US DVD Sales Chart (Harry Potter 7 # 1 Again-Tangled Raises)

[bryanbmp]

who is intrigued to know how our favorite films perform in DVD sales???

I am

Week Ending Apr 3, 2011

Tangled is the Top-Selling DVD of 2011 After Just One Week in Stores

Tangled DVD sales motivated me to create this thread , its first week sales are incredibly HUGE, the best debut of 2011

[IncredigirlVirginia]

That’s awesome!! That makes me so happy.

[bryanbmp]

DVD Sales: Tangled Straightens Out the Competition

It was an awesome week for new releases on the sales chart, or should that be “new release”. While there were five new releases to chart, one of them, Tangled, dominated selling 3.46 million units while generating $51.92 million in sales. It is already the biggest selling DVD of 2011. Black Swan was a distant second with 632,000 units / $9.48 million. This would normally be great for a limited release, but not for an Oscar winning limited release that earned more than $100 million at the box office. Megamind climbed into third place with 175,000 units sold for the week and now has running tallies of 2.69 million units and $37.56 million after six weeks of release. Yogi Bear fell from first to fourth with 170,000 units / $2.54 million for the week and 834,000 units / $12.50 million after two. Mad Men: Season Four opened in fifth place with 140,000 units, but thanks to TV on DVD pricing, it was third in terms of dollars with $3.92 million.

Fair*Game debuted in ninth place with 87,000 units / $1.31 million, which is inline with its theatrical run. Evangelion: 2.22 You Can [Not] Advance opened in 22nd place with 42,000 units / $419,000, which is impressive for a niche market film like this.

Blu-Ray Sales

Tangled was just as dominate on the Blu-ray chart, selling close to 1.7 million units. I was expecting the film to do well on High Definition, but not this well. Black Swan was well back in second place with 330,000 units, which means it had a nearly identical Blu-ray market share as Tangled did. No other Blu-rays came close to the top two with Bambi placing third with 60,000 units sold. Mad Men: Season Four and The Ten Commandments opened in fourth and fifth places respectively, both with just over 40,000 units.

Other new releases to chart include Evangelion: 2.22 You Can [Not] Advance at just over 30,000 units and Fair*Game at just over 20,000 units.

[Leirin]

Awesome!! Made my day. Surprised to see Evangelion at #22, but pleasantly surprised. I should watch that series…

[somethingguy912]

Good for them.

[bryanbmp]

TRON Legacy debuts number 2, I am disappointed for that, I hope it had performed better on blu-ray sales

[IncredigirlVirginia]

Wow, Disney’s lighting everyone else up.

[The_Star_Swordsman]

Congrats to Tangled! Such great news. Tangled was such afunny movie.

[somethingguy912]

My anticipations for Tron were much better than i had thought. They’re a short line away from Tangled, hopefully they can keep that.

[IncredigirlVirginia]

I’m so happy that the top 2 movie sales now are Disney.

[bryanbmp]

The Sales Report From The Week Ending on April 10

DVD Sales: Tangled in Tight Race on Top

Despite having to deal with several new releases, Tangled was able to remain on top of the sales chart this week, albeit in a close race. It sold an additional 807,000 units over the week for a total of 4.27 million units, while its revenue rose to $65.17 million. Tron: Legacy opened in second place with 784,000 units / $12.54 million. I was expecting more; however, it did do very well on Blu-ray and as part of a double-shot. Little Fockers was close behind with 696,000 units / $11.83 million during its opening weekend. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader sold 478,000 units / $8.47 million during an abbreviated week of sales, as it only hit the home market on Friday. Hopefully this will help it hold on next week. Black Swan added 184,000 units / $2.76 million over the week for totals of 817,000 units / $12.24 million after two.

The re-release of Tron missed the top five, but it landed in seventh place with 109,000 units / $1.85 million, which is excellent for a special edition of what is essentially a cult film. The final new release to chart was Friday Night Lights: The Fifth Season. In terms of units sold, it landed in twelfth place with 92,000; however, thanks to its TV on DVD pricing, it earned sixth place in terms of spending with $2.11 million.

Blu-ray sales, TRON Legacy Number 1

Blu-ray sales were less competitive, despite Tron: Legacy sales being split between a single and a double-shot release. The former sold 940,000 units, which was more than enough to top the chart, and more than it sold on DVD. Tangled sold an additional 300,000 units to lift its running tally to close to 2 million. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was right behind with 260,000. Tron and Little Fockers finished in fourth and fifth places with 180,000 units and 170,000 units respectively.

