Blu-ray Sales, April 7-13: Bumblebee Continues to Transform Home Media

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Blu-ray Sales, April 7-13: Bumblebee Continues to Transform Home Media

Posted April 20, 2019 09:09 AM by Josh Katz

For the week that ended on April 13th, Paramount Home Media Distribution's Bumblebee remained at number one on the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media charts. This Transformers prequel struggled somewhat to connect with viewers last December. While the film garnered solid - for a Transformers movie - critical comments (it has a 66% rating on Metacritic), it then went on to gross $127 million domestically on top of its estimated $135-million production budget (in fairness, it performed much better overseas: note its $339.7-million international totals). This week, Bumblebee had a Blu-ray market share of 59%.

Next up on the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media sales rankings was Warner Home Entertainment's Aquaman. Director James Wan's superhero adventure proved one of WB and DC's most successful comic-book adaptations following its theatrical release last December. Aquaman might have netted only so-so critical comments (it has a 55% rating on Metacritic), but it was a box-office juggernaut, grossing over $1.1 billion worldwide on top of its estimated $160-to-$200-million production budget. Aquaman had a Blu-ray market share of 54% and sold 84% as many Blu-rays and 91% as many total units as Bumblebee.

Finally, another Warner title - Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - rounded out the top three on the Blu-ray-only sales list. A prequel to the Harry Potter franchise - and the immediate follow-up to 2016's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - The Crimes of Grindelwald underperformed for the studio in North America last year. The film netted average critical notices (it has a 52% rating on Metacritic) and went on to gross over $159 million domestically on top of its estimated $200-million production budget (it did make far more - to the tune of an extra $494 million - overseas). On the Blu-ray-only list, The Crimes of Grindelwald had a strong HD market share of 70% and sold 49% as many Blu-rays as Bumblebee. Regarding the overall package-media list, the film came in fifth place (behind The Mule and A Dog's Way Home, respectively) and sold 42% as many total units as the Transformers feature.

Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 4/13/19:
  1. Bumblebee
  2. Aquaman
  3. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
  4. A Dog's Way Home
  5. Mary Poppins Returns
  6. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  7. The Mule
  8. A Star Is Born
  9. Holmes & Watson
  10. Ralph Breaks the Internet
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 4/13/19 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
  1. Bumblebee (59%)
  2. Aquaman (54%)
  3. The Mule (40%)
  4. A Dog's Way Home (45%)
  5. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (70%)
Top Five Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 4/13/19 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. The Wizard of Oz 3D (4%)
  2. The Grinch 3D (3%)
  3. Aquaman 3D (0.3%)
  4. Godzilla 3D (0.2%)
  5. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 3D (0.2%)
Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 4/13/19 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Pet Sematary 4K (15%)
  2. Mortal Engines 4K (12%)
  3. Bumblebee 4K (10%)
  4. Creed II 4K (10%)
  5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 4K (10%)