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ERA: Half-year revenue in the UK home entertainment sector increases by 5.4% to 273 million US dollars

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ERA: Half-year revenue in the UK home entertainment sector increases by 5.4% to 273 million US dollars

ERA: Half-year revenue in the UK home entertainment sector increases by 5.4% to 273 million US dollars

Dune – Part Two

Erik Gruenwedel

12 August 2024

According to data from the Digital Entertainment and Retail Association, film sales and rentals in the UK totaled over $273 million (£213.7 million) in the first six months of the year, up 5.4% from $258.8 million (£202.7 million) in the same period last year.

Driven by releases from U.S. studios, digital film download and rental revenues increased by over 11%, while packaged media sales and rentals declined by 4.7%.

Top-selling titles in the first six months of the year included Warner Bros. Discovery’s Home Entertainment’s Dune: Part Two; Ghostbusters: The Ice Cold Empire (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment); Kung Fu Panda 4 (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment); A Colt for all occasions (Universal); Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Warners); Bob Marely: One Love (Paramount Home Entertainment); Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (Warner); and Wonka (Warner).

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