Industry News - Research

Home Media Magazine publishes weekly reports of top home entertainment sales and rentals, along with detailed analysis of other trends affecting the home entertainment industry.

‘Up’ Floats to Top of Sales Charts

November 18, 2009

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment's latest Pixar epic, Up, soared to the top of the DVD and Blu-ray sales charts, while Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's The Ugly Truth was the top rental for the week ended Nov. 15.

Analyst: Redbox Improves Workaround For Fox, Warner Titles

November 16, 2009

Two weeks after finding Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs stocked in just more than two-thirds of Redbox kiosks, financial services firm Merriman Curhan Ford checked the same 50-plus kiosks in 17 cities Nov. 14 and found the 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVD stocked in 94% of machines.

NPD: Consumers Still Paying for Entertainment Subscriptions

November 16, 2009

Even with an unemployment rate of more than 10%, American consumers are still shelling out for their TV and Internet subscriptions, according to new data from The NPD Group.

‘G.I. Joe’ Rises to the Top

November 11, 2009

The upward trend in consumer disc purchases continued last week, with Paramount Home Entertainment’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra storming into the No. 1 position on the national sales charts with a whopping first-week North American sales tally of 3.8 million discs, 500,000 of them on Blu-ray.

Third ‘Ice Age’ Heats Up Charts

November 04, 2009

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, debuted at No. 1 on both the national home video sales and rental charts for the week ended Nov. 1.

NPD Group: Consumer Entertainment Spending Steady

November 04, 2009

A majority of consumers plan on spending the same amount on traditional entertainment this holiday season compared to 2008, according to The NPD Group.

‘Transformers 2’ Tops Charts, is Top-Selling Title of the Year

October 28, 2009

As expected, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the year’s No. 1 movie, gave the home entertainment business a badly needed boost last week, within a week becoming the top-selling home entertainment release of the year.

Kagan: Studios that Spend More on Movies Make More Profit

October 22, 2009

When analyzing all films released on 1,000 or more screens from 2004 to 2008, Kagan found that 83 films with budgets greater than $100 million averaged $247.3 million in net profit under a major-studio distribution fee structure, followed by the $90 million-to-$100 million range with a $117.9 million average net profit.

Triple Play for Disney

October 21, 2009

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment scored a three-way victory on the national video charts the week ended Oct. 18 with The Proposal and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

CEA: Consumers Will Spend More on Electronics This Holiday

October 20, 2009

At its annual Industry Forum in Phoenix Oct. 20, the Consumer Electronics Association’s (CEA) Steve Koenig, director of industry analysis, presented consumer research that showed a promising holiday season, with the average American spending $222 on consumer electronics, an 8% gain from 2008.