Well, the weekly stats haven't been posted yet, likely due to the Home Media Expo this week. In the meantime, though, Home Media Magazine has started releasing monthly "Hollywood Goes High-def" editions. For those interested in reading the full June edition, it is available online.
Within the issue are a number of Nielson VideoScan charts showing year-to-date and since inception data for various Blu-ray titles.
To start with, here are the Top 50 Blu-ray disc titles (by sales volume) since the format's launch:
Source: Nielson VideoScan via www.homemediamagazine.com
Breaking those top 50 down by studio:
- Disney has 14 titles
- Warner (including BBC) has 13 titles
- Sony has 11 titles
- Fox has 8 titles
- Lionsgate has 4 titles
Obviously, Universal (having been previously HD DVD exclusive) doesn't have any titles on the list. More surprisingly, Paramount (which temporarily dropped the Blu-ray format after accepting some "advertising incentives" from Toshiba) didn't have a a single one of their titles make the cut. Both studios should have titles on the list relatively soon, with the release of some major titles in the coming months.
Source: Nielson VideoScan via www.homemediamagazine.com
The above chart shows the weekly breakdown of total Blu-ray discs sold by week this year. While we frequently get to see a percentage breakdown by title, this is one of the few times actual unit sales numbers have been published.
Within the first quarter of this year, sales volume fluctuated between roughly 170,000 and 500,000 discs sold in any given week, with differences driven primarily by the popularity of individual title releases. Obviously, as we move forward this year, sales volume should increase with the increase in player penetration, summer movie releases, and the holiday shopping season.
Source: Nielson VideoScan via www.homemediamagazine.com
The final two charts above the Top 20 discs so far this year (as of April 27 -- on the left) and the Top 20 discs by share vs. DVD since Blu-ray's inception (up through April 27 -- on the right).
I won't comment much on these two charts as the data is fairly out of date. Already, we are seeing discs with much higher share ratios than many of those on the charts, and a number of discs released later would make the Top 20 sales list if the data was more current. Still, its an interesting chart for historical purposes if nothing else.
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