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

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Stats:

For the week ending 11 January 2025, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 39.4%
Blu-ray: 17.5%
DVD: 43.1%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

Another quiet week in which we only have two new releases in the top 20s.

The 30th anniversary 4K and 4K SteelBook re-release of Se7en was the top-seller for the week, on both the combined Blu-ray and 4K chart and also the 4K only chart.

The only other release was the Blu-ray edition of Armor in 16th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: 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. *Se7en+
2. The Wild Robot+
3. Twisters+
4. Alien: Romulus+
5. No Country for Old Men+
6. Joker: Folie à Deux+
7. Terrifier 3+
8. Dune: Part Two+
9. Deadpool & Wolverine+
10. Twister+

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

1. *Se7en
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Twisters
4. Twister
5. Transformers One
6. The Wild Robot
7. Joker: Folie à Deux
8. Dune: Part Two
9. Terrifier 3
10. Trap

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.

Neither of the two new releases were made available on new multi-platform discs, so there's nothing to report in terms of BD or 4K sales share.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 13, 2024 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 14.6%
Blu-ray: 23.2%
DVD: 62.2%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 37.8% to 56.9%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 18 January 2025, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 32.4%
Blu-ray: 16.9%
DVD: 50.7%

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Top 20:

Still pretty quiet, but we have four new releases compared to last week's two, so things are starting to get going again.

The Arrow 4K and Blu-ray limited editions of Inglourious Basterds was the best-selling new release, coming in at 3rd on both the combined 4K/Blu-ray chart, as well as the 4K only chart.

The Amazon Exclusive 4K SteelBook release of Snowpiercer was 6th (second on the 4K chart), and in 18th, the 4K edition of Once Upon a Time in the West was 18th (11th on the 4K chart).

And finally on the 4K only chart, the 4K edition of Chinatown was 16th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: All the new releases had 4K editions. 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. The Wild Robot+
2. Alien: Romulus+
3. *Inglourious Basterds+
4. Deadpool & Wolverine+
5. *Se7en+
6. *Snowpiercer+
7. Oppenheimer+
8. Twisters+
9. Dune: Part Two+
10. Godzilla Minus One+

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

1. *Se7en
2. *Snowpiercer
3. *Inglourious Basterds
4. Oppenheimer
5. Dune: Part One
6. Transformers One
7. The Wild Robot
8. The Searchers
9. Dune: Part Two
10. Alien: Romulus

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.

"Inglourious Basterds" was available on both Blu-ray and 4K, and so its 4K sales share was 86.00%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 20, 2024 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 13.1%
Blu-ray: 26.9%
DVD: 60.0%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 40.0% to 49.3%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 25 January 2025, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 33.3%
Blu-ray: 22.6%
DVD: 44.0%

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Top 20:

Finally, the new releases come flooding back in. And as a result, 4K and Blu-ray market share rose to a recent high.

New release Venom: The Last Dance was the top-seller for the week, on both the combined 4K and Blu-ray chart as well as the 4K only chart. The Venom 3-movie collection was also in the top 10, in 7th (while 4K edition was available, it was the expensive limited edition set with an included action figure - it did not rank in the 4K top 20).

Oscar winning The Substance was in a distant second place (selling less than a third as many copies as "Venom: The Last Dance") - it was third on the 4K chart.

Smile 2 was in third place (second on the 4K chart), and typical of recent Paramount releases, it was only available as a 4K, a 4K SteelBook and a DVD edition - no standalone Blu-ray edition again.

The next couple of releases come via Lionsgate and feature both 4K and 4K SteelBook packages. Kill Bill Vol. 1, just ahead of Kill Bill Vol. 2 and Jackie Brown, and they were 4th, 5th, and 6th, respectively, on both charts.

Arrow's release of The Cell on 4K and Blu-ray was 10th (8th on the 4K chart).

Heretic was available on Blu-ray and a 4K edition exclusive to the A24 Shop - it was 14th, and not in the 4K top 20.

Elevation was released on Blu-ray only and was 16th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: Only "Elevation" wasn't available on 4K. 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. Venom: The Last Dance+
2. The Substance+
3. Smile 2+
4. *Kill Bill Vol. 1+
5. *Kill Bill Vol. 2+
6. *Jackie Brown+
7. Venom 3-movie collection+
8. The Wild Robot+
9. Dune: Part Two+
10. *The Cell+

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

1. Venom: The Last Dance
2. Smile 2
3. The Substance
4. *Kill Bill Vol. 1
5. *Kill Bill Vol. 2
6. *Jackie Brown
7. Dune: Part Two
8. *The Cell
9. Oppenheimer
10. *Snowpiercer

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 Substance" had the best BD sales share of this week's new releases, with 68.02%. "Venom: The Last Dance" wasn't too far behind with 61.07%, just ahead of "Smile 2" with 59.75%.

The "Venom 3-Movie Collection" got 59.59%.

For 4K sales share, "The Cell" managed 82.77%, "Smile 2" got a high 59.75%. "Venom: The Last Dance" got 29.90%, just ahead of "The Substance" at 28%. "Venom 3-Movie Collection" managed a 4K sales share of 9%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 27, 2024 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 10.3%
Blu-ray: 27.1%
DVD: 62.7%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 37.4% to 55.9%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 1 February 2025, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 25.3%
Blu-ray: 21.4%
DVD: 53.3%

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Top 20:

Both Blu-ray and 4K UHD sales share dropped back compared to the previous weeks, mainly due to the lack of new releases coming in the week.

The only new release in both the combined 4K and Blu-ray chart as well as the 4K chart was the 4K and Blu-ray Criterion release of Winchester '73 - it was 17th on the combined chart, but didn't rank high enough on the 4K only chart.

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. Venom: The Last Dance+
2. The Substance+
3. The Wild Robot+
4. Dune: Part Two+
5. Venom 3-movie collection+
6. *Jackie Brown+
7. Oppenheimer+
8. Deadpool & Wolverine+
9. Alien: Romulus+
10. Smile 2+

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

1. Venom: The Last Dance
2. Dune: Part Two
3. The Substance
4. The Wild Robot
5. *Jackie Brown
6. Oppenheimer
7. Smile 2
8. The Shining
9. Blade
10. *Kill Bill Vol. 1

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 week's only new release did have separate 4K and Blu-ray editions, but it did not rank high enough in the 4K sales share top 20.

The "Venom 3-Movie Collection" got 59.59%.

For 4K sales share, "The Cell" managed 82.77%, "Smile 2" got a high 59.75%. "Venom: The Last Dance" got 29.90%, just ahead of "The Substance" at 28%. "Venom 3-Movie Collection" managed a 4K sales share of 9%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending February 3, 2024 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 7.2%
Blu-ray: 29.3%
DVD: 63.5%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 36.5% to 46.7%.