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

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Stats:

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

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 39.29% vs 60.71%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $7.65 million
DVD sales total spending: $11.82 million

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Top 10:

Surely, not four weeks in a row of record low results? Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened - another week, another new record for the lowest revenue recorded. Last week saw Blu-ray revenue drop to its lowest since 24 August 2008 - this week was even lower.

If anything, the calibre of new releases this week was even worse than that of last week, which at least had a top-seller in "Violent Night". This week, the top-selling new release was the Blu-ray-only release of Mindcage in 5th, followed by the 4K release of Event Horizon in 6th place.

The first time Blu-ray release of Young Sherlock Holmes on SteelBook was in 7th, just above the 4K release of Dawn of the Dead in 8th.

In terms of "new" new releases, Bones and All in 19th was the only one.

Next week sees "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" get released on 4K and Blu-ray. Will this Marvel blockbuster help arrest Blu-ray's freefall in recent weeks? But consider that this movie was already made available on Disney+ prior to its disc release, the impact it has will be limited, to say the least.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Neither "Mindcage" nor "Bones and All" came in 4K editions. 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. Black Adam+
2. Top Gun: Maverick+
3. Violent Night
4. Everything Everywhere All at Once+
5. *Mindcage
6. *Event Horizon+
7. *Young Sherlock Holmes
8. *Dawn of the Dead+
9. Halloween Ends+
10. House of the Dragon: The Complete First Season+

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

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

All of the new releases this week (in the top 20) were Blu-ray or 4K only releases.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending February 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: 42.98% vs 57.02%

Blu-ray: $14.49 million
DVD: $19.22 million

It was a bit of an unfair comparison below because "Mindcage" was up against "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" and "Clifford the Big Red Dog" from this time last year.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $6.84m (down 47.2%), with unit sales down 43.5%.

DVD sales decreased by $7.40m (down 38.5%), with unit sales down 32.8%.

This meant $14.24 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 42.98% to 39.29%

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Stats:

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

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 40.00% vs 60.00%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $7.78 million
DVD sales total spending: $11.67 million

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Top 10:

For the third week in a row, Blu-ray sales have broken a new record - a new record for the lowest revenue. Last week saw Blu-ray revenue drop to its lowest since 24 August 2008 - this week was even lower.

New releases are still thin on the ground, but there were three new releases in the top 20. Violent Night was the best-selling new release for the week, and the week's overall top-seller.

The Dentist Collection was in third, while the 25th anniversary edition of Belly was 6th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Only "Belly" came in 4K (it 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. Violent Night
2. Black Adam+
3. *The Dentist Collection
4. Top Gun: Maverick+
5. Everything Everywhere All at Once+
6. *Belly+
7. Elvis+
8. The Menu
9. Halloween Ends+
10. House of the Dragon: The Complete First Season+

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-exclusive release in the top 20, "Violent Night", managed a BD sales share of 59.59%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 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: 39.78% vs 60.22%

Blu-ray: $10.66 million
DVD: $16.14 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $2.88m (down 27.0%), with unit sales down 26.2%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.47m (down 27.7%), with unit sales down 26.0%.

This meant $7.35 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 39.78% to 40.00%

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Stats:

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

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 40.90% vs 59.10%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $8.49 million
DVD sales total spending: $12.27 million

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Top 10:

Oh boy. Another week, another record low, this time the lowest since 24 August, 2008. If it drops any lower, it will be before we started tracking Blu-ray sales, and I started doing that way back during the days of the Blu-ray vs HD DVD war.

The fact that the top-selling new release was a movie that had already had its streaming debut, The Menu, probably contributed to the state of things. As a result, "The Menu" only managed a third-place finish in a week still dominated by "Black Adam" and "Top Gun: Maverick".

The next two new releases in the top 10 were 4K SteelBook releases re-releases, Cloverfield in 4th and They Live in 5th.

Till just missed out a top 10 finish, finishing in 11th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "The Menu" and "Till" did not 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. Black Adam+
2. Top Gun: Maverick+
3. The Menu
4. *Cloverfield+
5. *They Live+
6. Heat+
7. The Woman King+
8. Everything Everywhere All at Once+
9. Halloween Ends+
10. Elvis+

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 Menu" had a BD sales share of 60.15%, which was a lot better than the 28% earned by "Till".

