THE GREATEST SHOWMAN : DIGITAL/BluRay/DVD

[jo]

Home video sales ( BluRay/DVD) as of June 3, for the UNITED STATES only --

Home Market Performance

Est. Domestic DVD Sales $11,818,579

Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $30,801,131

Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $42,619,710

*Does NOT include DIGITAL release sales.

[jo]

Home video sales (BluRay/DVD only) as of June 17, 2018, for the UNITED STATES only --

Home Market Performance

Est. Domestic DVD Sales $12,638,397

Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $31,822,558

Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $44,460,955

[jo]

If you haven't had a chance to pick up a BluRay/DVD home video copy --

Aug 31, 2018 21:25:55 GMT -5 jo said:

Arriving on HBO streaming services on September 8. Ignore the sarcastic short review


www.vulture.com/2018/08/new-on-hbo-september-2018-movies-tv-shows-and-originals.html

[jo]

Per The Numbers, as of September 7, 2018 -- for the USA Market only.

Home Market Performance

Est. Domestic DVD Sales $14,210,300 (970,312 units)

Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $34,613,195 (1,803,979 units)

Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $48,823,495

[jo]

Per The Numbers -- for the USA market only.

Home Market Performance

Est. Domestic DVD Sales $15,359,918
Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales $35,336,168

Total Est. Domestic Video Sales $50,696,086

[jo]

The Greatest Showman is # 1 in the UK so far for the 2018 Home Entertainment market, based on the first publication of the Official Film Chart ( combines BluRay/DVD/4KUHD physical sales and digital downloads)


www.yahoo.com/news/greatest-showman-best-selling-home-entertainment-release-2018-far-145140823.html

[jo]

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN sets another record in the UK!

www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1066296/The-Greatest-Showman-records-Avengers-Infinity-War-Star-Wars-The-Last-Jedi-Mamma-Mia-2

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN has topped Avengers Infinity War, Star Wars The Last Jedi and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again with a new UK record.

By George Simpson
PUBLISHED: 00:01, Thu, Jan 3, 2019


It’s never enough for Hugh Jackman’s The Greatest Showman, as it breaks yet another record.

According to the British Association for Screen Entertainment, the movie musical has become the largest digital release to date, selling in excess of 770,000 digital copies since its home release in April.

Meanwhile, The Greatest Showman is the best-selling film on a home-based platform of 2018, selling in excess of 2.68 million copies in terms of combined physical and digital formats.

Seventy-two per cent of those sales were on physical formats such as Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD.


This impressive figure is more than double second-place Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’s 1.3 million.

Meanwhile, billion-dollar box office goliaths Avengers Infinity War and Star Wars The Last Jedi lag behind on 1.23 million and 1.16 million respectively.


Since its April home release, The Greatest Showman has yet to drop lower than fifth place in its 36 weeks on the combined Official Film Chart.

No doubt such fan enthusiasm for the movie musical, that only received mixed reviews from the critics, has contributed to the UK video category growing by 10% in 2018.

The Greatest Showman NEW RECORD tops Avengers Infinity War and Star Wars The Last Jedi (Image: FOX/DISNEY)

Mamma Mia! Here We Go again was second with less than half of The Greatest Showman's sales (Image: UP)


Yesterday, Jackman also took to Instagram to celebrate The Greatest Showman soundtrack being the best-selling album of 2018.

Jackman himself shared the chart on his Instagram, showing that The Greatest Showman beat the likes of Drake, Post Malone and Ed Sheeran, in the United World Chart, with over 5.4 million units sold.


The 50-year-old star wrote: “Never in my wildest dreams.”

Other records for the soundtrack include it becoming only the second album in 30 years to spend 11 consecutive weeks at No 1.

Jackman’s also open to a sequel, telling BBC Radio 5 Live, “If a genuine opportunity came up where it felt like the right thing to do, then yep, I'd get the top hat back out."

“It’s clear to me and to everyone that people love these characters.

“I loved this movie, I loved this character and it was one of the great joys of my life.”

And to think that London did not have its own world premiere of The Greatest Showman! The European premiere was held in Paris, if I remember right? But Hugh did come to the UK after months of release - to join a singalong showing of the movie! Not too late the hero


It must have been the fascination with the movie and the soundtrack that also saw the scheduled dates in the UK of his Music TOUR originally from 4 shows ( 2 London O2/1 Manchester/1 Birmingham) to 11 shows ( 5 in London O2/3 in Manchester/3 in Birmingham)!

The movie, the music, the man are all celebrated in one of his home countries ( Hugh does carry a second passport - a UK passport because of his parentage)! I wonder -- will he be honored eventually in the Queen's Honors List someday?!!

