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

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Stats:

For the week ending 28 September 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 14.7%
Blu-ray: 26.5%
DVD: 58.8%

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Top 20:

4K and Blu-ray weekly market share both grew thanks to the release of a couple of big movies and quite a few 4k only releases. Despicable Me 4 and Bad Boys: Ride or Die were the top 2 sellers on the combined Blu-ray and 4K sales chart, although on the 4K chart "Bad Boys: Ride or Die" was top and "Despicable Me 4" was third. Bad Boys 4-Movie Collection was 10th (not available on 4K).

Longlegs (4K trailer) was third (second on the 4K chart), and the 4K SteelBook release of Stardust was 5th (4th on the 4K chart).

The Arrow 4K limited edition release of 2009's Friday the 13th was 7th (5th on the 4K chart). Another 4K only release, the 40th anniversary SteelBook version of Body Double was 9th (6th on the 4K chart).

Continuing outside of the top 10, the 4K only release of the Mad Max 5-Movie Collection was 13th (7th on the 4K chart).

The Criterion release of Happiness was 14th (9th on the 4K chart), and finally in the combined top 20, the Blu-ray only release of Kite: Integral Version was 19th.

Continuing to new releases that only made the 4K only chart, the 4K release of Murder on the Orient Express was 10th.

Friends: The Complete Series is on 4K for the first time and was 15th, while the 4K release of Village of the Damned was 16th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: As mentioned earlier, only "Bad Boys 4-Movie Collection" wasn't made available on 4K. 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. Despicable Me 4+
2. Bad Boys: Ride or Die+
3. Longlegs+
4. Inside Out 2+
5. *Stardust+
6. Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1+
7. *Friday the 13th+
8. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes+
9. *Body Double+
10. Bad Boys 4-Movie Collection

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

1. Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2. Longlegs
3. Despicable Me 4
4. *Stardust
5. *Friday the 13th
6. *Body Double
7. *Mad Max 5-Movie Collection
8. Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
9. Happiness
10. *Murder on the Orient Express

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.

Of the new releases that had both a 4K/Blu-ray and standalone DVD edition, "Longlegs" had the best BD sales share, with 66.75%. "Bad Boys 4-Movie Collection" was the next best, with 52.57%, just ahead of "Bad Boys: Ride or Die" with 50.81%.

"Despicable Me 4" failed to get over 50%, with 48.89%.

For 4K, "Longlegs" had a 4K sales share of 29.57%, just ahead of "Bad Boys: Ride or Die" with 21.97%.

The week's top-seller "Despicable Me 4" got 9.39%.

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

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Stats:

For the week ending 5 October 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 6.1%
Blu-ray: 22.9%
DVD: 71.0%

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Top 20:

Blu-ray and 4K market share dropped back due to lack of new releases, both in terms of quality and quantity.

The top-ranked new release in the top 20 combined Blu-ray and 4K chart was actually the Blu-ray boxset release of The West Wing, in 13th place, and that was it for the combined chart.

On the 4K only chart, the 4K boxset Paramount Scares Vol. 2 was 6th, while the Amazon Exclusive 4K SteelBook version of Imaginary was 17th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: Of this week's three new releases, only "The West Wing" wasn't available on 4K. 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. Despicable Me 4+
2. Bad Boys: Ride or Die+
3. Longlegs+
4. Inside Out 2+
5. Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1+
6. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes+
7. The Fall Guy+
8. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga+
9. Bad Boys 4-Movie Collection
10. The Boy and the Heron+

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

1. Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2. Longlegs
3. Despicable Me 4
4. Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
5. The Thing
6. *Paramount Scares Vol. 2
7. The Fifth Element
8. *Stardust
9. Sleepy Hollow
10. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

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 three releases were available on a single format (two on 4K, one on Blu-ray), and so by definition, they do not have BD or 4K sales share to report.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending October 7, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 24.0%
Blu-ray: 28.6%
DVD: 47.4%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 52.6% to 29.0%. The large discrepancy is due to the large number of 4K releases from the same week last year, which included "Prey", "Talk to Me", plus 4K exclusives like "The Mist", "Scream 3", "It Came From Outer Space", and "Evil Dead Rise".

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Stats:

For the week ending 12 October 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 26.2%
Blu-ray: 26.8%
DVD: 47.0%

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Top 20:

Blu-ray and 4K weekly market share surged thanks to a few releases, but more importantly, Amazon's second Prime sales day of the year. DVD market share dropped below 50% for the first time in quite a while.

