The chart below shows the annual number of rentals and sales (in various formats) of films from a particular store between 2002 and 2011.

The chart below shows the annual number of rentals and sales (in various formats) of films from a particular store between 2002 and 2011.
The bar chart provides information on how many
rentals
and
sales
of films per year, divided by four types (
Rentals
, VHS
sales
,
DVD
sales
, and Blu-ray
sales
) of a particular shop during the year 2002 to 2011.
Overall
, the highest revenue from
sales
and
rentals
came from
DVD
over the period,
whereas
rentals
which were the second revenue showed a downward trend. The remaining types were not significant and had little changes annually. In 2002, we can see that the number of
rentals
reached around 185,000 as opposed to nearly 90,000 and just under 50,000 in the
sales
of VHS and
DVD
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respectively.
However
,
rentals
experienced a downward trend, which slightly decreased in 2003 and
then
continually dropped to just under 60,000 in 2011.
Conversely
,
sales
of
DVD
in 2002 was under 50,000 but represented an upward trend until 2007, which indicated a peak of
sales
at over 210,000 and it was the highest
sales
in the graph. After that, there was a gradual decrease until 2011, accounting for around 180,000 and still the most popular among all types in 2011. We can see that VHS was the second most popular of
sales
in 2002, which comprised approximately 85,000. Interestingly, it disappeared after 2005 and was never shown again. In comparison, the number of Blu-ray
sales
just started in 2007 but it grew slowly reaching around 65,000 in the year 2011.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Trend
  • Rentals
  • Sales
  • Formats
  • VHS (Video Home System)
  • DVD (Digital Versatile Disc)
  • Blu-ray
  • Peak
  • Decline
  • Rise
  • Market changes
  • Digital downloads
  • Physical formats
  • Over the years
  • Annual
  • Comparison
  • Impact
  • Technological advancements
  • Shift
  • Predictions
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