Earns Almost Twice As Much in China As in the U.S.
April 16, 2017
The Fate of the Furious , the eighth film in Universal’s Fast & Furious street racing franchise, set a new international box office record, earning $432.2 million from over 60 international territories, including a record $190 million from the burgeoning Chinese market.
'March' Back on Top
February 2, 2017
With sales sparked by a Tweetstorm, Congressman John Lewis's memoir series March reclaimed the #1 slot.
Initiative Encourages Reading Books in Different Formats (Like Graphic Novels)
February 1, 2017
Acclaimed graphic novelist and National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Gene Luen Yang is making his Reading Without Walls initiative into an annual month-long celebration.
Bookstore Graphic Novel Sales Show Broadening Comics Market
October 3, 2016
The audience for comics and graphic novels has been broadening steadily in recent years, and in September the Top 20 Adult Fiction Graphic Novel chart provided exclusively to ICv2 by Nielsen BookScan displayed that phenomenon perhaps better than ever before.
And Finds the Tip of the Spear
November 9, 2015
We visited the Amazon store to see what we could learn about Amazon’s larger strategy for brick and mortar retailing,
A New Manga Hit
September 3, 2015
This month's chart demonstrates a new manga hit, with several other interesting phenomena.
DC Mounts a Charge
August 6, 2015
DC placed eight titles in the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels.
From ICv2's 'Internal Correspondence' #86
October 24, 2014
This chart of the ICv2 "Top 10 Fiction & Reality Franchises" reflects sales in all channels for Summer 2014.
'Guardians' Hangs tough; New Manga Debuts Strong!
October 2, 2014
Guardians of the Galaxy hung tough, as a new manga debuted strong.
Big Launch for 'Seconds,' DC Beats Image!
August 8, 2014
' Seconds: A Graphic Novel , Bryan Lee O’Malley's long-awaited follow-up to Scott Pilgrim , had a strong launch.