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 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: 41.38% vs 58.62%

Blu-ray: $12.15 million
DVD: $17.21 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $3.66m (down 30.1%), with unit sales down 29.0%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.94m (down 28.7%), with unit sales down 26.2%.

This meant $8.6 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 41.38% to 40.90%

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Stats:

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

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 40.81% vs 59.19%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $9.01 million
DVD sales total spending: $13.07 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray sales slumped to below $10 million in what is the worst set of results since 21 September, 2008. The poor performing nature of the week isn't too surprising considering that January is traditionally a quiet week, but to go all the way back to almost the beginning of Blu-ray means that this disc format, and all physical media for that matter, may be on the way out.

To be fair, the lack of any compelling new releases in the top 10 was also a major factor, with the 4K 30th anniversary edition of Groundhog Day being the only new release in the top 10, and the 4K and Blu-ray editions of Dragons Forever in 12th being the only other new release in the top 20.

As a result, Blu-ray sales were down more than 42% compared to the same week last year - but to be fair, this time last year saw the release of "Dune: Part 1" on 4K/Blu-ray, a big release that's absent from this week's release slate.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Both new releases in the top 10 had 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. Black Adam+
2. Top Gun: Maverick+
3. Halloween Ends+
4. Everything Everywhere All at Once+
5. House of the Dragon: The Complete First Season+
6. The Woman King+
7. Cowboy Bebop: The Complete Series
8. *Groundhog Day+
9. Prey for the Devil+
10. Elvis+

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.

"Groundhog Day" was a 4K only release, and so it doesn't have a BD or 4K sales share to report on, and "Dragons Forever" failed to make the 4K sales share top 20.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 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: 45.34% vs 54.66%

Blu-ray: $15.67 million
DVD: $18.89 million

As mentioned before, this time last year saw "Dune: Part 1" being released, and being such a big release (and one that the home theater crowd couldn't wait to get their hands on), it really helped to lift Blu-ray sales. A such, an "all red" week in which every metric below is worse off, was hard to avoid without an equally big release this week.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $6.66m (down 42.5%), with unit sales down 40.1%.

DVD sales decreased by $5.82m (down 30.8%), with unit sales down 29.4%.

This meant $12.48 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 45.34% to 40.81%

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Stats:

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

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 43.48% vs 56.52%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $11.44 million
DVD sales total spending: $14.87 million

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Top 10:

The first week of January is usually a quiet one, and this week was no exception. Still, this didn't stop Warner Bros. from scheduling the release of one of their big movies (or at least a movie with big hopes) for this week - Black Adam was easily the top-seller for the week.

The horror film Prey for the Devil was another new release, coming in 4th place.

And the Criterion releases of the Blu-ray and 4K versions of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen was 8th, and the last of the new releases in the top 20.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: All three new releases had 4K editions. 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. Black Adam+
2. Top Gun: Maverick+
3. Halloween Ends+
4. Prey for the Devil+
5. House of the Dragon: The Complete First Season+
6. Terrifier 2
7. The Woman King+
8. *The Adventures of Baron Munchausen+
9. Jurassic World Dominion+
10. Ticket to Paradise

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.

"Prey for the Devil" beat "Black Adam" in terms of BD sales share, but only just - 61.72% vs 61.53%. "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" was a Blu-ray-only (re)release, and so we would consider it having 100% BD sales share for this particular re-issue.

On 4K, "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" led every other titles with a 4K sales share of 64.91%. "Black Adam" did well with a 4K sales share of 22.46%, ahead of the 16.12% earned by "Prey for the Devil"

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 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: 39.85% vs 60.15%

Blu-ray: $12.39 million
DVD: $18.70 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $0.95m (down 7.7%), with unit sales down 12.2%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.83m (down 20.5%), with unit sales down 22.7%.

This meant $4.78 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 39.85% to 43.48%

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Stats:

For the week ending December 31, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 45.33% vs 54.67%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.46 million
DVD sales total spending: $15.03 million

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Top 10:

The post-Christmas sales drop-off is what explains the large drop in sales compared to the previous week.

We usually won't have any particularly well-known new releases for this time of the year, but we did have a big-ish release in the form of Halloween Ends, and it was the top-selling title for the week, displacing "Top Gun: Maverick", which is no easy feat.

