Blu-ray Sales, March 15-21: Jumanji Hits The Next Level of Home Media

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Blu-ray Sales, March 15-21: Jumanji Hits The Next Level of Home Media

Posted March 28, 2020 03:03 PM by Josh Katz

For the week that ended on March 21st, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's Jumanji: The Next Level debuted at Number One on the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media charts. The latest installment in the billion-dollar-grossing Jumanji, The Next Level was a robust hit for its distributors last December. The film scored okay critical reactions (it has a 58% approval rating on Metacritic) and then grossed almost $797 million worldwide on top of its estimated $125-million production budget. This week, The Next Level had an HD market share of 57%.

Next up on the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media sales rankings was Walt Disney Home Entertainment's Frozen II. The sequel to the smash 2013 animated musical, Frozen II also proved massively lucrative for Disney. The film scored decent critical responses (it has a 64% approval rating on Metacritic) but grossed almost $1.5 billion worldwide on top of its estimated $150-million production budget. Frozen II had a Blu-ray market share of 51% and sold 19% as many Blu-rays and 21% as many total units as Jumanji: The Next Level.

Finally, Warner Home Entertainment's Superman: Red Son rounded out the top three on the Blu-ray-only sales list. An animated adaptation of the popular Mark Millar "Elseworlds" story, Red Son is the latest in Warner's DCU Animated release slate. Red Son had a strong HD market share of 84% and sold 14% as Jumanji. Regarding the overall package-media list, the film came in fourth place (behind Spies in Disguise) and sold 9% as many total units as the Jumanji sequel.

Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 3/21/20:
  1. Jumanji: The Next Level
  2. Frozen II
  3. Superman: Red Son
  4. Spies in Disguise
  5. Knives Out
  6. Midway
  7. Jumanji: The Next Level / Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
  8. Richard Jewell
  9. Ford v Ferrari
  10. Uncut Gems
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 3/21/20 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
  1. Jumanji: The Next Level (57%)
  2. Frozen II (51%)
  3. Spies in Disguise (57%)
  4. Superman: Red Son (84%)
  5. Knives Out (58%)
Top Five Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 3/21/20 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Suicide Squad 3D (0.4%)
  2. Abominable 3D (0.2%)
  3. Skyscraper 3D (0.1%)
  4. The Wizard of Oz 3D (0.06%)
  5. Rampage 3D (0.04%)
Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 3/21/20 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum 4K (18%)
  2. Rambo: Last Blood 4K (14%)
  3. Hacksaw Ridge 4K (13%)
  4. Midway 4K (13%)
  5. Ford v Ferrari 4K (13%)