{"id":4660,"date":"2014-12-15T17:22:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T17:22:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-01T14:39:13","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T19:39:13","slug":"november-2014-comics-sales-estimates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/15\/november-2014-comics-sales-estimates\/","title":{"rendered":"November 2014 comics sales estimates online; top comic book at 135k"},"content":{"rendered":"
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November was no October when it came to comics sales, but it didn’t need to be to improve upon last year’s performance. Based on Comichron’s analysis of data released by Diamond Comic Distributors<\/b><\/a>,
\ncomics shops in North America ordered nearly $46 million in printed
\nproduct during the month, 8% more than last November \u2014 and the gains were made by both comic books and graphic novels. Click to see the sales estimates for
\ncomics ordered in November 2014<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The graphic novel category improved more during the month, up 14.4% thanks in part to the category leader, Walking Dead Vol. 22: A New Beginning<\/b><\/i><\/a>, which debuted with first-month orders of nearly 23,000 copies. Sales of the Top 300 graphic novels for the whole year to date are still lagging 1% behind the same grouping last year \u2014 but since Diamond reports that all graphic novels sold are up 6%, that means the growth has all been in the “long tail,” the books outside the Top 300. (And there are a lot of them!)<\/p>\n

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Amazing Spider-Man <\/i>#9<\/b><\/a>, one of two issues of the title released in the month, led the comics category with sales of more than 135,000 copies. The Top 300 comics for the month outsold the same grouping for last November by nearly 100,000 copies, so that extra Spidey issue could be considered the margin of difference.<\/p>\n

Walking Dead<\/i><\/b> returned to its previous sales level, following last month’s Loot Crate-enhanced sales<\/b><\/a>; this would seem to strengthen the case that the October Loot Crate purchase of Walking Dead<\/i><\/b> <\/a>#132<\/a> <\/b>was likely around 256,000 copies. That’s more than Loot Crate appears to have bought of the Guardians of the Galaxy spinoff Rocket Raccoon<\/i> #1 earlier in the summer<\/b><\/a>, so it’s likely there’s quite a bit of variance in its orders from set to set. Given how the “crates” can be purchased a la carte<\/i> as well as by subscription, that would make sense.<\/p>\n

The aggregate changes:<\/p>\n

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

November 2014<\/a>: <\/b>6.73 million copies
\nVersus 1 year ago this month<\/b><\/a>: +2%
\nVersus 5 years ago this month<\/b><\/a>: +9%
\nVersus 10 years ago this month<\/b><\/a>: +5%
\nVersus 15 years ago this month<\/b><\/a>: unchanged
\nYEAR TO DATE: 75.9 million copies, -3% vs. 2013, +11% vs. 2009, +12% vs. 2004, +6% vs. 1999
\nALL COMICS UNIT SALES<\/b>
\nNovember 2014 versus one year ago this month: +5.84%<\/b>
\nYEAR TO DATE: -0.11%<\/b><\/p>\n

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

November 2014: $25.12 million
\nVersus 1 year ago this month: +2%
\nVersus 5 years ago this month: +16%
\nVersus 10 years ago this month: +35%
\nVersus 15 years ago this month: +44%
\nYEAR TO DATE: $287.5 million, +1% vs. 2013, +22% vs. 2009, +48% vs. 2004, +55% vs. 1999
\nALL COMICS DOLLAR SALES<\/b>
\nNovember 2014 versus one year ago this month: +5.47%<\/b>
\nYEAR TO DATE:<\/b> +3.80%<\/b><\/p>\n

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

November 2014: $8.8 million
\nVersus 1 year ago this month: +19
\nVersus 5 years ago this month: -9%
\nVersus 10 years ago this month, just the Top 100 vs. the Top 100: +45%
\nVersus 15 years ago this month, just the Top 25 vs. the Top 25: +39%
\nYEAR TO DATE: $82.31 million, -1% vs. 2013
\nALL TRADE PAPERBACK\u00a0 SALES<\/b>
\nNovember 2014 versus one year ago this month: +14.44%<\/b>
\nYEAR TO DATE: +6.16%<\/b><\/p>\n

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

November 2014: $33.92 million
\nVersus 1 year ago this month: +6%
\nVersus 5 years ago this month: +11%
\nVersus 10 years ago this month, counting just the Top 100 TPBs: +24%
\nVersus 15 years ago this month, counting just the Top 25 TPBs: +59%
\nYEAR TO DATE: $369.8 million, +1% vs. 2013
\nALL COMICS AND TRADE PAPERBACK SALES<\/b>
\nNovember 2014 versus one year ago this month: +8.36%<\/b>
\nYEAR TO DATE: +4.52%<\/b><\/p>\n

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

November 2014: approximately $45.77 million (subject to revision)
\nVersus 1 year ago this month: +8%
\nVersus 5 years ago this month: +31%
\nVersus 10 years ago this month: +59%
\nYEAR TO DATE: $496.96 million, +5% vs. 2013<\/b><\/p>\n

RELEASES<\/b><\/span>
\nNew comic books released: 499<\/b>
\nNew graphic novels released: 301<\/b>
\nNew magazines released: 32<\/b>
\nAll new releases: 832<\/b><\/p>\n

The average comic book in the Top 300 cost $3.71; the average comic book
\nretailers ordered cost $3.73. The median and most common price for comics offered was $3.99. Click to see comics prices across time.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

As mentioned Friday, Comichron projects the comic shop market will complete the year with
\norders totaling around $542 million, up a
\nlittle less than 5% over 2013. You can contribute to that total by visiting your local comic shop; find one here<\/b><\/a>.
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