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Blu-ray Sales: October 25-31: Masters of the Universe Not Frightened by Frankenstein
Posted November 9, 2026 03:22 PM by Sean Greenwood
For the week that ended on October 31st, Alliance Entertainment's Masters of the Universe (2026) remained atop the Blu-ray-only, overall packaged media and 4K UHD charts in its second week, fending off the Criterion Collection's new release of Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (2025), which took second place. Third place on all charts went to The Frighteners, which was released on remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD by Arrow Video this week.
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This Week on Blu-ray: November 9-15
Posted November 8, 2026 07:48 PM by Sean Greenwood
For the week of November 9th, the Criterion Collection will release Blue Heron on Blu-ray, as well as Shoot the Piano Player and Marie Antoinette (2006) on Blu-ray and 4K UHD. Other new releases include The Apothecary Diaries: Season 2 from Crunchyroll, Call of the Night: Season 2 from Sentai Filmworks and Mad Bills to Pay from Oscilloscope Laboratories. Catalog titles include Blu-rays for Lock Up: Season 1, Volume 1 from ClassicFlix and Miranda from Cult Films, as well as 4K UHD releases for Planet of the Vampires from Radiance Films, Above the Law from Toy Robot Video, Four Rooms from Kino Lorber, Con Air from Walt Disney Home Entertainment, Memoirs of a Geisha from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The Lovely Bones from Paramount Home Media Distribution and Paddington from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
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The Big Combo 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 6, 2026 05:54 AM by Webmaster
Ignite Films will issue standard 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray editions of Joseph H. Lewis' classic film noir The Big Combo (1955), starring Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace, and Robert Middleton. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on December 15.
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Resident Evil (2026) 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 3, 2026 06:31 PM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray Zach Cregger's Resident Evil (2026), starring Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, Paul Walter Hauser, and Will Merrick. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on December 29.
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Big Jake 55th Anniversary 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 3, 2026 06:30 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have detailed their upcoming 4K Blu-ray release of George Sherman's Big Jake (1971), starring John Wayne, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, and Bruce Cabot. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on January 19th.
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El Dorado 4K Blu-ray
Posted November 2, 2026 08:31 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have dated and detailed their upcoming 4K Blu-ray release of Howard Hawks' El Dorado (1966), starring John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan, Charlene Holt, and Paul Fix. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on January 26.
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Thor: The Dark World Blu-ray (Updated)
Posted January 2, 2014 09:02 PM by Webmaster
Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Home Entertainment have officially announced the 3D and 2D Blu-ray releases of director Alan Taylor's Thor: The Dark World, starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Stellan Skarsgård, Rene Russo, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Jaimie Alexander, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings and Tadanobu Asano. The sequel to Marvel's Thor arrives on February 25th.
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Upcoming Carlotta Films Releases
Posted January 2, 2014 06:01 PM by Webmaster
French label Carlotta Films has revealed a large list of titles that will enter its catalog in 2014. Amongst them are a number of films which have already been pre-announced for Blu-ray release, including Todd Haynes' Velvet Goldmine (1998), John Carpenter's Dark Star (1974), Joe Dante's The 'Burbs (1989), and legendary director Fritz Lang's Secret Beyond the Door (1947).
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The Armstrong Lie Blu-ray
Posted January 2, 2014 05:18 PM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release on Blu-ray director Alex Gibney's (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) documentary The Armstrong Lie (2013). The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on February 11th.
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Jean Rollin: The Vampire Films Blu-ray
Posted January 2, 2014 04:49 PM by Webmaster
In February, Redemption Films will release a box set with vampire films directed by French filmmaker Jean Rollin. The films in the box set are the previously released Rape of the Vampire, The Nude Vampire, Shiver of the Vampire and Requiem for a Vampire. The box set will be available for purchase on February 11th.
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Blu-ray Sales Up 10% in the UK
Posted January 2, 2014 04:08 PM by Webmaster
According to new data released by the British Video Association (BVA), in 2013 Blu-ray sales increased 10% in the United Kingdom. More importantly, the data shows that the video entertainment market in the country is dominated by physical formats. Throughout the year, traditional and online retailers sold more than 162.2 million discs, representing a total of 73% of the country's video retail and rental sectors by value.
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The Andy Griffith Show First Season Blu-ray
Posted December 31, 2013 08:12 AM by Webmaster
CBS and Paramount Home Entertainment have officially announced the Blu-ray release of The Andy Griffith Show: Season 1, which features the first 32 episodes of the classic television series Andy Griffith, Ron Howard, Don Knotts and Frances Bavier. The 4-disc set arrives on Blu-ray on April 8, 2014.
