Top 100 Games: 2010

NECA's relaunch of WizKid's best-selling HeroClix miniatures game reaped the manufacturer rewards in 2010 with the best-selling Games product to comics specialty retailers — the Marvel HeroClix: Web of Spider-Man expansion — plus six of the top ten, including expansions based on DC Comics' The Brave and the Bold, Blackest Night, Brightest Day, and Watchmen.

Rounding out the top ten was Wizards of the Coast with four new Magic the Gathering expansions, led by the Worldwake expansion at #4, plus Rise of the Eldrazi at #5, the 2011 Core Set at #6, and Scars of Mirrodin at #8.

TOP 100 GAMES
Based on Total Retail Dollar Sales of Products Invoiced in Calendar Year 2010

This information may not be reproduced in any format without the express permission of Diamond Comic Distributors.

How does Diamond calculate the charts? It all starts at the comic book shop.

Data for Diamond’s sales charts – which include the monthly market shares and all top product charts – are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from a universe of over 3,500 accounts, comprised of comic book specialty shops and other merchant stores and buyers. The shops are primarily located in North America, with a percentage of sales also to international stores and buyers located throughout the world. The account base includes not only brick-and-mortar comic book specialty shops, but also Internet stores, chain stores, and other specialty stores.

Unit and retail dollar sales are calculated based upon orders invoiced and shipped to Diamond accounts during any given month, which comprises initial pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable.