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November 23rd, 2011
This weekend is Thanksgiving and as always that means Black Friday and Cyber Monday plus 48 hours of shopping in-between. And as always, I've already done my Christmas shopping, for the most part. (I'm still waiting to see if the B.C.Lions win the Grey Cup. If not, I'll need to look for an alternative gift.) For everyone else who is still searching, we present the first part in our annual Holiday Gift Guide. As usual, the gift guide is divided into several sections, starting with Major Movie Releases. These are first run releases, franchise box sets, etc. However, before we get into the individual titles, we will start with an update on...
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November 1st, 2011
The selection of home market releases is rather soft this week. Sure, Cars 2 was a major hit at the box office, but it is the only major hit on this week's list. The best selling TV on DVD release is Californication, which is a cable show, while the top ten selling titles according to Amazon.com include limited releases, catalogue titles and direct-to-DVD releases. There are more second-tier Christmas releases than any other type of release. There are far fewer titles that are worth picking up than last week, and the the Pick of the Week contenders are even more limited. Transformers: Beast Wars comes out on a Complete Series Collection and that could be Pick of the Week material, but I'm still waiting for the screener.
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December 28th, 2010
There were seven new releases to chart this week, including the new number one. In fact, that new number one dominated in a surprising way and none of the other new releases managed to make much of an impact at the box office. Despicable Me led the way with 3.75 million units sold and $62.70 million. If there were any doubts about a sequel, this ended them, as the film is already in the top ten for the year.
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March 2nd, 2008
This week's round of new movie release information contains release dates for Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, Where the Wild Things Are, How to Train Your Dragon and more!
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Weekly US DVD Sales
| Date | Rank | Units this Week | % Change | Total Units | Spending this Week | Total Spending | Weeks in Release |
|---|
| 5/16/2010 | 8 | 120,157 | | 1,163,941 | $2,348,733 | $22,180,670 | 478 |
| 5/23/2010 | 16 | 59,515 | -50% |
1,223,456 | $1,253,529 | $23,434,198 | 479 |
| 5/30/2010 | 18 | 45,999 | -23% |
1,269,455 | $1,028,340 | $24,462,538 | 480 |
| 6/6/2010 | 16 | 42,337 | -8% |
1,311,792 | $961,130 | $25,423,669 | 481 |
| 6/13/2010 | 12 | 50,796 | +20% |
1,362,588 | $1,035,614 | $26,459,282 | 482 |
| 6/20/2010 | 15 | 54,173 | +7% |
1,416,761 | $1,299,031 | $27,758,313 | 483 |
| 6/27/2010 | 8 | 118,037 | +118% |
1,534,798 | $2,317,645 | $30,075,958 | 484 |
| 7/4/2010 | 13 | 60,500 | -49% |
1,595,298 | $1,139,124 | $31,215,082 | 485 |
| 7/11/2010 | 14 | 56,334 | -7% |
1,651,632 | $1,010,914 | $32,225,995 | 486 |
| 7/18/2010 | 20 | 45,539 | -19% |
1,697,171 | $883,188 | $33,109,183 | 487 |
| 7/25/2010 | 18 | 46,472 | +2% |
1,743,643 | $896,017 | $34,005,201 | 488 |
| 8/1/2010 | 16 | 35,852 | -23% |
1,779,495 | $686,931 | $34,692,132 | 489 |
| 8/8/2010 | 21 | 34,530 | -4% |
1,814,025 | $659,430 | $35,351,562 | 490 |
| 8/15/2010 | 20 | 34,800 | +1% |
1,848,825 | $672,809 | $36,024,371 | 491 |
| 8/22/2010 | 26 | 30,283 | -13% |
1,879,108 | $586,018 | $36,610,390 | 492 |
| 11/7/2010 | 12 | 44,773 | | 2,001,547 | $733,525 | $38,826,638 | 503 |
| 11/14/2010 | 24 | 37,446 | -16% |
2,038,993 | $528,408 | $39,355,046 | 504 |
| 11/21/2010 | 23 | 57,405 | +53% |
2,096,398 | $778,079 | $40,133,125 | 505 |
| 12/5/2010 | 28 | 77,490 | | 2,250,826 | $1,043,566 | $42,243,790 | 507 |
Weekly US Blu-ray Sales
| Date | Rank | Units this Week | % Change | Total Units | Spending this Week | Total Spending | Weeks in Release |
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| 3/28/2010 | 3 | 187,760 | | 187,760 | $5,067,638 | $5,067,638 | 471 |
| 4/4/2010 | 6 | 46,949 | -75% |
234,709 | $1,301,901 | $6,369,539 | 472 |
| 4/11/2010 | 7 | 26,870 | -43% |
261,579 | $629,295 | $6,998,834 | 473 |
| 4/18/2010 | 7 | 25,646 | -5% |
287,225 | $589,606 | $7,588,440 | 474 |
| 5/9/2010 | 14 | 15,904 | | 312,905 | $390,596 | $8,219,129 | 477 |
| 5/16/2010 | 7 | 22,476 | +41% |
335,381 | $561,663 | $8,780,792 | 478 |
| 5/23/2010 | 9 | 20,733 | -8% |
356,114 | $547,364 | $9,328,156 | 479 |
| 5/30/2010 | 7 | 14,770 | -29% |
370,884 | $346,650 | $9,674,806 | 480 |
| 6/6/2010 | 8 | 9,185 | -38% |
380,069 | $233,747 | $9,908,553 | 481 |
| 6/13/2010 | 14 | 12,378 | +35% |
392,447 | $319,588 | $10,228,141 | 482 |
| 6/20/2010 | 19 | 15,598 | +26% |
408,045 | $379,031 | $10,607,172 | 483 |
| 6/27/2010 | 4 | 53,137 | +241% |
461,182 | $1,081,344 | $11,688,516 | 484 |
| 7/4/2010 | 8 | 20,482 | -61% |
481,664 | $409,426 | $12,097,942 | 485 |
| 7/11/2010 | 10 | 13,751 | -33% |
495,415 | $275,016 | $12,372,958 | 486 |
| 7/18/2010 | 16 | 9,661 | -30% |
505,076 | $193,215 | $12,566,173 | 487 |
| 7/25/2010 | 14 | 8,317 | -14% |
513,393 | $166,332 | $12,732,505 | 488 |
| 11/7/2010 | 18 | 7,949 | | 546,194 | $198,636 | $13,466,100 | 503 |
| 8/7/2011 | 12 | 12,660 | | 642,874 | $379,661 | $16,365,420 | 542 |
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 Home Media Magazine.
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.
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