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

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Stats:

For the week ending March 26, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 38.63% vs 61.37%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $11.35 million
DVD sales total spending: $18.03 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

The 50th-anniversary of "The Godfather" means we have a new edition of the The Godfather Trilogy, and in 4K as well. It was the top-seller on Blu-ray for the week.

Nightmare Alley was in 4th place, while Dexter: New Blood was 10th.

That was all in terms of new releases, but so it barely had an effect on Blu-ray revenue compared to last week's low.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Nightmare Alley" was available on 4K, but "Dexter: New Blood" was not. 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 Godfather Trilogy+
2. The Matrix Resurrections+
3. Encanto+
4. Nightmare Alley+
5. Ghostbusters: Afterlife+
6. Yellowstone: Season 4
7. Dune: Part 1+
8. West Side Story+
9. Eternals+
10. Dexter: New Blood

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.

"Nightmare Alley" got a BD sales share of 73.47%, and "Dexter: New Blood" got 29%.

On 4K, "Nightmare Alley" did really well with a 44.88% UHD sales share, but it wasn't as good as the 77.96% for "The Godfather Trilogy".

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending March 27, 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: 41.05% vs 58.95%

Blu-ray: $19.11 million
DVD: $27.44 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $7.76m (down 40.6%), with unit sales down 51.3%.

DVD sales decreased by $9.41m (down 34.3%), with unit sales down 42.0%.

This meant $17.17 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 41.05% to 38.63%

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Stats:

For the week ending March 19, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 36.17% vs 63.83%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $11.01 million
DVD sales total spending: $19.43 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

Despite the release of a major Steven Spielberg film and Oscar nominee, Blu-ray sales almost fell to their lowest level in more than a decade.

West Side Story only came second in any case, behind last week's top-seller, "The Matrix Resurrections".

The next new release was all the way down in 14h. Red Rocket was just ahead of the Blu-ray only Dream a Little Dream and the 4K only release of The Sword and the Sorcerer.

Despite this healthy mix of new releases, Blu-ray revenue was barely above $11 million.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Other than the 4K only release of "The Sword and the Sorcerer", "West Side Story" was the only other new release with a 4K edition. 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. The Matrix Resurrections+
2. West Side Story+
3. Encanto+
4. Yellowstone: Season 4
5. Eternals+
6. Ghostbusters: Afterlife+
7. Dune: Part 1+
8. The King’s Man+
9. American Underdog+
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.

It was actually "Red Rocket" that had the best BD sales share, 82.60%. "West Side Story" did well with 67.27%.

"West Side Story" did well on 4K as well, with a 4K UHD sales share of 39.54%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending March 20, 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: 36.48% vs 63.52%

Blu-ray: $16.63 million
DVD: $28.96 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $5.62m (down 33.8%), with unit sales down 42.8%.

DVD sales decreased by $9.53m (down 32.9%), with unit sales down 41.6%.

This meant $15.15 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 36.48% to 36.17%

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Stats:

For the week ending March 12, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 35.79% vs 64.21%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.39 million
DVD sales total spending: $22.23 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue improved slightly off of last week's near historical lows, thanks to the release of top-seller The Matrix Resurrections. The 4-movie collection, dubbed The Matrix 4-Film Déjà vu Collection, came 20th.

The new "Matrix" movie easily outsold the number two Blu-ray seller, which was also a new release, Yellowstone: Season 4. It's worth noting that when DVD sales were added in, the two titles swapped positions on that chart, suggesting that "Yellowstone" was far more popular on DVD than on Blu-ray.

The next set of new releases were outside of the top 10. Paramount's straight to streaming movie Coming 2 America finally arrives on Blu-ray, and it came 12th.

Supergirl: The Sixth and Final Season was 14th. A Journal for Jordan was 19th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Only "The Matrix Resurrections" and the 4-movie collection were 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. The Matrix Resurrections+
2. Yellowstone: Season 4
3. Encanto+
4. Ghostbusters: Afterlife+
5. The King’s Man+
6. Eternals+
7. American Underdog+
8. Dune: Part 1+
9. No Time to Die+
10. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City+

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 Matrix Resurrections" managed a BD sales share of 66.92%, just slightly ahead of the 64.48% earned by "Coming 2 America".

