Highest Selling Blu-Rays:
Many of us like to watch movies at our own discretion. We do not like hecklers, crying babies or love birds when we watch a movie. We want complete silence with only a small group of like-minded people and thank God our prayers were answered in the form of DVD’s and to top it all, Blu-rays entered the picture.
Do you ever wonder which movie has sold the Highest Blu-rays ever? Check out this list, if yes.
#10: Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Original Video Release Date: October 9, 2001
Total Consumer Spending: $101 million
Total Units Sold: 3.99 million
Worldwide Box Office Collection: $418 million
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs is the first animated movie ever made by Disney. This is where it all started. The fans loved the movie back then and they still love it after all these years.
#9: Guardians of The Galaxy (2014)
Original Video Release Date: December 9, 2014
Total Consumer Spending: $86 million
Total Units Sold: 4.12 million
Worldwide Box Office Collection: $771 million
Guardians of the Galaxy was a sweet surprise, the characters were introduced outstandingly, and it has a great blend of emotional and Humorous content.
#8: Jurassic World (2015)
Original Video Release Date: October 20, 2015
Total Consumer Spending: $97 million
Total Units Sold: 4.32 million
Worldwide Box Office: $1.649 Billion
Chris Pratt’s Hollywood career sky-rocketed after Guardians of The Galaxy, and thanks to that he landed this movie. Although the original cast is not there, Jurassic World still manages to hold its own thanks to the cast and the script.
#7: Lord of the Rings – The Motion Picture Trilogy (2001-03)
Original Video Release Date: December 14, 2004
Total Consumer Spending: $258 million
Total Units Sold: 4.35 million
Worldwide Box Office: $2.96 Billion
The Lord of The Rings is possibly the best trilogy ever made and people were and are crazy about this saga. The Fans went crazy went the Blu-ray was released as they were getting all the three movies at once.
#6: The Avengers (2012)
Original Video Release Date: September 25, 2012
Total Consumer Spending: $121 million
Total Units Sold: 5.32 million
Worldwide Box Office: $1.518 Billion
The Avengers was every comic book fan’s dream come true. To be able to watch all your favourite superheroes fight together was a surreal experience and fans wanted to hold on to that moment forever.
#5: Star Wars Episode 7 – The Force Awakens (2015)
Original Video Release Date: April 1, 2016
Total Consumer Spending: $152 million
Total Units Sold: 5.93 million
Worldwide Box Office: $2.05 Billion
Take note, everyone, as this is how you revive a franchise. The Force Awakens was a force to reckon with as it was everything the fans wanted it to be. Come on, it’s Star Wars, of course, it was a huge hit.
#4: Beauty and The Beast (1991)
Original Video Release Date: October 8, 2002
Total Consumer Spending: $135 million
Total Units Sold: 5.94 million
Worldwide Box Office: $438 million
It was a spectacular move by Disney to sell Blu-rays of old Animated movies. Obviously, they did it to milk the franchise, but the fans did not complain as they were getting what they wanted in return, the opportunity to enjoy their favourite childhood movies once again.
#3: Despicable Me 2 (2013)
Original Video Release Date: December 10, 2013
Total Consumer Spending: $115 million
Total Units Sold: 5.95 million
Worldwide Box Office: $975 million
Thanks to Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig, the fans got an awesome animated sequel which they could enjoy with their families. Despicable Me 2 is not at all Despicable, on the contrary, it is amazing.
#2: Avatar (2009)
Original Video Release Date: April 22, 2010
Total Consumer Spending: $165 million
Total Units Sold: 7.48 million
Worldwide Box Office: $2.789 Billion
The only surprise here is that how come Avatar is not on the Top spot. James Cameron created a masterpiece but unfortunately, it has to settle for the second spot, once again.
#1: Frozen (2013)
Original Video Release Date: March 18, 2014
Total Consumer Spending: $161 million
Total Units Sold: 7.62 million
Worldwide Box Office: $1.272 Billion
Disney’s animated feature film Frozen is the champion when it comes to the number of Blu-rays sold. Frozen has to go through a tough time ahead, as we all know once the Endgame Blu-ray is out, all the records will be in danger.
