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%

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Stats:

For the week ending 30 March 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 12.3%
Blu-ray: 26.8%
DVD: 60.8%

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Top 20:

A couple of new releases, but Blu-ray and 4K total sales share was still relatively low.

The top-seller for the week was The Iron Claw, which wasn't available on UHD.

In fourth place was Berserk:The Complete 1997 TV Series (again, no 4K edition), and then it was all the way down in 12th for the new release, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - Part 1 (again, no 4K edition).

When Evil Lurks was 14th, and as is the theme this week, it did not come in 4K.

There were more new releases on the 4K only sales chart.

The 4K edition of Primal Fear was 9th on the chart, followed by the Criterion edition of To Die For in 10th (a Blu-ray edition was available, but it didn't manage to sell enough copies to get into the combined Blu-ray and 4K top 20). A similar situation occurred for Paint Your Wagon in 11th.

Night of the Blood Monster (also known as The Bloody Judge) was 16th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: As mentioned earlier, "Primal Fear" was a 4K exclusive, whereas "To Die For", "Paint Your Wagon", and "Night of the Blood Monster" all had both Blu-ray and 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. *The Iron Claw
2. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom+
3. *Aliens+
4. *Berserk:The Complete 1997 TV Series
5. Wonka+
6. *True Lies+
7. Migration+
8. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes+
9. Wish+
10. Oppenheimer+

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 Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
7. Dune: Part One
8. Wonka
9. *Primal Fear
10. To Die For

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.

This week's top-seller "The Iron Claw" was actually a Blu-ray only release, the same for "When Evil Lurks", so there were no new releases that had a DVD edition and therefore a BD sales share.

On the 4K chart, we did have a few releases that had both Blu-ray and 4K editions, but non had a 4K sales share that was high enough to get into 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 April 1, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 9.3%
Blu-ray: 37.7%
DVD: 53.1%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 47.0% to 39.1%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 6 April 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 10.7%
Blu-ray: 19.3%
DVD: 69.9%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

The week after Easter is usually a slow week with few releases, and it wasn't really that different for this year.

The 4K release of Major League was the best-selling new release on the combined Blu-ray and 4K chart (it was number one on the 4K chart).

The rest of the new releases were all part of Disney's Walmart exclusive 4K SteelBook re-releases featuring exclusive art by Mondo. Guardians of the Galaxy sold the best, at 8th (2nd on the 4K chart), The Avengers was 10th (3rd on the 4K chart), Doctor Strange was 11th (4th), and Black Panther was 14th (7th).

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: All of this week's aforementioned new releases were 4K only releases. 9 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.

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

1. *The Iron Claw
2. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom+
3. *Major League+
4. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes+
5. Wonka+
6. Oppenheimer+
7. Migration+
8. *Guardians of the Galaxy+
9. Wish+
10. *The Avengers+

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

1. Major League+
2. Guardians of the Galaxy+
3. The Avengers+
4. Doctor Strange+
5. *Aliens
6. Oppenheimer
7. Black Panther+
8. *True Lies
9. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
10. Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard

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 this week's new releases were 4K exclusives, so no BD sales share nor 4K sales share (or rather, all were at 100%).

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 8, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 10.2%
Blu-ray: 29.3%
DVD: 60.6%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 39.5% to 30.0%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 13 April 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 9.6%
Blu-ray: 24.1%
DVD: 66.3%

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Top 20:

Another fairly slow week in which Lisa Frankenstein was the week's top-selling new release, in second place on the combined Blu-ray and 4K chart. It did not have a 4K edition.

The Limited Edition 4K SteelBook release of King Kong, the 1976 version, was the next new release in 4th place (it was at the top of the 4K only chart).

Night Swim was 8th (no 4K edition either), and it was the last of the new releases in both the combined and 4K charts. Yep, a very slow week.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: As mentioned earlier, neither of the new movies this week had 4K editions. 7 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. Lisa Frankenstein
3. *The Iron Claw
4. *King Kong+
5. Oppenheimer+
6. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes+
7. Wonka+
8. Night Swim
9. Migration+
10. Dune: Part One+

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

1. *King Kong
2. Oppenheimer
3. *The Abyss
4. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
5. *Aliens
6. *True Lies
7. Planet Earth III
8. Dune: Part One
9. Guardians of the Galaxy+
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.

