Do DVD's still outsell Blu-rays?

[DukeTogo84]

DVD's were outselling Blu-rays for a long time, but I believe Blu-rays now outsell DVD's right?

The reason I ask is because Fargo: Season 3 didn't get a U.S. Blu-ray and it got a DVD. Not sure what the logic is, but at this point, I'm pretty sure most people are Blu-ray capable. I can understand if something that isn't great gets a DVD only release, but something of Fargo quality missing a Blu release is a travesty.

[babybreese]

Streaming outsells everything by such a shockingly huge margin is sickening.
I believe dvd still outsells Blu but am looking for current info.
Jan '18

[Heapashifter]

DVD's still sell more to my knowledge.

[Wezzo]

The BD (+UHD) share of the home video market is usually around 35-40%.

For the first five weeks of 2018, Blu-ray is at 37.8% according to Home Media Magazine.

[thatguamguy]

I think there was a specific week or month when Blu-ray beat DVD, maybe when "Force Awakens" was released or something like that. Overall, pretty sure DVD still out-sells Blu-ray in general, based on stores like Wal-mart that still carry more DVDs than Blu-ray.

[bigshot]

About a third of the discs I buy are DVD. A couple of times I thought I was buying the blu-ray but I got the DVD instead. Hard to notice, because my system upscales very well.

[TripleHBK]

Originally Posted by babybreese

Streaming outsells everything by such a shockingly huge margin is sickening.
I believe dvd still outsells Blu but am looking for current info.
Jan '18

I think the key stat here is that the Rental business is still a $390,000,000 per year business. Where are these stores and what can I do to support them? I had a local store "Old Skool Video" open up just over 1 year ago that rents VHS, DVD, Laserdisc, and Blu Ray along with selling posters and other fun items. I obtained a VCR just to support them and Rented Demon Wind, Ilsa She Wolf of the SS and The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre last year all on VHS when I made my first rentals just so I could relive the sights and sounds of my youth. I had never viewed any of these films so getting to experience them in a very similar way to how I was exposed to so many horror films in the early 90's was a bit of a nostalgia dream come true.

[JEDGAR1000]

Here's for the US only.

Top-Selling DVDs in the United States 2017

Rank Title Units Sold

1 Trolls - 2,002,732
2 Moana - 1,891,743
3 Sing - 1,577,284
4 Beauty and the Beast - 1,458,276
5 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - 1,133,177
6 The Fate of the Furious - 1,061,127
7 Wonder Woman - 1,052,421
8 Hidden Figures - 1,012,223
9 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - 938,689
10 Despicable Me 3 - 905,848
11 The Lego Batman Movie - 853,632
12 Hacksaw Ridge - 789,798
13 The Boss Baby - 780,000
14 Logan - 773,473
15 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 - 754,727
16 Kong: Skull Island - 750,081
17 Fifty Shades Darker - 732,127
18 Cars 3 - 697,531
19 Spider-Man: Homecoming - 693,233
20 The Shack - 683,457

Top-Selling Blu-rays in the United States 2017

Rank Title Units Sold

1 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - 3,046,845
2 Wonder Woman - 2,797,776
3 Beauty and the Beast - 2,795,615
4 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 - 2,597,683
5 Moana - 2,503,226
6 Spider-Man: Homecoming - 1,916,186
7 Sing - 1,723,875
8 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - 1,649,633
9 Trolls - 1,536,379
10 Logan - 1,507,803
11 Cars 3 - 1,347,952
12 Despicable Me 3 - 1,210,522
13 The Fate of the Furious - 1,199,769
14 Doctor Strange - 1,161,574
15 The Lego Batman Movie - 1,071,091
16 John Wick: Chapter Two - 1,039,168
17 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - 1,026,919
18 Transformers: The Last Knight - 897,311
19 Kong: Skull Island - 873,523
20 Fifty Shades Darker - 784,411

https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/dvd-sales/2017

https://www.the-numbers.com/home-mar...ray-sales/2017

Note: I only posted top 20 of each, list goes up to top 100. List also includes dvds and blurays released in previous years that sold copies this year. For example, Guardians of the Galaxy 1, which was released on physical in 2014, sold 385,648 dvds this year.

[thatguamguy]

Trolls and Boss Baby, DVDs outselling Blus makes sense, but I'm surprised about Hacksaw Ridge, and especially Hidden Figures.

[I KEEL YOU]

[meremortal]

DVD has no reason to go anywhere with that kind of marketshare and money. Plus, there is still plenty of content not sourced in in hd like older amateur movies and tv shows shot or edited on video, etc. Likewise, there's an abundance of content that will never work on uhd.

[Keymaster]

Originally Posted by JEDGAR1000

Here's for the US only.

Top-Selling Blu-rays in the United States 2017

Rank Title Units Sold

1 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - 3,046,845
2 Wonder Woman - 2,797,776
3 Beauty and the Beast - 2,795,615
4 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 - 2,597,683
5 Moana - 2,503,226
6 Spider-Man: Homecoming - 1,916,186
7 Sing - 1,723,875
8 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - 1,649,633
9 Trolls - 1,536,379
10 Logan - 1,507,803
11 Cars 3 - 1,347,952
12 Despicable Me 3 - 1,210,522
13 The Fate of the Furious - 1,199,769
14 Doctor Strange - 1,161,574
15 The Lego Batman Movie - 1,071,091
16 John Wick: Chapter Two - 1,039,168
17 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - 1,026,919
18 Transformers: The Last Knight - 897,311
19 Kong: Skull Island - 873,523
20 Fifty Shades Darker - 784,411

Wow, despite purchasing about 1,700 blu-rays in 2017, I only picked up three of the top 20 best sellers. I'm definitely not rolling too often with the mainstream.

[Cremildo]

Originally Posted by Keymaster

Wow, despite purchasing about 1,700 blu-rays in 2017, I only picked up three of the top 20 best sellers. I'm definitely not rolling too often with the mainstream.

And I, two.

[Trace Buster Buster]

Originally Posted by Keymaster

Wow, despite purchasing about 1,700 blu-rays in 2017, I only picked up three of the top 20 best sellers. I'm definitely not rolling too often with the mainstream.

I haven't bought any of the top 20. I will own John Wick Chapter Two at some point though.

[BerryTheMusicMan]

Originally Posted by bigshot

About a third of the discs I buy are DVD. A couple of times I thought I was buying the blu-ray but I got the DVD instead. Hard to notice, because my system upscales very well.

[mredman]

Originally Posted by Keymaster

Wow, despite purchasing about 1,700 blu-rays in 2017, I only picked up three of the top 20 best sellers. I'm definitely not rolling too often with the mainstream.

Picked up 14 of those

[shinobipopcorn]

Minivans have DVD players, they don't have blu-ray players.

[deltatauhobbit]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

And I, two.

I've got 10 from that list and there's 5 others I will pick up eventually when the price is right. I do love me some popcorn movies it appears.

[Cremildo]

Originally Posted by deltatauhobbit

I've got 10 from that list and there's 5 others I will pick up eventually when the price is right. I do love me some popcorn movies it appears.

Please, don't get me wrong - I most certainly enjoy blockbusters and popcorn movies too (see my avatar!), but for whatever reason, I didn't buy many released last year.

[bigshot]

At Christmas I gave away a lot of movies and I found out that many of the people on my list only had a DVD player.