{"id":4473,"date":"2016-03-07T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-07-31T19:04:59","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T00:04:59","slug":"february-2016-comics-sales-estimates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/07\/february-2016-comics-sales-estimates\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2016 comics sales estimates online: Dark Knight III #3 tops 146k copies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Final sales for February have been reported by Diamond Comic Distributors<\/b><\/a>, and as reported here earlier, comics were off significantly, while new graphic novels were up considerably. Dark Knight III: The Master Race<\/i> #3<\/b><\/a> was the top-seller, shipping more than 146,000 copies. Click to see the sales estimates for comics ordered in February 2016<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Once again, a Loot Crate title was #1 in the comparison month from the previous year: that time, it was Orphan Black<\/i> #1<\/b>,
\nwhich had nearly a half million copies move through Diamond. Remove
\nthat title and the 900,000-copy drop in the Top 300 is more than halved.
\nBut lower volumes this month are real: the month’s 300th place title
\nsold 3,744 copies, the lowest sum since June 2012. Click to see the
\nsales of 300th-place titles across time<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The aggregate changes are as follows:<\/p>\n

TOP 300 COMICS UNIT SALES<\/b><\/span>
\nFebruary 2016<\/a>: <\/b>6.1 million copies
\nVersus 1 year ago this month<\/b><\/a>: -16%
\nVersus 5 years ago this month<\/b><\/a>: +5%
\nVersus 10 years ago this month<\/b><\/a>: +10%
\nVersus 15 years ago this month<\/b><\/a>: unchanged
\nYEAR TO DATE: 12.08 million copies, -16% vs. 2015, -7% vs. 2011, +15% vs. 2006, unchanged vs. 2001
\nALL COMICS UNIT SALES<\/b>
\nFebruary 2016 versus one year ago this month: -14.62%<\/b>
\nYEAR TO DATE: -9.52%<\/b><\/p>\n

TOP 300 COMICS DOLLAR SALES<\/b><\/div>\n

February 2016: $24.35 million
\nVersus 1 year ago this month: -13%
\nVersus 5 years ago this month: +34%
\nVersus 10 years ago this month: +32%
\nVersus 15 years ago this month: +78%
\nYEAR TO DATE: $48.42 million, -11% vs. 2015, +45% vs. 2011, +39% vs. 2006, +74% vs. 2001
\nALL COMICS DOLLAR SALES<\/b>
\nFebruary 2016 versus one year ago this month: -6.73%<\/b>
\nYEAR TO DATE: -5.32% <\/b><\/p>\n

TOP 300 TRADE PAPERBACK DOLLAR SALES<\/b><\/div>\n

February 2016: $7.86 million
\nVersus 1 year ago this month: +32%
\nVersus 5 years ago this month: +53%
\nVersus 10 years ago this month, just the Top 100 vs. the Top 100: +40%
\nVersus 15 years ago this month, just the Top 25 vs. the Top 25: +33%
\nYEAR TO DATE: $15.82 million, +26% vs. 2015
\nALL TRADE PAPERBACK SALES<\/b>
\nFebruary 2016 versus one year ago this month: +12%<\/b>
\nYEAR TO DATE: +1.13%<\/b><\/p>\n

TOP 300 COMICS + TOP 300 TRADE PAPERBACK DOLLAR SALES<\/b><\/div>\n

February2016: $32.21 million
\nVersus 1 year ago this month: -5%
\nVersus 5 years ago this month: +25%
\nVersus 10 years ago this month, counting just the Top 100 TPBs: +19%
\nVersus 15 years ago this month, counting just the Top 25 TPBs: +91%
\nYEAR TO DATE: $63.94 million, -5% vs. 2015
\nALL COMICS AND TRADE PAPERBACK SALES<\/b>
\nFebruary 2016 versus one year ago this month: -1.69%<\/b>
\nYEAR TO DATE: -3.43%<\/b><\/p>\n

OVERALL DIAMOND SALES (including all comics, trades, and magazines)<\/b><\/div>\n

February 2016: approximately $41.48 million (subject to revision)
\nVersus 1 year ago this month: -2%
\nVersus 5 years ago this month: +39%
\nVersus 10 years ago this month: +45%
\nYEAR TO DATE: $83 million, -3% vs. 2015<\/b><\/p>\n

RELEASES<\/b><\/span>
\nNew comic books released: 485<\/b>
\nNew graphic novels released: 275<\/b>
\nNew magazines released: 33<\/b>
\nAll new releases: 793<\/b><\/p>\n

The average comic book in the Top 300 cost $3.84; the average comic book
\nretailers ordered cost $3.99. The median and most common price for comics offered was $3.99. Click to see comics prices across time.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Final sales for February have been reported by Diamond Comic Distributors, and as reported here earlier, comics were off significantly, while new graphic novels were up considerably. Dark Knight III: The Master Race #3 was the top-seller, shipping more than 146,000 copies. Click to see the sales estimates for comics ordered in February 2016. Once … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[54,17],"class_list":["post-4473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-2016-sales","tag-diamond-monthly-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4473"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6376,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4473\/revisions\/6376"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}