Home Video Sales Thread (HMM weekly/DEG quarterly/Nielsen Top 20/etc.)

[mredman]

10/24/17 War for the Planet of the Apes $146.88
10/24/17 Annabelle: Creation $102.09
10/24/17 The Emoji Movie $86.09

all these movies theatrically pretty much trumps all the 2018 releases

10/23/18 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again $120.63
10/23/18 Sorry to Bother You $17.49
10/23/18 God Knows Where I Am $0.0

so yeah would be a given for lower sales when BO is lower as well

[avs commenter]

Sounds like Solo is doing pretty good on home video despite the poor box office

[bruceames]

Top 20 disc sales week ending 11/3/18



Box Office Comparison
UP 39.66% From the Previous Year
Street Title Box Office | Street Title Box Office
|
10/30/18 The Spy Who Dumped Me $33.56 | 10/31/17 The Dark Tower $50.70
10/30/18 Teen Titans Go! to the Movies $29.56 | 10/31/17 Kidnap $30.72
10/30/18 Slender Man $30.57 | 10/31/17 Person to Person $0.05
10/30/18 The Darkest Minds $12.70 | 10/31/17 I Called Him Morgan $0.13
10/30/18 Mandy $1.21 | 10/31/17 Afterimage $0.03
10/30/18 Death of a Nation $5.89 |
10/30/18 Believer $0.37 |
10/30/18 Custody $0.08 |
10/30/18 Never Goin’ Back $0.06 |
|
Total Box Office Power: $114.00 | Total Box Office Power: $81.63
|
Top Selling Title for Week Ended 11/3/18 | Top Selling Title for Week Ended 11/4/17
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | The Dark Tower
Unit Sales
(in millions)
Share This Year Change Last Year
26.87% Blu-ray 1.43 9.3% 1.31
73.13% DVD 3.90 -17.5% 4.73
Total 5.33 -11.68% 6.04
DOWN
Average Disc Cost
This Year Change Last Year
BD Avg Cost $19.31 5.9% $18.23
DVD Avg Cost $8.76 -8.7% $9.59



https://www.mediaplaynews.com/

[bruceames]

Top 20 disc sales week ending 11/10/18



Box Office Comparison
UP 320.07% From the Previous Year
Street Title Box Office | Street Title Box Office
|
11/6/18 Incredibles 2 $608.41 | 11/7/17 Cars 3 $152.90
11/6/18 Christopher Robin $99.18 | 11/7/17 The Glass Castle $17.27
11/6/18 BlacKkKlansman $48.27 | 11/7/17 Your Name. $5.02
11/6/18 Papillon (2018) $2.34 | 11/7/17 Ingrid Goes West $3.02
11/6/18 An Interview With God $1.25 | 11/7/17 Slamma Jamma $1.69
11/6/18 Itzhak $0.61 | 11/7/17 Patti Cake$ $0.80
11/6/18 Getting Grace $0.22 | 11/7/17 Champion $0.18
11/6/18 Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti $0.20 | 11/7/17 Te Ata $0.07
11/6/18 Bel Canto $0.08 | 11/7/17 The Settlers $0.04
11/6/18 Girls vs. Gangsters $0.04 | 11/7/17 Afterimage $0.03
11/6/18 Loving Pablo $0.02 | 11/7/17 The Untamed $0.03
11/6/18 American Dresser $0.00 | 11/7/17 Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait $0.01
| 11/7/17 Overdrive $0.01
Total Box Office Power: $760.62 | Total Box Office Power: $181.07
|
Top Selling Title for Week Ended 11/10/18 | Top Selling Title for Week Ended 11/11/17
Incredibles 2 | Cars 3
Unit Sales
(in millions)
Share This Year Change Last Year
34.17% Blu-ray 2.02 17.4% 1.72
65.83% DVD 3.90 -18.7% 4.79
Total 5.92 -9.16% 6.52
DOWN
Average Disc Cost
This Year Change Last Year
BD Avg Cost $20.44 4.8% $19.50
DVD Avg Cost $9.85 0.3% $9.82