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Dogs Blu-ray
Posted December 30, 2013 04:48 PM by Webmaster
Independent distributors Scorpion Releasing have announced that they will bring to Blu-ray director Burt Brinckerhoff's Dogs (1976), starring David McCallum, Sandra McCabe, George Wyner, and Linda Gray. The release will be available for purchase on March 11, 2014.
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The Best Theatrical Releases of 2013
Posted December 29, 2013 04:50 PM by Brian Orndorf
Survival in space, the trouble with teens, a disastrous family gathering, Somali pirates, Robert Redford vs. the World, Midwestern sweepstakes blues, Sarah Polley's family album, horrific Danish accusations, Woody Allen rides a streetcar, and the pit wants what it wants. Brian Orndorf takes a look at the Best Films of 2013.
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Amazon Blu-ray Deal of the Week: Selected Fox 3D Blu-rays (Expired)
Posted December 29, 2013 10:13 AM by Josh Katz
Amazon's Blu-ray Deal of the Week affects selected 3D Blu-rays from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. The nine sale items include Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, and Prometheus. Through January 4th, Amazon is offering each Blu-ray for 50% - 70% off its standard MSRP.
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This Week on Blu-ray: December 31-January 7
Posted December 29, 2013 09:41 AM by Josh Katz
For the week of December 31st, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment streets Joseph Gordon-Levitt's wonderful Don Jon on Blu-ray. Other titles include Millennium Home Entertainment's Hell Baby and Ninja II, and Sony's Insidious: Chapter 2.
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Blu-ray Sales Set New Record
Posted December 28, 2013 02:34 AM by Webmaster
Following an impressive surge during Black Friday, Blu-ray sales have set a new record. For the week ending 12/14/13, consumers generated $127.10 million in Blu-ray revenue, up 15.7% from the same week last year.
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Star Trek Enterprise: Season Four Blu-ray
Posted December 28, 2013 01:55 AM by Webmaster
Paramount Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of Star Trek: Enterprise - Season Four and issued a trailer for the set. The series' fourth season stars Scott Bakula, Jolene Blalock, Connor Trinneer, Dominic Keating, John Billingsley, Anthony Montgomery and Linda Park, and arrives on April 1, 2014.
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To Love Ru: Complete Collection Blu-ray
Posted December 28, 2013 01:53 AM by Webmaster
Section23 Films and Sentai Filmworks will release Xebec and director Takao Kato's To Love Ru: on Blu-ray next year. The 26-episode first season of Kato's anime comedy is set to arrive on Blu-ray on March 18, 2014.
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Ranma ½ Blu-ray Plans Detailed
Posted December 27, 2013 03:01 AM by Webmaster
VIZ Media has revealed its plans for the Blu-ray releases of celebrated martial arts action-adventure anime series Ranma ½, the first 23 episodes of which arrive on March 25th via a special 3-disc Limited Edition Blu-ray box set. Extensive bonus features, premium packaging and a 64-page booklet will be included. Six additional releases will follow, although street dates have yet to be set.
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Jormungand: Perfect Order Blu-ray
Posted December 27, 2013 02:40 AM by Webmaster
FUNimation Entertainment has detailed the Blu-ray release of Jormungand: Perfect Order. The second season of White Fox Studios and director Keitaro Motonaga's anime series is based on Keitaro Takahashi's New York Times best-selling manga of the same name, and streets on February 18, 2014.
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I Love Lucy: Ultimate Season 1 Blu-ray
Posted December 24, 2013 12:36 AM by Webmaster
CBS and Paramount Home Entertainment have officially announced the Blu-ray release of I Love Lucy: Ultimate Season 1, which features the first 35 episodes of the beloved classic television show starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as Lucy and Ricky Ricardo and William Frawley and Vivian Vance as Fred and Ethel Mertz. The set arrives on Blu-ray on April 8, 2014.
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Fairy Tail Part 8 & 9 Blu-rays
Posted December 24, 2013 12:20 AM by Webmaster
FUNimation Entertainment has detailed the Blu-ray release of Fairy Tail: Part 8, due on February 4, 2014, and Part 9, set to arrive a month later, on March 25th. The next two installments of the anime series feature episodes 85-108, and each Blu-ray/DVD combo pack includes a number of special features.
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Exclusive Giveaway: MacGillivray Freeman 50th Anniversary Box
Posted December 23, 2013 11:58 PM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and Image Entertainment are offering members the opportunity to win a copy of the MacGillivray Freeman 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Gift Set, which includes ten IMAX adventure documentaries. The box set and individual features are already available for purchase.
