declining demand for physical media may be at play, although the pandemic is still a big factor indirectly, due to many releases being fast-tracked to streaming. DVD sales were down too, but that was always to be expected.
Compared to six years ago, the peak of Black Friday Blu-ray sales, revenue was down a massive $79.98 million, or 75.3%!
This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: All 10 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 +):
Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:
For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.
In terms of BD sales share, "Zack Snyder’s Justice League" had the best set of results, 89.87%. While it was also top for 4K sales share, at 43.61%, followed by "Mortal Kombat" at 32.68%.
Top 20 Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Market Share Chart
Year on Year Comparison
The stats for the week ending November 28, 2020 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.
As mentioned earlier, and confirmed here in clear detail, everything was down compared to the last Black Friday sales, which was already one of the worst on record. Disappointing.
Blu-ray sales decreased by $9.77m (down 27.1%), with unit sales down 34.3%.
DVD sales decreased by $6.69m (down 18.0%), with unit sales down 29.9%.
This meant $16.46 million less in combined revenue for the week.
Blu-ray's market share decreased from 49.23% to 46.29%
For the week ending November 27, 2021, here are the stats:
Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 46.29% vs 53.71%
Blu-ray sales total spending: $26.27 million
DVD sales total spending: $30.48 million
These stats are available from here:
Media Play News
Top 10:
Black Friday pre-sales and declining interest in physical media all contributed to a lacklustre Black Friday sales event, where Blu-ray sales were down 27% compared to last year's sales event.
As usual for Black Friday, there were no new releases in the top 20. Instead, it was dominated by titles that were on sale during the event (such as "Wonder Woman 1984", "1917"), along with recent best-sellers "F9: The Fast Saga", "Jungle Cruise"), and a sprinkle of Christmas favourites ("The Grinch", "Elf").
So just how bad was BF2021? Blu-ray sales were down 27.1% as mentioned earlier, but that's on top of the 54.5% decline that we saw last year. At that time, we attributed much of the decline to the pandemic and the lack of new releases. And while things are still not back to 100% on this front, the number of big releases have improved, and yet, revenue was still down. This suggests COVID-19 isn't to blame for everything and that declining demand for physical media may be at play, although the pandemic is still a big factor indirectly, due to many releases being fast-tracked to streaming. DVD sales were down too, but that was always to be expected.
Compared to six years ago, the peak of Black Friday Blu-ray sales, revenue was down a massive $79.98 million, or 75.3%!
This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: All 10 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 +):
- F9: The Fast Saga+
- Jungle Cruise+
- Godzilla vs. Kong+
- Wonder Woman 1984+
- The Grinch+
- Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins+
- Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard+
- Zack Snyder’s Justice League+
- Free Guy+
- Mortal Kombat+
Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:
For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.
In terms of BD sales share, "Zack Snyder’s Justice League" had the best set of results, 89.87%. While it was also top for 4K sales share, at 43.61%, followed by "Mortal Kombat" at 32.68%.
Top 20 Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Market Share Chart
Year on Year Comparison
The stats for the week ending November 28, 2020 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.
Originally Posted by Stats for the week ending November 28, 2020
Blu-ray sales decreased by $9.77m (down 27.1%), with unit sales down 34.3%.
DVD sales decreased by $6.69m (down 18.0%), with unit sales down 29.9%.
This meant $16.46 million less in combined revenue for the week.
Blu-ray's market share decreased from 49.23% to 46.29%
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