Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's '
Angels & Demons' was the top-selling title on Blu-ray in the week ended November 23, according to Nielsen VideoScan First Alert. In its second week, Paramount's '
Star Trek' got to number two, although both titles were remarkably close in sales volume - units sold were within 1 percent of each other. In Black Friday week, consumers "snapped up DVDs and Blu-ray Discs like candy", with estimated total packaged-media sales of 25 million discs.
Here are the top ten selling titles on Blu-ray for the week:
- Angels & Demons
- Star Trek
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- Up
- Monsters vs. Aliens
- Fast & Furious
- The Dark Knight
- I Am Legend
- The Taking of Pelham 123
- The Departed
Regarding Blu-ray market share, 'Angels & Demons' got a respectable 25% from BD sales. '
Four Christmases' had 10%, and the direct-to-video title '
Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws', 6%.
Update
Overall, BD sales revenue was $69.06 million, the highest figure ever for the format, up 224.04% from the same week last year.
Packaged-media sales revenue was $560.15 million, up 1.02% year-on-year. Blu-ray accounted for 12.3% of that revenue.