"Night Swim" had a BD sales share of 56.84%, just ahead of "Lisa Frankenstein" also with almost exactly the same 56.84%. "King Kong" was a 4K exclusive so it does not have a BD or 4K sales share (or rather, both are at 100%).

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 15, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 6.7%
Blu-ray: 29.8%
DVD: 63.5%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 36.5% to 33.7%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 20 April 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 7.6%
Blu-ray: 22.2%
DVD: 70.2%

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Top 20:

Yet another slow week in which there were only two new releases in the combined Blu-ray and 4K chart and the 4K only chart.

Star Trek: Lower Decks - Season 4 was the first of the two releases, coming in second place on the combined chart (it wasn't available on 4K). The other new release only sold enough to rank on the 4K only chart, despite having a standard Blu-ray edition. The Criterion edition of Werckmeister Harmonies was 13th on the 4K chart.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: Only "Werckmeister Harmonies" had a 4K edition. 7 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. Star Trek: Lower Decks - Season 4
3. *The Iron Claw
4. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes+
5. Oppenheimer+
6. *The Abyss+
7. Dune: Part One+
8. Wonka+
9. Lisa Frankenstein
10. Migration+

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

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

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 4" had a BD sales share of 85.21%, whereas "Werckmeister Harmonies" did not rank on either the BD or 4K sales share charts.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 22, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 5.1%
Blu-ray: 27.7%
DVD: 67.2%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 32.8% to 29.8%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 27 April 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 15.1%
Blu-ray: 22.7%
DVD: 62.2%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

The Beekeeper (download 4K trailer) was the top-selling Blu-ray for the week and the top-seller new release. It was the 4th best seller on the 4K-only chart.

Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Two was second on the combined 4K and Blu-ray chart (5th on the 4K chart).

The 4K release of The Departed was third (first on the 4K chart), while the 4K restoration of Nostalghia produced both a new 4K and Blu-ray edition - it was 5th (3rd on the 4K chart).

Then it was all the way down to 17th for the next new release, Lars Von Trier’s The Kingdom Trilogy (no 4K edition).

And finally on the combined chart, The Cat and the Canary was 19th (no 4K edition).

There were a couple of more new releases on the 4K only chart. Rolling Thunder was 8th, the 35th anniversary 4K re-release of Steel Magnolias was 9th, the Criterion edition of I Am Cuba was 16th, and Goodbye Uncle Tom was 19th.

With so many new releases, 4K and Blu-ray market share rose compared to the previous weeks.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: As mentioned before, only "The Kingdom Trilogy" and "The Cat and the Canary" didn't have 4K editions. 9 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.

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

1. The Beekeeper+
2. *Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Two+
3. *The Departed+
4. *The Abyss+
5. *Nostalghia+
6. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom+
7. *The Iron Claw
8. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes+
9. Oppenheimer+
10. Dune: Part One+

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

1. *The Departed
2. *The Abyss
3. *Nostalghia
4. The Beekeeper
5. *Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Two
6. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
7. Oppenheimer
8. *Rolling Thunder
9. *Steel Magnolias
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.

Of this week's new releases that rank on the BD sales share chart, "The Beekeeper" had the best BD sales share, with 52.33%. It was the only new release that had a DVD edition.

For 4K sales share, we require releases that have simultaneous Blu-ray and 4K editions. These include "Nostalghia", with an impressive 4K sales share of 96.95%, "Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Two" with 14.88%, and "The Beekeeper" with 9.71%. "I Am Cuba" and "Goodbye Uncle Tom" didn't have a high enough 4K sales shares to get into the top 20.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 29, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 6.1%
Blu-ray: 28.7%
DVD: 65.2%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 34.8% to 37.8%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 4 May 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 17.9%
Blu-ray: 26.9%
DVD: 55.2%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

Both Blu-ray and 4K market share grew compared to last week thanks to a slew of 4K releases from Disney, among other new releases.