For the new releases, the top-seller was A Quiet Place: Day One, topping both the combined Blu-ray and 4K chart as well as the 4K only chart. MaXXXine was second on the combined chart (3rd on the 4K chart - it wasn't available on DVD).

Arcane: League of Legends - Season One on Blu-ray and 4K was 4th (2nd on the 4K chart).

The 25th Anniversary 4K SteelBook edition of Sleepy Hollows was 10th (5th on the 4K chart).

And finally, Castlevania: Nocturne - Season One on Blu-ray was 18th (not available on 4K).

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: Only "Castlevania: Nocturne - Season One" 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. A Quiet Place: Day One+
2. *MaXXXine+
3. Despicable Me 4+
4. *Arcane: League of Legends - Season One+
5. Dune: Part Two+
6. Bad Boys: Ride or Die+
7. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy+
8. Longlegs+
9. Inside Out 2+
10. *Sleepy Hollows+

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

1. A Quiet Place: Day One
2. *Arcane: League of Legends - Season One
3. *MaXXXine
4. Dune: Part Two
5. *Sleepy Hollows
6. Oppenheimer
7. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
9. Blade Runner 2049
10. The Shining

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.

"A Quiet Place: Day One", the only title this week that a standalone DVD edition along with a 4K/Blu-ray edition, had a BD sales share of 54.24%

In terms of 4K sales share, "Arcane: League of Legends - Season One" had a 4K sales share of 69.17%, while "MaXXXine" got 40.92%. "A Quiet Place: Day One" got 26%.

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

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Stats:

For the week ending 19 October 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 21.6%
Blu-ray: 20.4%
DVD: 58.0%

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Top 20:

Blu-ray and 4K market share dropped back slightly, but still remained at a high level as the October Prime Day event winded down.

Several new 4K titles were still released during the week, the top-selling of which was the 4K and 4K SteelBook release of A Nightmare on Elm Street, which was second on the combined Blu-ray and 4K chart (first on the 4K chart).

The 4K SteelBook release of Thanksgiving was 8th (2nd on the 4K chart).

The 4K and 4K SteelBook release of The Ring was 9th (3rd on the 4K chart).

Continuing on, the 4K release of To Catch a Thief was 13th (6th on the 4K chart), while the 4K release of Cowboys & Aliens was 17th (9th on the 4K chart).

The Project A Collection didn't sell enough copies to make it into the combined top 20, but it was 18th on the 4K chart.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: Every previously listed new release 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. Despicable Me 4+
2. *A Nightmare on Elm Street+
3. A Quiet Place: Day One+
4. *MaXXXine+
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy+
6. Bad Boys: Ride or Die+
7. Longlegs+
8. *Thanksgiving+
9. *The Ring+
10. Inside Out 2+

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

1. *A Nightmare on Elm Street
2. *Thanksgiving
3. *The Ring
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
5. The Goonies
6. *To Catch a Thief
7. A Quiet Place: Day One
8. The Thing
9. *Cowboys & Aliens
10. *Arcane: League of Legends - Season One

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 the new releases this week had DVD editions, and so there's nothing to report in terms of BD sales share.

Only "The Project A Collection" had both 4K and standard Blu-ray editions, but the 4K edition didn't sell enough to get into the 4K sales share top 20.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending October 21, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 16.6%
Blu-ray: 33.9%
DVD: 49.4%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 50.5% to 42.0%. This time last year was the week "Barbie" was released, which explains the large discrepancy in 4K and Blu-ray market share.

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Stats:

For the week ending 26 October 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 27.8%
Blu-ray: 30.7%
DVD: 41.5%

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Top 20:

Blu-ray and 4K market share rose sharply thanks to two major releases, and a spate of 4K releases. Deadpool & Wolverine was the clear top-seller, no surprise for one of the biggest movies of 2024. Twisters (watch 4K trailer) didn't do too badly at the box office either, and it was the second most popular title for the week. The Twisters Double Feature on Blu-ray and DVD was also in the top 20, in 17th.

In a distant third place was the critically panned Borderlands (watch 4K trailer).

The 4K release of The Sixth Sense was 5th on the combined Blu-ray and 4K chart, and 4th on the 4K chart. Also from the same director, the 4K release of Signs was 6th (5th on the 4K chart).

