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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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First Look at Diego Luna's Chavez
Posted November 4, 2013 05:19 PM by Webmaster
Pantelion Films has released a brand new trailer for actor/director Diego Luna's new film Chavez (2013), starring Michael Peņa, John Malkovich, Rosario Dawson, Gabriel Mann, America Ferrera, and Jacob Vargas. The film is set to open in theaters across the United States on April 4, 2014.
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Battle of the Damned Blu-ray
Posted November 4, 2013 04:48 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Entertainment One have officially announced that they will bring to Blu-ray Christopher Hatton's new film Battle of the Damned (2013), starring Dolph Lundgren, Matt Doran, David Field, Melanie Zanetti, and Jen Sung. The release will be available for purchase online and in shops across the United Kingdom on December 26th.
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Angels Sing Blu-ray
Posted November 4, 2013 04:25 PM by Webmaster
Lionsgate Films has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray Tim McCanlies' Angels Sing a.k.a When Angels Sing (2013), starring Harry Connick Jr., Connie Britton, Fionnula Flanagan Chandler Canterbury, Lyle Lovett, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, and Dana Wheeler-Nicholson. The release will be available for purchase in the United States on December 10th.
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As I Lay Dying Blu-ray
Posted November 4, 2013 04:11 PM by Webmaster
German distributors Splendid Film/WVG Medien GmbH will release on Blu-ray James Franco's As I Lay Dying (2013), starring Tim Blake Nelson, Jim Parrack, Ahna O'Reilly, Logan Marshall-Green, and James Franco. The release will be available for purchase in Germany on January 31.
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Insidious: Chapter 2 Blu-ray
Posted November 4, 2013 03:53 PM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release on Blu-ray James Wan's Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013), starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey, and Lin Shaye. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on December 24th.
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Don Jon Blu-ray
Posted November 4, 2013 03:40 PM by Webmaster
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release on Blu-ray director Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Don Jon (2013), starring Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Glenne Headly, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the United States on December 31.
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Black Friday, Deals Tool and Price Tracking
Posted November 4, 2013 08:15 AM by Webmaster
The last couple of years Black Friday has been extended to a longer deals period called "Black Friday Week" (starts on Monday 25th) and ends with Cyber Monday (first Monday after Thanksgiving, December 2nd). This means that you should typically see a lot of great price drops the first day of Black Friday Week, Monday 25th, then more price drops during the week and then more great price drops on Black Friday and then some additional price drops on Cyber Monday.
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Amazon Blu-ray Deal of the Week: Selected Fox Bundles
Posted November 3, 2013 08:09 AM by Josh Katz
Amazon's Blu-ray Deal of the Week affects selected films from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. The seven sale packages include The Coen Brothers Collection, Sons of Anarchy, and the nine-film Marvel Bundle. Through November 9th, Amazon is offering each Blu-ray set for 61% - 70% off its standard MSRP.
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This Week on Blu-ray: November 5-12
Posted November 2, 2013 09:43 PM by Josh Katz
For the week of November 5th, New Line and Warner Home Entertainment are bringing the extended version of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey to Blu-ray. Other titles include the sixth season of Mad Men, White House Down, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's Lovelace biopic, Brian De Palma's Passion, The Right Stuff, and the James Dean: Ultimate Collector's Edition set.
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Canadian Blu-ray Price Drops
Posted November 2, 2013 04:56 AM by Webmaster
Amazon Canada has started their Holiday Entertainment sale and has just lowered the prices on a lot of Blu-ray titles and double feature titles.
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Exclusive Giveaway: Parkland Blu-ray & Autographed Poster
Posted November 1, 2013 11:41 PM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and Millennium Entertainment are offering members the opportunity to win a Parkland prize pack that includes a Blu-ray copy of the film and a mini poster signed by director Peter Landesman and actors Zac Efron, Colin Hanks, and Jacki Weaver. The film recounts the chaotic events that occurred in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and arrives on Blu-ray on November 5th.
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Drafthouse and Cinedigm Acquire The Dog
Posted November 1, 2013 06:26 PM by Webmaster
Drafthouse Films and Cinedigm have acquired the North American distribution rights to Allison Berg and Frank Keraudre's documentary film The Dog (2013). Earlier this year, the film had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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The Darjeeling Limited Blu-ray
Posted November 1, 2013 05:53 PM by Webmaster
The UK branch of Twentieth Century Fox will bring to Blu-ray director Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited (2007), starring Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, and Barbet Schroeder. The release will be available for purchase online and in shops across the country on January 13th.
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Janus Releases U.S. Trailer for The Great Beauty
Posted November 1, 2013 05:28 PM by Webmaster
Janus Films has released the first official U.S. trailer for acclaimed Italian director Paolo Sorrentino's La grande bellezza a.k.a The Great Beauty (2013), starring Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, and Pamela Villoresi. The distributor plans the have the film in U.S. theater this fall.
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Upcoming BFI Releases
Posted November 1, 2013 05:12 PM by Webmaster
The British Film Institute has announced that it will add four titles to its Blu-ray and DVD catalog between January and February 2014: J.B.L. Noel's The Epic of Everest (1924), John Akomfrah's The Stuart Hall Project (2013), Claude Sautet's Classe tous risques (1960), and The British Transport Films Collection Volume 12: The Driving Force.