One of those other releases was actually this week's top-seller, Madame Web. At least on the combined Blu-ray and 4K chart, it was only third on the 4K only chart.

Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi is the first of a series of re-releases by Disney on 4K and Blu-ray SteelBook, and was second on the combined chart (2nd on the 4K chart).

The really quite fantastic Star Wars: Andor - The Complete First Season was 3rd (1st on the 4K chart), Moon Knight: The Complete First Season was 4th (also 4th on the 4K chart), and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: The Complete First Season was 6th (5th on the 4K chart).

Ordinary Angels was 7th (not available on 4K).

The original Mean Girls has been re-released on 4K for the release of the reboot, and it was 8th, ahead of the new version of Mean Girls in 10th.

There were a couple of more new releases in the 4K only chart as well. The 4K SteelBook boxset of Ocean’s Trilogy was 11th, and the three movies were also available individually as well, including Ocean’s Thirteen in 16th and Ocean’s Eleven in 17th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: Pretty much the only previously mentioned new release that didn't have a 4K edition was "Ordinary Angels". 9 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.



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

1. Madame Web+
2. *Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi+
3. *Star Wars: Andor - The Complete First Season+
4. *Moon Knight: The Complete First Season+
5. The Beekeeper+
6. *The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: The Complete First Season+
7. Ordinary Angels
8. *Mean Girls+
9. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom+
10. Mean Girls+

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

1. *Star Wars: Andor - The Complete First Season
2. *Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi
3. Madame Web
4. *Moon Knight: The Complete First Season
5. *The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: The Complete First Season
6. *Mean Girls
7. *The Abyss
8. Oppenheimer
9. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy

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 releases this week that did have a DVD edition, which is the new "Madame Web", "Mean Girls", and "Ordinary Angels", they had BD sales shares of 60.15%, 44.97%, and 44.50%.

For 4K sales share, "Star Wars: Andor" had the best 4K sales share with 59.14%, "Moon Knight" got 59.05%, "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" got 52.33%, and "Obi-Wan Kenobi" got 49.62%.

"Madame Web" got 23.97%, with "Mean Girls" getting 10.37%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 6, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 4.8%
Blu-ray: 23.2%
DVD: 72.0%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 28.0% to 44.8%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 11 May 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 18.5%
Blu-ray: 19.0%
DVD: 62.4%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

A somewhat quieter week with the 30th-anniversary re-release of The Crow being the top-selling new release on the combined Blu-ray and 4K chart - it was also top of the 4K only chart.

The next new release was all the way down in 13th, the Blu-ray and 4K re-release of the classic High Noon (it was 4th on the 4K chart).

The 4K and 4K SteelBook re-release of Killer Klowns From Outer Space was the last of the new releases in the combined top 20, in 18th place (it ranked outside the top 20 on the 4K chart), although this release has an official release date for next week.

There was one more new release on the 4K only chart - the 4K only release of One from the Heart in 16th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: All of this week's previously mentioned new releases had 4K editions (or were 4K exclusives). 9 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.

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

1. *The Crow+
2. Madame Web+
3. *Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi+
4. The Beekeeper+
5. *Star Wars: Andor - The Complete First Season+
6. Ordinary Angels
7. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom+
8. *The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: The Complete First Season+
9. *Moon Knight: The Complete First Season+
10. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes+

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

1. *The Crow
2. *Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi
3. *Star Wars: Andor - The Complete First Season
4. High Noon
5. Madame Web
6. *Ocean’s Trilogy
7. *The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: The Complete First Season
8. Dune: Part One
9. *Moon Knight: The Complete First Season
10. Oppenheimer

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.

None of this week's new releases had DVD editions, so there's nothing to report in terms of BD sales share.

For 4K sales share, only "High Noon" had both a Blu-ray and 4K edition, and it had a high 4K sales share of 93.83%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 13, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 3.8%
Blu-ray: 22.4%
DVD: 73.8%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 26.2% to 37.5%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 18 May 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 35.6%
Blu-ray: 25.2%
DVD: 39.3%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

Blu-ray and 4K sales share increased quite a bit compared to recent weeks thanks to a big week of new releases. This is one of the best results for Blu-ray and 4K compared to DVD.

