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

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Stats:

For the week ending July 9, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 45.94% vs 54.06%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $14.30 million
DVD sales total spending: $16.83 million

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Top 10:

Fan-favourite and the better of this year's multiverse movies, Everything Everywhere All at Once was the top-selling title for the week.

It was joined by Downton Abbey: A New Era in third, and Memory in 6th.

Edge of Tomorrow gets a 4K release for the first time, and re-enters the top 10 in 7th, while the Criterion Collection version of Netflix's Okja was 15th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: All of this week's new releases (in the top 20) had 4K editions or were 4K only releases like "Edge of Tomorrow", except for "Memory". 9 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.



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

1. Everything Everywhere All at Once+
2. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore+
3. Downton Abbey: A New Era+
4. The Bad Guys+
5. Morbius+
6. Memory
7. *Edge of Tomorrow+
8. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent+
9. The Batman+
10. Spider-Man: No Way Home+

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.

"Everything Everywhere All at Once" had the best BD sales share of this week's new releases, with a super high 88.33% (I guess this is the dimension where people didn't want to buy the DVD version of this film). "Downton Abbey: A New Era" was all the way down the chart, with 47.59%, but was still better than "Memory" at 45.50%.

For 4K sales share, "Okja" did best with 71.98% opting for the 4K release instead of the standard Blu-ray one. "Everything Everywhere All at Once" did well too with 43.95%, while "Downton Abbey: A New Era" had to settle for 4%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending July 10, 2021 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.87% vs 58.13%

Blu-ray: $14.80 million
DVD: $20.55 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $0.50m (down 3.4%), with unit sales down 6.0%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.72m (down 18.1%), with unit sales down 25.4%.

This meant $4.22 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 41.87% to 45.94%

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Stats:

For the week ending July 2, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 44.76% vs 55.24%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $13.89 million
DVD sales total spending: $17.14 million

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Top 10:

New release Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore was the top-selling title for the week. There were only two other new releases in the top 10, True Romance: Limited Edition in 6th and Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks & Legend of the Sea Devils.

Despite the new "Fantastic Beasts" movie being a bit of a disappointment box-office wise, it still helped Blu-ray revenue rise slightly compared to last week.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Both "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" and "True Romance: Limited Edition" both had 4K editions. Every single title in this week's top 10 had UHD editions!



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

1. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore+
2. The Bad Guys+
3. Morbius+
4. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent+
5. The Batman+
6. *True Romance: Limited Edition+
7. Top Gun+
8. Spider-Man: No Way Home+
9. Uncharted+
10. The Northman+

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.

"Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks & Legend of the Sea Devils" actually had the best BD sales share of this week's three releases, with a BD sales share of 63.91%. "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" wasn't too far behind with 61.76%.

On 4K, "True Romance" managed a 4K sales share of 91.20%, meaning almost everyone bought the 4K editions over the Blu-ray only edition of this classic movie. "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" had a 4K sales share of 14.56%, which is only average, to be honest.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending July 3, 2021 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.96% vs 58.04%

Blu-ray: $16.28 million
DVD: $22.52 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $2.39m (down 14.7%), with unit sales down 16.6%.

DVD sales decreased by $5.38m (down 23.9%), with unit sales down 29.6%.

This meant $7.77 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 41.96% to 44.76%

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Stats:

For the week ending June 25, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 43.86% vs 56.14%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.85 million
DVD sales total spending: $16.45 million

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Top 10:

The Bad Guys was the week's top-selling new release, coming in second place, behind last week's number one, "Morbius".

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent was in third place, not too far behind "The Bad Guys".

It was then all the way down to 15th for the next new release, the Best Buy exclusive 4K SteelBook release of Universal Soldier.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Both "The Bad Guys" and "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" were made available on 4K. Every single title in this week's top 10 had UHD editions!



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

1. Morbius+
2. The Bad Guys+
3. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent+
4. The Batman+
5. Top Gun+
6. Spider-Man: No Way Home+
7. Ambulance+
8. Uncharted+
9. The Northman+
10. No Time to Die+

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 Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" had the highest of this week's BD sales shares, with 77.28%. "The Bad Guys" didn't do as well with 54.36% (still respectable for an animated title).

On 4K, "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" continued its good run with a 4K sales share of 32.14%, ahead of the 10.02% earned by "The Bad Guys".

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending June 26, 2021 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 47.30% vs 52.70%

Blu-ray: $23.62 million
DVD: $26.32 million

The sea of red you see below is kind of unfair for this week, as it was up against this time last year when the Amazon Prime Day sale event was on (it's happening at a different time this week).

Blu-ray sales decreased by $10.77m (down 45.6%), with unit sales down 34.5%.

DVD sales decreased by $9.87m (down 37.5%), with unit sales down 33.1%.

This meant $20.64 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 47.30% to 43.86%

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Stats:

For the week ending June 18, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 45.87% vs 54.13%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $14.12 million
DVD sales total spending: $16.66 million

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Top 10:

The top-seller for the week was the new release Morbius. It easily outsold everything else this week, including the next new release, Ambulance in 4th place.

Father Stu, in 9th, was the next new release.

The 4K SteelBook release of Raiders of the Lost Ark was 15th. The other movies are coming in a strange staggered release pattern.

These new releases helped Blu-ray revenue rise by almost $3 million compared to the last week.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Both "Morbius" and "Ambulance" were made available on 4K. 9 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.



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

1. Morbius+
2. The Batman+
3. Top Gun+
4. Ambulance+
5. Spider-Man: No Way Home+
6. Dune: Part One+
7. The Northman+
8. Uncharted+
9. Father Stu
10. Sing 2+

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.

"Morbius" had the best BD sales share out of this week's (non Blu-ray exclusive) releases, with 67.49%. "Ambulance" wasn't too far behind with 63.30%, with "Father Stu" at around 40%.

On 4K, "Morbius" did quite well with a 4K UHD sales share of 26.19%. "Ambulance" didn't do too bad either with 21.54%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending June 19, 2021 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 45.81% vs 54.19%

Blu-ray: $17.76 million
DVD: $21.01 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $3.64m (down 20.5%), with unit sales down 19.5%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.35m (down 20.7%), with unit sales down 26.9%.

This meant $7.99 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 45.81% to 45.87%

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Stats:

For the week ending June 11, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 42.10% vs 57.90%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $11.25 million
DVD sales total spending: $15.47 million

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Top 10:

The Northman was the top-seller for the week, that only included 3 other new releases, and two of them were 4K re-releases.

The Contractor was the other new release, coming in at 7th.

The 4K re-releases were Lawrence of Arabia and The Bridge on the River Kwai, in 8th and 15th respectively.

So it was another quiet week, with Blu-ray revenue staying near record lows again.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Both "The Northman" and "The Contractor" were made available on 4K. Every single title in this week's top 10 had UHD editions!



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

1. The Northman+
2. The Batman+
3. Top Gun+
4. Spider-Man: No Way Home+
5. Uncharted+
6. Jurassic 5-Movie Collection+
7. The Contractor+
8. *Lawrence of Arabia+
9. Dune: Part One+
10. Sing 2+

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 Northman" got a BD sales share of 63.27%, while "The Contractor" just failed to get over the 50% mark with 49.81%.

On 4K, "The Northman" managed a UHD sales share of 20.08%, with "The Contractor" getting 9%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending June 12, 2021 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.32% vs 58.68%

Blu-ray: $12.80 million
DVD: $18.18 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $1.55m (down 12.1%), with unit sales down 10.7%.

DVD sales decreased by $2.71m (down 14.9%), with unit sales down 25.0%.

This meant $4.26 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 41.32% to 42.10%

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Stats:

For the week ending June 4, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.38% vs 58.62%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $10.85 million
DVD sales total spending: $15.37 million

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Top 10:

A very quiet week in terms of new releases almost saw Blu-ray revenue fall to record lows. As it is, the 4K release of The Untouchables: 35th Anniversary in 5th place was the highest-ranked new release.