"Supergirl: The Sixth and Final Season" managed 41.78%. "A Journal for Jordan" got 34%.

On 4K, "The Matrix Resurrections" managed a UHD sales share of 22.75%. "The Matrix 4-Film Déjà vu Collection" got a UHD sales share of 14.81%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending March 13, 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: 36.47% vs 63.53%

Blu-ray: $13.59 million
DVD: $23.67 million

Another "all red" week (see last week for an explanation of what this is). The state of physical media is best summed by the fact that the week in which a new Matrix movie was released, it failed to beat a week in which the top-selling new release was Vanguard.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $1.20m (down 8.8%), with unit sales down 24.5%.

DVD sales decreased by $1.44m (down 6.1%), with unit sales down 21.7%.

This meant $2.64 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 36.47% to 35.79%

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Yes, for most weeks DVD revenue will be greater than Blu-ray. Only in weeks where there are big releases or big Blu-ray sales, does this change.

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So DVD revenue is greater than Bluray.

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Stats:

For the week ending March 5, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 34.83% vs 65.17%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $10.69 million
DVD sales total spending: $20.00 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

A very quiet week, new release wise, meant that Blu-ray revenue almost fell to decade lows, while Blu-ray weekly market share took a tumble as well (recording its lowest result since 2017).

Oscar Best Picture nominee Belfast was the best-selling new release, but it only managed to rank 11th.

The only other new release was the Blu-ray only releaseThe Batman: The Complete Series, in 20th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Neither of these new releases was made available on 4K. 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. Encanto+
2. Eternals+
3. Ghostbusters: Afterlife+
4. The King’s Man+
5. American Underdog+
6. Dune: Part 1+
7. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City+
8. No Time to Die+
9. House of Gucci
10. The 355

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.

"Belfast" only managed a BD sales share of 32.78%, well below the 50%+ you'd expect these days.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending March 6, 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: 37.40% vs 62.60%

Blu-ray: $14.52 million
DVD: $24.30 million

An "all red" week is where every statistic below is in the "red" due to it being lower than for the same week last year. This week was another one. This week last year, we had the new releases "Monster Hunter" and "Fatale". So not exactly a big week in terms of new releases, but this year's was much worse.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $3.83m (down 26.4%), with unit sales down 34.9%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.30m (down 17.7%), with unit sales down 27.2%.

This meant $8.13 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 37.40% to 34.83%

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Stats:

For the week ending February 26, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 40.54% vs 59.46%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $13.27 million
DVD sales total spending: $19.46 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

Despite no less than 8 new releases in the top 20, Blu-ray revenue remained largely unchanged from the previous week.

The King’s Man and its various editions were the best-selling new Blu-ray release for the week, although it only managed a second-place finish on the Blu-ray chart, behind "Eternals". The Best Buy exclusive The Kingsman Collection, featuring all 3 movies in the franchise, also managed to get into the top 20, in 17th.

American Underdog was in 4th, with House of Gucci in 6th. The 355 debuts in 9th.

The Green Mile comes to 4K for the first time and it earned an 11th place finish, just ahead of the Best Buy exclusive 4K SteelBook of The Hurt Locker.

And finally, horror classic Alligator, in 13th, arrives on 4K Blu-ray courtesy of Shout Factory.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: The King’s Man", "American Underdog" were both available on 4K, along with 4K only releases in the form of "The Kingsman Colle"The Green Mile", "The Hurt Locker" and "Alligator". 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. Eternals+
2. The King’s Man+
3. Ghostbusters: Afterlife+
4. American Underdog+
5. Encanto+
6. House of Gucci
7. Dune: Part 1+
8. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City+
9. The 355
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.

"The King's Man" managed a BD sales share of 58.67%, ahead of the 54.95% earned by "American Underdog". "The 355" was slightly behind with 54.26%, just ahead of 52.58% for "House of Gucci"

On 4K, "The King's Man" was again the top-performing title, with 20.53%. "American Underdog", on the other hand, did poorly on 4K, with only a 2% s

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending February 27, 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: 39.77% vs 60.23%

Blu-ray: $15.06 million
DVD: $22.81 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $1.79m (down 11.9%), with unit sales down 24.2%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.35m (down 14.7%), with unit sales down 25.4%.

