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July 6th, 2014
It is a terrible week on the home market. I could just leave that as my opening sentence on this column all summer long and the vast majority of the time it would fit perfectly. This week, the biggest new release is Raid 2, a foreign-language action film. The second biggest release is Jodorowsky's Dune, a documentary about a movie that was never made. Neither release will sell a ton of units. However, both earned great reviews and both are contenders for Pick of the Week. The third and final contender is Le Week-End, which is earning reviews that are just as good, but the film appears to be selling far fewer units on the home market. While all three releases are worth picking up, Jodorowsky's Dune on Blu-ray Combo Pack is the best this week and it is the winner of the Pick of the Week.
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Weekly US DVD Sales
Date | Rank | Units this Week | % Change | Total Units | Spending this Week | Total Spending | Weeks in Release |
7/13/2014 | 14 | 30,229 | | 30,229 | $271,154 | $271,154 | 1 |
Weekly US Blu-ray Sales
Date | Rank | Units this Week | % Change | Total Units | Spending this Week | Total Spending | Weeks in Release |
7/13/2014 | 17 | 9,590 | | 9,590 | $118,729 | $118,729 | 1 |
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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.
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