For the week that ended on July 21st, Warner Bros scored the top film on the Blu-ray-only and overall home media sales charts with its release of
42. Director Brian Helgeland's biopic about iconic baseball player Jackie Robinson and his early struggles playing with the Brooklyn Dodgers was a surprise hit when it premiered last April; the modestly budgeted drama - it cost an estimated $40 million -
grossed over $95 million domestically and scored a generally positive
Metacritic ranking of 62%. In addition,
42 had a Blu-ray market share of 34%.
In second place on the Blu-ray-only and overall package media rankings was a Sony title, the supernatural horror film
Evil Dead. This graphically violent chiller - a remake of
Sam Raimi's 1981 cult classic of the same name - also found box-office success in April,
grossing over $97 million worldwide on top of its projected $17 million budget and generating reasonably enthusiastic critical notices (for the horror genre) with a
Metacritic score of 57%. On the the Blu-ray-only chart,
Evil Dead sold 66% as many copies as
42 (and had a higher Blu-ray market share of 50%), and on the overall package media list, it sold 45% as many total units as the family-friendly sports picture.
Finally, another Warner feature, the Sylvester Stallone actioner
Bullet to the Head, closed out the third spot on the overall package media and Blu-ray-only rankings. The thriller's reasonably healthy small-screen debut acts as somewhat of a corrective to its anemic theatrical run;
Bullet to the Head found little support from critics or audiences in February,
earning under $10 million domestically and a
48% rating on Metacritic. Last week, the movie sold 26% as many Blu-rays as
42 and had a Blu-ray market share of 35%. On the overall package media list, it sold 25% as many units as
42.
Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 07/21/13:
- 42
- Evil Dead
- Bullet to the Head
- Despicable Me
- Oz the Great and Powerful
- The Host
- Jack the Giant Slayer
- Dead Man Down
- Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
- Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 07/21/13 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
- 42 (34%)
- Evil Dead (50%)
- Bullet to the Head (35%)
- Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (11%)
- Despicable Me (29%)
Top Five Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 07/21/13 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D (13%)
- Monsters, Inc. 3D (9%)
- Jack the Giant Slayer 3D (8%)
- Oz the Great and Powerful 3D (5%)
- Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D (4%)