For the week that ended on November 10th, Pixar and Walt Disney Home Entertainment's
Monsters University remained at number one on both both the Blu-ray-only and overall package media charts. This prequel to the 2001 animated favorite
Monsters, Inc. 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 37%.
Next up on the Blu-ray-only sales rankings was Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's
White House Down. The second of this year's two "
Die Hard in the White House" features - the other being the R-rated
Olympus Has Fallen -
White House Down proved a costly flop for the studio and its director,
Independence Day helmer Roland Emmerich. The film, which had an estimated production budget of $150 million, grossed only
$73 million domestically and - as its
52% Metacritic score indicated - received middling critical notices. On the Blu-ray-only list,
White House Down sold 95% as many discs as
Monsters University (it also had a 41% HD market share), and on the overall package media chart,
White House Down came in third and sold 86% as many total units as the Pixar comedy.
Finally, another Sony title -
Grown Ups 2 - rounded out the top three spots on the Blu-ray-only media list. This Adam Sandler vehicle (the sequel to his hit 2010 comedy
Grown Ups) netted Sony a modest profit: even after receiving terrible reviews - it currently has
a Metacritic score of 19% - the $80-million movie made over
$246 million worldwide.
Grown Ups 2 had an HD market share of 31% and sold 74% as many Blu-rays as
Monsters University. Regarding the overall package media list, the second
Grown Ups stood in second place and sold 88% as many total units as
Monsters University.
Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 11/10/13:
- Monsters University
- White House Down
- Grown Ups 2
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- The Little Mermaid
- Pacific Rim
- Grown Ups / Grown Ups 2 (Wal-Mart Exclusive)
- R.I.P.D.
- The Heat
- White House Down / 2012 (Wal-Mart Exclusive)
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 11/10/13 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
- Monsters University (37%)
- Grown Ups 2 (31%)
- White House Down (41%)
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (64%)
- Duck Dynasty: I'm Dreaming Of A Redneck Christmas (DVD only)
Top Five Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 11/10/13 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- The Wizard of Oz 3D (12%)
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D (11%)
- Star Trek Into Darkness 3D (10%)
- Pacific Rim 3D (8%)
- Iron Man 3 3D (7%)