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

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Stats:

For the week ending 15 June 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 14.0%
Blu-ray: 25.2%
DVD: 60.8%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

Blu-ray and 4K sales share bounced back thanks to one big release: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. It outsold everything else in its wake, and was top of both the Blu-ray and 4K combined chart and the 4K only chart.

Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning was third (it wasn't available as 4K).

Immaculate was 6th (again, not available on 4K - watch 4K trailer).

La Femme Nikita returns to the top 10 thanks to a 4K SteelBook release (it was 3rd on the 4K chart).

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker was 11th, while Superman and Lois: The Complete Third Season was 14th - neither had 4K editions.

There were a couple of more new releases on the 4K only chart. The 4K re-release of Species II was 5th, Shrek 4-Movie Collection was 7th, and Shrek Forever After was 9th.

The 4K and Blu-ray release of Mute Witness was 12th, and finally, The Last Kumite was 18th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: "Immaculate", "Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning", "Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker", and "Superman and Lois: The Complete Third Season" all didn't have 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. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire+
2. Dune: Part Two+
3. *Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning
4. The Beekeeper+
5. Oppenheimer+
6. Immaculate
7. *La Femme Nikita+
8. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes+
9. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom+
10. *Star Wars: Andor - The Complete First Season+

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

1. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
2. Dune: Part Two
3. *La Femme Nikita
4. Oppenheimer
5. *Species II
6. *Star Wars: Andor - The Complete First Season
7. *Shrek Forever After
8. *Bad Lieutenant
9. *Shrek Forever After
10. *Killer Klowns From Outer Space

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.

"Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" got a BD sales share of 63.11%, "Immaculate" got 45.21%, and "Superman and Lois: The Complete Third Season" got 37.79%. The other new releases with a BD sales share figure didn't rank high enough to get into the top 20.

On 4K, "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" got 25.11% in terms of 4K sales share. Again, the other titles like "Mute Witness" and "The Last Kumite", didn't have a 4K sales share that ranked high enough for the top 20.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending June 17, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 20.2%
Blu-ray: 40.7%
DVD: 39.1%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 60.9% to 39.2%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 22 June 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 11.5%
Blu-ray: 19.1%
DVD: 69.4%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

Blu-ray and 4K sales share dropped slightly as the week's new releases, mostly limited and special edition 4K re-releases, failed to live up to last week's billing.

The top-selling new release was actually the two-movie pack Chinatown/The Two Jakes - it was 4th on the combined Blu-ray and 4K chart, and second on the 4K chart.

The 4K release of RoboCop 2 was 4th (3rd on the 4K chart). The 4K release of the 2014 version of RoboCop was also released this week, and it was 19th (7th on the 4K chart). The Criterion release of Bound (available on both 4K and standard Blu-ray editions) was 10th (5th on the 4K chart).

American Fiction was 12th (it wasn't made available on 4K, nor DVD).

There were two more new release that was in the 4K top 20, but not in the combined Blu-ray and 4K top 20. The 4K re-release of The Karate Kid in a collectible VHS packaging was 9th. American Gigolo was released as a couple of different 4K and Blu-ray editions, and it was 11th on the 4K chart.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: Pretty much every new release had a 4K or was a 4K only release. The odd one out was "American Fiction". 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. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire+
2. Dune: Part Two+
3. *Chinatown/The Two Jakes+
4. *RoboCop 2+
5. The Beekeeper+
6. House of the Dragon: The Complete First Season+
7. *Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning
8. Oppenheimer+
9. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes+
10. *Bound+

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

1. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
2. *Chinatown/The Two Jakes
3. *RoboCop 2
4. Dune: Part Two
5. *Bound
6. Oppenheimer
7. *RoboCop
8. House of the Dragon: The Complete First Season
9. *The Karate Kid
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 aforementioned new releases had DVD editions, so nothing to report in terms of Blu-ray sales share.

