Tranformers 2 Blu-ray Tops the Sales Chart for the Second Week

Posted in Market Share on November 9th, 2009 by Dave

hmm13.jpgThe market share for Blu-ray versus DVD was 13%, and Blu-ray revenue reached $26.52M for the week ending November 1st, according to Home Media Magazine.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen from Paramount/DreamWorks took 1st place ahead of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs from Fox in 2nd position.

transformers2.jpgDisney had a good week with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 3rd place and Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure in 4th.

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan from Universal rounded out the top five while another new release Orphan from Warner took 6th place.

The top 10 was rounded out by X-Men Origins: Wolverine from Fox in 7th, The Proposal from Disney in 8th, Monsters vs. Aliens from Paramount/DreamWorks in 9th and The Dark Knight from Warner in 10th position.

Ice Age: The Meltdown from Fox got a boost from the new sequel release to take 18th place.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen sold 24% on Blu-ray Disc while the original Transformers took 19% market share for Blu-ray Disc.

iceage3.jpg Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs had 11%, similar to Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure with 9% and Orphan with 10% market share on Blu-ray Disc.

Strong sellers included the newly released Battlestar Galactica: The Plan with 25% market share and X-Men Origins: Wolverine with 29% of its sales on Blu-ray Disc.

Of course not all genres sell well for Blu-ray - Nothing Like the Holidays from Anchor Bay had only 2% for Blu-ray Disc.

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