Blu-ray Sales, October 1-7: Pirates Travel Past Other Titles

Home

Blu-ray Sales, October 1-7: Pirates Travel Past Other Titles

Posted October 15, 2017 09:37 AM by Josh Katz

For the week that ended on October 7th, Walt Disney Home Entertainment's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales debuted at the top of the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media charts. The newest entry in the popular Pirates of the Caribbean series, Dead Men Tell No Tales did not make the same critical and commercial impact as many of its predecessors. The film garnered low critical notices (a Metacritic rating of 39%) and then went on to gross $172 million domestically on top of its estimated $230-million production budget (in fairness, the film did much better overseas, earning an additional $622 million in non-North American markets). This week, Dead Men Tell No Tales had a very strong Blu-ray market share of 78%.

Next up on the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media rankings was Paramount Home Media Distribution's Transformers: The Last Knight.Director Michael Bay's action extravaganza struggled to connect with viewers far more than the other features in the Transformers franchise did. After its premiere last June, the film scored very poor critical notices (a Metacritic rating of 28%) and then went on to gross $130 million domestically on top of its estimated $217-million production budget. The Last Knight had a good HD market share of 65% and sold 82% as many Blu-rays as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and 34% as many total units.

Finally, Warner Home Entertainment's release of Wonder Woman filled out the top-three spots on the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media sales lists. A standalone adventure designed to showcase Gal Gadot's Amazon warrior, Wonder Woman quickly became Warner and DC's most beloved superhero fantasy since the release of Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy. After its premiere last June, the film scored good critical notices (a Metacritic rating of 76%) and then went on to gross over $820 million worldwide on top of its estimated $149-million production budget. On the Blu-ray-only list, Wonder Woman had a solid HD market share of 62% and sold 24% as many Blu-rays as Dead Men Tell No Tales. Regarding the overall package-media chart, the Warner/DC feature sold 30% as many total units as the latest Pirates of the Caribbean installment.

Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 10/07/17:
  1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
  2. Transformers: The Last Knight
  3. Wonder Woman
  4. Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2
  5. Cult of Chucky
  6. Hocus Pocus
  7. The Mummy
  8. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
  9. The Lion King
  10. 47 Meters Down
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 10/07/17 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
  1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (78%)
  2. Transformers: The Last Knight (65%)
  3. Wonder Woman (62%)
  4. Hocus Pocus (22%)
  5. Cult of Chucky (47%)
Top Five Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 10/07/17 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Hotel Transylvania 3D (1%)
  2. Transformers: The Last Knight 3D (1%)
  3. Kong: Skull Island 3D (1%)
  4. Wonder Woman 3D (1%)
  5. Sing 3D (1%)
Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 10/07/17 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Alien: Covenant 4K (11%)
  2. John Wick: Chapter 2 4K (11%)
  3. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial 4K (11%)
  4. The Fate of the Furious 4K (10%)
  5. Kong: Skull Island 4K (9%)