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Codec plays a huge role here.

By your calculations the 4k blu-ray box set for Lord of the Rings, Return of the King would take 5 triple layered disks (for both the extended and theatrical versions it comes with) for just the video and no audio or anything else like the behind the scenes content when the box set only comes with 9 disks for all 3 movies. Likely not using the full bitrate you provided but still. Hard to say they aren’t getting really high quality content on the screen.



In case anyone is curious, I took a quick look at my copy of the set:

- The Fellowship of the Ring

    - Theatrical:      66.7 GiB video @ 53.5 Mbps, 3.81 GiB English audio @ 3055 kbps

    - Extended disc 1: 51.5 GiB video @ 69.8 Mbps, 2.22 GiB English audio @ 3000 kbps

    - Extended disc 2: 56.8 GiB video @ 66.4 Mbps, 2.56 GiB English audio @ 2989 kbps
- The Two Towers

    - Theatrical:      72.4 GiB video @ 57.8 Mbps, 3.90 GiB English audio @ 3108 kbps

    - Extended disc 1: 49.8 GiB video @ 66.9 Mbps, 2.30 GiB English audio @ 3089 kbps

    - Extended disc 2: 52.6 GiB video @ 58.4 Mbps, 2.73 GiB English audio @ 3032 kbps
- The Return of the King

    - Theatrical:      73.2 GiB video @ 52.1 Mbps, 4.33 GiB English audio @ 3086 kbps

    - Extended disc 1: 59.2 GiB video @ 66.3 Mbps, 2.66 GiB English audio @ 2985 kbps

    - Extended disc 2: 61.5 GiB video @ 64.9 Mbps, 2.80 GiB English audio @ 2957 kbps




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