"Bound" and "American Gigolo" were released in both a 4K and standard Blu-ray editions, and so while they do have 4K UHD sales share figures, neither had a figure high enough 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 June 24, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 18.3%
Blu-ray: 35.4%
DVD: 46.3%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 53.7% to 30.6%. The huge discrepancy is due to the fact that Avatar: The Way of Water was released during the week of June 24, 2023, so yep, hard to compete with that really.

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Stats:

For the week ending 29 June 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 19.1%
Blu-ray: 28.8%
DVD: 52.1%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

A very busy week for new releases and Blu-ray/4K market share both rose significantly compared to the previous week.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire was the top-seller for the week, easily topping the all physical media chart, the Blu-ray/4K chart and the 4K only chart. The Ghostbusters 2-Movie Collection was also 5th (13th on the 4K chart).

It easily outsold the number two title, another new release, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (also second on the 4K only chart - watch trailer).

Monkey Man was 4th (7th on the 4K only chart - watch trailer).

The 40th anniversary 4K release of Purple Rain was 7th (4th on the 4K chart), while the 20th anniversary 4K release of Team America: World Police was 8th (5th on 4K chart). Another one from the makers of the previous, the 25th anniversary 4K release of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut was 9th (6th on 4K chart).

The Blu-ray only The First Slam Dunk was 10th (it wasn't available on 4K). And we're only just finished with the top 10. Outside of it were more new releases ...

The Criterion 4K release of Blue Velvet was 12th (9th on the 4K chart), the Blu-ray only The Boys in the Boat was 13th, The Chosen: Season Four was 14th (no 4K edition), and the Blu-ray boxset The Hunger Games 5-Film Collection was 15th.

Still not finished yet. The Walmart Blu-ray exclusive edition of Mars Attacks! was 16th, Forrest Gump got the Walmart exclusive 4K SteelBook treatment and was 17th, and finally in 20th was The New Adventures of Batman: The Complete Series (on Blu-ray only, no 4K edition).

Oh no, we're not finished yet. There were still new releases on the 4K only chart that didn't rank in the combined Blu-ray and 4K chart.

Godzilla/Kong Monsterverse 5-Film Collection on 4K and DVD was 11th, the 4K release of Matinee was 12th, the 4K SteelBook release of Point Break, and the Walmart 4K SteelBook release of The Meg was 18th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: "The First Slam Dunk", "The Boys in the Boat", "The Chosen: Season Four", "The Hunger Games 5-Film Collection", "Mars Attacks!", and "The New Adventures of Batman: The Complete Series" all did not 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. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire+
2. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare+
3. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire+
4. Monkey Man+
5. Ghostbusters 2-Movie Collection+
6. Dune: Part Two+
7. *Purple Rain+
8. *Team America: World Police+
9. *South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut+
10. *The First Slam Dunk

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

1. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
3. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
4. *Purple Rain
5. *Team America: World Police
6. *South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
7. Monkey Man
8. Dune: Part Two
9. *Blue Velvet
10. *Forrest Gump

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 Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" actually had the best BD sales share of the new non-format-exclusive releases, with 68.50% (meaning 31.50% of the discs sold for this title were for the DVD only edition). "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" was only a little further back with 67.23%, which "Monkey Man" closely followed with 67.02%.

"Ghostbusters 2-Movie Collection: Afterlife/Frozen Empire" was next with 60.16%, with another boxset, the "Godzilla/Kong Monsterverse 5-Film Collection" getting 31.91% (which was also its 4K sales share, as no Blu-ray edition was offered). "The Chosen: Season Four" managed only 23.79%.

Turning to 4K, "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" was again the title with the best position on the table of the week's myriad of new releases, with a 4K sales share of 35.91%. "Monkey Man" got 29.42%, while top-seller "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" got 24.23%, besting "Ghostbusters 2-Movie Collection: Afterlife/Frozen Empire" which managed to get 7.56%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending July 1, 2023 are as follows.

Stats Unavailable.

We don't have sales share stats for the same week last year.

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Stats:

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

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 12.5%
Blu-ray: 23.7%
DVD: 63.8%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

Blu-ray and 4K stats dropped back down, as it was another relatively quiet week following last week's avalanche of new releases.

