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%

These stats are available here:

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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%

These stats are available here:

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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%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 8 February 2025, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 28.1%
Blu-ray: 29.4%
DVD: 42.5%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

A huge release headlines this week, and this has helped to raise Blu-ray and 4K sales share. Wicked absolutely outsold everything else for the week and rightly led the combined Blu-ray and 4K sales chart as well as the 4K only sales chart.

The 4K only release of Twin Peaks: From Z to A was 4th (2nd on the 4K chart), and the 4K only limited edition gift set of Terrifier 3 was 7th (11th on the 4K chart).

Then it's all the way down to 20th for the next new release, the Oscars winning A Real Pain, available on Blu-ray only.

On the 4K only chart, the 4K Criterion edition of Punch-Drunk Love was 20th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: "A Real Pain" 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. Wicked+
2. Venom: The Last Dance+
3. The Substance+
4. *Twin Peaks: From Z to A+
5. The Wild Robot+
6. Twisters+
7. *Terrifier 3+
8. Venom 3-movie collection+
9. Deadpool & Wolverine+
10. Blade+

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

1. Wicked
2. *Twin Peaks: From Z to A
3. The Substance
4. Venom: The Last Dance
5. Blade
6. The Shining
7. *Kill Bill Vol. 2
8. *Kill Bill Vol. 1
9. The Wild Robot
10. Blade Runner 2049

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.

"Wicked" got a BD sales share of 68.99% and the only new release this week that even had a DVD edition so that we could work out the BD sales share.

Similarly, "Wicked" was the only release that had both separate 4K and Blu-ray editions, and so the only one with a 4K sales share - 32.90%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending February 10, 2024 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 8.9%
Blu-ray: 26.2%
DVD: 64.8%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 35.1% to 57.5%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 15 February 2025, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 19.3%
Blu-ray: 28.9%
DVD: 51.9%

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Top 20:

A quieter week in which the top-selling new release sat all the way back in 9th. The Tom and Jerry: The Complete Cinemascope Cartoon Collection on Blu-ray was that title.

In 12th was Sailor Moon Three-Film Collection: 1993-1995, again on Blu-ray only. The first new 4K release in top 10 was 15th, the 4K edition of Vampires - it was 9th on the 4K chart.

The 4K release of Pretty in Pink was 16th (10th on the 4K chart).

There were more new releases on the 4K chart. The Nice Guys was 12th, Ghosts of Mars and The Last Voyage of the Demeter were tied in 13th - all were 4K only new releases.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: "Tom and Jerry: The Complete Cinemascope Cartoon Collection", "Sailor Moon Three-Film Collection" didn't have 4K editions, everything else was a 4K only release. 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. Wicked+
2. Venom: The Last Dance+
3. The Substance+
4. Deadpool & Wolverine+
5. Alien: Romulus+
6. The Wild Robot+
7. *Kill Bill Vol. 1+
8. Twisters+
9. *Tom and Jerry: The Complete Cinemascope Cartoon Collection
10. *Kill Bill Vol. 2+

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

1. Wicked
2. Venom: The Last Dance
3. The Substance
4. *Kill Bill Vol. 2
5. *Kill Bill Vol. 1
6. Alien: Romulus
7. Deadpool & Wolverine
8. Smile 2
9. *Vampires
10. *Pretty in Pink

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 the new releases this week were format exclusive releases, meaning they were only available on 4K or Blu-ray as a single edition. Therefore, there's nothing to report in terms of BD and 4K sales share.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending February 17, 2024 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 18.5%
Blu-ray: 30.0%
DVD: 51.5%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased slightly from 48.5% to 48.2%.