For the week that ended on July 28th, Warner Bros again scored the top film on the Blu-ray-only and overall home media sales charts with its release of
42. This was the second consecutive week that director Brian Helgeland's Jackie Robinson biopic dominated small-screen package media, and its success here continues the good fortune that began during its theatrical run; last April, the estimated $40 million drama
grossed over $95 million domestically and scored a generally positive
Metacritic ranking of 62%. Only its Blu-ray totals dipped, as its HD market share dropped from 34% to 25%.
Likewise, in second place on the Blu-ray-only ranking was last week's second-place winner: the Sony title
Evil Dead. This graphically violent remake of
Sam Raimi's 1981 cult classic grossed over $54 million domestically on top of its projected $17 million budget and generated reasonably enthusiastic critical notices with its
Metacritic score of 57%. On the the Blu-ray-only chart,
Evil Dead sold 54% as many copies as
42 and had a higher Blu-ray market share of 39%. On the overall package media list, the supernatural thriller came in third place - the Disney Channel musical
Teen Beach Movie took second place - and it sold 35% as many total units as the sports picture.
Finally, Universal Studios'
Despicable Me returned to the top three to close out the third spot on the Blu-ray-only list. Over the last few weeks,
Despicable Me has re-emerged on the home media charts thanks to viewer anticipation for
its most recent sequel, which NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke recently called
"the single most profitable film in the 100-year history of Universal Studios." That film has, to date,
made over $666 million worldwide, while
Despicable Me's package media figures helped to pad out
its own already-generous worldwide box-office haul of $543 million. On the the Blu-ray-only chart, the Steve Carell-starring CGI comedy sold 39% as many copies as
42 (and had a Blu-ray market share of 30%), and on the overall package media list, where it came in fourth place, it sold 33% as many total units as
42.
Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 07/28/13:
- 42
- Evil Dead
- Despicable Me
- Vehicle 19
- Oz the Great and Powerful
- Bullet to the Head
- The Host
- Red
- Identity Thief
- Dead Man Down
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 07/28/13 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
- 42 (25%)
- Teen Beach Movie (DVD only)
- Evil Dead (39%)
- Despicable Me (30%)
- Vehicle 19 (24%)
Top Five Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 07/28/13 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D (13%)
- Jack the Giant Slayer 3D (8%)
- Monsters, Inc. 3D (7%)
- Oz the Great and Powerful 3D (6%)
- Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D (5%)