ST The Last Jedi Blu-Ray/DVD (US dates: March 13th Digital and March 27th Blu-Ray/DVD)

Black Panther has passed up The Last Jedi on home video and DVD, but as of now the most BluRays sold in 2018 is still TLJ. That record could hold. Both weeks 13 and 14 show The Last Jedi selling more BluRays than BP. So TLJ's lead is growing.

 

Looking back, the Target exclusive BR / DVD set for TLJ is my favorite for any SW movie, so I'm happy it did so well.

 

Hi all

Was hoping someone can fill me in on something. It regards the music only version of TLJ, that supposedly is on the BR vers, but needs to be 'unlocked' somehow. Can someone fill me in here?

Thanks in advance.

 

Anyone?

 

The MPAA released their 2018 report very recently. Keep in mind TFA, RO, and TLJ released pretty early in the year compared to other releases inside a calendar year.

 

Yep, and the digital market in 2018 was nearly 4 times bigger than physical. Looks like all the Star Wars fans bought a physical copy of TLJ to add to their collection (I certainly did), but that the broader audience was more impressed by Justice League... The drop from Rogue One is certainly notable as well. It confirms what everyone knows - TLJ is not - by the standards of a Star Wars movie - a particularly popular film.

 

I'd like to see the actual numbers (I can't find it on the comScore site) because those rankings don't tell us that much.

 

Yeah, data like that can be easily misread for any number of reasons.

 

Nothing is “confirmed” just yet, no matter how much some fans are dying to have their opinions validated by a majority.

I’m not a huge fan of TLJ, but I’m also not determined to twist stats to fit my opinion.

 

I didn't 'twist' any stats - I merely drew a perfectly reasonable conclusion from them. Feel free to disagree with me, but how about proposing an alternative interpretation rather than attacking me? For what it's worth, DarthPhilosopher makes a fair point.

 

OK, sure. For example, 2018 featured significantly more massive franchise films than 2017, which could also explain the “drop” from Rogue One to TLJ in digital sales. But there could be myriad other causal variables as well. We just don’t know enough to say. The point is that if you don’t do a proper study with control variables, you can’t determine the primary cause of TLJ dropping from Rogue One digital sales numbers. And in such a case, yes, you are using insufficient data to affirm your opinion. Also known as twisting stats.

 

About DVD/Bluray sales figures.

Total numbers, domestic only. From the-numbers.com
TFA:$190,468,619
R1:$84,722,419
TLJ:$87,409,366
Solo:$55,820,890

TFA made more than TLJ and R1 put together but physical media has gone down a lot lately.

To compare:
BvS:$78,487,220
Deadpool: $107,122,371
Cap 3, civil war: $80,626,421
Wonder Woman: $111,862,477
Moana: $134,723,189
Black Panther: $94,316,497
Avengers: IW: $116,785,499
Incredibles 2:$72,311,269

Interesting that Wonder Woman sold that well compared to Black Panther and IW who made a lot more at the BO.

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Do we even have enough data to measure the success and/or popularity of these things?

I know, for example, that as much as armchair critics like to use Diamond numbers to claim that comic book series are being accepted or rejected by fans, those stats are nowhere near enough to paint an accurate picture (not covering digital and trades, not accounting for production costs and other confidential data that the publishers have, etc.).

 

I have a strong feeling that no amount of data would be sufficient to convince you. A 'proper study with control variables' - please, spare us. Quick boys, let's power up the Large Hadron Collider to confirm The Last Jedi was divisive! Who cares?! Do you have your comments peer reviewed before you post them on this site? You're suddenly asking for a far higher standard of evidence than is reasonable.

And I object to you continuing to accuse me of 'twisting' evidence. It's uncivil, and betrays an emotional response on your part which while perhaps valid, should not be inflicted on me. I'm allowed to disagree with you about these unimportant issues without being accused of acting in bad faith. For the record, I despise misogynists, review-bombers, the alt-right and any moron who would give abuse to the cast or crew of TLJ.

 

I think there’s only one person in this exchange being “emotional.”

 

We don't and I doubt that'll change.

 

Fair enough.

 

Wasn't intending it as a harsh line WL.

Just seems to be a feature of internet discussion where it is thought if X can be somehow demonstrated by Y, then I get to tell Poster 1 s/he's totally wrong and win. As might be evident, I don't agree with that MO.