Headlining the new releases this week was Dune: Part Two - it was the clear top-seller for the week, outselling the number two title on the combined 4K and Blu-ray chart by more than a 17-to-1 margin. Even the 2-film boxset ranked in the top 10, Dune 2-Film Collection was 6th (5th on the 4K chart). Even the first film got back into the top 10, in a high second place.

Killer Klowns From Outer Space was third (second on the 4K only chart). Imaginary was 4th (it wasn't made available on 4K).

The 4K re-release of Once Upon a Time in the West was 5th (3rd on the 4K chart).

American Sniper gets a 4K and 4K SteelBook re-release, and it was 10th, and it was the last of the new releases in the top 20, of both charts.

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



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

1. Dune: Part Two+
2. Dune: Part One+
3. *Killer Klowns From Outer Space+
4. Imaginary
5. *Once Upon a Time in the West+
6. Dune 2-Film Collection+
7. The Beekeeper+
8. *The Crow+
9. Madame Web+
10. *American Sniper+

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

1. Dune: Part Two
2. *Killer Klowns From Outer Space
3. *Once Upon a Time in the West
4. Dune: Part One
5. Dune 2-Film Collection
6. *The Crow
7. *American Sniper
8. The Thing
9. Blade Runner 2049
10. Mad Max: Fury Road

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.

"Dune: Part Two", the "Dune 2-Film Collection", and "Imaginary" all had DVD editions, and they had BD sales shares of 83.25%, 47.68%, and 62.85%.

For 4K sales share, "Dune: Part Two" managed 50.47% and the "Dune 2-Film Collection" got 31.39%. The former result is quite a significant result, where 4K becomes the most dominant disc format for a major release, selling more than half of all copies of the films sold on disc.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 20, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 14.1%
Blu-ray: 28.2%
DVD: 57.7%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 42.3% to 60.8%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 25 May 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 12.8%
Blu-ray: 20.2%
DVD: 67.0%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

Blu-ray and 4K weekly sales share dropped compared to last week's high as new releases dried up again this week.

Paramount has released a bunch of their classic movies in a new unique packaging that combines all versions of the film, 4K, Blu-ray, DVD and digital, and the best-selling of these was The Hunt for Red October in 16th on the combined 4K and Blu-ray chart - it was 5th on the 4K chart.

Escape From L.A. was the next one, in 18th (6th on the 4K chart).

The rest of the new releases didn't sell enough to get into the combined top 20, but did find a place on the 4K only chart. The Untouchables was 8th, Interstellar was 9th, and Shutter Island was 13th.

The 10th-Anniversary 4K edition of American Hustle was 10th, while the Limited Edition 4K and Blu-ray release of Narc was 15th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: All of the previously mentioned new releases had 4K editions. 9 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.

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

1. Dune: Part Two+
2. The Beekeeper+
3. Dune: Part One+
4. Imaginary
5. *The Crow+
6. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom+
7. *Mad Max: Fury Road+
8. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes+
9. Oppenheimer+
10. Madame Web+

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

1. Dune: Part Two
2. *The Crow
3. Dune: Part One
4. Mad Max: Fury Road
5. *The Hunt for Red October
6. *Escape From L.A.
7. *Killer Klowns From Outer Space
8. *The Untouchables
9. *Interstellar
10. *American Hustle

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.

While the Paramount releases did come with a DVD edition, it was all in the same single package and so we still have a situation where none of this week's new releases had an individual DVD edition, and so no BD sales share to report.

The only release that had a separate 4K and Blu-ray release was "Narc", but its UHD sales share wasn't high enough to get in to the UHD 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 May 27, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 11.3%
Blu-ray: 27.2%
DVD: 61.5%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 38.5% to 33.0%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 1 June 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 9.3%
Blu-ray: 17.5%
DVD: 73.3%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

Despite the release of Kung Fu Panda 4, and a couple of other notable releases, 4K and Blu-ray revenue both continued to fall. The newest Kung Fu Panda was only second on the combined Blu-ray and 4K top 20, and was 4th on the 4K only chart.