The Boys: Seasons 1&2 Collection was the next new release in 14th, while the Criterion Collection release of Double Indemnity was 16th.

The 4K release of For a Few Dollars More was 19th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: All of this week's new releases in the top 20 were either 4K exclusives, or in the case of "The Boys", only available on Blu-ray. 8 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.



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

1. The Batman+
2. Uncharted+
3. Top Gun+
4. Spider-Man: No Way Home+
5. *The Untouchables: 35th Anniversary+
6. Sing 2+
7. Belle
8. Dog
9. Dune: Part One+
10. No Time to Die+

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 Boys: Seasons 1&2 Collection" managed a BD sales share of 67.14%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending June 5, 2021 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 38.46% vs 61.54%

Blu-ray: $12.33 million
DVD: $19.73 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $1.48m (down 12.0%), with unit sales down 19.7%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.36m (down 22.1%), with unit sales down 30.2%.

This meant $5.74 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 38.46% to 41.38%

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Stats:

For the week ending May 28, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 47.66% vs 52.34%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $14.37 million
DVD sales total spending: $15.78 million

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Top 10:

An A-list release in the form of The Batman helped to raise Blu-ray revenue, but only slightly.

The new Batman movie was easily the top-seller for the week, outselling last week's number one, "Uncharted", by more than a 5-to-1 margin.

The next new release was X in 4th place.

Outside of the top 10, Studio 666 was in 12th, while 19th and 20th were also new releases, the 4K only Lifeforce and Wild Things.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Excluding the 4K only "Lifeforce" releases, both "The Batman" and "Wild Things" had a 4K edition. 7 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.



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

1. The Batman+
2. Uncharted+
3. Spider-Man: No Way Home+
4. X
5. Dune: Part One+
6. No Time to Die+
7. Belle
8. Top Gun+
9. Dog
10. Infinite+

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.

"X" actually had the best BD sales share with 88.54%. "The Batman" wasn't too far behind with 78.20%. "Studio 666" got 47.89%.

On 4K, "The Batman" did quite well with a UHD sales share of 35.57%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 29, 2021 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.27% vs 58.73%

Blu-ray: $14.34 million
DVD: $20.41 million

Blu-ray sales increased by $0.03m (up 0.2%), with unit sales down 5.9%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.63m (down 22.7%), with unit sales down 29.7%.

This meant $4.60 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 41.27% to 47.66%

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Stats:

For the week ending May 21, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 44.36% vs 55.64%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.15 million
DVD sales total spending: $15.24 million

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Top 10:

There were no less than seven new releases in the top 20, but Blu-ray revenue remained low for the week ending May 21, 2022.

Belle (or its full title, "Belle: The Dragon and the Freckled Princess") was the top-selling new release of the week, but it only managed a third-place finish.

Infinite was the next new release, in fourth place, while critical darling Licorice Pizza was 6th.

The Vestron Video collector's edition of Extreme Prejudice was 8th.

The 4K collector's edition of Escape From New York from Shout Factory was

Hell or High Water arrives in a Best Buy exclusive SteelBook release, in 15th, and finally, the 35th anniversary 4K edition of Beverly Hills Cop II was 18th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Excluding the 4K only releases, only "Infinite" had a 4K edition. 6 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.



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

1. Uncharted+
2. Spider-Man: No Way Home+
3. *Belle
4. Infinite+
5. Dog
6. Licorice Pizza
7. Turning Red+
8. *Extreme Prejudice
9. Top Gun+
10. *Escape From New York+

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.

"Licorice Pizza" had a BD sales share of 68.22%, the highest of the non Blu-ray/4K exclusives for the week. "Infinite" managed 55.94%, and a 4K sales share of 17.24%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 22, 2021 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 44.29% vs 55.71%

Blu-ray: $15.72 million
DVD: $19.77 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $3.57m (down 22.7%), with unit sales down 28.6%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.53m (down 22.9%), with unit sales down 30.4%.

