For the week that ended on September 1st, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment's
Deadpool 2 remained at number one on the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media charts. The much-anticipated follow-up to Tim Miller and Ryan Reynolds'
2016 smash hit, this raunchy action-comedy proved almost as successful as its predecessor.
Deadpool 2 garnered fine critical notices (note its
66% Metacritic score) and
grossed over $734 million worldwide on top of its estimated $110-million production budget. This week, the film had a solid Blu-ray market share of 68%.
Next up on the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media sales rankings was Marvel and Walt Disney Home Entertainment's
Avengers: Infinity War. This third entry in the joint
The Avengers series - and the most narratively consequential MCU feature of 2018 -
Infinity War has proven to be one of the year's biggest successes. After receiving decent critical notices (a
68% score on Metacritic), the film then went on to
gross over $2 billion worldwide on top of its massive estimated production budget (somewhere in the realm of $315-to-$400 million).
Infinity War had a good HD market share of 67% and sold 60% as many Blu-rays and 61% as many total units as the
Deadpool sequel.
Finally, Paramount Home Media Entertainment's
Book Club rounded out the top three on the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media sales lists. A showcase for leads Jane Fonda, Mary Steenburgen, Diane Keaton, and Candice Bergen, this comedy proved a sleeper success last May. While it only scored mediocre critical appreciation (it has a
53% Metacritic score), the film
grossed over $68 million domestically on top of its estimated $10-million production budget.
Book Club had a Blu-ray market share of 43% and sold 24% as many Blu-rays and 38% as many total units as
Deadpool 2.
Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 9/01/18:
- Deadpool 2
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Book Club
- Tag
- Upgrade
- Deadpool: The Complete Collection (For Now)
- Ready Player One
- Rampage
- The Greatest Showman
- Black Panther
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 9/01/18 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
- Deadpool 2 (68%)
- Avengers: Infinity War (67%)
- Book Club (43%)
- Tag (47%)
- Upgrade (66%)
Top Four Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 9/01/18 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- Spider-Man: Homecoming 3D (4%)
- Ready Player One 3D (3%)
- Rampage 3D (0.2%)
- Epic 3D (0.01%)
Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 9/01/18 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- Deadpool: The Complete Collection (For Now) 4K (24%)
- Avengers: Infinity War 4K (18%)
- Rampage 4K (13%)
- Deadpool 2 4K (11%)
- Black Panther 4K (10%)