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Kzoellner on 29 May 2009

http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=2774

 

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.


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Max King of the Wild on 29 May 2009

"Blu-ray is the next laser disc"



Max King of the Wild on 29 May 2009

On a serious note however. Grabing 14% so early in the year is magnificent. Last year they were at a steady 6% (low end) to 10% (high end) until around the holidays. Year before that was 2% bluray and hd dvd. blu rays steady growth should silence some negative nancies.



Wyku on 29 May 2009

Well it makes sense. Blu-Ray is taking a small chunk of the pie and a lot of DVD prices are dirt cheap so even if they're selling a whack of them the revenue won't climb as fast.



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bonkers555 on 29 May 2009

I purchase alot of movies a month. Action movies and movies with special effects I buy for Blu-Ray everything else I purchase regular DVD. Blu-Ray new release is still too expensive compare to new release DVD.



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Megadude on 29 May 2009

Exactly there is no need to rebuy the Simspons or Ren and Stimpy on bluray but for big budget films expect bluray to keep chipping away at DVD mountain.



hatmoza 2.0 on 29 May 2009

The "no one watches 'Blu Ray'" myth can be put to sleep.
Nice find!



Kzoellner on 29 May 2009

^Yes sir! I am finding more and more watching



Megadude on 29 May 2009

Good job PS3!



saicho on 29 May 2009
Max King of the Wild said:
On a serious note however. Grabing 14% so early in the year is magnificent. Last year they were at a steady 6% (low end) to 10% (high end) until around the holidays. Year before that was 2% bluray and hd dvd. blu rays steady growth should silence some negative nancies.

It's still around 10% of overall sales, not 14%.

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



MikeB predicts that the PS3 will sell about 140 million units by the end of 2016 and triple the amount of 360s in the long run.