ultimatemegax · @ultimatemegax
22nd Jul 2013 from TwitLonger
According to Jetro's report on the North American anime market, 2012 saw a slight increase from 2010 and 2011's home video sales/box office earnings. Here's how many US dollars were sold according to Nielen Videoscan, Box Office Mojo, and Wowmax Media's estimates:
2002: 428 million USD
2003: 390 million USD
2004: 367 million USD
2005: 376 million USD
2006: 375 million USD
2007: 325 million USD
2008: 312 million USD
2009: 321 million USD
2010: 200 million USD
2011: 196 million USD
2012: 217 million USD
(These are home video sales and box office earnings only. These values do not include merchandise.)
Leading the box office receipts was Arretty (distributed by Disney) with 19.29 million USD. However, removing the Ghibli film box office receipts does not affect the 2012 numbers in a large way.
The market has seen some decline as former companies like AD Vision, Central Park Media, and others have removed themselves form the market. Currently Funimation, Disney, and VIZ Media occupy over 75% of the proceeds in the market. Here's how the market breaks down:
43.8%: Funimation
22.5%: Disney
12.6%: VIZ Media
06.3%: Section 23
04.6%: Bandai Entertainment (stopped producing videos in 2012)
02.5%: Sony
01.5%: Media Blasters
00.9%: Manga Entertainment
05.4%: Other companies
The report notes that Section 23 is acquiring a lot of licenses and rapidly increasing their share in the market.
Overall, the home video market for anime in North America in 2012 pulled in 197 million USD in earnings. This is lower than it was in 2010. Here's a 10 year look:
2002: 415 million USD
2003: 388 million USD
2004: 346 million USD
2005: 371 million USD
2006: 375 million USD
2007: 316 million USD
2008: 312 million USD
2009: 306 million USD
2010: 200 million USD
2011: 196 million USD
2012: 197 million USD
The top 20 anime titles in NA for 2012 were mostly Ghibli movies, Pokemon, and Dragonball Z.