I Spent Over $7,600 On Physical Media In 2024!

[@JoeVincentPresents]

If I tracked all the cash I've spent on physical media...my wife may leave me, lol.

[@thelastmoviestanding]

😂😂 I almost left my damn self hahaha

[@paulrose319]

😂 pawn the wife 😂

[@busht4169]

Right there with you! Just got my Via Vision The Neverending Story ($200 USD). Yeah...my wife was less than thrilled.

[@gallynuts]

@@busht4169all our wives were not happy. But my wife wrapped it and gave it to our toddler daughter 😂. It’s not mine anymore 😢

[@jjthekollector]

That’s what I was gonna say , lol 🤐

[@mattwithers5911]

I've typically been spending about $30 a month, and then I saved up for the AllTheAnime Christmas sale which I got 34 movies from for $190. Normally their blu rays go for about $20 each so getting them for around 5-6 dollars each is great tbh. Great Vid :)

[@stickywicked447]

I really need to do this, but at the same time, I don't really want to know 😂

[@thelastmoviestanding]

stay away my friend, stay far away from seeing what you spent hahaha

[@VanOri]

I more or less just started with physical media this year. When I look at all the things I want to have from the past, I'll have to spend a lot in the future

[@supergarbagedaypodcast]

I totally support buying media. They can't take your movies and games away with dumb streaming contracts!

[@thelastmoviestanding]

🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@nicholaslozano8602]

This is wild and such a great idea. So in 2025 I'm gonna make notes and track what I buy just to see how bad it is by year's end. This is gonna be fun.

[@stickywicked447]

yeah I'm down w/that too. I feel like trying to look back at '24 would be a bad idea but it would be interesting to track going forward.

[@MyFireVideos]

This was really interesting. Thank you for sharing!

[@main9613]

Spent around 10k $ for 65% of my items. I live in the Philippines. We dont have physical media here. 35-45% of my money goes to shipping fees, taxes, etc. Like a 35$ movie will cost me around 10-15 dollars in shipping

[@thelastmoviestanding]

that's nuts man! I couldn't imagine importing everything 🤯

[@Talesfromtheshelf]

Good video! I like keeping track of what I spend. I might do a similar video

[@thelastmoviestanding]

It really puts things into perspective

[@SmoresIndoors2020]

Thank you for this video. I’ve been thinking about getting out of this hobby, your spending confirmed my decision. I don’t want to spend money like that anymore

[@thelastmoviestanding]

Man i totally overspent this year. Don’t use me as a role model for collecting 😂

[@SmoresIndoors2020]

@ nah you’re good. I just think is I get older my priorities are shifting

[@thelastmoviestanding]

Totally respect that

[@justinmiller9865]

This video is good example of just learning to set a budget. Stick to your budget and you won't get yourself in trouble. This also pushes you to enjoy what you have. Collectors tend to develop a mindset of immediately searching for the next thing, the next thing, the next thing as soon as they get something, and they don't take the time to enjoy what they have.

[@ed00001]

I'm around 5-6k for the year, I also bought a 77" sony oled with sony surround system and panasonic ub820, so my total is over 10k for sure lol

[@FernandoGastelo]

As a movie, music, comic and toy collector i also keep track of every item l purchase so that i can control myself. I also sell some things as new things arrive 😅

[@justinmiller9865]

This is the way

[@phillukk]

It was a good year for collecting! 😁 I just started again after a long hiatus. Glad I found your channel and AVA Pop Culture! I think I spent 1200-1500 from November to December.

[@thelastmoviestanding]

Thanks man! yea May & November killed me

[@charlessailer4580]

Physical media, including music, about 3k. Those steelbooks add up real quick! I have a New Years resolution now.

[@thelastmoviestanding]

Same! Lola & steelbooks are getting ridiculous right now

[@AVAPopCulture]

LOL I have kept every receipt...when I put them together at the end of the year, I'll let you know... I am not sure if it is that much on just movies but if you count my player, speakers, new tv etc it probably is

[@thelastmoviestanding]

This shit was way more than I expected lol

[@screamingeekmedia]

I like keeping track of movie expenses because it does help keep you accountable for it. Makes you take a look at your spending and make adjustments. I don't know what my tally is at the moment. I do the numbers each month with my Collection updates.

[@AscendedSaiyan3]

I buy from several site (never from brick and mortar stores anymore). I buy TV series too. I don't have prices, but every "order" has physical media in it. I have placed 498 orders in 2024. There were, at least, 600 titles purchased from Amazon alone. I have a problem.