[bruceames]

Top 20 disc sales week ending 11/17/18



Box Office Comparison
UP 88.09% From the Previous Year
Street Title Box Office | Street Title Box Office
|
11/13/18 The Meg $143.01 | 11/14/17 Atomic Blonde $51.69
11/13/18 Mile 22 $36.11 | 11/14/17 Wind River $33.80
11/13/18 Alpha $35.86 | 11/14/17 In This Corner of the World $0.17
11/13/18 Juliet, Naked $3.44 | 11/14/17 The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature $28.37
11/13/18 Puzzle $2.03 | 11/14/17 Amityville: The Awakening $0.00
11/13/18 The Children Act $0.55 | 11/14/17 Brigsby Bear $0.53
11/13/18 Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings $0.26 | 11/14/17 Kedi $2.84
11/13/18 The Third Murder $0.09 | 11/14/17 Aquarius $0.29
11/13/18 Heavy Trip $0.01 |
|
Total Box Office Power: $221.36 | Total Box Office Power: $117.69
|
Top Selling Title for Week Ended 11/17/18 | Top Selling Title for Week Ended 11/18/17
Incredibles 2 | Cars 3
Unit Sales
(in millions)
Share This Year Change Last Year
28.93% Blu-ray 1.62 21.6% 1.33
71.07% DVD 3.98 -17.1% 4.80
Total 5.60 -8.69% 6.13
DOWN
Average Disc Cost
This Year Change Last Year
BD Avg Cost $19.84 3.7% $19.13
DVD Avg Cost $10.01 2.1% $9.80

[bruceames]

3 good weeks in a row. Next week will be interesting because that's Black Friday week and a good indication of how physical sales are doing.

[Vilya]

I'll take some of the credit after having bought 81 titles this month. Just doing my part.

It is nice to see some sustained good news.

[bruceames]

Blu-ray is down only 2.5%, with 6 weeks left to go. Last year it was down 6.8% (for the whole year). So while it might not make it into positive territory by the end of the year, it's a cinch that the decline will be less than last year. Since July Blu-ray has been up 3.6%.

[rdodolak]

I'd be curious what retailers or avenues NPD is capturing for the total disc sales revenue. With a lot of Blu-ray releases shifting to smaller labels (Vinegar Syndrome, Twilight Time, Severin, Code Red, Dark Force, Scorpion; along with other label releases which may or may not be sold at retail locations) and online sales through smaller online portals, how much of the Blu-ray revenue isn't being captured?

[Rzzzz]

Originally Posted by bruceames

Blu-ray is down only 2.5%, with 6 weeks left to go. Last year it was down 6.8% (for the whole year). So while it might not make it into positive territory by the end of the year, it's a cinch that the decline will be less than last year. Since July Blu-ray has been up 3.6%.

Excellent ! Now if only someone would tell Paramount....

[bruceames]

Top 20 disc sales weeking ending 11/24/18



Box Office Comparison
UP 26.34% From the Previous Year
Street Title Box Office | Street Title Box Office
|
11/20/18 Crazy Rich Asians $173.95 | 11/21/17 The Hitman’s Bodyguard $75.47
11/20/18 Dog Days $6.81 | 11/21/17 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets $41.19
11/20/18 Kin $5.72 | 11/21/17 Leap! $24.70
11/20/18 Blindspotting $4.33 | 11/21/17 Birth of the Dragon $6.90
11/20/18 Little Italy $0.99 | 11/21/17 Good Time $2.03
11/20/18 Fireworks $0.53 | 11/21/17 Mully $1.49
11/20/18 The Dawn Wall $1.04 | 11/21/17 Walk With Me $0.73
11/20/18 We the Animals $0.40 | 11/21/17 Beach Rats $0.47
11/20/18 Skate Kitchen $0.24 | 11/21/17 Crown Heights $0.24
11/20/18 Heavy Trip $0.01 | 11/21/17 California Typewriter $0.22
| 11/21/17 My Journey Through French Cinema $0.05
| 11/21/17 The Villainess $0.03
| 11/21/17 Lemon $0.03
| 11/21/17 After Love $0.01
|
BLACK FRIDAY | BLACK FRIDAY
|
Total Box Office Power: $194.01 | Total Box Office Power: $153.56
|
Top Selling Title for Week Ended 11/24/18 | Top Selling Title for Week Ended 11/25/17
Deadpool 2 | Wonder Woman
Unit Sales
(in millions)
Share This Year Change Last Year
32.77% Blu-ray 10.53 3.7% 10.15
67.23% DVD 21.60 -18.5% 26.50
Total 32.12 -12.35% 36.65
DOWN
Average Disc Cost
This Year Change Last Year
BD Avg Cost $9.91 5.0% $9.44
DVD Avg Cost $5.39 -2.9% $5.55

