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

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Stats:

For the week ending 9 August 2025, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 17.7%
Blu-ray: 20.7%
DVD: 61.5%

These stats are available here:

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Top 20:

A quiet week for new releases, and both 4K and Blu-ray market share were down.

The best-selling new release was Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, in second place on the combined 4K and Blu-ray chart, and top spot on the 4K only chart.

Wolf Children, available as an Amazon exclusive 4K SteelBook and a standard Blu-ray release, was 5th (3rd on the 4K chart).

The 75th anniversary release of Sunset Boulevard on 4K was 14th (6th on the 4K chart).

It's the 40th anniversary release for Better Off Dead on 4K was 16th (7th on the 4K chart).

And finally, the 4K release of Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning was 20th (13th on the 4K chart).

There was only one more new release on the 4K only top 20, and it was the 4K SteelBook release of Late Night With the Devil, in 18th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: All the previously listed 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. Thunderbolts*+
2. *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World+
3. Sinners+
4. Final Destination Bloodlines+
5. *Wolf Children+
6. A Minecraft Movie+
7. Fight or Flight
8. The Phoenician Scheme+
9. Funny Girl+
10. Captain America: Brave New World+

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

1. *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2. Thunderbolts*
3. *Wolf Children
4. Sinners
5. Funny Girl
6. *Sunset Boulevard
7. *Better Off Dead
8. *Small Soldiers
9. Galaxy Quest
10. Sonic the Hedgehog 3

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 previously mentioned new releases had DVD editions, and only "Wolf Children" had a separate Blu-ray edition - they probably shouldn't have bothered, as the 4K edition got a 4K sales share of 92.98%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

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

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 10.7%
Blu-ray: 22.6%
DVD: 66.7%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 33.3% to 38.4%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 16 August 2025, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 20.6%
Blu-ray: 26.1%
DVD: 53.3%

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Top 20:

A few more new releases, and both Blu-ray and 4K weekly sales share increased.

The top-selling new release, and also the week's overall top-seller, was the live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon - it was top of both the combined Blu-ray and 4K sales chart, as well as the 4K only sales chart, and easily outsold everything else. The two movie boxset, including both the animated original and this new movie, was also in the top 20, in 13th (not in the 4K only top 20).

The Accountant 2 was third (4th on the 4K chart), while 1923: A Yellowstone Origin Story - Season Two was 4th (no 4K edition was released).

The 30th anniversary 4K SteelBook release of Casper was 5th (3rd on the 4K chart), and the 20th anniversary 4K edition of The 40-Year-Old Virgin was 7th (5th on the 4K chart).

Friendship was released on Blu-ray only, and it was 9th. Outside of the top 10, Poseidon was released as a limited edition 4K release and it was 12th (7th on the 4K chart).

The Blu-ray audio release of Deep Purple: Made in Japan was 14th, while the Blu-ray only Collector's Edition of Rumpelstiltskin was 16th.

And finally, Vampire Hunter D on Blu-ray, Prince of Darkness as a 4K SteelBook, and the 25th anniversary 4K release of Meet the Parents, were 17th, 18th, and 19th.

There were three more new releases on the 4K only top 20, the 4K only releases of Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers, Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland, and Ghosts of Mars were 16th and tied for 17th respectively.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: "1923: A Yellowstone Origin Story - Season Two", "Friendship", "Deep Purple: Made in Japan", "Rumpelstiltskin" weren'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. How to Train Your Dragon+
2. Thunderbolts*+
3. The Accountant 2+
4. 1923: A Yellowstone Origin Story - Season Two
5. *Casper+
6. Sinners+
7. *The 40-Year-Old Virgin+
8. *Sunset Boulevard+
9. *Friendship
10. Final Destination Bloodlines+

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

1. How to Train Your Dragon
2. Thunderbolts*
3. *Casper
4. The Accountant 2
5. *The 40-Year-Old Virgin
6. *Sunset Boulevard
7. *Poseidon
8. Sinners
9. *Better Off Dead
10. *Prince of Darkness

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.

For BD sales share, "How to Train Your Dragon" had the best of the new releases with 58.89%. "The Accountant 2" was the next best with 51.36%. "How to Train Your Dragon 2-Movie Collection" got 47.47%.

For 4K sales share, "How to Train Your Dragon" was also the best of the new releases, with 30.14%. "The Accountant 2" got 18.34%. "How to Train Your Dragon 2-Movie Collection" got 3%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

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

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 18.2%
Blu-ray: 26.5%
DVD: 55.3%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 44.7% to 46.7%.

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Stats:

For the week ending 23 August 2025, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 12.8%
Blu-ray: 24.5%
DVD: 62.7%

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Top 20:

Another quiet week in terms of high-profile new releases, even if the quantity was alright. The 4K release of Happy Gilmore was the best-selling new release on the combined Blu-ray and 4K sales chart, at 6th. It was third on the 4K only chart.

The Aussie horror smash Bring Her Back was released on 4K and Blu-ray (no DVD release), and it was 7th on both charts.

The 4K restoration of Xanadu was released on 4K and Blu-ray, and it was 8th (4th on the 4K chart).

The Boys: Season 4 was 10th (no 4K edition was made available), and Repossessed gets a Blu-ray only release - and it was 15th.

Over on the 4K only chart, we had these new releases. The 4K release of Coneheads in 12th and the 75th-anniversary release of Harvey on 4K, was 13th.

Blaxploitation Classics Vol. 2 on 4K was 19th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: Only "The Boys: Season 4" didn't have a 4K edition out of the previously mentioned new releases. 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. How to Train Your Dragon+
2. Thunderbolts*+
3. The Accountant 2+
4. 1923: A Yellowstone Origin Story - Season Two
5. Sinners+
6. *Happy Gilmore+
7. *Bring Her Back+
8. *Xanadu+
9. How to Train Your Dragon 2-Movie Collection+
10. The Boys: Season 4

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

1. How to Train Your Dragon
2. Thunderbolts*
3. *Happy Gilmore
4. *Xanadu
5. Sinners
6. The Accountant 2
7. *Bring Her Back
8. *Casper
9. Ghost in the Shell
10. Kingdom of Heaven

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.

Only "The Boys: Season 4" had a DVD release, and it had a BD sales share of 74.67%.

For 4K sales share, "Xanadu" got a massive 88.24% 4K sales share. "Bring Her Back" got an equally high 63.42%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending August 24, 2024 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 16.2%
Blu-ray: 22.6%
DVD: 61.2%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 38.8% to 37.3%.