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Renting Categories (updated 01/15/08)
People are always asking what rents the most. Well --
here's the answer. I prefer to base this on "Turns per copy" (number of times the average films rents per year) rather
than "Total Plays" because I think this gives smaller categories
equal oppurtunity againt the monster categories. You might think otherwise so here are both lists (all data is for the previous 12 months): |
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| Ranked by "Total Plays": |
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CATEGORY |
PLAYS |
TURNS |
COPIES |
| 1 |
20.72% |
GENERAL |
32376 |
8.49 |
3813 |
| 2 |
18.24% |
TELEVISION SHOWS |
28496 |
6.58 |
4328 |
| 3 |
17.39% |
INTERNATIONAL |
27172 |
4.32 |
6292 |
| 4 |
9.36% |
COMEDY |
14619 |
7.11 |
2055 |
| 5 |
5.77% |
JAPANESE ANIMATION |
9009 |
2.59 |
3478 |
| 6 |
4.41% |
ANIMATED |
6895 |
5.66 |
1218 |
| 7 |
4.03% |
SCIENCE FICTION |
6296 |
8.44 |
746 |
| 8 |
3.29% |
HORROR |
5141 |
5.09 |
1011 |
| 9 |
3.20% |
DOCUMENTARY/SPECIAL INTEREST |
5005 |
3.79 |
1321 |
| 10 |
1.82% |
CLASSICS |
2845 |
3.71 |
767 |
| 11 |
1.76% |
INDEPENDENT (SUNDANCE - USA) |
2746 |
4.5 |
610 |
| 12 |
1.15% |
STAR TREK |
1802 |
8.15 |
221 |
| 13 |
0.94% |
GAY AND LESBIAN |
1472 |
3.94 |
374 |
| 14 |
0.83% |
MUSIC |
1294 |
2.12 |
611 |
| 15 |
0.81% |
BRITISH HUMOR |
1261 |
6.85 |
184 |
| 16 |
0.66% |
STAND-UP COMEDY |
1037 |
3.7 |
280 |
| 17 |
0.58% |
WOODY ALLEN |
899 |
14.05 |
64 |
| 18 |
0.49% |
HITCHCOCK |
758 |
11.15 |
68 |
| 19 |
0.47% |
WESTERN |
731 |
4.15 |
176 |
| 20 |
0.41% |
DOCTOR WHO |
647 |
10.61 |
61 |
| 21 |
0.32% |
CLASSIC MUSICALS |
494 |
7.37 |
67 |
| 22 |
0.29% |
WEIRD, UNUSUAL... THE B'S!!! |
452 |
2.03 |
223 |
| 23 |
0.25% |
FILM NOIR (CLASSICS) |
387 |
3.42 |
113 |
| 24 |
0.24% |
DVD (PAL FORMAT) |
377 |
0.7 |
539 |
| 25 |
0.23% |
ANIME - HENTAI |
367 |
1.26 |
291 |
| 26 |
0.23% |
ARTISTS |
354 |
4.02 |
88 |
| 27 |
0.23% |
MUSIC COLLECTIONS |
353 |
1.94 |
182 |
| 28 |
0.18% |
CLASSIC SCI-FI AND HORROR |
278 |
2.22 |
125 |
| 29 |
0.17% |
CYCLING!!! |
268 |
2.76 |
97 |
| 30 |
0.17% |
HD-DVD |
267 |
1.2 |
223 |
| 31 |
0.15% |
BLURAY DISCS |
236 |
1.04 |
228 |
| 32 |
0.14% |
SERIALS & CLASSIC COLLECTIONS |
219 |
2.88 |
76 |
| 33 |
0.14% |
JAZZ/BIG BAND/BLUES/ETC |
212 |
2.28 |
93 |
| 34 |
0.13% |
SLIGHTLY NAUGHTY STUFF |
205 |
1.39 |
148 |
| 35 |
0.12% |
PERFORMING ARTS |
194 |
1.75 |
111 |
| 36 |
0.12% |
MONTY PYTHON |
182 |
5.35 |
34 |
| 37 |
0.10% |
INTERNATIONAL - BRITISH |
157 |
11.21 |
14 |
| 38 |
0.09% |
ENVIROMENTAL & SOCIAL ISSUES |
142 |
2.78 |
51 |
| 39 |
0.08% |
SPORTS |
127 |
1.13 |
112 |
| 40 |
0.07% |
BLAXPLOITATION |
111 |
3.96 |
28 |
| 41 |
0.06% |
AMERICAN POLITICS |
86 |
3.07 |
28 |
| 42 |
0.05% |
JAPANESE SCI-FI |
71 |
1.73 |
41 |
| 43 |
0.05% |
FOOD/COOKING/NUTRITION |
77 |
1.07 |
72 |
| 44 |
0.05% |
OPERA |
72 |
1.71 |
42 |
| 45 |
0.04% |
TROMA! |
60 |
2.22 |
27 |
| 46 |
0.01% |
MEXICAN HORROR FILMS |
14 |
0.78 |
18 |
| 47 |
0.00% |
BIKERS FROM HELL |
2 |
2 |
1 |
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TOTALS
|
156265 |
|
30750 |
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| Ranked by "Turns per Copy": |
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CATEGORY |
PLAYS |
TURNS |
COPIES |
| 1 |
0.58% |
WOODY ALLEN |
899 |
14.05 |
64 |
| 2 |
