Blu-ray Sales, May 10-16: Avatar Hangs On (Update)

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Blu-ray Sales, May 10-16: Avatar Hangs On (Update)

Posted May 20, 2010 03:32 AM by Juan Calonge

Avatar showed no signs of weakness and comfortably held on to the top-selling spot for the fourth week in a row. According to data from Nielsen VideoScan for the week ended May 16, James Cameron's epic outsold runner-up Legion by over 50%. All three theatrical new releases for the week managed a Blu-ray market share of 30% or more.

Top ten
  1. (1) Avatar
  2. Legion
  3. Edge of Darkness
  4. Daybreakers
  5. (4) Iron Man
  6. (12) Toy Story
  7. (13) Toy Story 2
  8. (6) The Dark Knight
  9. (7) Sherlock Holmes
  10. (16) Star Trek
Blu-ray percentages
  • Legion: 33%
  • Daybreakers: 32%
  • Edge of Darkness:30%
Overall sales figures

Blu-ray disc revenue: $19.12 million (down 19.27% from the same week last year)
Packaged media sales revenue: $142.59 million (down 32.63% from the same week last year)
Blu-ray revenue share: 13.4%