Blu-ray Sales, Feb. 29-Mar. 6: Creed Knocks Out The Good Dinosaur

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Blu-ray Sales, Feb. 29-Mar. 6: Creed Knocks Out The Good Dinosaur

Posted March 10, 2016 10:05 AM by Josh Katz

For the week that ended on March 6th, Warner and MGM Home Entertainment's Creed went to the top of the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media sales lists. Director Ryan Coogler's boxing drama, the seventh in the Rocky franchise, was a sleeper hit for its distributors last fall. This modestly budgeted feature grossed $109 million domestically on top of its estimated $35-million production budget, and it impressed critics as well, scoring an 82% favorability rating on Metacritic and netting an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. This week, Creed had a Blu-ray market share of 44%.

Next on the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media charts was Pixar and Walt Disney Home Entertainment's The Good Dinosaur. An animated adventure about the friendship between a scared dinosaur and a feral caveboy, The Good Dinosaur failed to make the commercial and critical impact of the studios' Academy Award-winning hit Inside Out. The film only grossed about $122 million domestically, and it also didn't connect strongly with critics, generating an unspectacular a 66% Metacritic score. On the Blu-ray-only list, The Good Dinosaur had a Blu-ray market share of 51% and sold 76% as many Blu-rays and 66% as many total units as Creed.

Finally, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's The Night Before rounded out the top three positions on the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media rankings. This raunchy holiday comedy - the second collaboration between director Jonathan Levine and actors Seth Rogen & Joseph Gordon-Levitt - netted Sony a modest success last November. The film grossed $52 million worldwide on top of its $25-million production budget, and it generated only a 58% score on Metacritic. In terms of the Blu-ray-only rankings, The Night Before had a Blu-ray market share of 40% and sold 18% as many Blu-rays and 20% as many total units as the crowd-pleasing boxing picture.

Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 03/06/15:
  1. Creed
  2. The Good Dinosaur
  3. The Night Before
  4. Spectre
  5. Spotlight
  6. The Martian
  7. Room
  8. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  9. Legend
  10. Black Mass
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 03/06/15 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
  1. Creed (44%)
  2. The Good Dinosaur (51%)
  3. The Night Before (40%)
  4. Spectre (53%)
  5. Spotlight (50%)
Top Five Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 03/06/15 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Avengers: Age of Ultron 3D (15%)
  2. Ant-Man 3D (13%)
  3. The Martian 3D (8%)
  4. Mad Max: Fury Road 3D (6%)
  5. Jurassic World 3D (6%)