This meant $8.10 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 44.29% to 44.36%

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Stats:

For the week ending May 14, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 42.28% vs 57.72%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.22 million
DVD sales total spending: $16.68 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue improved slightly compared to last week thanks to the release of Uncharted, which was easily the top-seller for the week.

Unexpected box office hit Dog was in third place, while The Cursed was in 10th.

The Jurassic universe movies were all released individually on 4K for the first time, and the very first movie, Jurassic Park go onto the top 20, in 16th place.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Uncharted" was the only one that came with a 4K edition (other than the 4K Jurassic Park). 6 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.



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

1. Uncharted+
2. Spider-Man: No Way Home+
3. Dog
4. Turning Red+
5. Moonfall+
6. Sing 2+
7. *Spider-Man 3-Movie Collection
8. Blacklight
9. Dune: Part One+
10. The Cursed

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.

"Uncharted" managed a BD sales share of 63.06%, the highest for this week's group of new releases. "The Cursed" managed 55.92%, while "Dog" just made the top 20 with 42.32%.

On 4K, "Uncharted" had a UHD sales share of 20.72%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 15, 2021 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 39.22% vs 60.78%

Blu-ray: $12.00 million
DVD: $18.60 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $0.22m (up 1.8%), with unit sales down 11.9%.

DVD sales decreased by $1.92m (down 10.3%), with unit sales down 25.0%.

This meant $1.70 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 39.22% to 42.28%

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Stats:

For the week ending May 7, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 38.98% vs 61.02%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $11.36 million
DVD sales total spending: $17.78 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

Blu-ray sales remained largely unchanged from the previous week, as Turning Red debuts on Blu-ray and enters the top 10 at 2nd place.

Blacklight was 5th, while DC Showcase Collection: Constantine - House of Mystery was in 7th.

The 4K release of Smokin' Aces was in 12th, while Without Remorse rounded off the top 20 in 17th.


This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: All 3 new releases in the top 10 were available on 4K or were 4K exclusives. 5 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.



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

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home+
2. Turning Red+
3. Moonfall+
4. *Spider-Man 3-Movie Collection
5. Blacklight
6. Sing 2+
7. DC Showcase Collection: Constantine - House of Mystery
8. *Moonfall/Knowing
9. Dune: Part One+
10. Jackass Forever

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.

"Without Remorse" managed to get a BD sales share of 70.10%, the highest of the new (non-Blu-ray exclusive) releases this week. "Turning Red" managed 58.41%, and "Blacklight" just made it into the BD sales share top 20 with 39.68%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 8, 2021 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 36.50% vs 63.50%

Blu-ray: $11.72 million
DVD: $20.39 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $0.36m (down 3.1%), with unit sales down 17.2%.

DVD sales decreased by $2.61m (down 12.8%), with unit sales down 25.7%.

This meant $2.97 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 36.50% to 38.98%

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Stats:

For the week ending April 30, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 40.82% vs 59.18%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $11.38 million
DVD sales total spending: $16.50 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

Roland Emmerich's Moonfall was the top-selling new release for the week, and the second most popular Blu-ray title overall. The Walmart exclusive Moonfall/Knowing was third.

The 70th-anniversary edition of Singin’ in the Rain, available on 4K only, was in 7th, and another 4K exclusive release was outside of the top 10, 12 Monkeys in 14th.

That was all in terms of new releases, and Blu-ray revenue fell back to historical lows once again.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: All 3 new releases in the top 10 were available on 4K or were 4K exclusives. 7 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.