[@gtm604]

loving all these movie ideas your doing. I did not keep track of my spending this year, but I will do this for next year. If I had to guess I would say I spend around 1500 just from a basic tallying up from my memory. A bulk of that spending came from buying used movies.

[@plexnbrown760]

30-50 bucks a rip adds up if your constantly swipe. I found myself doing it several times a week

[@johnathanashleyOCSO]

I spent several hundred dollars i built a blu ray/DVD Library and some retro game titles , patience and smart shopping 🛍 with some luck will go a long way

[@HomeCinemaEnthusiast]

I spent around $5k last yr. After buying my New Pioneer 4k player , I see 2025 being a expensive yr for me , Having my new home with dedicated home theatre built and a lot more room to store my 4ks 👌👌👌👌👌

[@thelastmoviestanding]

nice!!! yea 2025 is already looks bad for me hahaha

[@MattVs_Movies]

My problem now is space or lack of it . I don't have a dedicated room, so the available storage now is full. So I have two options either sell part of the collection to make some room for new titles or stop collecting altogether and go digital from now on. Tough decisions to be made, but I feel 2025 is a turning point now for me with the hobby.

[@justinmiller9865]

I had learned my lesson when I first started collecting vinyl records. In the first 4 months of that musical journey, I spent just over 3 grand. It didn't kill my finances, but it was a wake up call when I looked over everything. It's so easy to spend money when you're having fun!

[@randybradley4151]

I don't know how much I spent this year but so far this is what I've bought this year. 369 DVDs, 608 Blu-rays, 61 3D Blu-rays and 169 4K UHD Blu-rays. I'd imagine that I spent around $400CAD because I buy movies to quick flip for what I want and we have 5 Amazon Return stores, 3 Walmart Return stores and 2 Costco Return stores in my hometown and each store offers a $1CAD day and I have bought many discs at a buck a piece and quick flip them for some of them upwards of $15 store credit each.

[@slave_to_cinema]

I spent around $2,538. Thats not counting what i bought at local shops, which wasnt much. But this surprised me. I feel like i should spend less next year but... who knows! Lol

[@thelastmoviestanding]

I NEED to spend less next year lol

[@patrickwilliams1801]

No DVD, VHS & players or protectors this year. You probably got the Flash 4K Steelbook and Star wars 4K Steelbooks for $10 each from Best Buy.

[@Witchboard1]

This is a good idea. I need to start keeping track of my Goodwill buys as there's really not a way to track those specifically after the fact. There were two big dates for a majority of my buying this year. That was Amazon Days and Black Friday. Quick glance, I'm looking at around $850 including my Panasonic UB820. I'll typically go to Goodwill once a week. I'd average I buy at least one movie per visit, meaning that'd be an additional $200 or so, so that puts me easily over the 1K mark this year. Man, now I feel kinda guilty...

[@thelastmoviestanding]

Use the CLZ app bro, there’s a feature in there to keep track of your purchase prices

[@jessediaz1293]

I used to go hard especially during the VS sales but now I think I spent $30 this whole year 😂😢

[@graeme8884]

i spent £677 $848.15👍

[@Critical-Film]

With all the titles I got this year plus getting stuff from a friend that passed. I got over 799 ish titles. I spent at least over 9-11k this year. I post on Reddit every year about all the titles I got. I buy really hard and OOP titles/boxsets etc.

[@thelastmoviestanding]

Same , I went crazy in OOP titles as well

[@80sMadeConsumer]

Hamilton Book is a hidden gem and 4 dollars shipping can't go wrong.

[@thelastmoviestanding]

yea I need to order from this morn this next year

[@busht4169]

LMS (Last Movie Standing) got me interested in CLZ movies. Catalog is currently 3064. WHOOPS! That's what 30 years collecting does.

[@thelastmoviestanding]

😂

[@heribertovaladez2708]

Damn my man.. makes me question how much I’ve spent myself, but I dont really want to know now lol I’m at around 1,000 blurays and 4ks, no DVDs. Im keeping track next year for sure. Thinking about sticking to a monthly budget.

[@thelastmoviestanding]

yea this was a HUGE eye opener for me, definitely going to try & slow down next year

[@crankyfloridian]

Hmm about $200, I got a lot though because it was all used media

[@bloodydominations992]

If we’re including home theater upgrades, I think I’m right there with you. 😮

[@JOHNDOEJUGGALO]

I honestly keep ZERO track of what I spend on the hobby. If I have funds to spend towards it, I spend. If I don't, I don't. Sometimes I miss out on stuff with that method, but I'm trying to track myself better in 2025.

