{"id":4542,"date":"2015-10-13T18:33:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T18:33:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-07-31T19:17:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T00:17:20","slug":"september-2015-comics-sales-estimates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/13\/september-2015-comics-sales-estimates\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2015 comics sales estimates now online"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The third quarter in the comic-book Direct Market closed off about 3% versus the same quarter in 2014, according to data released by Diamond Comic Distributors<\/b>. Click to see Comichron’s estimates for comics ordered in September<\/b><\/a>.)<\/p>\n

That 3% amounts to a drop of about $4 million in orders for the quarter, to $141 million. Marvel’s shipping schedule played a role, and it’s worth noting that while Loot Crate releases added several million dollars to the first half of the year, there were none in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/CCShatter1\"The aggregate changes are as follows:<\/p>\n

TOP 300 COMICS UNIT SALES<\/b><\/span>
\nSeptember 2015<\/a>: <\/b>6.25 million copies
\nVersus 1 year ago this month<\/b><\/a>: -21%
\nVersus 5 years ago this month<\/b><\/a>: +3%
\nVersus 10 years ago this month<\/b><\/a>: -7%
\nVersus 15 years ago this month<\/b><\/a>: +8%
\n3rd Quarter 2015: 20.36 million copies, -9% vs. Q3 2014
\nYEAR TO DATE: 64.99 million copies, +7% vs. 2014, +24% vs. 2010, +14% vs. 2005, +24% vs. 2000<\/p>\n

ALL COMICS UNIT SALES<\/b>
\nSeptember 2015 versus one year ago this month: -20.15%<\/b>
\n3rd Quarter 2015 vs. Q3 2014: -10.07%<\/b>\u00a0 <\/b>
\nYEAR TO DATE: +6.58%<\/b><\/p>\n

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

September 2015: $24.18 million
\nVersus 1 year ago this month: -22%
\nVersus 5 years ago this month: +12%
\nVersus 10 years ago this month: +25%
\nVersus 15 years ago this month: +46%
\n3rd Quarter 2015: $78.81 million, -8% vs. Q3 2014
\nYEAR TO DATE: $254.38 million, +10% vs. 2014, +38% vs. 2010, +55% vs. 2005, +77% vs. 2000<\/p>\n

ALL COMICS DOLLAR SALES<\/b>
\nSeptember 2015 versus one year ago this month: -19.62%<\/b>
\n3rd Quarter 2015 vs. Q3 2014: -8.08%<\/b>\u00a0 <\/b>
\nYEAR TO DATE: +7.21% <\/b><\/p>\n

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

September 2015: $7.78 million
\nVersus 1 year ago this month: +5%
\nVersus 5 years ago this month: +11%
\nVersus 10 years ago this month, just the Top 100 vs. the Top 100: +27%
\nVersus 15 years ago this month, just the Top 25 vs. the Top 25: +45%
\n3rd Quarter 2015: $23.22 million, +4% vs. Q3 2014
\nYEAR TO DATE: $66.43 million, +3% vs. 2014<\/p>\n

ALL TRADE PAPERBACK SALES<\/b>
\nSeptember 2015 versus one year ago this month: +12.51%<\/b>
\n3rd Quarter 2015 vs. Q3 2014: +9.32%<\/b>\u00a0 <\/b><\/b>YEAR TO DATE: +7.06%<\/b><\/p>\n

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

September 2015: $31.96 million
\nVersus 1 year ago this month: -17%
\nVersus 5 years ago this month: +2%
\nVersus 10 years ago this month, counting just the Top 100 TPBs: +14%
\nVersus 15 years ago this month, counting just the Top 25 TPBs: +60%
\n3rd Quarter 2015: $102.05 million, -5% vs. Q3 2014
\nYEAR TO DATE: $320.8 million, +9% vs. 2014<\/p>\n

ALL COMICS AND TRADE PAPERBACK SALES<\/b>
\nSeptember 2015 versus one year ago this month: -10.73%<\/b>
\n3rd Quarter 2015 vs. Q3 2014: -2.98%<\/b>\u00a0 <\/b><\/b>YEAR TO DATE: +7.16%<\/b><\/p>\n

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

September 2015: approximately $45.33 million (subject to revision)
\nVersus 1 year ago this month: -11%
\nVersus 5 years ago this month: +15%
\nVersus 10 years ago this month: +55%
\n3rd Quarter 2015: $141.22 million, -3% vs. Q3 2014
\nYEAR TO DATE: $423.44 million, +7% vs. 2014<\/b><\/p>\n

RELEASES<\/b><\/span>
\nNew comic books released: 490<\/b>
\nNew graphic novels released: 337<\/b>
\nNew magazines released: 52<\/b>
\nAll new releases: 879<\/b><\/p>\n

The average comic book in the Top 300 cost $3.76; the average comic book
\nretailers ordered cost $3.87. 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":"

The third quarter in the comic-book Direct Market closed off about 3% versus the same quarter in 2014, according to data released by Diamond Comic Distributors. Click to see Comichron’s estimates for comics ordered in September.) That 3% amounts to a drop of about $4 million in orders for the quarter, to $141 million. Marvel’s … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[66,17],"class_list":["post-4542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-2015-sales","tag-diamond-monthly-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4542","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=4542"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6391,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4542\/revisions\/6391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}