For the week that ended on April 24th, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment's
The Revenant premiered at the top of the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media sales lists. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu's brutal survival drama netted its distributors both critical and commercial plaudits last year.
The Revenant grossed over $521 million worldwide on top of its estimated $135-million production budget, and it scored a
76% favorability rating on Metacritic, a rating that helped translate the film's success into three Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Cinematography. This week,
The Revenant had a Blu-ray market share of 52%.
Next on the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media charts was Lucasfilm and Disney Home Entertainment's
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. The latest adventure in the iconic
Star Wars franchise made a huge commercial impact when it hit theaters last December.
The Force Awakens grossed over $2 billion worldwide on top of its estimated $245-million production budget, and it scored an
81% favorability rating on Metacritic. Furthermore, during its first week on home media,
The Force Awakens outsold its remaining nineteen Blu-ray and DVD competitors in the Top 20 VideoScan charts nearly five to one.
The Force Awakens had a Blu-ray market share of 68% and sold 73% as many Blu-rays and 56% as many total units as
The Revenant.
Finally, Well Go USA's
Ip Man 3 rounded out the top three positions on the Blu-ray-only and overall home-media rankings. The most recent installment in the
Ip Man Trilogy helped illustrate a stark discrepancy between domestic and international markets. While the film evinced a mediocre performance in North America this January, grossing
only about $2.6 million domestically (and garnering an okay
57% Metacritic score, it earned
more than $154 million in foreign territories.
Ip Man 3 had a Blu-ray market share of 48% and sold 9% as many Blu-rays and 10% as many total units as
The Revenant.
Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 04/24/15:
- The Revenant
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
- Ip Man 3
- The Hateful Eight
- Norm of the North
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
- Justice League vs Teen Titans
- Star Wars: Episodes IV-VI
- Star Wars: Episodes I-III
- Game of Thrones: The Complete Fifth Season
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 04/24/15 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
- The Revenant (52%)
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (68%)
- Ip Man 3 (48%)
- Norm of the North (36%)
- The Hateful Eight (50%)
Top Five Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 04/24/15 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- Avengers: Age of Ultron 3D (15%)
- Jurassic World 3D (13%)
- Ant-Man 3D (12%)
- In the Heart of the Sea 3D (5%)
- Point Break 3D (5%)
Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 04/24/15 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- The Martian 4K (4%)
- The Last Witch Hunter 4K (2%)
- The Revenant 4K (2%)
- Concussion 4K (2%)
- The Peanuts Movie 4K (1%)