For the week that ended on September 4th, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms topped the Blu-ray-only chart on its debut. Based on the popular and long-running video game series, the film is a follow-up to a previous direct-to-video animated feature
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge, which debuted in third place on its release week back in
April 2020. This week,
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms had an HD share of 100% and 32% of units sold from the 4K UHD format, a substantial increase over the 10% UHD share of
Scorpion's Revenge last April.
Dropping to second place on both the Blu-ray-only and overall packaged media charts is Lionsgate Home Entertainment's
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard. This sequel to the 2017 film
The Hitman's Bodyguard was originally set for an August 2020 release, before the coronavirus pandemic saw it being pushed to August 2021 and then finally being pushed up to a June 2021 release. On its opening weekend, it topped the box office, on its way to over $38 million domestically, and a global total of over $70 million so far. This week,
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard sold 98% as many Blu-ray units as
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, with an HD share of 56% and 12% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.
Coming in third on the Blu-ray chart is the week's top disc seller, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. The horror sequel is the eighth film in the Conjuring Universe and the third installment of the main
Conjuring series that follows the exploits of real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. Originally planned for a 2020 release,
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It was delayed to June 2021 amid both the coronavirus pandemic and re-shoots. When the film finally opened, it topped the box office with $24 million on its way to over $65 million domestically and over $135 million internationally. This week,
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It sold 82% as many Blu-ray units as
Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, with an HD share of 45% and 12% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.
Elsewhere on the charts, despite its box office disappointment, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's
In the Heights debuted at No. 4 on the Blu-ray chart, with a strong HD share of 61% and 19% of units sold from the 4K UHD format. And congratulations are due to Arrow Video, whose new 4K UHD and Blu-ray editions of David Lynch's
Dune (1984) pushed that film to No. 11 on the Blu-ray chart, with 69% of units sold from the 4K UHD format, topping the UHD market share chart for the week.
Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 9/4/21:
- Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms
- Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
- In the Heights
- Spirit: Untamed
- Peter Rabbit 2
- Luca
- Mortal Kombat (2021)
- A Quiet Place Part II
- Godzilla vs. Kong
- Dune (1984)
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 9/4/21 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (45%)
- Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (56%)
- Peter Rabbit 2 (41%%)
- Spirit: Untamed (43%)
- In the Heights (61%)
Top Five Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 9/4/21 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- Godzilla vs. Kong 3D (1.30%)
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters 3D (1.12%)
- Top Gun 3D (0.24%)
- Suicide Squad 3D (0.18%)
- Minions 3D (0.02%)
Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 9/4/21 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- Dune 4K (1984) (69%)
- Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms 4K (32%)
- In the Heights 4K (19%)
- Nobody 4K (17%)
- Mortal Kombat 4K (2021) (16%)