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

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home+
2. Moonfall+
3. *Moonfall/Knowing
4. *Spider-Man 3-Movie Collection
5. Sing 2+
6. Jackass Forever
7. *Singin’ in the Rain+
8. Scream+
9. The Matrix Resurrections+
10. Dune: Part One+

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:

For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). 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 only non Blu-ray/4K exclusive new release (in the top 20) was "Moonfall", which managed a BD sales share of 57.96% and an impressive 4K sales share of 35.79%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending May 1, 2021 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 35.41% vs 43.88%

Blu-ray: $10.80 million
DVD: $19.46 million

Blu-ray sales increased by $0.56m (up 5.2%), with unit sales down 10.7%.

DVD sales decreased by $2.96m (down 15.2%), with unit sales down 29.3%.

This meant $2.4 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 35.41% to 40.82%

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Stats:

For the week ending April 23, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 43.88% vs 56.12%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $13.42 million
DVD sales total spending: $17.16 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

Weekly Blu-ray sales dropped by almost half compared to last week, but this was expected, as we've just entered the post-Easter sales lull.

The revenue drop happened despite there being a couple of new releases, including the top-selling of these new releases, Jackass Forever. It only sold enough copies to take third place on the Blu-ray sales chart.

The next new release was the Best Buy exclusive SteelBook 4K edition of The Cabin in the Woods.

In 6th place was the 4K SteelBook release of Heavy Metal/Heavy Metal 2000.

Rounding out the new releases in the top 10 was Cyrano in 9th.

Outside of the top 10, we have the SteelBook releases of The Tale of the Princess Kaguya and Only Yesterday in 17th and 19th respectively.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Other than the 4K exclusives, none of the other titles were made available on 4K. 7 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.



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

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home+
2. *Spider-Man 3-Movie Collection
3. Jackass Forever
4. Sing 2+
5. *The Cabin in the Woods+
6. *Heavy Metal/Heavy Metal 2000+
7. Scream+
8. The Matrix Resurrections+
9. Cyrano
10. Dune: Part One+

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:

For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). 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.

"Jackass Forever" managed a BD sales share of 59.15%, which is a lot better than what "Cyrano" managed - 39.38%. The other new releases were all 4K or Blu-ray exclusives.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 24, 2021 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 35.41% vs 43.88%

Blu-ray: $11.36 million
DVD: $20.72 million

Blu-ray sales increased by $2.06m (up 18.1%), with unit sales down 3.3%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.56m (down 17.2%), with unit sales down 31.3%.

This meant $1.5 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 35.41% to 53.65%

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Stats:

For the week ending April 16, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 53.65% vs 46.35%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $26.37 million
DVD sales total spending: $22.78 million

These stats are available from here:

Media Play News



Top 10:

It's the pre-Easter sales bump again, where sales rise due to pre-Easter sales. And it also happens to be a week where a major A-list release was present, so double the bonus.

That A-list title was Spider-Man: No Way Home, outselling everything in its wake. In fact, the closest title that got to it was the newly released MCU Spider-Man 3-Movie Collection in second place. Still, "Spider-Man: No Way Home" sold 15 times more copies than the 3-movie collection.

The 4K re-release of RoboCop was the next new release, coming in at 6th. Then it was all the way down to 19th for the next new release, Chucky: Season One.

Easter 2021 happened a few weeks earlier, with Blu-ray recording $22.02 million in sales and DVD with $30.63 million. This meant that Blu-ray sales were up 19.8%, but DVD sales were down 25.6%. Total sales were up $3.5 million, which is encouraging given the recent string of losses. And for the first time in a while, Blu-ray sales were higher than DVD sales for the week.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Spider-Man: No Way Home" was available on 4K, but not the MCU 3-Movie pack. "Chucky: Season 1" was not available on 4K. 9 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.



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

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home+
2. *Spider-Man 3-Movie Collection
3. Sing 2+
4. Scream+
5. Encanto+
6. *RoboCop+
7. The Matrix Resurrections+
8. Death on the Nile+
9. Ghostbusters: Afterlife+
10. Venom: Let There Be Carnage+

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:

For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). 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.

"Spider-Man: No Way Home" had the best BD sales share out of the non Blu-ray exclusive releases, with a BD sales share of 77.40%. "Chucky: Season One" managed 49.70%.

