Disc market share for week ending in 2025-11-07: The Fantastic Four is still on top, along with Godzilla.
from TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today to homevideo@feddit.uk on 20 Nov 00:24
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Top 20 Selling Blu-ray Discs

  1. The Fantastic Four: First Steps
  2. Shin Godzilla
  3. Hard Boiled (Hong Kong Cinema Classics)
  4. Jurassic World Rebirth
  5. Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
  6. Back to the Future Trilogy
  7. Superman (2025)
  8. Ballerina: From the World of John Wick
  9. F1: The Movie
  10. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024)
  11. Weapons
  12. The Toxic Avenger (2025)
  13. Outland
  14. Arcane: League of Legends - Season Two
  15. Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch (2018)
  16. Wonder
  17. Wicked
  18. The Breakfast Club
  19. Nobody 2
  20. How to Train Your Dragon (2025)

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

Top 20 Selling 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs

  1. Hard Boiled (Hong Kong Cinema Classics)
  2. Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
  3. Back to the Future Trilogy
  4. Shin Godzilla
  5. The Fantastic Four: First Steps
  6. Outland
  7. The Breakfast Club
  8. F1: The Movie
  9. Weapons
  10. The Toxic Avenger (2025)
  11. Jurassic World Rebirth
  12. Arcane: League of Legends - Season Two
  13. Ballerina: From the World of John Wick
  14. Superman (2025)
  15. The Mummy Trilogy
  16. Nightmare Alley
  17. Vampires
  18. Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch (2018)
  19. Alien
  20. A History of Violence

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

Top 10 Home Media Sellers (% of Blu-ray’s Market Share Noted)

  1. The Fantastic Four: First Steps (60%)
  2. Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch (2018) (18%)
  3. Jurassic World Rebirth (52%)
  4. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (46%)
  5. Shin Godzilla (100%)
  6. Superman (2025) (60%)
  7. F1: The Movie (62%)
  8. Ballerina: From the World of John Wick (65%)
  9. Hard Boiled (Hong Kong Cinema Classics) (100%)
  10. Weapons (2025) (55%)

Source: Circana VideoScan (based on unit sales from reporting retailers)

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zabadoh@ani.social on 20 Nov 01:43 collapse

I’m shocked at how DVDs are still over half the hard media market to this day.

That has to be globally, right?

TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today on 20 Nov 03:10 collapse

It’s most likely for US/Canada only. And there are many reasons why DVD still outsells Blu-ray and 4K:

  • Unawareness of, or indifference to, DVDs’ subpar video/audio quality.
  • For most people, DVDs “just work”, unlike Blu-rays which require a lot of setup compared to DVD.
  • Studios and manufacturers did a poor job of educating the public about the different formats.
  • Streaming/digital is too convenient for the public to consider physical media.
  • People are unable/unwilling to upgrade their tech.
  • DVDs are cheaper and more ubiquitous than Blu-rays and 4K UHD discs.
OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de on 20 Nov 12:42 collapse

For most people, DVDs “just work”, unlike Blu-rays which require a lot of setup compared to DVD.

I didn’t realize that. I’ve bought a few BR movies, but I don’t even have a normal living-room player. I rip them to hard drive and put them on my file server.

I always felt like BR was a victim of “too many cooks ruin the stew”. All the movie studios lobbied so hard to get their copy protection in and make sure you couldn’t skip warnings and ads, that the format is a pain to use, maybe worse than DVD.

TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today on 20 Nov 13:39 collapse

All the movie studios lobbied so hard to get their copy protection in and make sure you couldn’t skip warnings and ads, that the format is a pain to use, maybe worse than DVD.

Yeah, I think this definitely contributed to Blu-ray’s slow start. DRM does more harm than good.