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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 inMedia 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 theDigital 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.

Theater counts: Barbenheimer finally blasts into theaters, but Mission Impossible still widest release

July 20th, 2023

The long awaited release ofBarbie andOppenheimer is finally here. The pair, fondly referred to by the moniker, “Barbenheimer” is poised to headline one of the biggest movie-going weekends in a few years. As different as two films could possibly be, the duo will undoubtedly make their imprint on the Summer movie-going season.Barbie will start out in 4,243 theaters, whileOppenheimer will launch in 3,610 locations across North America. For one more week however,Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One will remain the most widely available film, showing in 4,321 venues.More...

Theater counts: Indiana Jones dials up another week as widest release

July 6th, 2023

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will continue into into its sophomore frame with its opening count of 4,600 theaters, once again easily making it the widest release of the week. The latest installment of the beloved adventure franchise turned up $60.37 million in its opening weekend, and currently holds a six-day total of $89.4 million, while bumping the franchise’s worldwide box office to over $2.1 billion. This week it will try to fend off the arrival of two new wide releases, as well as a surprise hit that arrived on the Fourth of July.More...

Theater counts: Indiana Jones’ destiny will be decided in 4,600 theaters

June 29th, 2023

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will launch this weekend in a massive 4,600 theaters, the widest opening sinceJurassic World: Dominion, which debuted in 4,676 locations inJune last year,Jones will also hit the record books as thesixth-widest opening of all time.More...

Featured Blu-ray and DVD Review: The Mummy

September 3rd, 2017

The Mummy came out this summer and was supposed to kick offUniversal’sDark Universe franchise. In fact, Universal had announced about a dozen films in the franchise, at least one of which had a release date, but no star. Then thereviews started coming out. For a short time,The Mummy was the worst wide release of the summer. It bombed domestically and even though it did a lot better internationally, it still failed to pay for its nearly $200 million production budget. Was is unfairly attacked by critics? Or does Universal need to rethink their plans for aDark Universe?More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Weird Al Yankovic Double-Shot

January 5th, 2015

Something weird has happened. I have nothing to review. This is partially due to the holidays and I suspect next week will be busier. However, in the meantime I didn't want to have nothing to review this week, so I thought I would do aWeird Al Yankovic double-shot, as two of his films had new home market releases recently. The first of these is...More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for December 17th, 2013

December 16th, 2013

It's a busy week with eight or so first-run releases. (It depends on if you count theThe Sound of Music Live! as a first-run release.) However, none of them were big hits at the box office. Some of them made enough money to break even sometime on the home market, others struggled more than that, but none were breakout hits. Some of these are still worth picking up. For others, there's a reason they struggled. There are also a few TV on DVD releases this week that are worth picking up, as well as a few limited releases that are strong. All in all, it's a good week on the home market with many DVD and Blu-rays that are worth picking up, some of which I'm looking forward to reviewing... when they show up. This time of year, getting screeners on time tends to be a little harder. I thinkBurn Notice:Season Seven is the top selection, but I'll have to wait for the screener to make sure. On a side note, next Tuesday is Christmas eve, so there won't be a DVD and Blu-ray Release report. There's only four films worth talking about anyway, so I'm including them on this list. Of next week's films,More Than Honey onDVD orBlu-ray is the Pick of Next Week.More...

Analysis: That Music You Hear? It's Probably By Hans Zimmer

September 22nd, 2013

Top-grossing people in technical roles

Last week I unveiled our newPeople Records section and talked about some of top performers across different types of acting, from theblockbusting superstars to theunsung heroes, to thecameo kings and queens. We've added some more charts to the record section this week, this time covering technical roles, and once more there's a lot of data to be mined.More...

Blu-ray Sales: New Releases Have a Good Day on Blu-ray

July 3rd, 2013

The top five of theBlu-ray sales chart this week were nearly allnew releases, including the first place Blu-ray,A Good Day Die Hard. This film sold 316,000 units and generated $5.86 million for an opening week Blu-ray share of 58%. That's an excellent Blu-ray share, but the film missed expectations pretty much everywhere else. Meanwhile, theLegacy Box Set placed eighth with 17,000 units / $667,000.More...

Featured Blu-ray: Willow

March 30th, 2013

Willow came out 25 years ago. It was a fantasy epic that cost $50 million to make and was written byGeorge Lucas, who was coming off ofStar Wars andIndiana Jones. It was directed byRon Howard, who hadn't yet had any monster hits, but bothSplash andCocoon were very profitable and well received. This film had high expectations. It didn't live up to them. Itsreviews were merely mixed and it came nowhere near becoming the $100 million hit like a lot of people thought it would. Now that 25 years have passed and the expectations are not there, does it work? Or would it have failed to find an audience even with lowered expectations?More...

Note: This list contains actors who appeared in at least two movies in the franchise.

Note: This list contains people who contributed to at least two movies in the franchise.