For the week that ended on November 3rd, Pixar and Walt Disney Home Entertainment's
Monsters University took the top spot on both the Blu-ray-only and overall package media charts. The prequel to the 2001 animated favorite
Monsters, Inc., this family-friendly comedy performed strongly at the box-office last summer; despite an average
Metacritic score of 65%,
Monsters University grossed over $743 million worldwide. On home media, the film had an HD market share of 49%.
Monsters University dominated the media charts; nothing else came close in terms of sales figures. The week's second-place winner on the Blu-ray-only and overall home media sales rankings was Universal Studios'
R.I.P.D., and it only managed to sell 15% as many Blu-rays as
Monsters University and 17% as many total units. For the Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds-starring action-comedy, this loss is yet another chapter in
R.I.P.D.'s troubled history. The film, which had an estimated production budget of $130 million, grossed only
$78 million worldwide and - as its
25% Metacritic score indicated - received poor critical notices. Even its HD market share wasn't particularly notable: 44% of
R.I.P.D. copies sold came from the Blu-ray platform.
Finally, Disney's
The Little Mermaid rounded out the top three on the Blu-ray-only media list. The 1989 animated classic revitalized Disney's feature animation department and proved an enduring success for the studio - the film
made over $211 million worldwide (almost $400 million, when adjusted for inflation) and continues to attract new fans on the home media platform. One of the fall's most anticipated HD titles, this new
Little Mermaid Blu-ray had an HD market share of 100% and sold 8% as many discs as
Monsters University. Regarding the overall package media list, where
The Little Mermaid came in at eighth place (
The Heat took the number three spot), the Disney favorite sold 4% as many total units as
Monsters University.
Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 11/03/13:
- Monsters University
- R.I.P.D.
- The Little Mermaid
- The Heat
- Pacific Rim
- The Conjuring
- The Croods
- The Internship
- Iron Man 3
- World War Z
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 11/03/13 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
- Monsters University (49%)
- R.I.P.D. (44%)
- The Heat (26%)
- The Conjuring (29%)
- The Croods (30%)
Top Five Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 11/03/13 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- The Wizard of Oz 3D (12%)
- Pacific Rim 3D (9%)
- Star Trek Into Darkness 3D (9%)
- Coraline 3D (6%)
- Iron Man 3 3D (6%)