[bruceames]

Blu-ray is alive and well. Black Friday sales up 8.9% over last year and over $100 million for the week.

According to Media Play news, the average price paid per BD SKU was actually 5.0% higher than last year BF week, so it's not like it was deeper discounting that resulted in increased sales.

[bruceames]

Originally Posted by rdodolak

I'd be curious what retailers or avenues NPD is capturing for the total disc sales revenue. With a lot of Blu-ray releases shifting to smaller labels (Vinegar Syndrome, Twilight Time, Severin, Code Red, Dark Force, Scorpion; along with other label releases which may or may not be sold at retail locations) and online sales through smaller online portals, how much of the Blu-ray revenue isn't being captured?

Who knows, but my guess is that even though those smaller labels (those being sold exclusively in obscure websites or 3rd party Amazon) account for a sizable portion of releases, the units sold per release is very small. Which means they account for probably less than 5% of overall revenue. Most Blu-ray sales revenue comes from new and recent releases from the major labels, perhaps as much as 75%.

[hariseldon]

Originally Posted by bruceames

Blu-ray is alive and well. Black Friday sales up 8.9% over last year and over $100 million for the week.

According to Media Play news, the average price paid per BD SKU was actually 5.0% higher than last year BF week, so it's not like it was deeper discounting that resulted in increased sales.

Going to guess the UHD price bump.

First $100M week in 2 years and within spitting distance of 2017 sales. Last years Dec was so abominably bad compared to prior years, even with a modest rebound toward average Dec HD should surpass 2017 total.

It's probably a bit much to ask to get back to 2B for the year. A $700M Q4 would take a 380M December), but not out of the question with CM week and a full "10 day pre-Christmas last week" I just wish there were a couple big releases to anchor to. 1900-1950 is realistic with any sort of improvement in December

[mredman]

Originally Posted by bruceames

Blu-ray is alive and well. Black Friday sales up 8.9% over last year and over $100 million for the week.

According to Media Play news, the average price paid per BD SKU was actually 5.0% higher than last year BF week, so it's not like it was deeper discounting that resulted in increased sales.

[Steedeel]

Blu-ray doing fine and VR up for the year. Been a good week!

[bruceames]

Blu-ray down only 1.84% for the year. Needs to make up $30 million over the next 5 weeks to finish even with last year, an average of $57 million per week. Very doable I think.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by bruceames

Blu-ray down only 1.84% for the year. Needs to make up $30 million over the next 5 weeks to finish even with last year, an average of $57 million per week. Very doable I think.

That's great news!

I think a decimal point is missing, though, in that per week average to reach the break even goal.

[hariseldon]

Originally Posted by Vilya

That's great news!

I think a decimal point is missing, though, in that per week average to reach the break even goal.

Interesting situation is Bruce's post is correct, but so is yours

Dec 2017 approx 255M sales in 5 weeks (51M per week) so either 57M/week or 5.7M more per week works.

Dec 2017 was a historically bad Dec for Bluray -- no big releases at all in Dec to anchor usual Christmas buying. It was 25% worse than the worst Dec since 2009. It was only 20% better than 2008 and over 40% lower than the average December since 2009 (approx 400M).

[Wendell R. Breland]

Hey Bruce,

A word of thanks for the continued support of Blu-ray.com and this thread. Have a safe and Merry Holiday season.