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

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Stats:

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

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 11.5%
Blu-ray: 28.5%
DVD: 60.0%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

Two relatively big releases, and a host of other releases, is what's new for this week.

Wonka was the top-seller for the week, easily beating Migration in second place. The previous was also top of the 4K only chart, while the latter was 6th.

The Walmart exclusive SteelBook version of American Psycho was 8th (4th on the 4K chart), while Dream Scenario was 9th (it wasn't available on 4K).

The Walmart exclusive Blu-ray version of Twister (not available on 4K), just in time for the new movie coming out soon, was 11th.

A new 4K edition of All Quiet on the Western Front was 16th (8th on the 4K chart) and it was the last new release on the combined 4K and Blu-ray chart.

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

The 4K edition of the very prescient film Contagion was 11th on the 4K chart.

Two classics were the next two new releases, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and the Criterion version of The Roaring Twenties were 12th and 13th respectively.

The Walmart exclusive 4K SteelBook editions of Dredd, Train to Busan and Creepshow was 14th, 17th, and 19th.

And finally, Fear and Desire was 18th. That's a long list of new releases.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: The only title without a 4K edition was "Dream Scenario". 8 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.



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

1. Wonka+
2. Migration+
3. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes+
4. Dune: Part One+
5. The Marvels+
6. Oppenheimer+
7. Trolls Band Together+
8. *American Psycho+
9. *Dream Scenario
10. *Priscilla

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

1. Wonka
2. Dune: Part One
3. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
4. *American Psycho
5. Oppenheimer
6. Migration
7. The Marvels
8. *All Quiet on the Western Front
9. Army of Darkness
10. *Paprika

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.

"Wonka" had a BD sales share of 57.66%. "Migration" just failed to reach 50%, with 49.75%.

On 4K, "Wonka" had a 4K sales share of 18.73% and "Migration" managed 7.40%. "The Roaring Twenties" 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 March 4, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 17.0%
Blu-ray: 25.9%
DVD: 57.1%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 42.9% to 40.0%.

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Stats:

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

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 10.9%
Blu-ray: 22.3%
DVD: 66.8%

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Top 20:

A very very quiet week in which there were actually zero new releases in the combined Blu-ray and 4K top 20, and only three new releases in the 4K only top 20.

These were the Walmart SteelBook release of Creature From the Black Lagoon in 12th, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance in 13th, and the SteelBook edition of Event Horizon in 20th.

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

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

1. Wonka+
2. Migration+
3. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes+
4. Oppenheimer+
5. Dune: Part One+
6. The Marvels+
7. *American Psycho+
8. Trolls Band Together+
9. *Twister+
10. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny+

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

1. Oppenheimer
2. Dune: Part One
3. Wonka
4. *American Psycho
5. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
6. Creepshow
7. Dredd
8. Migration
9. The Batman
10. The Marvels

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 three new releases in the 4K only top 10 were released as 4K exclusives, and so there's no BD or UHD sales share to speak of (or rather, they are all at 100%).

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

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

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 9.2%
Blu-ray: 24.6%
DVD: 66.2%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 33.8% to 33.2%.

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Stats:

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

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 17.4%
Blu-ray: 31.8%
DVD: 50.8%

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Top 20:

A huge list of new releases helped Blu-ray and 4K market share almost get above the DVD market share.

On the very top of the combined Blu-ray and 4K chart was Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (download 4K trailer), and it was on top of the 4K only chart as well.

Disney's Wish (download 4K trailer) was second on the combined chart (it was 6th on the 4K only chart as the 4K edition was a Walmart exclusive).

The first of a trio of James Cameron supervised remastered 4K editions was next, the Ultimate Collector's Edition of The Abyss was 4th (2nd on the 4K chart), with True Lies in 5th (3rd on the 4K chart). Aliens is the last of the remastered releases, in 7th (4th on the 4K chart).

Poor Things was 8th (no 4K edition was made available unfortunately for this and all the following new releases, with one exception - download 4K trailer), while Suzume was 9th.

Anyone But You was 11th. Ferrari was 13th. The Color Purple was 15th (a 4K edition was available, but it didn't sell enough to get into the top 20 - download 4K trailer), Rick and Morty: Season 7 was 16th.

Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Vol. 3 was 19th, and finally, Freelance was 20th.

But wait, there's more. There are also a couple of 4K only releases in the 4K top 20. Quigley Down Under was 14th, Kung Fu Panda was 16th, and the SteelBook reprint of Dragonslayer was 20th.

Phew.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom", "Wish", and the 4K only releases, all had 4K editions. 8 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.

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

1. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom+
2. Wish+
3. Oppenheimer+
4. *The Abyss+
5. *True Lies+
6. Wonka+
7. *Aliens+
8. Poor Things
9. *Suzume
10. Migration+

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

1. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
2. *The Abyss
3. *True Lies
4. *Aliens
5. Oppenheimer
6. Wish
7. Event Horizon
8. Dune: Part One
9. Wonka
10. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

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.

"Poor Things" actually had the best BD sales share of all the new releases above that had separate DVD editions - it had a BD sales share of 68.75%. "Rick and Morty: Season 7" was next with 62.08%.

"Ferrari" was next with 57.38%, just above "Wish" with 55.68%. Top seller "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" managed 55.60%.

"Anyone But You" got 48.01%, while "The Color Purple" got 32%. "Freelance" only managed 24%.

On 4K, "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom" got a UHD sales share of 17.54%. "Wish" had a UHD sales share of 13.19% despite the 4K edition only being made available at Walmart.

"The Color Purple" only managed a UHD sales share of 4.88%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

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

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 6.6%
Blu-ray: 36.5%
DVD: 56.8%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 43.2% to 49.2%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 23 March 2024, here are the stats:


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Top 20:

We are missing the format market share stats for this week.

Last week was a huge list of new releases. This week, very much the opposite.

The only new release in the combined Blu-ray and 4K top 20 was the 4K boxet The Ring Collection in 17th place (it was 6th on the 4K chart). Even the 4K only chart was fairly quiet, with the only other new release being K-19: The Widowmaker in 15th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: We only have 4K releases this week. Every single title in this week's top 10 had UHD editions!

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

1. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom+
2. *Aliens+
3. *True Lies+
4. Wish+
5. *The Abyss+
6. Wonka+
7. Oppenheimer+
8. Migration+
9. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes+
10. Dune: Part One+

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

1. *Aliens
2. *True Lies
3. *The Abyss
4. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
5. Oppenheimer
6. *The Ring Collection
7. Dune: Part One
8. Wonka
9. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
10. Wish

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.

As all three new releases were 4K only releases, they neither had BD sales share figures (which requires a separate DVD edition) nor UHD sales share figures (which requires a separate Blu-ray or DVD edition).

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending March 25, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 9.3%
Blu-ray: 34.2%
DVD: 56.4%