There was another new release in the top 10, Terrifier 2 in third, but that was it in terms of the top 20.

The best way to look at a week like this is to compare it to the same week last year, and unfortunately, sales were down again - nearly 28% for Blu-ray and more than 32% for DVD.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Halloween Ends" did 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. Halloween Ends+
2. Top Gun: Maverick+
3. Terrifier 2
4. House of the Dragon: The Complete First Season+
5. The Woman King+
6. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile+
7. Jurassic World Dominion+
8. Thor: Love and Thunder+
9. The Batman+
10. Everything Everywhere All at Once+

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.

"Terrifier 2" actually had a better BD sales share than "Halloween Ends", 73.64% versus 65.79%.

"Halloween Ends" actually did well on 4K, with 30.73% of all disc sales belonging to the 4K edition of the film.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 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: 43.66% vs 56.34%

Blu-ray: $17.28 million
DVD: $22.30 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $4.82m (down 27.9%), with unit sales down 27.6%.

DVD sales decreased by $7.27m (down 32.6%), with unit sales down 34.0%.

This meant $12.09 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 43.66% to 45.33%

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Stats:

For the week ending December 24, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 40.63% vs 59.37%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $21.66 million
DVD sales total spending: $31.65 million

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Top 10:

Pre-Christmas hits a peak this week with DVD sales jumping to over $30 million for the first time since this time last year. Unfortunately, last year saw over $42 million in DVD sales, which meant there was a 25% drop. The drop was even more precipitous for Blu-ray, dropping some 33%.

We did have a new release, but just one, in the top 20. House of the Dragon: The Complete First Season sold enough copies to earn a second-place finish behind, you guessed it, "Top Gun: Maverick".

The rest of the top 20 was filled with recent new releases and discounted titles, as you would expect.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "House of the Dragon: The Complete First Season" did have 4K editions, which wasn't the case for "Game of Thrones" until the last season. 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. Top Gun: Maverick+
2. House of the Dragon: The Complete First Season+
3. The Woman King+
4. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile+
5. The Batman+
6. Jurassic World Dominion+
7. Elvis+
8. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection+
9. Ticket to Paradise
10. Bullet Train+

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.

"House of the Dragon: Season 1" managed to get a BD sales share of 60.94% and a 4K sales share of 26.03%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending December 25, 2021 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: 43.32% vs 56.68%

Blu-ray: $32.43 million
DVD: $42.43 million

The penultimate week for 2022 ends on a sour note, where we have another "red week" in which every metric is worse than compared to the same week last year.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $10.77m (down 33.2%), with unit sales down 34.1%.

DVD sales decreased by $10.78m (down 25.4%), with unit sales down 28.4%.

This meant $21.55 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 43.32% to 40.63%

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Stats:

For the week ending December 17, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.73% vs 58.27%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $20.13 million
DVD sales total spending: $28.11 million

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Top 10:

Four new release movies graced the top 10, and Blu-ray revenue was up slightly because of this and the busy holiday sales period, but physical media sales are down quite significantly compared to pre-pandemic times.

The Woman King was the best-selling new release of the week, but it again failed to out-sell the recent number one, "Top Gun: Maverick" (which might stay number one for quite a while). It was closely followed by Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile in third place.

Interrupting the new release movies was the 4K release of an older one, Highlander in 4th.

Ticket to Paradise was 5th, with yet another new release, Smile in 6th place.

Silent Night, Deadly Night 3-5 Collection was the last new release in 10th, with the 4K release of Coraline in 11th rounding off things in the top 20.

So while Blu-ray revenue improved upon the recent week's, it was nowhere near where what it used to be. Take for example the last Christmas sales period before the pandemic, the same week in 2019 recorded $54.47 million in Blu-ray sales - that's almost two and half times more than this week!

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Only "Ticket to Paradise" and "Silent Night, Deadly Night 3-5 Collection" were without 4K editions. 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. Top Gun: Maverick+
2. The Woman King+
3. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile+
4. *Highlander+
5. Ticket to Paradise
6. Smile+
7. Everything Everywhere All at Once+
8. Clerks III
9. Jurassic World Dominion+
10. Silent Night, Deadly Night 3-5 Collection

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.