[@thelastmoviestanding]

yea man I over did it in 2024 lol didn't feel like it, but seeing the number was like damnnn

[@JOHNDOEJUGGALO]

@thelastmoviestanding that's how 2023 was for me. 😅

[@prayerposition1]

So glad you made this video. I don’t spend nearly as much as you do but I still get the feeling of guilt sometimes when I splurge. Especially when you have a family and need money for other things.

[@thelastmoviestanding]

Yea man I totally overspend this year, still within my means, but it was as too much. Need to prioritize more important things in 2025, in case of emergencies

[@Ectoviolence]

Half price books is decent place, I get some rare horror dvds, and occasionally some good vhs.

[@thelastmoviestanding]

I tend to always find something at Half Price Books

[@Ectoviolence]

@ because of this I stopped by tonight, got Jack Frost 2 and ice cream man, on a single release from mill creek.

[@thelastmoviestanding]

@@Ectoviolence lol you're welcome

[@mannduro]

I bought Dexter Blu-ray box (complete Series) plus New blood .. 80€ that's it ...

[@mannduro]

Wait. Xbox one X too(100€) , as a BD player and 4k

[@mannduro]

Site note - Additionally a 2TB SSD replacing the internal 1TB spinny drive.

[@mannduro]

I sold them Blu-ray's later on for 60€

[@pascallplourde9985]

This year i bought 460 blurays and 4k's, mostly boutique stuff. Around 50 tv series and 10 dvd's. If i add all those up ive spent around 8000 canadian dollars. That is manageable... the problem with me is that i collect videogames too. Spent almost 6k on games + the 8k on movies... i think i need some counseling haha

[@thelastmoviestanding]

I'll see you in the physical media anonymous meetings haha

[@BulletPr00fGAm3r]

My god i dont even want to track my physical media spending, collecting movies, video games (mainly switch, ps4/5, some xbox) and also this year i upgraded my whole movie theater setup. Upgraded TV (LG G4), Polk Signature series speakers, AVR (Pioneer VSX LX505) and new panasonic 4K player (UDP820) , oh yeah and got an Apple TV. Very expensive year, but like you i love this hobby! Whether you’re on a budget or have extra $$ to spend, we all enjoy this hobby in the same way!

[@80sMadeConsumer]

it is a lifestyle and I could never make this video my wife doesn't watch my channel, but she gets a notification with the titles haha

[@thelastmoviestanding]

😂 😂

[@SgtPogieBait]

When you upgrade a disc, what do you do with the old one? I sell the old game/disc on eBay & Mercari. So, do you subtract the $ from sales from the amount you spent? Helps take the sting out.

[@austinwillcut4919]

I don't have a clue how much I spent, and I don't want to know lol.

[@thelastmoviestanding]

😂

[@carolynscadern6787]

Doing this audit would probably crush my soul. I am a collector as well, and since Covid, I have been building up my movie collection. My husband is supportive, and I try hard to keep myself in check. I had a bad habit of buying a lot of movies from Whatnot. I got some great deals, but I also had an addiction to that site. Had to delete it. I have stopped collecting for now, as I have ran out of space, and I am in the process of going through my collection and enjoying what I have. This was a very interesting and informative video. I, however, don’t think I want to know my totals. lol.

[@Will13874]

I collect Blu-ray and pay $1-3 per disc. Started collecting seriously 4 months ago and have about 500 so far. I've spent less than $600 for all.

[@bachtuna]

Embarrassing to buy blu rays and not 4k

[@Will13874]

@bachtuna Not when you factor in price. I paid $1 for 95% of all my Blu-ray discs. I can pickup 100 Blu-ray discs for the price of 10 4k discs.

[@c0wg0d]

Cheapest Blu-rays in my area are about $6. You're lucky!

[@bachtuna]

@ price shouldn’t matter. Are you poor or something? It’s easy to find deals on 4ks and the quality is 100 times better. Only time you gotta pay full price is only limited editions which are amazing and worth it

[@Will13874]

@@bachtuna Yes price does matter if you're being smart. If I upgrade fully to 4K I'll have to buy a new OLED 4K TV and a 4K player than can play those discs with Dolby vision to really experience the higher quality. Also the difference isn't 100 times better trust me. Blu-ray quality is still higher than 4k streaming due to the higher bit rate from physical media. I'm perfectly fine with Blu-ray quality and the cheaper prices of the discs. Many of your favorite movies and tv shows will never make it to 4k so why upgrade? Are you suggesting to repurchase all my discs again to 4k? It doesn't make any sense I'll take advantage of the cheap prices and continue to build my Blu-ray collection.

[@roybrewster1837]

I restarted my physical media collection this year. From zero movies to around 400 blu rays and 4ks. Mostly thrifted and from sales online. I've spent around $800-$1000 so far.