Meanwhile, the Tron: Combo Pack earned sixth place with 125,000 units.

[The_Star_Swordsman]

Tangled just sqeezed out the number one spot huh?

[bryanbmp]

Harry Potter 7.1 gets first place, Tangled continues to make big business, The Incredibles and Cars return to the chart

[bryanbmp]

The Sales Report From The Week Ending on April 17

DVD Sales: Deathly Helps Bring Life to DVD Sales

Despite coming on out on Friday, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I easily won the race on the DVD sales chart this week defeating new releases and holdovers alike. It sold 2.66 million units for total sales of $37.55 million. It will be interesting to see how well it holds up during its first full week of release. Meanwhile, Tangled was pushed into second place with 538,000 units for the week and 4.81 million units after three. Its total sales grew to $74.30 million and it could become the first DVD release of 2011 to reach $100 million in sales. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader grew by double-digits during its first full week of release to land in third place with 532,000 units / $9.22 million, giving it totals of 1.01 million units / $17.69 million. Tron: Legacy fell to fourth with 266,000 units / $4.49 million for the week and 1.05 million units / $17.03 million. Country Strong opened in fifth place with 214,000 units / $3.43 million. This is better than expected.

There were no other new releases to chart. However, there were a few important older releases to return to the chart thanks to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I.

Blu-Ray Sales: Harry Potter, Tangled, Narnia, TRON, The Incredibles and Cars

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I was even more dominant on Blu-ray selling 1.5 million units. The next best release was The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader at 230,000 for the week and nearly 500,000 in total. Tron: Legacy sold just over 200,000 units, while The Incredibles sold just under 200,000 units. Tangled added another 120,000 units in sales for fifth place, while Cars just missed the top five with 100,000 units.

Finally, Country Strong was well back with 40,000 units, but this is still good for this type of release.

[bryanbmp]

Harry Potter is number 1 again, but TANGLED sold over 1 million DVD copies in its 4th week, that is insane, Tangled is clearly the winner, such a huge increase

PS1: most of the movies listed are animated films, they clearly had a big increase on their sales because of Easter

PS2: Now, Toy Story 3 is officially the BEST SELLER DVD of 2010, it outpaced Avatar sales

[bryanbmp]

DVD Sales: Easter Helps Older DVDs Spring Back

The combination of factors ranging from the Fanboy Effect to Easter sales were in relative balance, and this helped Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I remain strong. It led all new releases to earn first place on the DVD sales chart this week with sales of 1.99 million units / $27.89 million for the week for totals of 4.43 million units / $62.35 million. Tangled grew more than 100% thanks to Easter sales, selling an additional 1.04 million units for the week to give the film total sales of 5.59 million units / $85.30 million after a month of release. The King’s Speech opened in third place with 893,000 units / $13.39 million, which is great for a limited release, but a little soft for the big Oscar winner. Megamind jumped back into the top five with 523,000 units / $3.88 million for the week and 3.37 million units / $42.51 million after two months of release. This means the three best selling DVDs of 2011 are currently in the top five this week. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader landed in fifth place with 317,000 units / $4.95 million for the week and 1.26 million units / $21.46 million in total.

Bambi’s most recent DVD release opened in sixth place with 281,000 units / $4.05 million, but this number is low because it was released on Blu-ray just a few weeks ago. Gulliver’s Travels was just behind with 265,000 units / $3.82 million. The final new release to chart this week was Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure, which placed ninth with 235,000 units, but fifth in terms of raw dollars at $4.10 million. Not a bad start for this type of release.

Blu-Ray Sales: Harry Potter rules and Tangled mantains

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I remained in top spot on the Blu-ray chart as well with 850,000 units for the week and 2.3 million units so far. Tangled was well back with 230,000 units, but that’s still a great number for a family film that’s a month old. The King’s Speech was in a virtual tie for second place, also with 230,000 units. Bambi being released on DVD actually boosted its Blu-ray sales to 140,000 units, while The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and Tron: Legacy were in a close battle for fifth place with both films selling between 110,000 units and 120,000 units.

The only other new releases to chart were Gulliver’s Travels and Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure, both of which sold roughly 40,000 units. For a direct-to-DVD spin-off of a franchise aimed at kids, 40,000 Blu-rays sold is really good. But for a movie that cost more than $100 million to make, well, there’s no positive way to spin that.