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

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Stats:

For the week ending 5 August, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 48.04% vs 51.96%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $11.87 million
DVD sales total spending: $12.84 million

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Top 10:

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 helped Blu-ray revenue improve slightly as the new Marvel movie outsold everything else during the week.

The next new release was the 4K release of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (also available in SteelBook) in 6th place.

Outside of the top 10, About My Father was new to the top 20 in 11th, while the 25th anniversary re-release of The Big Lebowski was 14th.

The 4K release of Rio Bravo was 18th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: All of the new releases in the top 20, except for "About My Father", 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. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3+
2. John Wick: Chapter 4+
3. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+
4. Avatar: The Way of Water+
5. Resident Evil: Death Island+
6. *Ferris Bueller’s Day Off+
7. Justice League: Warworld+
8. Sisu+
9. *The Venture Bros. - Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
10. The Last of Us: The Complete First Season+

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

The BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for that contained the titles's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions) for a particular title. So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.

Only "Guardians 3" and "About My Father" had DVD editions, and they had BD sales shares of 68.39% and 48.02%.

On 4K, again it was only "Guardians 3" that had a separate standard Blu-ray edition, and its 4K sales share was 34.25%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending August 6, 2022 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: 39.86% vs 60.14%

Blu-ray: $10.52 million
DVD: $15.87 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $1.35m (up 12.8%), with unit sales up 5.6%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.03m (down 19.1%), with unit sales down 23.8%.

This meant $1.68 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 39.86% to 48.04%

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Stats:

For the week ending 12 August, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 44.95% vs 55.05%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $10.96 million
DVD sales total spending: $13.42 million

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Top 10:

Fast X was the top-seller for the week, but Blu-ray revenue actually fell compared to the previous week.

There were a few other new releases in the top 10 including, 1923: A Yellowstone Origin Story - Season One in third, the 4K edition of Enter the Dragon in 6th.

Swamp Thing gets a 4K restoration that's available on 4K and Blu-ray, and it was 8th.

Two more new releases outside of the top 10, the Wal-Mart exclusives of The Gate and The Mist, both with retro covers.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Fast X", "Swamp Thing" and "Enter the Dragon" all were 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. Fast X+
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3+
3. 1923: A Yellowstone Origin Story - Season One
4. John Wick: Chapter 4+
5. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+
6. *Enter the Dragon+
7. Avatar: The Way of Water+
8. *Swamp Thing+
9. *The Venture Bros. - Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
10. Resident Evil: Death Island+

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.

"Fast X" had a BD sales share of 57.93%. "1923: A Yellowstone Origin Story - Season One" got 25.56%

On 4K, "Swamp Thing" had a 4K sales share of 88.51% (so I guess almost nobody wanted to buy the standard Blu-ray edition of the 4K restoration), while "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" got 20.69%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending August 13, 2022 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: 42.85% vs 57.15%

Blu-ray: $11.24 million
DVD: $14.99 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $0.28m (down 2.5%), with unit sales down 3.4%.

DVD sales decreased by $1.57m (down 10.5%), with unit sales down 19.3%.

This meant $1.85 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 42.85% to 44.95%

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Stats:

For the week ending 19 August, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 43.29% vs 56.71%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $9.23 million
DVD sales total spending: $12.09 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray weekly revenue dropped below $10 million again, with only a few lacklustre releases in the top 20. Babylon 5: The Road Home was the best-selling new release in third place, just above Asteroid City in 4th.

Nefarious was 8th, with The Machine in 11th being the last new release in the top 20.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Only "Babylon 5: The Road Home" was 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. Fast X+
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3+
3. *Babylon 5: The Road Home+
4. Asteroid City
5. John Wick: Chapter 4+
6. 1923: A Yellowstone Origin Story - Season One
7. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+
8. Nefarious
9. *The Venture Bros. - Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
10. Avatar: The Way of Water+

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.

"Asteroid City" got a BD sales share of 73.90%. "The Machine" got 55.66%. "Nefarious" managed 30.19%.

On 4K, "Babylon 5: The Road Home" got a 4K sales share of 49.28%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending August 20, 2022 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: 47.49% vs 52.51%

Blu-ray: $15.06 million
DVD: $16.65 million

"Jurassic World Dominion", "The Black Phone", "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" on 4K from this time last year was what "Babylon 5: The Road Home" and "Asteroid City" was up against. Hence, the big drops you see below.

Blu-ray sales decreased by $5.83m (down 38.7%), with unit sales down 32.8%.

DVD sales decreased by $4.56m (down 27.4%), with unit sales down 27.9%.

This meant $10.39 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 47.49% to 43.29%

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Stats:

For the week ending 26 August, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 42.78% vs 57.22%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $8.15 million
DVD sales total spending: $10.90 million

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Top 10:

Despite 5 new releases in the top 20, Blu-ray revenue fell again. The 4K release of The Nightmare Before Christmas was the best-selling of the new releases, coming in at 4th.

The Blackening was not too far behind in 5th.

Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar was 7th and the 4K release of Hackers was 12th.