[@thelastmoviestanding]

thrifting is the way to go man!

[@ShogunIzzy0901]

Am I the only one who’s not using all these sites to buy movies? I only get my movies from thrift stores and pawn shops for the past couple years.

[@bachtuna]

Sounds like you have a shameful collection 😂

[@RobertQuant]

Naww ur buying them used that don’t count brand new are $15 till $25

[@ShogunIzzy0901]

@@bachtuna I’m definitely way behind when it comes to new releases. I only buy when I know I’m going to watch it that day..I’ve seen people keep buying movies,but don’t watch it at all.

[@jjthekollector]

I don’t feel alone anymore lol 😅🙌🏼 great video

[@thelastmoviestanding]

🤙🏻🤙🏻I see you brother! 😆 🥵

[@wanderthisworld97]

11:30 "My name is Brian and I have a problem." hahahahaha. Damn this video hits home. I am a numbers nerd so I do keep spreadsheets making sure I stay in budget. Jan - Sept I was so under what I set as a monthly allowance/max I was so proud but damn Oct - Dec destroyed my budget between all the boutique sales and Grindhouse Video's Black November sale.

[@thelastmoviestanding]

See ones the opposite 😆 Jan-June killed me lol I’ve been buying a lot lastely though but still within my budget. I need to be way more mindful in 2025

[@michaeldietz2648]

This was a light year for me I spent about $200. I purchased Twisters, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Ghostbusters frozen empires, Borderlands, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the TV show, Abigail, and Enter the Warriors gate. The thing is I’ve been collecting for over 20 years so most of my collection is complete and I only purchase movies that I like.

[@bachtuna]

Your collection is nowhere near complete if your not upgrading to 4k

[@michaeldietz2648]

@ lol ok I literally have almost every movie I want so its complete. I’m practically only buying new movies at this point. Also, I don’t need to upgrade every movie I own to 4K. I have about 200 movies on 4K. Also, just a heads up even DVDs look really good on the Sony X95L

[@bachtuna]

@ only 200 that’s shameful. DVD looks like complete crap. You can’t even tell the difference if the people are male or female it looks so bad

[@michaeldietz2648]

@ if you can’t tell the difference between that on DVD, I think that you should probably invest your money more wisely and into seeing an eye doctor.

[@Greggsbut]

That’s how much Movies&Sue makes in one year lol 😂

[@thelastmoviestanding]

U see her new video talking about me? 😂

[@Greggsbut]

@ she thinks she’s Christopher Columbus thinking other content creators are “Stealing HER content “ lol 😂

[@thelastmoviestanding]

@@Greggsbut if I made a video showing how many times bigger channels copied me word for word, they would all have a field day lol

[@Greggsbut]

@@thelastmoviestanding lol she definitely has a unique personality 😂

[@Desman6]

I've seen Gladiator '92 on bluray listed for as low as $15usd... 😉

[@RobertQuant]

I do combination of both cds 💿 and movies blue rays and DVDs 📀 on eBay or Amazon I also hustle and sell cds 💿 to make money 💴

[@BrentonDevs]

“As soon as I got paid, guess what I did” Story of my freaking life man.. we need a cheaper hobby 😂

[@thelastmoviestanding]

Dude as soon as that check hits… it’s over 😂

[@BrentonDevs]

I’ll be eyeing stuff prior to the check coming in like okay so next month I’ll grab this one and that one 😂

[@planninegoodtimes]

Not sure what I spent but I bought a lot. Im a sucker for the sales and fomo. I slowed down a bit because I’ve been buying more than I’ve been watching.

[@thelastmoviestanding]

yea I need to slow down & catch up on watching my purchases before it gets too out of control lol

[@proteusadravulia4017]

Your august calculation is off by 200 dollars, it's 626 not 426.

[@thelastmoviestanding]

I figure there would be a typo in there somewhere lol just means I spent more than I thought 🤦‍♂

[@proteusadravulia4017]

It's cool, i don't even calculate how much i spend in the year on physical media. Not sure i wanna know 😁

[@thelastmoviestanding]

@@proteusadravulia4017 I don't think I want to know again lol only that I need to manage a budget for physical media haha

[@steverossman8456]

At the end of the day, if it's what you wanted, that's all that matters.

[@thelastmoviestanding]

🙏🏻amen to that

[@ColoradoKid303]

I spend quite a bit in this hobby but it is totally within my budget. Seeing people with KZbin channels that overspend to keep up with the Jonses and the Channel going are going to wake up to a sad financial realization one day (at least one has already gone public with it). I strongly urge everyone to not use credit cards that you can’t pay off before they charge interest. DO NOT GO INTO DEBT BECAUSE OF A HOBBY! It will lose its fun and I imagine you would begin to resent yourself and your collection. I don’t keep track of what I spend on physical because it doesn’t matter. It’s disposable income and I hope that’s how everyone else is going about growing their collections as well.