Out of this week's non Blu-ray/4K only releases, "Smile" actually had the best BD sales share, with 59.06%. "The Woman King" was the next best, with 52.09%. "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile" had to settle for 41.53%.

"Ticket to Paradise" didn't even make the BD sales share top 20, with a BD sales share of 37%.

"Smile" again was the leader when it came to 4K sales share, with 14.73%. "The Woman King" wasn't too far behind with 13.41%. "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile" unfortunately didn't do too well on 4K, with only 2% choosing to buy it over the Blu-ray and DVD versions.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending December 18, 2021 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: 41.12% vs 58.88%

Blu-ray: $29.65 million
DVD: $42.46 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $9.52m (down 32.1%), with unit sales down 29.4%.

DVD sales decreased by $14.35m (down 33.8%), with unit sales down 36.6%.

This meant $23.87 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 41.12% to 41.73%

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Stats:

For the week ending December 10, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.91% vs 58.09%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $16.97 million
DVD sales total spending: $23.52 million

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Top 10:

Clerks III was the best-selling new release for the week, but it only came second behind "Top Gun: Maverick".

Pulp Fiction comes to 4K (via a standard and a SteelBook release), and it was third.

Star Trek: Discovery - Season Four was 6th, while Phil Tippett's Mad God was 20th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Clerks III", "Star Trek: Discovery - Season Four" and "Mad Dog" all were released without a 4K edition. 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. Top Gun: Maverick+
2. Clerks III
3. *Pulp Fiction+
4. Top Gun 2-Movie Collection+
5. Jurassic World Dominion+
6. Star Trek: Discovery - Season Four
7. Everything Everywhere All at Once+
8. Thor: Love and Thunder+
9. The Grinch+
10. Spider-Man: No Way Home+

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.

"Clerks III" managed a BD sales share of 79.48%, while "Star Trek: Discovery - Season Four" got 60.23%. "Mad Dog" did not rank high enough in the Blu-ray market share chart.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending December 11, 2021 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: 36.66% vs 63.34%

Blu-ray: $19.73 million
DVD: $34.09 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $2.76m (down 14.0%), with unit sales down 16.3%.

DVD sales decreased by $10.57m (down 31.0%), with unit sales down 34.1%.

This meant $13.33 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 36.66% to 41.91%

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Stats:

For the week ending December 3, 2022, here are the stats:

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

Blu-ray sales total spending: $19.82 million
DVD sales total spending: $22.49 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

It's Cyber Monday week, which is basically just a continuation of the Black Friday sales for a couple of more days. As such, there were no new releases in the top 20, but some old favourites returns due to sales and such. One such release was "The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy" Blu-ray boxset, which jumped from last week's 98th place finish all the way to 7th.

As for how it compares with Cyber Mondays of past? Blu-ray sales were down 21% compared to last year's sale, which was already down 27% compared to 2020. Compared to the last time Blu-ray revenue actually grew from the previous Cyber Monday (this would be all the way back in 2019), Blu-ray sales are down a staggering 59%!

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Again, every title in 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. Top Gun: Maverick+
2. Jurassic World Dominion+
3. The Batman+
4. Spider-Man: No Way Home+
5. Dune: Part One+
6. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness+
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy+
8. Thor: Love and Thunder+
9. Ghostbusters: Afterlife+
10. Top Gun 2-Movie Collection+

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.

No new releases that had a DVD edition, or a 4K release that also had an equivalent Blu-ray edition, so no need to report on BD and 4K sales share results.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending December 4, 2021 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: 43.19% vs 56.81%

Blu-ray: $25.18 million
DVD: $33.12 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $5.36m (down 21.3%), with unit sales down 19.3%.

DVD sales decreased by $10.63m (down 32.1%), with unit sales down 36.1%.

This meant $15.99 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 43.19% to 46.84%

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Stats:

For the week ending November 26, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 50.05% vs 49.95%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $20.28 million
DVD sales total spending: $20.24 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

Another Black Friday sales week, and another lacklustre one. A combination of many BF pre-sales diluting the "big one", and perhaps more importantly, the declining fortunes of physical media (due to streaming), meant that Blu-ray sales were down 23% compared to the last BF week (which itself was already 27% down compared to the previous year). Can you say "steady decline"?

As is the tradition, there weren't a lot of new releases during this time of the year. In fact, the 4K release of Planes, Trains and Automobiles in 13th place was the only new release in the top 20.