I wish I could go to London for the music tour ( it was an option for me that did not work out) - it was where I first discovered Hugh Jackman, when he was Curly in Oklahoma! Of course, not too many knew of him then - I practically ignored his name, but noted that this male lead on stage had a powerful legit stage voice and a commanding stage presence! It took another 4 years for me to see him back on stage (The Boy from Oz).

I wonder who he will have as guests for the London stage? He has mentioned that he is interested to get some of his Ok! co-stars back on stage with him? Aunt Eller perhaps? Maybe Laurey?

On social media, some UK fans have already posted that they have tickets for multiple shows of THE MAN, THE MUSIC, THE SHOW


Back to The Greatest Showman -- the UK must also have the record for the most singalong screenings for the movie. They started the craze in a big way for this film musical. And extended it into the fall!


Any other records that the movie or the soundtrack have not yet cracked


Jo

[jo]

www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2018


In the USA, The Greatest Showman ranked # 3 in Number of items sold and # 7 in terms of Amount Spent for Video sales!


As of end of 2018, total video sales ( BluRay and DVD) for The Greatest Showman amounted to $ 60 million.


Presumably the above numbers do not includ Digital Sales And Rentals. Also, for older titles, the previous year's sales may not have been included.

For HOME SALES ( USA only) -- the 2018 numbers for THE GREATEST SHOWMAN :

Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales
$18,770,137

Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales
$41,666,089

Total Est. Domestic Video Sales
$60,436,226

Note : The figures reported may not be the final numbers as there might be a slight lag in reporting data. We will recheck in 2 weeks time if there are any major changes.





The comparative numbers for LOGAN video sales for the USA ( recorded in 2017) --

Home Market Performance

Est. Domestic DVD Sales
$11,454,388

Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales
$38,799,143

Total Est. Domestic Video Sales
$50,253,531

[jo]

According to The Numbers -- sales of home video for the USA only :

Home Market Performance
Est. Domestic DVD Sales
$20,522,500

Est. Domestic Blu-ray Sales
$42,946,020

Total Est. Domestic Video Sales
$63,468,520

It ranked # 2 ( 4.088 million discs) on the Combined Estimated Total BluRay/DVD sales for 2018 in the USA alone. It will be interesting to see how the worldwide figures look like.

www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2018

It is short of copies from the top-ranked Black Panther (4.418 million discs) -- but who knows how TheManTheMusicTheShow might further push the sales not only of the soundtrack but also the home video/digital release? On the other hand, Black Panther may benefit from any Oscar push it may get.

Also, the figures do not seem to include DIGITAL RELEASES?




It ranked # 4 for BluRay Sales ( 2.411 million discs) in the USA for 2018!

www.the-numbers.com/home-market/bluray-sales/2018

Eat your hearts out -- Deadpool 2, Jumanji, Coco!!



It ranked # 1 for DVD Sales ( 1.677 million discs) in the USA for 2018!

www.the-numbers.com/home-market/dvd-sales/2018

Eat your hearts out - Everyone!!



According to the Forbes article on the 28th week as # 1 -- re the home video/digital release :

The movie itself is now well clear of $400 million at the global box office and now helped by home purchases. It was the biggest-selling film of 2018 in Britain, with 2.69 million discs and digital copies sold, according to the British Association for Screen Entertainment. It held on into January to lead the first Official Film Chart of 2019, ahead of another movie musical, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.

The USA numbers are for disc sales only (2.411 + 1.677 million = 4.088 million)




The methodolody of THE NUMBERS for obtaining their estimated figures --

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Home Media Magazine.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

[jo]

The Greatest Showman continues to be a firm favorite in the UK.

www.film-news.co.uk/news/Underground/87237/Greatest-Showman-confirmed-as-the-most-downloaded-movie-of-all-time-in-the-UK?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&fbclid=IwAR3XaIZbjtDhXFTiEH7yA-fGUF_4FAGAZvQc6XWDkA-w8grRl_dgsoGNCy4


Excerpts --

To celebrate this remarkable milestone, we’re taking a look at the Top 10 biggest films on digital download since records began and it’s blockbusting family sing-a-longs that have the nation adding to their online shopping baskets.

The Greatest Showman tops the list with 1.1 million digital download sales since its release in 2018. It was the first film to ever reach 500,000 Download & Keep sales, and is now confirmed to be the first – and only – film to surpass the one million mark on the format.

Ever since the film's release its success has continued to make headlines across both the Official Albums Chart and the Official Film Chart, including a return to the Official Film Chart Top 10 in February – marking Top 10 success across four different years. In total The Greatest Showman has notched up over two years in the Top 40, with 126 non-consecutive weeks in the chart – more than any other film.

It would be interesting to know the worldwide stats for The Greatest Showman!

It is likely that the youngsters contribute a lot to the number of downloads...as it seems they enjoy doing their versions of PTBarnum with his coat, his hat and his cane!

Jo