This meant $5.14 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 39.77% to 40.54%

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Stats:

For the week ending February 19, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 42.77% vs 57.23%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $14.23 million
DVD sales total spending: $19.04 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

There was only one new release in the top 10, but while it was a relatively big release, it failed to help lift Blu-ray revenue. Eternals easily outsold all the other titles in the top 20.

It was then all the way to 15th for the next new release, Doctor Who: The Complete Thirteenth Series - Flux.

The 4K release of Looper was also new, in 18th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Eternals" was 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. Eternals+
2. Ghostbusters: Afterlife+
3. Encanto+
4. Dune: Part 1+
5. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City+
6. No Time to Die+
7. Clifford the Big Red Dog
8. Halloween Kills+
9. Venom: Let There Be Carnage+
10. Ghostbusters 3-Movie Collection+

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.

"Eternals" got a BD sales share of 66.57% and "Doctor Who: The Complete Thirteenth Series — Flux" got 47.17%.

On 4K, "Eternals" did very well with 29.66%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending February 20, 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: 38.82% vs 61.18%

Blu-ray: $12.28 million
DVD: $19.35 million

Blu-ray sales increased by $1.95m (up 15.9%), with unit sales down 5.2%.

DVD sales decreased by $0.31m (down 1.6%), with unit sales down 18.3%.

This meant $1.64 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 38.82% to 42.77%

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Stats:

For the week ending February 12, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 44.82% vs 55.18%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $16.82 million
DVD sales total spending: $20.71 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

A half-dozen new releases were in the top 10 this week, and Blu-ray revenue did continue to recover from recent lows.

The best-selling of these new releases, and this week's top-seller, was Encanto. Despite being available on Disney+ for a while now, the animated hit has struck a chord with viewers and it seems the 4K/Blu-ray/DVD release was being embraced too.

Further down in third place was another new release: Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.

Other new releases include Catwoman: Hunted in 6th, King Richard in 10th, the Best Buy 4K SteelBook exclusive of La La Land in 11th, and finally in 14th, the 4K release of the Spider-Man Trilogy.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: All of the week's new releases were available on 4K, or were 4K exclusives. 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. Encanto+
2. Ghostbusters: Afterlife+
3. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City+
4. Dune: Part 1+
5. Clifford the Big Red Dog
6. *Catwoman: Hunted+
7. No Time to Die+
8. Ghostbusters 3-Movie Collection+
9. Venom: Let There Be Carnage+
10. King Richard+

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.

"Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City" had the best BD sales share out of this week's lot of new releases, with 65.10%.

"Encanto" managed 54.10%, while "King Richard" got 43%.

On 4K, the "Catwoman: Hunted" had a UHD sales share of 28.45%, "Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City" was on 21.68%, and "Encanto" got 19.99%. "King Richard" got 6%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending February 13, 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: 39.39% vs 60.61%

Blu-ray: $14.55 million
DVD: $22.39 million

Blu-ray sales increased by $2.27m (up 15.6%), with unit sales down 5.2%.

DVD sales decreased by $1.68m (down 7.5%), with unit sales down 22.8%.

This meant $3.95 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 39.39% to 44.82%

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Stats:

For the week ending February 5, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 42.81% vs 57.19%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $14.40 million
DVD sales total spending: $19.24 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

Thankfully, Blu-ray revenue moved off of last week's historical lows, mostly due to the release of a single movie. That movie was Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which outsold the recent number one, "Dune: Part 1", by almost a 7-to-1 margin.

The latest "Ghostbusters" film was such a big release, that even the three-movie collection featuring this latest movie (plus the original two Ghostbusters movies - the 2016 film be damned), managed to get a second-place finish.

The only other new release in the top 20 was Clifford the Big Red Dog, and it did well enough to get a 4th place finish, just behind "Dune".

