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.

'Twilight' Top-Selling Disc of the Year

March 30, 2009

With sales hitting 5.6 million units at the end of this weekend, Summit Home Entertainment’s Twilight is now the top-selling home entertainment release of the year, according to Home Media research.

Young Boomers Consume Most Video Media

March 26, 2009

A new study on consumer video habits shows younger baby boomers watch the most video media and also affirms live television as the dominant viewing choice.

Twilight Dawns at No. 1 on Sales Chart

March 25, 2009

It took Summit Entertainment’s Twilight exactly one day to sell enough DVDs and Blu-ray Discs to top the national home video sales chart for the week ended March 22.

Pinocchio Tops Sales Charts

March 18, 2009

A special 70th anniversary edition of animated classic Pinocchio topped the national home video sales charts the week ended March 15, buoyed in part by surprisingly strong Blu-ray Disc sales.

Research Says Redbox Renters Buy as Well

March 12, 2009

Data from a January NPD survey and from Redbox’s internal numbers show that Redbox customers will buy about 23 million DVDs after customers rent the titles from Redbox first.

Buyers Go to Dogs, Renters Go to Australia

March 11, 2009

It was a duel between the family comedy Beverly Hills Chihuahua and the romantic melodrama Australia in the home entertainment arena for the week ended March 8, and the result was a split decision.

Oldies Dominate the Charts

March 04, 2009

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment’s Wall-E shot back to No. 1 on the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart, while Warner’s Body of Lies was the No. 1 rental.

Projection: Top Seller, Rental to Remain in Place

February 27, 2009

Expect High School Musical 3 to be the top seller for a second week running, and Body of Lies to hold onto the title of top rental.

‘Musical’ Threquel Tops Sales

February 26, 2009

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment scored big with High School Musical 3: Senior Year, the third installment in its monstrously successful series of musicals aimed at young people.

CEA: Consumer Confidence in Electronics Spending Drops

February 24, 2009

Despite consumer confidence in February remaining unchanged from January, consumer expectations about technology and electronics spending continue to fall, according to new data released by the Consumer Electronics Association.