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Last Vegas Blu-ray
Posted December 23, 2013 07:15 PM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release on Blu-ray Jon Turteltaub's comedy Last Vegas (2013), starring Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline, and Mary Steenburgen. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on January 28th.
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First Look at Craig Gillespie's Million Dollar Arm
Posted December 23, 2013 06:34 PM by Webmaster
Disney has released the first official trailer for director Craig Gillespie's latest project, Million Dollar Arm (2014), starring Jon Hamm, Bill Paxton, Lake Bell, Alan Arkin, Aasif Mandvi, and Suraj Sharma. The film is set to open in theaters across the United States on May 16, 2014.
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Second Sight Prepping Brian Yuzna's Society for Blu-ray
Posted December 23, 2013 06:03 PM by Webmaster
Independent British distributors Second Sight Films have revealed that they are preparing for Blu-ray director Brian Yuzna's Society (1989), starring Billy Warlock, Devin DeVasquez, Ben Meyerson, and Evan Richards. A preliminary street date for this upcoming release has not yet been revealed.
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Dracula 3D (Dario Argento) Blu-ray
Posted December 23, 2013 05:45 PM by Webmaster
IFC Films and MPI Home Video have officially announced that they will release on Blu-ray Italian director Dario Argento's Dracula 3D (2012), starring Thomas Kretschmann, Marta Gastini, Asia Argento, Rutger Hauer, Miriam Giovanelli, and Unax Ugalde. The release will be available for purchase on January 28th.
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Third Window Acquire New Takashi Miike and Eiji Uchida Films
Posted December 23, 2013 05:22 PM by Webmaster
Independent British distributors Third Window Films have acquired two new Japanese films: Takashi Miike's Lesson of the Evil (2012), starring Ruth Sundell, Takayuki Yamada, and Saki Takaoka, and Eiji Uchida's Greatful Dead (2013), starring Aira, Itsuji Itao, and Kkobbi Kim.
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Gareth Evans' The Raid 2 to Premiere at Sundance
Posted December 23, 2013 05:02 PM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures Classics and Stage 6 Films announced today that director Gareth Evans' The Raid 2 a.k.a The Raid 2: Berandal (2013) will have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21. The film stars Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Raiden Integra, Donny Alamsyah, Tio Pakusodewo, and Ryûhei Matsuda.
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Roger Michell's Le Week-End Detailed
Posted December 23, 2013 04:34 PM by Webmaster
Curzon Film World, Artificial Eye's sister label, has officially announced and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of director Roger Michell's Le Week-End (2013), starring Jeff Goldblum, Jim Broadbent, and Lindsay Duncan. The release will be available for purchase on February 10th.
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Saudi Arabia's First Oscar Entry Gets U.S. Release Date
Posted December 23, 2013 04:31 AM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has revealed that it plans to bring to Blu-ray director Haifaa Al-Mansour's film Wadjda (2012). The release will be available for purchase on February 11, 2014.
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Fast & Furious 7 Gets New Release Date
Posted December 23, 2013 04:18 AM by Webmaster
Universal Studios will release director James Wan's Fast & Furious 7 in theaters across the United States on April 10, 2015. Actor Vin Diesel revealed the new release date Sunday night on Facebook. The film stars Diesel, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, and the late Paul Walker.
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Amazon Blu-ray Deals of the Week: Clint Eastwood and Spartacus (Expired)
Posted December 22, 2013 07:16 PM by Josh Katz
Amazon's Blu-ray Deals of the Week affect Warner's Clint Eastwood Twenty-Film Collection set and Starz's Spartacus: Seasons 1-4 bundle. Through December 28th, Amazon is offering each for a 56% and 74% - respectively - discount from their respective MSRPs.
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Exclusive Giveaway: CBGB Blu-ray & Autographed Poster
Posted December 21, 2013 01:07 AM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and XLrator Media are offering five members the opportunity to win a CBGB prize pack that includes a Blu-ray copy of the film and a poster signed by director Randall Miller and actors Johnny Galecki, Ashley Greene and Joel David Moore. CBGB releases on Blu-ray on December 31st.
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Harry Potter Hogwarts Collection Blu-ray
Posted December 21, 2013 12:53 AM by Webmaster
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has revealed the Blu-ray release of the Harry Potter Hogwarts Collection, a new 31-disc box set that features all eight Harry Potter films and more than 37 hours of bonus content, including the "Creating the World of Harry Potter" HD documentary series. The Hogwarts Collection is set to arrive on February 25, 2014.