Sherlock Holmes was the top selling title on Blu-ray during the week ended April 4, according to Nielsen VideoScan. Guy Ritchie's reimagining of the world-famous English detective sold nearly three times as many BD copies as number 2,
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (the opposite of overall packaged-media, where the Chipmunks outsold Holmes by 50%).
Blu-ray market share for new releases
- Sherlock Holmes 34%
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel 8%
Top ten
- • Sherlock Holmes
- • Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
- (2) The Blind Side
- (1) Toy Story
- (3) Toy Story 2
- (4) The Twilight Saga: New Moon
- (5) The Princess and the Frog
- (6) 2012
- (r) Pandorum
- (11) The Hurt Locker
Overall sales figures
Blu-ray disc revenue: $34.01 million (up 97.31% from the same week last year)
Packaged media sales revenue: $279.92 million (up 6.24% from the same week last year)
Blu-ray revenue share: 12.1%