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Blu-ray Sales: August 16-22: Project Hail Mary Grabs Achilles' Heel in Week Two
Posted August 31, 2026 06:34 PM by Sean Greenwood
For the week that ended on August 22nd, Alliance Entertainment's Project Hail Mary topped the Blu-ray-only, overall packaged media and 4K UHD charts for the second week in a row. Second place went to Troy, which was released on remastered Blu-ray and 4K UHD by Arrow Video, while third place on the Blu-ray-only chart went to Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's Obsession (2025).
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This Week on Blu-ray: August 31-September 6
Posted August 31, 2026 08:24 AM by Sean Greenwood
For the week of August 31st, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release 28 Days Later on 4K UHD. New releases include the anime series Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc (2025) from Crunchyroll and Dry Leaf from Cinema Guild. Catalog titles on Blu-ray include Ten Women in Black and The Magnificent Cuckold from Radiance Films, while catalog titles on 4K UHD include The Hot Spot from Radiance and Tekkonkinkreet from Shout Factory and GKIDS.
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Scream Factory and Shout Factory Announce November Releases
Posted August 31, 2026 06:08 AM by Webmaster
Scream Factory and Shout Factory have announced their November batch of releases. They are: The Chow Yun-Fat Collection Volume One, The Family Man (2000), Women in Prison Collection (1971-1985), and The Transformers: The Movie (1986).
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Ice Cream Man 4K Blu-ray
Posted August 27, 2026 06:26 AM by Webmaster
Alliance Entertainment is preparing 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases of Eli Roth's Ice Cream Man (2026), starring Ari Millen, Charlie Zeltzer, Shiloh O'Reilly, Sarah Abbott, and Benjamin Byron Davis. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on October 20.
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The Rock 30th Anniversary 4K Blu-ray
Posted August 20, 2026 05:56 PM by Webmaster
Twentieth Century Studios plans to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Bay's The Rock (1996) with a new combo pack release, which is expected to arrive on the market before the end of the year.
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Midnight Son
Posted November 22, 2012 04:39 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Monster Pictures have sent us a trailer and stills for Midnight Son. Directed by Scott Leberecht, a well-known name on the festival circuit, Midnight Son is a twisting, terrifying tale of vampirism and humanity and how the two conditions can intertwine.
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Thomas Vinterberg's The Hunt Gets UK Release Date
Posted November 22, 2012 04:22 PM by Webmaster
Arrow Film have revealed that they are planning to bring to Blu-ray Danish director Thomas Vinterberg's drama Jagten a.k.a The Hunt (2012), starring Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen and Annika Wedderkopp. The preliminary release date set by the distributors is March 25th.
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Blu-ray Sales, November 12-18: Brave Rides to Number One
Posted November 22, 2012 07:49 AM by Josh Katz
For the week ending on November 18th, Walt Disney Home Entertainment's Brave topped the Blu-ray-only and overall package media charts. The latest release from Pixar Animation Studios, Brave had a slightly underwhelming theatrical showing when it premiered last summer. However, its strong initial showing on home media - the title had an HD market share of 51% - suggests the possibility of a second life for Brave.
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Thanksgiving Blu-ray Sale, Movies as Low as $3.99
Posted November 22, 2012 04:30 AM by Webmaster
Amazon has released another huge wave of price drops, this time even bigger than Sunday's price drops. Titles include: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows $3.99, The Cabin in the Woods $7.99, Snow White and the Huntsman $7.99, Iron Man 2 $3.99, Salt $3.99, Captain America $7.99, Thor $8.96, Wrath of the Titans $3.99, Pulp Fiction $3.99, The Crow $3.99, Kill Bill 1 $3.99, Kill Bill 2 $3.99, Prometheus $10, Transformers Dark of the Moon $6.96 and many more.
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Westworld Blu-ray
Posted November 22, 2012 04:28 AM by Webmaster
Warner Bros. has announced the Blu-ray release of writer/director Michael Crichton's Westworld, starring Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Alan Oppenheimer and Dick Van Patten. The 1973 sci-fi western saunters onto Blu-ray on March 5, 2013.
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For a Good Time, Call... Blu-ray
Posted November 22, 2012 03:52 AM by Webmaster
Universal Studios Home Entertainment is bringing For a Good Time, Call... to Blu-ray early next year. Ari Graynor and Lauren Anne Miller star as roommates working as phone-sex operators. First-time feature film director Jamie Travis' indie comedy comes to Blu-ray on January 22, 2013.
