Blu Ray sales are up and DVD sales are down

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BD Sales Information for Week Ending May 24 (Updated)

Posted May 28, 2009 06:30 PM by Juan Calonge

According to Nielsen VideoScan First Alert, 'Valkyrie' was the top-selling title on Blu-ray in the US for the week ended May 24. Second place was for 'Taken', the top-selling title the week before. 'Paul Blart: Mall Cop', despite winning easily on the overall DVD/Blu-ray charts, only managed third place in Blu-ray, outsold by 'Valkyrie' by nearly 2 to 1. 'My Bloody Valentine 3D' got number 4. 

Here is the Blu-ray top 10:

1. Valkyrie
2. Taken
3. Paul Blart: Mall Cop
4. My Bloody Valentine 3D
5. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
6. True Blood: The Complete First Season
7. A Bug's Life
8. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
9. 24: Season 7
10. Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection

As regards market share, the highest BD ratios for new releases of the week were for 'My Bloody Valentine 3D' and 'Valkyrie', which got 21% and 20%, respectively. TV series '24: Season 7' and 'True Blood: The Complete First Season' grabbed 15% and 14%, whereas 'Paul Blart: Mall Cop' got only 7%. 

Update 

Home Media Magazine has now published the already-familiar pie chart comparing aggregate unit sales of the top 20 BDs versus the top 20 DVDs. The split for this week is 14% BD: 86% DVD. 

Total revenue from BD sales was $20.92 million, up 119.47% from the same week last year. DVD revenue was $178.53 million, down 13.10% year-on-year. 

BD accounted for 10.5% of total packaged-media sales revenue.