We have to go all the way back to before the pandemic to find a Black Friday sales week that actually saw sales increase on the previous year. For the same week in 2019, we had $79.17 in Blu-ray sales and $96.83 in DVD sales. Just try and compare this with the listed sales figures above - 74% down for Blu-ray and 79% down for DVD. Ouch!

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Every title in 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. Top Gun: Maverick+
2. Jurassic World Dominion+
3. The Batman+
4. Spider-Man: No Way Home+
5. Everything Everywhere All at Once+
6. Thor: Love and Thunder+
7. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness+
8. Dune: Part One+
9. Elvis+
10. Minions: The Rise of Gru+

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.

No new releases that had a DVD edition, or a 4K release that also had an equivalent Blu-ray edition, so no need to report on BD and 4K sales share results.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending November 27, 2021 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: 46.39% vs 53.61%

Blu-ray: $26.34 million
DVD: $30.44 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $6.06m (down 23.0%), with unit sales down 30.8%.

DVD sales decreased by $10.2m (down 33.5%), with unit sales down 39.6%.

This meant $16.26 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 46.39% to 50.05%

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Stats:

For the week ending November 19, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 43.08% vs 56.92%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $15.91 million
DVD sales total spending: $21.02 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

Blu-ray sales remained largely unchanged from the previous week, but DVD sales improved thanks to the build-up to the Black Friday sales.

It was another quiet week in terms of new releases, with only two new entries in the top 20, and one of them was a 4K re-issue.

So the only real new release was Pearl, the "secret" prequel to the excellent "X" - but it only came 8th in the chart.

The 30th-anniversary edition 4K release of Reservoir Dogs was 12th.

Some of this year's biggest movies making a comeback to the top 20 as they join in the sales fun, like "Sonic the Hedgehog 2" and "Everything Everywhere All at Once".

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Pearl" did not 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. Top Gun: Maverick+
2. The Batman+
3. Jurassic World Dominion+
4. Everything Everywhere All at Once+
5. Spider-Man: No Way Home+
6. Elvis+
7. Sonic the Hedgehog 2+
8. Pearl
9. Minions: The Rise of Gru+
10. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore+

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.

"Pearl" had an amazing BD sales share of 85.09%, meaning less than 15% of buyers chose to buy the DVD-only edition of the film.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending November 20, 2021 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: 37.13% vs 62.87%

Blu-ray: $22.70 million
DVD: $29.40 million

A kind of unfair comparison, because "Pearl" was up against "Jungle Cruise" (and "Candyman") from this time last year. Hence, an "all red" week.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $6.79m (down 29.9%), with unit sales down 31.1%.

DVD sales decreased by $8.38m (down 28.5%), with unit sales down 26.8%.

This meant $15.17 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 43.57% to 43.08%

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Stats:

For the week ending November 12, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 48.76% vs 51.24%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $15.34 million
DVD sales total spending: $16.12 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

A pretty quiet week in terms of new releases, as stores, online and off, start their Black Friday sale events in earnest. This is why a lot of this year's biggest releases have all come back into the top 10, due to discounts and whatnot.

The best-selling new entry into the top 20 was the 4K 80th anniversary release of Casablanca all the way down to 16th place. It was joined by the Blu-ray release of Earth Girls Are Easy in 19th.

So a very quiet week, but Blu-ray revenue held up relatively well due to "Top Gun: Maverick" and the early Black Friday sales.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Every title in 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. Top Gun: Maverick+
2. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness+
3. Top Gun 2-Movie Collection+
4. Thor: Love and Thunder+
5. The Batman+
6. Jurassic World Dominion+
7. Elvis+
8. Spider-Man: No Way Home+
9. Dune+
10. Nope+

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 "Casablanca" and "Earth Girls Are Easy" were 4K or Blu-ray only releases, and so they did not have either a Blu-ray or 4K sales share score (or rather, both were at 100%).

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending November 13, 2021 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: 37.13% vs 62.87%

Blu-ray: $18.13 million
DVD: $30.70 million

This time last year is also when some of the early Black Friday discounts started, and both Blu-ray and DVD sales were down, DVD in particular. It's hard to compare two different sales, so a better comparison would be between the two Black Friday sales weeks coming up soon.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $2.79m (down 15.4%), with unit sales down 27.4%.

