Blu-ray Sales, October 8-13: Hotel Transylvania 3 Reserves Top Spot

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Blu-ray Sales, October 8-13: Hotel Transylvania 3 Reserves Top Spot

Posted October 19, 2018 04:37 PM by Josh Katz

For the week that ended on October 13th, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation debuted at number one on the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media charts. The most recent entry in the popular Hotel Transylvania franchise, this animated comedy proved another big commercial success for its distributor. While the film scored mediocre critical notices (it has a 54% Metacritic score), it went on to gross almost $518 million worldwide on top of its estimated $80-million production budget. This week, Hotel Transylvania 3 had a Blu-ray market share of 53%.

Next up on the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media sales rankings was Universal Studios Home Entertainment's Skyscraper. This Dwayne Johnson-starring actioner - an amalgamation of Die Hard, The Towering Inferno, and The Fugitive - struggled to find an audience despite its mass appeal. After receiving so-so critical notices (a 51% score on Metacritic), the film then went on to gross $67.7 million domestically on top of its estimated production budget of $125 million (in fairness, its foreign totals - almost $236 million - were much more promising). Skyscraper had an HD market share of 45% and sold 52% as many Blu-rays and 61% as many total units as Hotel Transylvania 3.

Finally, Lucasfilm and Walt Disney Home Entertainment's Solo: A Star Wars Story rounded out the top three on the Blu-ray-only sales list. Like Rogue One, Solo offered fans another prequel to the Star Wars original trilogy, although unlike Rogue One, Solo didn't find the same level of commercial success following its May release. Solo garnered an adequate critical reception (note its 62% Metacritic score) but grossed over $213 million domestically on top of its estimated $275-million production budget. In terms of just Blu-rays, Solo had a strong HD market share of 73% and sold 39% as many Blu-rays as the Hotel Transylvania sequel. For the overall package-media list, the superhero action-comedy came in fourth place (behind Hocus Pocus) and sold 28% as many total units as Hotel Transylvania 3.

Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 10/13/18:
  1. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
  2. Skyscraper
  3. Solo: A Star Wars Story
  4. Hocus Pocus
  5. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
  6. Sicario: Day of the Soldado
  7. Constantine: City of Demons
  8. Avengers: Infinity War
  9. Deadpool 2
  10. Ocean's 8
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 10/13/18 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
  1. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (53%)
  2. Skyscraper (45%)
  3. Hocus Pocus (47%)
  4. Solo: A Star Wars Story (73%)
  5. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (56%)
Top Four Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 10/13/18 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Hotel Transylvania 2 3D (9%)
  2. Hotel Transylvania 3D (2%)
  3. Goosebumps 3D (2%)
  4. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 3D (1%)
  5. Skyscraper 3D (1%)
Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 10/13/18 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Halloween 4K (52%)
  2. Avengers: Infinity War 4K (17%)
  3. Solo: A Star Wars Story 4K (16%)
  4. Deadpool 2 4K (12%)
  5. The Greatest Showman 4K (10%)