These new releases helped Blu-ray revenue rise above the recent low, and also helped Blu-ray market share get above 40% again.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" was made available on 4K, as was the three-movie collection (a 4K Ultimate Collection gift set), but "Clifford the Big Red Dog" was a standard Blu-ray only affair. 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. Ghostbusters: Afterlife+
2. Ghostbusters 3-Movie Collection+
3. Dune: Part 1+
4. Clifford the Big Red Dog
5. No Time to Die+
6. Halloween Kills+
7. Venom: Let There Be Carnage+
8. The Addams Family 2
9. F9: The Fast Saga+
10. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings+

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.

"Ghostbusters 3-Movie Collection" had the best BD sales share out of this week's new releases, with a BD sales share of 70.26%.

Just the latest movie itself, "Ghostbusters: Afterlife", had a BD sales share of 65.10%. "Clifford the Big Red Dog" only managed 29%.

On 4K, the "Ghostbusters 3-Movie Collection" managed 22.79%, with "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" getting 18.65%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending February 6, 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: 36.23% vs 63.77%

Blu-ray: $12.42 million
DVD: $21.86 million

Blu-ray sales increased by $1.98m (up 15.9%), with unit sales down 9.5%.

DVD sales decreased by $2.62m (down 12.0%), with unit sales down 27.6%.

This meant $0.64 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 36.23% to 42.81%

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Stats:

For the week ending January 29, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 39.33% vs 60.67%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $10.50 million
DVD sales total spending: $16.20 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

A very quiet week in terms of releases saw Blu-ray revenue fall to its lowest level since February 1, 2009!

The only new release was the Best Buy exclusive 4K SteelBook version of The Punisher, coming into the chart at 5th place.

While this time of the year always produces poor results, the fact that Blu-ray sales are lower than this time last year, when COVID cases and deaths peaked in the US for the year, suggests a worrying trend. Either the pandemic is still far from over and people are still hesitant to spend, or it shows that the demise of physical media seems to have been hastened by the pandemic and the further shift towards streaming. Or maybe a bit of both.


This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Other than the 4K only release of the "The Punisher", there were no other new releases in the top 10. 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. Dune: Part 1+
2. No Time to Die+
3. Halloween Kills+
4. Venom: Let There Be Carnage+
5. *The Punisher+
6. The Addams Family 2
7. Last Night in Soho+
8. F9: The Fast Saga+
9. The Suicide Squad+
10. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings+

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 single new release in the top 20 was a Blu-ray/4K only release, so market share does not apply (well, technically, it's 100% for Blu-ray and 4K by the metrics we use, whereas Media Play News includes sales of all previous edition of the film when calculating the market share, which puts "The Punisher" at 91.14%).

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 30, 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: 38.13% vs 61.87%

Blu-ray: $12.90 million
DVD: $20.93 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $2.4m (down 18.6%), with unit sales down 29.8%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.73m (down 22.6%), with unit sales down 34.0%.

This meant $7.13 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 38.13% to 39.33%

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Stats:

For the week ending January 22, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 41.09% vs 58.91%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.03 million
DVD sales total spending: $17.25 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

Last Night in Soho was the week's top-selling new release, coming in at 3rd, way behind "Dune" and somewhat behind "Halloween Kills".

The Addams Family 2 was the next new release, in 5th place.

The last of the new releases in the top 10 was the Blu-ray exclusive release Candyman 3: Day of the Dead, in 8th.

Outside of the top 10, the Best Buy exclusive 4K release of Requiem for a Dream was in 14th, Titane was in 15th, and the 4K edition of Akira was in 16th.

Despite these new releases, Blu-ray revenue remained near historical lows.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Other than the 4K only releases, only "Last Night in Soho" was made available on 4K. 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. Dune: Part 1+
2. Halloween Kills+
3. Last Night in Soho+
4. No Time to Die+
5. The Addams Family 2
6. Venom: Let There Be Carnage+
7. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings+
8. *Candyman 3: Day of the Dead
9. F9: The Fast Saga+
10. The Suicide Squad+

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.

"Last Night in Soho" managed a great BD sales share of 81.04%. Much further behind was "The Addams Family 2", with 48.99%.

"Titane" failed to make the BD sales share top 20.