The other notable releases were Bob Marley: One Love in 3rd (6th on the 4K chart), the 4K SteelBook release of the 1989 Batman film in 5th (2nd on the 4K chart), and Arthur the King in 7th (it wasn't available on 4K - download 4K trailer).

Knox Goes Away was 14th (not available on 4K), and finally in 20th was the Criterion collection of Anatomy of a Fall (again, no 4K edition).

A couple of more new releases were in the 4K only chart.

The 4K SteelBook release of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock was 10th, Belladonna of Sadness was 17th and Crimson Peak was 18th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: "Arthur the King", "Know Goes Away", and "Anatomy of a Fall" didn't have 4K editions, the rest all did. 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. Dune: Part Two+
2. Kung Fu Panda 4+
3. Bob Marley: One Love+
4. The Beekeeper+
5. *Batman+
6. Dune: Part One+
7. Arthur the King
8. Imaginary
9. *Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi+
10. Oppenheimer+

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

1. Dune: Part Two
2. *Batman
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Kung Fu Panda 4
5. *Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi
6. Bob Marley: One Love
7. Dune: Part One
8. *The Crow
9. *Killer Klowns From Outer Space
10. *Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

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.

"Kung Fu Panda 4" managed a BD sales share of 60.03%, ahead of "Anatomy of a Fall" at 54.73%.

"Bob Marley: One Love" just got above 50%, with 51.45%, while "Arthur the King" failed to do so at 44.28%.

For the new releases that had separate 4K and Blu-ray releases, "Bob Marley: One Love" had a 4K sales share of 22.13% and "Kung Fu Panda 4" managed 18.88%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending June 3, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 14.1%
Blu-ray: 31.1%
DVD: 54.8%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 45.2% to 26.8%. This time last year "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" and "65" were the headlining new releases.

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Stats:

For the week ending 8 June 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 8.0%
Blu-ray: 14.7%
DVD: 77.3%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

Blu-ray and 4K revenue retreated once again, as it was another week of minor releases.

The 4K SteelBook release of Rango was the best-selling new release, in third place on the combined 4K and Blu-ray sales chart. It was second on the 4K only sales chart.

Doctor Who: Peter Davison - Complete Second Season was the next new release, in 4th place - it wasn't available on 4K.

The 4K SteelBook release of Glory was 6th (3rd on the 4K chart). The 4K release of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was 15th (6th on the 4K chart).

On the 4K only chart, the 4K re-release of Bad Lieutenant was 10th, the 4K SteelBook re-release of Platoon was 14th, while the re-issue of Back to the Future: The Ultimate Trilogy was 19th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: As mentioned earlier, only "Doctor Who: Peter Davison - Complete Second Season" wasn't available on 4K. 8 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.

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

1. Dune: Part Two+
2. The Beekeeper+
3. *Rango+
4. *Doctor Who: Peter Davison - Complete Second Season
5. Oppenheimer+
6. *Glory+
7. *Star Wars: Andor - The Complete First Season+
8. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom+
9. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes+
10. Imaginary

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

1. Dune: Part Two
2. *Rango
3. *Glory
4. *Star Wars: Andor - The Complete First Season
5. Oppenheimer
6. *Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
7. Lawrence of Arabia
8. *Killer Klowns From Outer Space
9. *Crimson Peak
10. *Bad Lieutenant

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.

None of this week's new releases had DVD editions, so nothing to report in terms of BD sales share.

For 4K sales share, it was similar in that none of these new releases had simultaneous 4K and Blu-ray releases, so nothing to report here too.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending June 10, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 17.7%
Blu-ray: 38.7%
DVD: 43.6%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 56.4% to 22.7%. This time last year "The Super Mario Bros. Movie", "John Wick: Chapter 4" and "Renfield" were the major releases, compared to ... basically nothing this week. Hence the big difference.