July 8th, 2020
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There are a ton of new releases on VOD this week. Unfortunately, most are rather weak and almost none are going to find a significant audience. The War of the Worlds is the best release, but the Criterion Collection Blu-ray is the better deal. On the other hand, Sometimes Always Never is perfect for VOD, but you have to wait until Friday to get it.
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Weekly US DVD Sales
| Date | Rank | Units
this
Week | % Change | Total
Units | Spending
this
Week | Total
Spending | Weeks
in
Release |
|---|
| Sep 10, 2006 | 14 | 101,598 | | 101,598 | $3,404,549 | $3,404,549 | 1 |
| Sep 17, 2006 | 27 | 48,778 | -52% |
150,376 | $1,860,393 | $5,264,942 | 2 |
| Sep 16, 2007 | 13 | 67,735 | | 67,735 | $2,573,253 | $2,573,253 | 54 |
| Sep 7, 2008 | 6 | 104,979 | | 104,979 | $4,093,131 | $4,093,131 | 105 |
| Sep 14, 2008 | 18 | 35,593 | -66% |
140,572 | $1,387,771 | $5,480,902 | 106 |
| Sep 21, 2008 | 19 | 40,034 | +12% |
180,606 | $1,560,926 | $7,041,828 | 107 |
| Sep 6, 2009 | 5 | 245,047 | | 245,047 | $8,924,612 | $8,924,612 | 157 |
| Sep 13, 2009 | 12 | 61,515 | -75% |
306,562 | $2,464,291 | $11,388,903 | 158 |
| Feb 21, 2010 | 22 | 52,542 | | 471,591 | $982,535 | $15,228,057 | 181 |
| Sep 12, 2010 | 3 | 193,827 | | 193,827 | $7,363,488 | $7,363,488 | 210 |
| Sep 19, 2010 | 15 | 55,049 | -72% |
248,876 | $2,091,312 | $9,454,800 | 211 |
| Sep 18, 2011 | 5 | 123,906 | | 123,906 | $4,459,377 | $4,459,377 | 263 |
| Sep 25, 2011 | 14 | 27,437 | -78% |
151,343 | $987,458 | $5,446,835 | 264 |
| Oct 2, 2011 | 30 | 11,531 | -58% |
162,874 | $421,227 | $5,868,062 | 265 |
| Sep 23, 2012 | 6 | 158,417 | | 158,417 | $5,083,602 | $5,083,602 | 316 |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 28 | 8,676 | -95% |
167,093 | $291,167 | $5,374,769 | 317 |
| Oct 7, 2012 | 28 | 8,531 | -2% |
175,624 | $255,930 | $5,630,699 | 318 |
| Sep 15, 2013 | 8 | 57,104 | | 57,104 | $1,664,011 | $1,664,011 | 367 |
| Sep 22, 2013 | 25 | 16,938 | -70% |
74,042 | $422,434 | $2,086,445 | 368 |
| Oct 6, 2013 | 30 | 12,423 | | 95,502 | $310,078 | $2,622,087 | 370 |
| Sep 14, 2014 | 3 | 41,057 | | 41,057 | $1,436,584 | $1,436,584 | 419 |
| Sep 21, 2014 | 26 | 9,206 | -78% |
50,263 | $322,118 | $1,758,702 | 420 |
| Sep 13, 2015 | 5 | 50,468 | | 50,468 | $1,412,599 | $1,412,599 | 471 |
| Sep 20, 2015 | 17 | 12,693 | -75% |
63,161 | $355,277 | $1,767,876 | 472 |
| Oct 11, 2015 | 20 | 16,304 | | 93,259 | $456,349 | $2,610,319 | 475 |
| Sep 11, 2016 | 5 | 41,763 | | 41,763 | $1,252,472 | $1,252,472 | 523 |
| Sep 10, 2017 | 13 | 19,037 | | 19,037 | $660,584 | $660,584 | 575 |
| Sep 9, 2018 | 14 | 19,691 | | 19,691 | $648,818 | $648,818 | 627 |
| Sep 16, 2018 | 27 | 11,588 | -41% |
31,279 | $381,825 | $1,030,643 | 628 |
| Sep 15, 2019 | 15 | 12,543 | | 12,543 | $371,649 | $371,649 | 680 |
| May 30, 2021 | 3 | 24,454 | | 24,454 | $687,891 | $687,891 | 769 |
Weekly US Blu-ray Sales
| Date | Rank | Units
this
Week | % Change | Total
Units | Spending
this
Week | Total
Spending | Weeks
in
Release |
|---|
| Sep 6, 2009 | 7 | 11,323 | | 11,323 | $568,078 | $568,078 | 1 |
| Sep 12, 2010 | 4 | 16,965 | | 16,965 | $785,654 | $785,654 | 54 |
| Sep 18, 2011 | 10 | 12,240 | | 12,240 | $550,690 | $550,690 | 107 |
| Sep 23, 2012 | 11 | 15,504 | | 15,504 | $644,966 | $644,966 | 160 |
| Sep 15, 2013 | 11 | 9,137 | | 9,137 | $380,202 | $380,202 | 211 |
| Sep 14, 2014 | 9 | 11,037 | | 11,037 | $441,367 | $441,367 | 263 |
| Sep 13, 2015 | 13 | 10,146 | | 11,090 | $324,572 | $357,612 | 315 |
| Sep 11, 2016 | 14 | 10,118 | | 10,118 | $375,675 | $375,675 | 367 |
| Sep 15, 2019 | 20 | 10,207 | | 10,207 | $358,671 | $358,671 | 524 |
| May 30, 2021 | 5 | 13,679 | | 13,679 | $384,790 | $384,790 | 613 |
| May 30, 2021 | 15 | 6,759 | | 6,759 | $1,845,004 | $1,845,004 | 613 |
Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.
For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.
We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.
Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.