The 4K SteelBook release of Taxi Driver was the best-selling new release, 6th on the combined Blu-ray and 4K chart, and second on the 4K chart.

Another 4K release, the 20th anniversary edition of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, was 8th (4th on the 4K chart).

The Guyver gets a new 4K restoration and new Blu-ray and 4K editions, and it was 12th (10th on the 4K chart). The 35th anniversary 4K edition of UHF was 13th (8th on 4K chart). And finally on the combined chart, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid gets the Criterion treatment and it was 14th (11th on the 4K chart).

Over on the 4K chart, several other new releases were in the top 20 but failed to make the combined top 20.

The Walmart 4K SteelBook version of Saw X was 13th, and the 4K restoration of Blown Away, which was also available on both Blu-ray and 4K, was 15th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: All of this week's previously mentioned new releases had 4K editions or were 4K only releases. 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. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire+
2. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire+
3. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare+
4. Ghostbusters 2-Movie Collection+
5. Dune: Part Two+
6. *Taxi Driver+
7. Monkey Man+
8. *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy+
9. *Point Break+
10. *South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut+

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

1. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2. *Taxi Driver
3. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
4. *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
5. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
6. *Point Break
7. *South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
8. *UHF
9. Dune: Part Two
10. *The Guyver

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.

"The Guyver" had both a Blu-ray and 4K edition and recorded a 4K sales share of 68.06%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

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

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 12.5%
Blu-ray: 35.4%
DVD: 58.6%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 47.9% to 36.2%.

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Stats:

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

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 19.7%
Blu-ray: 34.5%
DVD: 45.8%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

A good week for Blu-ray and 4K as their combined sales share powered through the 50% barrier. If you look at the top 10 below, you may be hard-pressed to see which A-list release is responsible, but it wasn't so much that, as a combination of everything. This is because Amazon Prime Day took place just a few days after this reporting period, and as is the case recently, 4K and Blu-ray (and DVD) deals started to flow through a few days earlier - right at the end of this current reporting period. Another factor was that quite a few of this week's new releases weren't made available on DVD - perhaps a new trend emerging due to the continued decline of physical media.

With that said, this week's top-seller, Civil War, did well and was clear at the top of the combined Blu-ray and 4K chart. It was also the top-selling title on the 4K only chart, although no DVD only release was available.

In a somewhat distant second was The Boy and the Heron (3rd on the 4K chart - no DVD edition was made available, although a SteelBook version was).

Abigail was third on the combined chart (no 4K version was available), while the 4K re-release of Twister (along with a Limited Edition SteelBook) was 5th (second on the 4K chart).

Then it was all the way down to 8th for the next new release, Boy Kills World (5th on the 4K chart - no DVD edition was made available). Unsung Hero was 9th (no 4K edition was available) and that was it for new releases in the top 10.

Outside of the top 10, Challengers was 11th (not available on 4K), and the Blu-ray only release of Doctor Who: Tom Baker - Complete Season Four was 12th.

There was one more new release in the 4K only top 20, the 4K Criterion release of Le Samouraï, in 16th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: Other than "Abigail", "Unsung Hero", "Challengers", and "Doctor Who: Tom Baker - Complete Season Four", everything else was available on 4K or were 4K exclusives. 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. *Civil War+
2. *The Boy and the Heron+
3. Abigail
4. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire+
5. *Twister+
6. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire+
7. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare+
8. *Boy Kills World+
9. Unsung Hero
10. Dune: Part Two+

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

1. *Civil War
2. *Twister
3. *The Boy and the Heron
4. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
5. *Boy Kills World
6. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
7. *Taxi Driver
8. Starship Troopers
9. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
10. Dune: Part Two

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 with DVD editions, "Challengers" had the best BD sales share, 75.35%. "Abigail" managed 61.70%. "Unsung Hero" got 47.23%.

On 4K, "Boy Kills World" got a 4K sales share of 55.00%. "The Boy and the Heron" managed 46.63%, just ahead of "Civil War" with 45.25%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

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

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 23.0%
Blu-ray: 36.2%
DVD: 40.8%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 49.2% to 54.2%.