It's time to retrieve your old DVD collection from the attic, as you may very well be sitting on a goldmine.
Thanks to the rise of streaming culture, the need for DVDs, CDs, and the like has long diminished, as people prefer the ease of picking a film readily loaded up onto their TV to watch instead of going out and purchasing a physical copy of a film or TV series.
And when you add in the fact that most of us already shell out around £25 for various streaming services and are unlikely to own DVD players, it makes perfect sense why it's become a dying market.
Until you go to watch your favourite film or TV show and discover that it's no longer available on any streaming platform, essentially locking you out of viewing.
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This was the exact scenario fans of Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later discovered when they wanted to revisit the classic a couple of years back.
Unavailable on any streaming platform, copies of the DVD stopped being clutter and became highly valuable, with fans shelling out a pretty penny to see Cillian Murphy navigating a post-apocalyptic London once again.
28 Days Later is unlikely to be the only film or TV series to have been locked out from the general viewing population, meaning that some of your old DVDs and Blu-Rays may now be worth something.
Disney Pixar Ultimate Movie Collection
Released in 2008, this box set features animated classics such as A Bugs Life, Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc – and is apparently something collectors are willing to handover a lot of cash for.
One listing on eBay is offering the collection for £99, while a 4K UHD ultimate collection is available at £378.99.
It's not just Pixar films which are in high demand either, as one listing for a Disney Early Classic collection, featuring films such as Snow White, Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland, is selling on eBay for £280.76.
Who knew kids' films could be so popular?
Real Ghostbusters Complete Collection
DVD collections appear to be a popular commodity, with the 2008 animated series The Real Ghostbusters being the crown jewel in collections for fans of the supernatural comedy.
eBay currently has two listings for the 25-disc collection, which are selling for £312 and a slightly more reasonable £300 each.
A price high enough to scare even the most terrifying of ghosts.
The Exorcist (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Re-releases of iconic films are also highly sought after amongst collectors, with a 2023 copy of The Exorcist to celebrate the film's 50th birthday now being sold for several hundred pounds.
Search the film on eBay, and you'll find listings as high as £600.
Futurama The Complete Collection 1999-2009
Making a quick but worthwhile pit-stop away from films, as anyone who is in possession of the Futurama complete collection, packaged in a rather cool-looking model of Bender's head, could very well be a small gold mine.
An unopened box set can fetch as much as £691 on the secondhand market, while used versions can go for around £363.
A Serbian Film
Perhaps one of the most depraved films ever created, Srdjan Spasojevic's 2010 horror tells the story of an aging pornstar who finds himself tangled up in performing acts of extreme violence, torture, necrophilia, rape, and murder after being drugged by a film director.
Given the extent of the graphic sexual violence, Spasojevic's film is very difficult, if not borderline impossible to get your hands on, meaning that copies can are currently selling for anywhere between £99 and £188.
That's if you want people to see the film on your living room shelf.
28 Days Later
Thanks to the success of recent installments 28 Years Later and 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, the Danny Boyle classic is currently just a few clicks away from watching.
However, the film servesas a cautionary tale for the drawbacks of streaming, meaning some DVDs still sell for high amounts.
A quick search through eBay shows there are still original copies of the DVD going for north of £40, with some special editions even passing £100.
Topics: Entertainment, Film, Money, Ebay
Brenna Cooper