The annual number of rentals or sales of films in various formats from one particular store between 2002 and 2011

The bar graph summarises and compares the annual

number

of

rentals

or

sales

of films in various formats from one particular store between 2002 and 2011. In 2002, people preferred to rent most of the films with more than 1,80,000

rentals

in the same year. But, over the

next

10 years, the

number

of

rentals

has seen a persistently downward trend with just above 50,000 in the year 2011. As far as the VHS

sales

are concerned, 80,000 was the highest

number

over the decade which were sold in 2002. Since

then

, there has been a dramatic fall in the demand for VHS. They were taken off the shelf from 2006. The DVD

sales

in 2002 were less than 50,000 in 2002. Its purchases skyrocketed in the

next

5 years and the most

number

of DVDs were sold in 2007, which were a little more than 2,10,000. After 2008, there has been a slight decline in its

sales

with about 1,80,00 being sold in 2011.

Lastly

, Blu-ray

sales

were non-existent before 2006. People started buying films in the Blu-ray format after 2007. Its purchases have shown a small increase up to a little above 10,000 by the year 2011. To sum up, film

rentals

have been steadily decreasing over the years, VHS has become a thing of the past, Blu-ray

sales

are picking up the pace while DVDs are still holding the fort strong enough.