DVD sales decreased by $14.58m (down 47.5%), with unit sales down 55.8%.

This meant $17.37 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 37.13% to 48.76%

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Stats:

For the week ending November 5, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 51.11% vs 48.89%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $18.69 million
DVD sales total spending: $17.88 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

The year's biggest movie, Top Gun: Maverick, finally arrives on home video and it instantly helped Blu-ray revenue rise 82% compared to the previous week, and helped weekly Blu-ray market share to push above 50%. Top Gun 2-Movie Collection also got in on the action, coming in second.

However, for such a big release, Blu-ray sales still seem muted compared to days past. Looking at movies with a similar box office, the original "Black Panther" did less at the box office, but the week in which it was released saw around $50 million in Blu-ray sales. Similarly, "Frozen II" was just released before the worst of the pandemic occurred, and the week it was released saw $45 million in sales. This compares to $18.69 million for this week.

And unlike other titles, "Top Gun: Maverick" had not been made available for streaming on subscription streaming platforms prior to its home media release - however, it does have a set release date on Paramount+ set to December, and perhaps the knowledge that the movie will be available to stream in 6 week's time may have influenced some to skip buying the disc version.

"Top Gun: Maverick" wasn't the only new release this week either, there were quite a few 4K-only releases: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation was 6th, The Running Man in 8th, Starship Troopers in 9th, A Christmas Story in 10th, and Elf in 11th.

These were all 4K-only releases with no equivalent standard Blu-ray or DVD release.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Top Gun: Maverick" did have a 4K UHD edition. Every title in 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. Top Gun: Maverick+
2. Top Gun 2-Movie Collection+
3. Nope+
4. Bullet Train+
5. Thor: Love and Thunder+
6. *National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation+
7. Jurassic World Dominion+
8. *The Running Man+
9. *Starship Troopers+
10. *A Christmas Story+

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.

"Top Gun: Maverick" was the only new release in the top 20 that had a DVD-only release, and it recorded a Blu-ray sales share of 64.91%.

"Top Gun: Maverick" and "Top Gun 2-Movie Collection" were the only two to have a standard Blu-ray release, and so had 4K sale share figures. The 2-movie release had the better of the 4K sales share, 55.14% versus 25.35% for the new movie alone.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending November 6, 2021 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: 38.72% vs 61.28%

Blu-ray: $14.05 million
DVD: $22.24 million

"Top Gun: Maverick" beat "Paw Patrol: The Movie" from the same week last year. No surprises here.

Blu-ray sales increased by $4.64m (up 33.0%), with unit sales up 7.7%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.36m (down 19.6%), with unit sales down 26.7%.

This meant $0.28 million more in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 38.72% to 51.11%

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Stats:

For the week ending October 29, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 42.84% vs 57.16%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $10.23 million
DVD sales total spending: $13.65 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

Nope was the best-selling new release and the overall top-seller for the week.

The Invitation was the next new release, in 5th place.

From the Warner Archives, comes the Blu-ray version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Outside of the top 10, Titans: The Complete Third Season in 12th, and the impressive Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Vol. 3 box set.

Despite these new releases, weekly Blu-ray revenue dropped compared to last week.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Nope" was the only new release that had a 4K UHD edition. 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. Nope+
2. Bullet Train+
3. Thor: Love and Thunder+
4. Jurassic World Dominion+
5. The Invitation
6. *Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons+
7. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
8. The Batman+
9. Minions: The Rise of Gru+
10. Beast

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.

"Nope" had a BD sales share of 75.25%, the best of this week's non-Blu-ray exclusive new releases. "The Invitation" managed to get 55.72%, and "Titans: The Complete Third Season" got 34%.

On 4K, "Nope" had the best 4K sales share, with 42.76% of buyers opting to get the 4K version.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending October 30, 2021 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: 41.92% vs 57.66%

Blu-ray: $15.79 million
DVD: $21.88 million

"Nope" was up against "The Suicide Squad" from this time last year and the DC movie clearly came out on top, given the comparison below.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $5.56m (down 35.2%), with unit sales down 36.8%.

DVD sales decreased by $8.23m (down 37.6%), with unit sales down 38.9%.

This meant $13.79 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 41.92% to 42.84%