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The Cinema Guild Details Museum Hours
Posted November 1, 2013 04:51 PM by Webmaster
The Cinema Guild has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray director Jem Cohen's Museum Hours (2012), starring Mary Margaret O'Hara, Bobby Sommer, and Ela Piplits. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the United States on December 10th.
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Exclusive Giveaway: Intolerance
Posted November 1, 2013 12:18 PM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com and Cohen Film Collection are offering five members a chance to win a copy of Intolerance. This mammoth 1916 silent film is often included in lists of the most historically important films ever made. Intolerance arrives on Blu-ray restored and with an orchestral score by the celebrated composer Carl Davis, streeting November 5.
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Severin Films Prepping Rod Hardy's Thirst for Blu-ray
Posted November 1, 2013 05:36 AM by Webmaster
Independent U.S. distributors Severin Films have revealed that they are planning to bring to Blu-ray director Rod Hardy's thriller Thirst (1979), starring Chantal Contouri, Henry Silva, Shirley Cameron, Max Phipps, and David Hemmings. A preliminary release date is expected to be revealed soon.
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Amazon Gold Box Deal of the Day: Alien Anthology Blu-ray
Posted November 1, 2013 04:41 AM by Webmaster
Amazon's Blu-ray Gold Box Deal of the Day affects Alien Anthology, which includes Alien (1979), Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), and Alien: Resurrection (1997). The Blu-ray box set is available, today only, for a total of $19.99 (a 72% markdown from its SPR).
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First Look at The LEGO Movie
Posted October 31, 2013 05:41 PM by Webmaster
Warner Brothers has released a brand new trailer for The LEGO Movie (2014), directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Mille, and featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman and Alison Brie, with Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman. The film is set to open in theaters across the United States on February 7th, 2014.
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Cinedigm Acquires Rights to Easy Money Sequels
Posted October 31, 2013 05:29 PM by Webmaster
Cinedigm has acquired the North American distribution rights to Easy Money: Hard To Kill and Easy Money: Life Deluxe, both based on the novels by Swedish criminal defense lawyer and writer Jens Lapidus. The distributor plans theatrical and home video releases in 2014.
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Sleepaway Camp Blu-ray
Posted October 31, 2013 04:53 PM by Webmaster
Scream Factory, the horror-thriller offshoot of independent film distributor Shout Factory, has confirmed that it plans to bring to Blu-ray Robert Hiltzik's horror thriller Sleepaway Camp (1983), starring Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, and Karen Fields. The release is expected to arrive on the U.S. market in Spring 2014.
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Battle of the Year Blu-ray
Posted October 31, 2013 04:34 PM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has officially announced and detailed its upcoming 2D and 3D Blu-ray editions of director Benson Lee's Battle of the Year (2013). The releases will be available for purchase online and stores across the United States on December 10th.
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Synapse Acquires Rights to Dario Argento's Suspiria
Posted October 31, 2013 04:12 PM by Webmaster
Synapse Films has announced that it has acquired the U.S. home video rights to Italian director Dario Argento's cult film Suspiria (1977), starring Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Barbara Magnolfi, and Alida Valli. Synapse Films has also confirmed that it will work closely with Technicolor Rome and Technicolor Los Angeles to create an all-new high-definition 2K scan from the original negative for a possible 2014-15 video release.
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First Look at Kim Mordaunt's The Rocket
Posted October 31, 2013 03:58 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber has released an official U.S. trailer for director Kim Mordaunt's debut film The Rocket (2013), starring Sitthiphon Disamoe, Loungnam Kaosainam, Thep Phongam, and Alice Keohavong. The film opens on January 10 in New York City and on January 17 in Los Angeles, CA.
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Entertainment One Details Riddick
Posted October 31, 2013 03:48 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Entertainment One have officially announced and detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of director David Twohy's sci-fi thriller Riddick (2013), starring Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, and Katee Sackhoff. The release will be available for purchase online and in shops across the United Kingdom on January 13th, 2014.
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Only God Forgives Detailed (Updated)
Posted October 31, 2013 02:02 PM by Webmaster
Lionsgate Films has officially announced and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of acclaimed Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn's crime thriller Only God Forgives (2013), starring Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Vithaya Pansringarm. The release will be available for purchase in the United Kingdom on December 2.
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Exclusive Giveaway: Under the Dome
Posted October 31, 2013 09:52 AM by Webmaster
Blu-ray.com, Paramount Home Media Distribution and CBS Home Entertainment are offering two members the opportunity to win a copy of Under the Dome, the first season of the hit summer series based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. One grand prize winner will receive the Deluxe Amazon Exclusive set; two runners-up will receive the standard edition release. Under the Dome streets on November 5th.
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Girls und Panzer: OVA Specials Blu-ray
Posted October 31, 2013 09:31 AM by Webmaster
Section23 Films and Sentai Filmworks have announced the Blu-ray debut of Actas' Girls und Panzer: OVA Specials, a collection of six OVAs from director Tsutomu Mizushima. The followup to last year's Complete TV Series release arrives on Blu-ray on February 25, 2014.
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Blu-ray Sales, Oct. 21-27: The Conjuring Haunts the Top of the Charts
Posted October 30, 2013 11:25 PM by Josh Katz
For the week that ended on October 27th, New Line and Warner Home Entertainment's The Conjuring took the top spot on both the Blu-ray-only and overall package media charts. This supernatural chiller was one of 2013's biggest surprise hits - in additional to garnering respectable critics notices, the modestly-budgeted film grossed over $313 million worldwide.