Blu-ray Sales, April 12-18: Star Wars Wins Home Media Again

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Blu-ray Sales, April 12-18: Star Wars Wins Home Media Again

Posted April 24, 2020 12:46 PM by Josh Katz

For the week that ended on April 18th, Lucasfilm and Walt Disney Home Entertainment's Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker remained at the number-one spot on both the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media charts. The controversial finale to the "Skywalker Saga," The Rise of Skywalker made a big box-office splash following its December release. While the film scored mediocre critical notices (it has a 53% approval rating on Metacritic), it still grossed over $1 billion worldwide on top of its estimated $275-million production budget. This week, The Rise of Skywalker had a strong HD market share of 71%.

Next up on the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media sales rankings was Universal Studios Home Entertainment's Dolittle. This re-imagining of the Doctor Dolittle story struggled to connect with critics or audiences last January. The film received terrible critical reactions (it has a 26% approval rating on Metacritic), and it then went on to gross $77 million domestically on top of its estimated $175-million production budget. Dolittle had a Blu-ray market share of 54% and sold 37% as many Blu-rays and 49% as many total units as The Rise of Skywalker.

Finally, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's Jumanji: The Next Level rounded out the top three on the Blu-ray-only and overall package-media sales lists. The latest installment in the billion-dollar-grossing Jumanji, The Next Level was a robust hit for its distributors last December. The film got okay critical plaudits (it has a 58% approval rating on Metacritic) and then grossed almost $797 million worldwide on top of its estimated $125-million production budget. Jumanji had an HD market share of 44% and sold 20% as The Rise of Skywalker. Regarding the overall package-media list, the film sold 33% as many total units as the Star Wars sequel.

Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 4/18/20:
  1. Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
  2. Dolittle
  3. Jumanji: The Next Level
  4. 1917
  5. Little Women
  6. Underwater
  7. Just Mercy
  8. Frozen II
  9. Joker
  10. Knives Out
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 4/18/20 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
  1. Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (71%)
  2. Dolittle (54%)
  3. Jumanji: The Next Level (44%)
  4. Little Women (44%)
  5. Just Mercy (43%)
Top Five Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 4/18/20 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Aquaman 3D (0.6%)
  2. Suicide Squad 3D (0.2%)
  3. The Wizard of Oz 3D (0.2%)
  4. Skyscraper 3D (0.1%)
  5. Rampage 3D (0.03%)
Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 4/18/20 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker 4K (19%)
  2. Joker 4K (15%)
  3. Ford v Ferrari 4K (14%)
  4. Rambo: Last Blood 4K (14%)
  5. 1917 4K (13%)