0.10% |
INTERNATIONAL - BRITISH |
157 |
11.21 |
14 |
| 3 |
0.49% |
HITCHCOCK |
758 |
11.15 |
68 |
| 4 |
0.41% |
DOCTOR WHO |
647 |
10.61 |
61 |
| 5 |
20.72% |
GENERAL |
32376 |
8.49 |
3813 |
| 6 |
4.03% |
SCIENCE FICTION |
6296 |
8.44 |
746 |
| 7 |
1.15% |
STAR TREK |
1802 |
8.15 |
221 |
| 8 |
0.32% |
CLASSIC MUSICALS |
494 |
7.37 |
67 |
| 9 |
9.36% |
COMEDY |
14619 |
7.11 |
2055 |
| 10 |
0.81% |
BRITISH HUMOR |
1261 |
6.85 |
184 |
| 11 |
18.24% |
TELEVISION SHOWS |
28496 |
6.58 |
4328 |
| 12 |
4.41% |
ANIMATED |
6895 |
5.66 |
1218 |
| 13 |
0.12% |
MONTY PYTHON |
182 |
5.35 |
34 |
| 14 |
3.29% |
HORROR |
5141 |
5.09 |
1011 |
| 15 |
1.76% |
INDEPENDENT (SUNDANCE - USA) |
2746 |
4.5 |
610 |
| 16 |
17.39% |
INTERNATIONAL |
27172 |
4.32 |
6292 |
| 17 |
0.47% |
WESTERN |
731 |
4.15 |
176 |
| 18 |
0.23% |
ARTISTS |
354 |
4.02 |
88 |
| 19 |
0.07% |
BLAXPLOITATION |
111 |
3.96 |
28 |
| 20 |
0.94% |
GAY AND LESBIAN |
1472 |
3.94 |
374 |
| 21 |
3.20% |
DOCUMENTARY/SPECIAL INTEREST |
5005 |
3.79 |
1321 |
| 22 |
1.82% |
CLASSICS |
2845 |
3.71 |
767 |
| 23 |
0.66% |
STAND-UP COMEDY |
1037 |
3.7 |
280 |
| 24 |
0.25% |
FILM NOIR (CLASSICS) |
387 |
3.42 |
113 |
| 25 |
0.06% |
AMERICAN POLITICS |
86 |
3.07 |
28 |
| 26 |
0.14% |
SERIALS & CLASSIC COLLECTIONS |
219 |
2.88 |
76 |
| 27 |
0.09% |
ENVIROMENTAL & SOCIAL ISSUES |
142 |
2.78 |
51 |
| 28 |
0.17% |
CYCLING!!! |
268 |
2.76 |
97 |
| 29 |
5.77% |
JAPANESE ANIMATION |
9009 |
2.59 |
3478 |
| 30 |
0.14% |
JAZZ/BIG BAND/BLUES/ETC |
212 |
2.28 |
93 |
| 31 |
0.18% |
CLASSIC SCI-FI AND HORROR |
278 |
2.22 |
125 |
| 32 |
0.04% |
TROMA! |
60 |
2.22 |
27 |
| 33 |
0.83% |
MUSIC |
1294 |
2.12 |
611 |
| 34 |
0.29% |
WEIRD, UNUSUAL... THE B'S!!! |
452 |
2.03 |
223 |
| 35 |
0.00% |
BIKERS FROM HELL |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| 36 |
0.23% |
MUSIC COLLECTIONS |
353 |
1.94 |
182 |
| 37 |
0.12% |
PERFORMING ARTS |
194 |
1.75 |
111 |
| 38 |
0.05% |
JAPANESE SCI-FI |
71 |
1.73 |
41 |
| 39 |
0.05% |
OPERA |
72 |
1.71 |
42 |
| 40 |
0.13% |
SLIGHTLY NAUGHTY STUFF |
205 |
1.39 |
148 |
| 41 |
0.23% |
ANIME - HENTAI |
367 |
1.26 |
291 |
| 42 |
0.17% |
HD-DVD |
267 |
1.2 |
223 |
| 43 |
0.08% |
SPORTS |
127 |
1.13 |
112 |
| 44 |
0.05% |
FOOD/COOKING/NUTRITION |
77 |
1.07 |
72 |
| 45 |
0.15% |
BLURAY DISCS |
236 |
1.04 |
228 |
| 46 |
0.01% |
MEXICAN HORROR FILMS |
14 |
0.78 |
18 |
| 47 |
0.24% |
DVD (PAL FORMAT) |
377 |
0.7 |
539 |
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TOTALS |
156265 |
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30750 |
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| DVD vs HD/BluRay -- Even on the "Turns per Copy" chart HD and BluRay only rank 42nd and 45th respectively. But, we've only had them for about six months. So, check back in another six months for a full years worth of data and see where they are then. |
| DVD
vs VHS -- The old answer: Probably the most asked question around these
parts -- What do you rent more? VHS or DVD? As of today (April
1, 2005) 86.77% of our rentals come from DVDs and 13.23%
from VHS. FYI, The national average is closer to 60/40. Urbana-Champaign
is ahead of the curve!!! |
| DVD
vs VHS Update (July 22, 2006): Now
that we don't rent VHS at all the ratio has changed to 100% DVD
and 0% VHS -- I'm not sure where on the curve that falls... |
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