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Ripper Street Blu-ray
Posted November 22, 2012 03:45 AM by Webmaster
BBC Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of Ripper Street, the compelling new BBC America crime drama set in the backstreets of Victorian London. The series stars Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg and MyAnna Buring, and slices its way onto Blu-ray on March 12, 2013.
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End of Watch Blu-ray
Posted November 22, 2012 03:38 AM by Webmaster
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has officially announced and detailed the Blu-ray release of writer/director David Ayer's End of Watch, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña as a pair of LAPD officers patrolling one of the city's most violent, gang-ridden areas. End of Watch arrives on Blu-ray on January 22, 2013.
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The Titfield Thunderbolt: 60th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray
Posted November 21, 2012 05:42 PM by Webmaster
StudioCanal have announced that they will bring to Blu-ray Charles Crichton's classic comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953), starring Stanley Holloway, George Relph and Naunton Wayne. The release will be available for purchase on January 14th.
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American Mary Blu-ray
Posted November 21, 2012 04:50 PM by Webmaster
The UK branch of Universal Studios Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray Jen and Sylvia Soska's horror thriller American Mary (2012). starring Katharine Isabelle, Antonio Cupo and Tristan Risk. The release will be available for purchase online and in shops across the United Kingdom on January 21.
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Trailer and Stills for Epic
Posted November 21, 2012 04:28 PM by Webmaster
The UK branch of 20th Century Fox has sent us a brand new trailer and new images for the forthcoming animated feature Epic, which will arrive in cinemas in May 2013. Produced by the creators of Ice Age and Rio, Epic will reveal a hidden world unlike any other in an all new 3D CG action-adventure comedy.
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Upcoming Horror Titles Detailed
Posted November 20, 2012 10:23 PM by Webmaster
Scream Factory, the horror-thriller offshoot of independent film distributor Shout Factory, has detailed its upcoming combo pack editions of Renny Harlin's Prison, Ted Nicolaou's TerrorVision, and Robert Scott's The Video Dead. Street date is February 19th.
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The Lookout Blu-ray
Posted November 20, 2012 07:35 PM by Webmaster
StudioCanal have announced that they will release on Blu-ray Italian director Michele Placido's Le guetteur a.k.a The Lookout (2012), starring Daniel Auteuil, Mathieu Kassovitz and Olivier Gourmet. The release will be available for purchase in France on January 8th.
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The Late Mathias Pascal Blu-ray
Posted November 20, 2012 06:39 PM by Webmaster
Independent distributors Flicker Alley will release on Blu-ray director Marcel L'Herbier's The Late Mathias Pascal a.k.a The Living Dead Man (1926), starring Ivan Mozzhukhin, Marcelle Pradot and Michel Simon. The release will be available for purchase on January 15th.
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Rise of the Footsoldier - Extreme Extended Edition Blu-ray
Posted November 20, 2012 05:16 PM by Webmaster
StudioCanal have officially announced and detailed their upcoming Limited Edition Double Play SteelBook edition of Julian Gilbey's Rise of he Footsoldier (2007), starring Ricci Harnett, Terry Stone and Craig Fairbrass. The release will be available for purchase on December 24th.
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The Killing Series III & Trilogy Box Set
Posted November 20, 2012 04:56 PM by Webmaster
Arrow Film’s Nordic Noir label has confirmed the long awaited return of all conquering Danish-crime drama The Killing (Forbrydelsen). Sarah Lund and Co. return for a third and final time on Monday December 17th as The Killing Series III is released on Blu-ray just in time for Christmas.
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Forced to Fight Blu-ray
Posted November 20, 2012 01:33 PM by Webmaster
Image Entertainment has announced the upcoming Blu-ray release of the action thriller Forced to Fight starring Peter Weller (Robocop, Dexter) and former world kick-boxing champion Gary Daniels (The Expendables). The disc streets on December 18th.
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Pitch Perfect Blu-ray
Posted November 20, 2012 12:55 PM by Webmaster
This holiday season, Universal Studios Home Entertainment is releasing director Jason Moore's Pitch Perfect, starring Anna Kendrick, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow and Rebel Wilson. The irreverent musical comedy arrives on Blu-ray via a BD/DVD/UltraViolet digital copy Combo Pack on December 18th.