On 4K, "Last Night in Soho" again did very well, with a 4K sales share of 35.28%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 23, 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: 37.70% vs 62.30%

Blu-ray: $12.87 million
DVD: $21.27 million

Despite this time last year having very few releases of noticeable popularity, Blu-ray revenue was still down.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $0.84m (down 6.5%), with unit sales down 19.3%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.02m (down 18.9%), with unit sales down 31.7%.

This meant $4.86 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 37.70% to 41.09%

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Stats:

For the week ending January 15, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 45.29% vs 54.71%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $15.25 million
DVD sales total spending: $18.42 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

The release of Dune: Part 1 didn't really help Blu-ray sales return to highs enjoyed in December, but Blu-ray revenue did rise compared to the last week.

It easily outsold the second-placed Halloween Kills by more than a 2-to-1 margin.

The only other new release in the top 20 was Spencer in 11th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Both "Dune" and "Halloween Kills" 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. Dune: Part 1+
2. Halloween Kills+
3. No Time to Die+
4. Venom: Let There Be Carnage+
5. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings+
6. Jungle Cruise+
7. *Demon Slayer: Mugen Train
8. Spider-Man: Far From Home+
9. Antlers
10. Spider-Man: Homecoming & Far From Home

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.

"Dune" managed a BD sales share of 81.36%, which is quite impressive, with an equally impressive 4K sales share of 38.98%. It was even made available on 3D, but only 2.48% of total disc sales for "Dune" were on this legacy format.

"Halloween Kills" managed a BD sales share of 66.95%, with a 4K sales share of 27.43%.

"Spencer" got a BD sales share of 51.20%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 16, 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: 37.36% vs 62.64%

Blu-ray: $13.99 million
DVD: $23.46 million

Blu-ray sales increased by $1.26m (up 9.0%), with unit sales down 10.7%.

DVD sales decreased by $5.04m (down 21.5%), with unit sales down 33.1%.

This meant $3.78 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 37.36% to 45.29%

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Stats:

For the week ending January 8, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 39.23% vs 60.77%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $12.20 million
DVD sales total spending: $18.90 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

A combination of a quiet release schedule and continued weakness in physical media sales saw Blu-ray revenue drop to lows not seen since September of last year.

The only new release in the top 20 was Antlers, and it only came in 4th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Antlers" wasn't available on 4K. 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. No Time to Die+
2. Venom: Let There Be Carnage+
3. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings+
4. Antlers
5. *Demon Slayer: Mugen Train
6. Spider-Man: Far From Home+
7. The French Dispatch
8. Spider-Man: Homecoming & Far From Home
9. The Last Duel+
10. Jungle Cruise+

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.

"Antlers" had a BD sales share of 57.31%.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 9, 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: 36.30% vs 63.70%

Blu-ray: $15.02 million
DVD: $26.36 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $2.82m (down 18.8%), with unit sales down 28.4%.

DVD sales decreased by $7.46m (down 28.3%), with unit sales down 37.2%.

This meant $10.28 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 36.30% to 39.23%

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Stats:

For the week ending January 1, 2022, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 43.41% vs 56.59%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $17.16 million
DVD sales total spending: $22.37 million

These stats are available from here:

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Top 10:

The start of the new year is here, and as expected, a big dropoff in sales has occurred as does happen this time of the year. The trend is also towards not having many new releases at this time, and the first week of 2022 did not deviate from this.

The sole new release in the top 20 was The French Dispatch, and it only came 5th in any case, so hardly a best-seller. It also wasn't made available on 4K.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: 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. No Time to Die+
2. Venom: Let There Be Carnage+
3. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings+
4. *Demon Slayer: Mugen Train
5. The French Dispatch
6. Spider-Man: Far From Home+
7. Spider-Man: Homecoming & Far From Home
8. *Venom 2-Movie Collection
9. F9: The Fast Saga+
10. The Suicide Squad+

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 French Dispatch" had a solid 72.31% BD sales share.

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

Year on Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending January 2, 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: 38.51% vs 61.49%

Blu-ray: $15.96 million
DVD: $25.48 million

Blu-ray sales increased by $1.20m (up 7.5%), with unit sales down 7.1%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.11m (down 12.2%), with unit sales down 22.2%.

This meant $1.91 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 38.51% to 43.41%