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Separation on Blu- ray only was next, in 12th place. Oddity was 13th (it wasn't made available on 4K).

We then continue with the 4K releases with Ghost in 15th (6th on the 4K chart), The Wolfman in 16th (8th on the 4K chart), and Death Becomes Her in 18th (9th on the 4K chart).

The Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Vol. 5 4K box set was 19th (7th on the 4K chart), and finally In a Violent Nature was 20th (not available on 4K).

There were more new releases on the 4K only chart.

The Hitcher (on 4K and Blu-ray) was 10th, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was 12th, Cheeky! was 15th, Hellraiser: Quartet of Torment (on 4K and Blu-ray) was 16th, and finally, the Criterion release of Gummo on 4K and Blu-ray was 17th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: The "Twisters Double Feature", "Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Separation", "Oddity", and "In a Violent Nature" weren't available on 4K, everything else was. 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. Deadpool & Wolverine+
2. Twisters+
3. Borderlands+
4. Despicable Me 4+
5. *The Sixth Sense+
6. *Signs+
7. A Quiet Place: Day One+
8. *MaXXXine+
9. Bad Boys: Ride or Die+
10. Inside Out 2+

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

1. Deadpool & Wolverine
2. Twisters
3. Borderlands
4. *The Sixth Sense
5. *Signs
6. *Ghost
7. *Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Vol. 5
8. *The Wolfman
9. *Death Becomes Her
10. *The Hitcher

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.

"Deadpool & Wolverine" had a BD sales share of 75.03%, the best of this week's new releases. "In a Violent Nature" was next with 69.24%.

"Borderlands" got 64.13%, while the week's second top-seller "Twisters" got 55.86%. "Oddity" managed 50.17%. "Twisters Double Feature" managed 14%.

For 4K sales share, "Deadpool & Wolverine" was again the best, with 37.59%. It was followed by "Borderlands" with 29.31% and "Twisters" with 25.22%. The other releases with 4K sales share didn't make the top 20.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending October 28, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 10.2%
Blu-ray: 30.0%
DVD: 59.8%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share increased from 40.2% to 58.5%. "Meg 2: The Trench" was no match for "Deadpool & Wolverine".

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Stats:

For the week ending 2 November 2024, here are the stats:

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 18.8%
Blu-ray: 25.1%
DVD: 56.0%

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Top 20:

Blu-ray and 4K market share dropped back down as the quality of new releases dropped too, although with Black Friday just around the corner, things might pick up soon. The 4K release of Trick ‘r Treat was the most popular new release in the combined Blu-ray and 4K top 20, coming in at 4th (it was also 4th on the 4K only chart).

Another 4K re-release (and most of the new releases this week are 4K re-releases), Zodiac, was next in 5th (3rd on the 4K chart). Addams Family Values in 7th (5th on the 4K chart), was the next 4K re-release.

The next 4K re-release was Drag Me to Hell, which was 14th (7th on the 4K chart). Yet another 4K re-release, for How the Grinch Stole Christmas, was 16th (8th on the 4K chart).

Breaking the trend, the Blu-ray boxset J-Horror Rising was 19th. Another Blu-ray boxset, The Classic Ghosts was in 20th place.

There was one more new release on the 4K only top 20 chart. The 4K re-release of Shocker was 13th.

This week's 4K Ultra HD report: The two horror Blu-ray boxsets weren't available on 4K, everything else was. 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. Deadpool & Wolverine+
2. Twisters+
3. Borderlands+
4. *Trick ‘r Treat+
5. *Zodiac+
6. Despicable Me 4+
7. *Addams Family Values+
8. A Quiet Place: Day One+
9. Inside Out 2+
10. Longlegs+

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

1. Deadpool & Wolverine
2. Twisters
3. *Zodiac
4. *Trick ‘r Treat
5. *Addams Family Values
6. Borderlands
7. *Drag Me to Hell
8. *How the Grinch Stole Christmas
9. *Arcane: League of Legends - Season One
10. Longlegs

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 of this week's new releases were 4K or Blu-ray only releases, so there's nothing to report in terms of sales share.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending November 4, 2023 are as follows.

Percentage of Units Sold:
UHD: 15.2%
Blu-ray: 36.6%
DVD: 48.2%

The combined 4K UHD and Blu-ray market share decreased from 51.8% to 43.9%. "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" and "Blue Beetle" were the big releases this time last year. Bigger releases, it appears.