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Amazon: Save $5 off $25 (Expired)
Posted November 19, 2012 06:57 PM by Tony Sanchez
Online retailer Amazon has announced a new savings offer in celebration of Black Friday Week. From November 19th through November 21st, save $5 off you next $25 purchase. Quantities are limited and a Facebook account is required.
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Hotel Transylvania Blu-ray
Posted November 19, 2012 06:56 PM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has detailed its upcoming 2D and 3D Blu-ray releases of director Genndy Tartakovsky's comedy Hotel Transylvania (2012), featuring the voices of Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Andy Samberg. The releases will be available for purchase on January 29th.
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Blu-ray 3D Titles on Sale for $14.99 at Amazon
Posted November 19, 2012 06:04 PM by Tony Sanchez
Amazon recently reduced the prices of many popular Blu-ray 3D titles to $14.99. This unannounced sale can expire at any time. Titles in the offer include: Prometheus 3D, Titanic 3D, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 3D, I, Robot 3D, Transformers: Dark of the Moon 3D, The Adventures of Tintin 3D, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax 3D, and many more. Complete list of titles inside.
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Seven Psychopaths Blu-ray
Posted November 19, 2012 04:40 PM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will bring to Blu-ray Martin McDonagh's (In Bruges) Seven Psychopaths (2012), starring Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Olga Kurylenko, Abbie Cornish, and Tom Waits. Street date is January 29th.
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Movie 43 Red Band Trailer
Posted November 19, 2012 03:46 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Momentum Pictures have sent us a new red band trailer and stills for Movie 43 (2013), starring Emma Stone, Stephen Merchant and Richard Gere, Gerard Butler, Kate Winslet, Naomi Watts, Uma Thurman, Liev Schreiber, and Terrence Howard.
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I, Anna
Posted November 19, 2012 03:20 PM by Webmaster
On December 7th, independent British distributors Artificial Eye will release theatrically director Barnaby Southcombe's thriller I, Anna (2012), starring Charlotte Rampling, Gabriel Byrne and Hayley Atwell. Earlier this year, the film won Most Popular International First Feature Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
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Looper Blu-ray
Posted November 19, 2012 03:05 PM by Webmaster
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will bring to Blu-ray director Rian Johnson's futuristic action film Looper (2012), starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Jeff Daniels and Emily Blunt. The preliminary release date set by the studio is December 31.
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Berberian Sound Studio Blu-ray (Updated)
Posted November 19, 2012 02:13 PM by Webmaster
Independent British distributors Artificial Eye will release on Blu-ray director Peter Strickland's second feature film Berberian Sound Studio (2012), starring Toby Jones, Tonia Sotiropoulou and Cosimo Fusco. The film will be available to purchase online and in shops across the United Kingdom on December 10th.
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Amazon Blu-ray Deals of the Week: Planet of the Apes, Homeland, and Once Upon a Time (Expired)
Posted November 18, 2012 08:21 AM by Josh Katz
In addition to the Lightning and Black Friday deals scheduled this week, Amazon is holding its standard Blu-ray Deals of the Week. Through November 24th, these sales affect Twentieth Century Fox's Planet Of The Apes Collection as well as Fox's Homeland: The Complete First Season package and Season One of Disney's Once Upon a Time. These deals expire at 12 AM PST/3 AM EST next Sunday, November 25th.
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This Week on Blu-ray: November 20-27
Posted November 17, 2012 09:56 PM by Josh Katz
One of the week's most highly anticipated Blu-ray releases is also one of its most notorious: Heaven's Gate. In distributing director Michael Cimino's epic follow-up to his Academy Award-winning The Deer Hunter, the Criterion Collection is giving viewers a chance to re-examine one of the maligned films ever made.
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Keep the Lights On Blu-ray
Posted November 16, 2012 10:26 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Peccadillo Pictures will release on Blu-ray director Ira Sachs's Keep the Lights On (2012), starring Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth and Julianne Nicholson. The release will be available for purchase online and in shops across the United Kingdom on January 28th.
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Black Friday, Deals Tool and Price Tracking
Posted November 16, 2012 06:05 PM by Webmaster
The last couple of years Black Friday has been extended to a longer deals period called "Black Friday Week" (starts on Monday 19th) and ends with Cyber Monday (first Monday after Thanksgiving, November 26th). To get the most out of this year's Black Friday Week we would like to recommend our Deals Tool to filter out the best deals.