[@thelastmoviestanding]

Ya I never use credit cards for this, ever! I never keep track either because I’m always somewhat within my financial needs, I think there was only 1 or 2 months this year I went really over because I wasn’t being smart. When I did this audit, even though I’m totally fine financially, put a lot into perspective for 2025

[@ColoradoKid303]

@@thelastmoviestanding glad you have a handle on things. Some don’t and it blows my mind. I’m not going to fool myself though. The first 3 months of 2025 are already laid out and it’s already starting to look like 2024 was a lightweight!

[@argelcarrasco7500]

I just started collecting physical media a couple of months ago and I think I already spend about a good amount of money.

[@superg50zero32]

I probably spent about $3,000 this year will most likely go for over that next year.

[@iloveblue7920]

Brian thats a LOT, Mine is nowhere near that, One of my worst months may of spent 200-300, but its a lot lower now. if i dont look good i will not buy it simple I have the Chunky box set of Robin Hood prince of Thieves direct from Arrow Glad to hear you got it, prices were just crazy fot this one and the 4k Steelbook, but i did not dounle dip, Aetwork was different.

[@Desman6]

So much for 'no buy July' lmao I've slowed down alot latley,but overall my purchases are further between but more expensive. Maybe I'm breaking even.... Big deep into steelbooks awhile ago,70 I think..cases. Not diving into 4k as much as I thought I would when I was upgrading everything. Like a year ago I got the player,85"4k,receiver for my old speakers for the optical conversion (pain),I have...8 4Ks. A year later.

[@MarkFoster321789]

Bloody hell!!! Why so much? I spent only about £700 myself this year including three copies of Raro Film Studios’ breathtakingly beautiful one click box sets of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY…😮

[@thelastmoviestanding]

I know… it’s bad 😆

[@iloveblue7920]

Makes me think, How much Ken at Mid Level Media spent in 2024

[@richardlansing]

I have bought many used BluRays on Amazon and i dont care about the condition or poor/fair quality (the worse the cheaper). Because I digitize into an iso file onto a Media server and throw the disc into a cardboard box with all the other used discs. And there is no difference between a pristine disc in a plastic jewel case and a digital iso file (with no compression).

[@paulrose319]

😂 all on credit card? And the never never 😂

[@thelastmoviestanding]

lol psshhh no! I don't put any movies I buy a credit card lol that's a Sue thing 😂

[@kimwand]

20 quid a month for the free postage. My money went on home improvement instead, but I got my cabling chased into the walls 😊

[@robertwilson9528]

Whoa

[@deancolbird2240]

WoW i Was Not Even Close Maybe $800-$1,000

[@Jacob20250]

So far this year I spent a good 4500 so far. from vinyl to VHS and 4ks to boxsets. Next year should be a lot lest I hope so. But it’s an expensive hobby. Better than hard D-R-G-S.

[@teamalmestudios6148]

Lucky for me Kino Lorber and Imprint and Arrow sent me everything for free in 2024 so I can SHILL hard asf

[@RosendoCasimero]

Doesnt matter if its really that expensive for us long as you dont go for robbery after and pay the bills . hehe. What matters is your happy and you got a copy. :) Thats ok Brian, my house is on physical media and toys. My wifes gonna said shes gonna leave me in time hehe

[@Beetleejuicee]

Thats it lol those are rookie numbers gotta up those numbers. Its an addiction 😂 i spent waaaay too much. Stuff is getting too expensive

[@HIsNameIsRobertPaulson77]

I easily spent over 12K .

[@LeeClews]

Fuckin hell I buy my favourite movies on 4k but $7,600 😮I would rather put that money to better use myself🤷

[@Julianhulian]

I thrift 90% of my collection so I don’t think it’s that high but now I want to audit myself too

[@thelastmoviestanding]

Dude I didn’t realize my thrifting numbers were as high as they were 🤯🥵

[@GenX_in_the_wild]

😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@GenX_in_the_wild]

You could stream for 2 decades for that money. If you use only monthly subscriptions and Chang the streaming provider every month you can everything for 2 decades 😮

[@RobertQuant]

Nawwww u don’t own the movies 😅😅😅😅 he does he has a collection 🤙🤙🤙🤙💿💿💿💿

[@GenX_in_the_wild]

@@RobertQuant I know that.. I am not stupid 😂It was just a comparison, and I think that physcial media comes with a premium price tag..