On 4K, "Spider-Man: No Way Home" had a 4K sales share of 30.72%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 17, 2021 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 36.02% vs 63.98%

Blu-ray: $12.25 million
DVD: $21.76 million

Not a fair comparison, with a big release in the new "Spider-Man" film PLUS the pre-Easter sales bump up against, erm, "Willy's Wonderland".

Blu-ray sales increased by $14.12m (up 115.2%), with unit sales up 70.5%.

DVD sales increased by $1.02m (up 4.7%), with unit sales down 13.4%.

This meant $15.14 million more in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 36.02% to 53.65%

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Stats:

For the week ending April 9, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 42.53% vs 57.47%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $14.15 million
DVD sales total spending: $19.12 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue improved slightly thanks to the release of the new Scream movie and the continued strong selling of "Sing 2".

Death on the Nile, in 4th place, was the next new release.

Then it was all the way in 14th for the next new release, Doctor Who: Tom Baker - Complete Season Six.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Scream" and "Death on the Nile" were both made available on 4K. 9 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.



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

1. Scream+
2. Sing 2+
3. The Matrix Resurrections+
4. Death on the Nile+
5. Encanto+
6. Sing: 2 Movie Pack
7. Ghostbusters: Afterlife+
8. Dune: Part 1+
9. Eternals+
10. Venom: Let There Be Carnage+

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:

For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). 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.

"Scream" managed a BD sales share of 62.13%, ahead of the 56.32% earned by "Death on the Nile".

"Scream" also did well on 4K, with a 4K sales share of 26.53%. "Death on the Nile" managed a 4K sales share of 26.53%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 10, 2021 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 36.94% vs 63.06%

Blu-ray: $14.32 million
DVD: $24.45 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $0.17m (down 1.2%), with unit sales down 17.0%.

DVD sales decreased by $5.33m (down 21.8%), with unit sales down 33.0%.

This meant $5.50 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 36.94% to 42.53%

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Stats:

For the week ending April 2, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 38.54% vs 61.46%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.29 million
DVD sales total spending: $19.60 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue inched up again thanks to the release of Sing 2. It was so popular (or the rest of the titles were selling so little), that even the second most popular Blu-ray of the week was the Sing 2-Movie Pack. "The Matrix Resurrections" fell to a very distant third place.

Marry Me in 6th place was the next new release.

From the Warner archives comes The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm with its innovative "Smilebox" aspect ratio, and it was 15th. And finally in 20th, we have the Criterion Collection 4K and Blu-ray release of The Last Waltz.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Sing 2" and "The Last Waltz" were both made available on 4K. 7 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.



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

1. Sing 2+
2. Sing: 2 Movie Pack
3. The Matrix Resurrections+
4. Encanto+
5. Dune: Part 1+
6. Marry Me
7. Ghostbusters: Afterlife+
8. Yellowstone: Season 4
9. *The Godfather Trilogy+
10. No Time to Die+

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray Sales Share:

For a particular title, the BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for this title that contained the film's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions). 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.

"Sing 2" had a BD sales share of 55.59%, while the "2 Movie pack" was at 43.92%. "Marry Me" got 38.70%. The other two releases (in the top 20) were all Blu-ray exclusives.

On 4K, "Sing 2" got a UHD sales share of 6.27%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending April 3, 2021 are as follows. Some small adjustments to the data posted last year (based on more recent updates) have been made and are shown below.

Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.82% vs 58.18%

Blu-ray: $22.02 million
DVD: $30.63 million

A bit of an unfair comparison to the same week last year, which saw both "Wonder Woman 1984" get released and the pre-Easter sales period (which usually sees a bump in sales).

Blu-ray sales decreased by $9.73m (down 44.2%), with unit sales down 51.1%.

DVD sales decreased by $11.03m (down 36.0%), with unit sales down 46.0%.

This meant $20.76 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 41.82% to 38.54%