And finally, the 4K release of Weird Science was 13th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: Only "Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar" wasn't made available on 4K (or was a 4K only release). 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. Fast X+
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3+
3. John Wick: Chapter 4+
4. *The Nightmare Before Christmas+
5. The Blackening+
6. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+
7. *Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar
8. 1923: A Yellowstone Origin Story - Season One
9. Avatar: The Way of Water+
10. Asteroid City

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

The BD sales share is the percentage of disc packages sold for that contained the titles's Blu-ray edition (including combos, and Ultra HD editions) for a particular title. So a BD sales share of 60% indicates that 60% of disc packages sold for this particular film contained the Blu-ray edition for this film, and so anything over 50% means that the Blu-ray version of the film was more popular than the DVD version.

Only "The Blackening" actually had both Blu-ray and DVD editions (and so has a relevant BD sales share to look at) and it managed 73.85%.

It was also the only title that had both a 4K and standard Blu-ray edition (and so has a relevant 4K sales share to look at), and it managed a 4K sales share of 31.45%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending August 27, 2022 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: 43.69% vs 56.31%

Blu-ray: $11.46 million
DVD: $14.77 million

Blu-ray sales decreased by $3.31m (down 28.9%), with unit sales down 22.4%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.87m (down 26.2%), with unit sales down 26.3%.

This meant $7.18 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share decreased from 43.69% to 42.78%

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Stats:

For the week ending 2 September, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 47.81% vs 52.19%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $11.14 million
DVD sales total spending: $12.16 million

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Top 10:

Blu-ray revenue improved slightly (at least it's above $10 million this week) on the backs of the release of The Flash, which easily outsold everything else for the week.

In a distant third place was the comedy No Hard Feelings.

The next new release was the 4K release of Infinity Pool, in 7th place.

Outside of the top 10, the 45th-anniversary 4K release of Battlestar Galactica (the reworked pilot made into a TV movie) was new to the charts in 14th.

The Flash: The Ninth and Final Season was the last of the new releases, in 17th.

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "The Flash" was available on 4K, along with the two 4K only releases in "Infinity Pool" and "Battlestar Galactica". 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 Flash+
2. Fast X+
3. No Hard Feelings
4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3+
5. John Wick: Chapter 4+
6. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+
7. *Infinity Pool+
8. Avatar: The Way of Water+
9. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse+
10. 1923: A Yellowstone Origin Story - 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.

"The Flash" had a BD sales share of 69.73%. "No Hard Feelings" got a respectable 54.37%.

On 4K, "The Flash" got a 4K sales share of 30.87%.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending September 3, 2022 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: 38.93% vs 61.07%

Blu-ray: $10.00 million
DVD: $15.69 million

Your eyes have not deceived you. Blu-ray revenue actually rose compared to the same week last year - not too hard considering "The Flash" and "No Hard Feelings" were up against a week in which "1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story" was the only new release in the top 10.

Blu-ray sales increased by $1.14m (up 11.4%), with unit sales up 8.4%.

DVD sales decreased by $3.53m (down 22.5%), with unit sales down 24.0%.

This meant $2.39 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 38.93% to 47.81%

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Stats:

For the week ending 9 September, 2023, here are the stats:

Percentage of revenue (MPN):
Blu-ray vs DVD: 43.72% vs 56.28%

Blu-ray sales total spending: $10.54 million
DVD sales total spending: $13.57 million

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Top 10:

Despite the release of the popular film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Blu-ray revenue still dropped compared to the previous week (although DVD revenue was up slightly) - Spider-Verse 2-Movie Collection was 6th.

The new animated film was by far the most popular Blu-ray for the week, and it was also the best-selling 4K disc.

The next new Blu-ray release was Star Trek: Picard - The Final Season, in third place - Star Trek: Picard - The Complete Series was 15th.

The 4K release of Sleepy Hollow was 5th (2nd on the 4K chart),

Outside of the Blu-ray top 10, The Princess Bride also gets the 4K treatment, and it was 12th (4th on the 4K chart).

Matilda gets both the 4K and SteelBook treatment, and it was 16th (8th on the 4K chart), and the 4K edition of Night of the Comet was 18th (9th on the 4K chart).

This week's Ultra HD Blu-ray report: "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" was available on 4K, but the last season of "Picard" wasn't - the rest were all 4K only releases. 8 titles out of this week's top 10 had UHD editions.

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

1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse+
2. The Flash+
3. Star Trek: Picard - The Final Season
4. Fast X+
5. *Sleepy Hollow+
6. Spider-Verse 2-Movie Collection+
7. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3+
8. John Wick: Chapter 4+
9. The Super Mario Bros. Movie+
10. No Hard Feelings

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

1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2. *Sleepy Hollow
3. The Flash
4. *The Princess Bride
5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
6. Fast X
7. John Wick: Chapter 4
8. *Matilda
9. *Night of the Comet
10. The Super Mario Bros. Movie

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.

"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" managed a fantastic BD sales share of 84.68% (meaning almost nobody bothered to buy the DVD edition of the film). "Spider-Verse 2-Movie Collection" did equally well, with 76.55%.

On 4K, "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" had a 4K sales share of 39.13%. All the others were 4K only releases.

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

Year-on-Year Comparison

The stats for the week ending September 10, 2022 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: 42.09% vs 57.91%

Blu-ray: $11.39 million
DVD: $15.67 million

Blu-ray sales increased by $0.85m (down 7.5%).

DVD sales decreased by $2.1m (down 13.4%).

This meant $2.95 million less in combined revenue for the week.

Blu-ray's market share increased from 42.09% to 43.72%