Blu-ray Sales, February 3-10: Bad Moms Rage At Number One

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Blu-ray Sales, February 3-10: Bad Moms Rage At Number One

Posted February 17, 2018 09:42 PM by Josh Katz

For the week that ended on February 10th, Universal Studios Home Entertainment's A Bad Moms Christmas debuted at the top of the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media charts. The sequel to the 2016 sleeper hit Bad Moms proved a modest success last year. While the picture scored mediocre critical ratings (note its Metacritic rating of 42%), audiences largely welcomed the feature, as evinced by the film's $72-million domestic gross on top of its estimated $28-million production budget. This week, A Bad Moms Christmas had a Blu-ray market share of 52%.

Next up on the Blu-ray-only sales ranking was a Warner title: the animated mystery Batman: Gotham by Gaslight. An adaptation of the popular Elseworlds story, this DTV effort - the latest from DCU Animated Studios - has found solid praise among animation fans. Blu-ray.com's own Michael Reuben called Gotham by Gaslight full of "several impressive set pieces, including a battle atop a dirigible that fares about as well as the Hindenburg. But experiencing a version of Batman stripped to his essence is a novel twist in this world of ever-proliferating Dark Knight tales, and it's one of the chief pleasures of Gotham by Gaslight. It reminds you of the qualities that first gave the character his appeal. Let's hope that future ventures into the Elseworld take similar advantage of such opportunities to rediscover beloved but now overly familiar comic book characters." Gotham by Gaslight had a strong HD market share of 75% and sold 90% as many Blu-rays as A Bad Moms Christmas. On the overall package-media list, the animated actioner came in third place and sold 61% as many total units as Bad Moms.

Finally, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's Only the Brave filled out the top-three spots on the Blu-ray-only sales list. This docudrama retelling of the Granite Mountain Hotshots struggled to make a box-office impact this past fall. Yes, the film garnered decent critical notices (a Metacritic rating of 72%), but it didn't connect with audiences, grossing $18 million domestically on top of its modest $38-million production budget. On the Blu-ray-only chart, Only the Brave had an HD market share of 45% and sold 60% as many Blu-rays as A Bad Moms Christmas. But on the overall package-media list, the film came in second place and sold 69% as many total units as the Bad Moms sequel.

Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 2/10/18:
  1. A Bad Moms Christmas
  2. Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
  3. Only the Brave
  4. Blade Runner 2049
  5. It
  6. Boo 2! A Madea Halloween
  7. Geostorm
  8. Fifty Shades Darker
  9. Jigsaw
  10. Victor Crowley
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 2/10/18 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
  1. A Bad Moms Christmas (52%)
  2. Only the Brave (45%)
  3. Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (75%)
  4. Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (20%)
  5. It (53%)
Top Five Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 2/10/18 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Spider-Man: Homecoming 3D (2%)
  2. Wonder Woman 3D (1%)
  3. Blade Runner 2049 3D (1%)
  4. Geostorm 3D (1%)
  5. Gods of Egypt 3D (0.35%)
Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 2/10/18 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Spider-Man: Homecoming 4K (16%)
  2. Blade Runner 2049 4K (15%)
  3. American Made 4K (14%)
  4. Dunkirk 4K (12%)
  5. Jumanji 4K (12%)