For the week that ended on October 9th, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's
F9: The Fast Saga AKA
Fast and Furious 9 topped both the Blu-ray-only and overall packaged media charts for the third week in a row. The ninth main film in the franchise was originally planned for a 2019 release, but was delayed several times, first by the release of a spin-off film,
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw and then by the coronavirus pandemic. to where the film did not get a release until May 2021 internationally and June 2021 domestically. In spite of mixed reviews, the film broke pandemic box office records and has pulled in $173 million domestically and an astounding $543 million internationally, with its $716 million worldwide total making it the second highest-grossing film of 2021, behind only China's
Hi, Mom. This week,
F9: The Fast Saga had an HD share of 52% and 10% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.
Remaining in second place on the Blu-ray chart is is Walt Disney Home Entertainment's
Black Widow. The 24th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Black Widow was to be Johansson's first solo adventure after having portrayed the title character in several MCU films dating back to
Iron Man 2 in 2010. This week,
Black Widow sold 57% as many Blu-ray units as
F9: The Fast Saga, with an HD share of 61% and 21% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.
Debuting in third place on the Blu-ray chart is Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's
Space Jam: A New Legacy. The sequel to 1996's smash hit
Space Jam features LeBron James as the basketball star who must lead the Looney Tunes characters to victory in a game against a rogue artificial intelligence. Despite negative reviews and criticism for the amount of product placement in the film, it still managed to top the box office on its opening weekend in July 2021, grossing over $70 million domestically and over $158 million worldwide. This week,
Space Jam: A New Legacy sold 54% as many Blu-ray units as
F9: The Fast Saga, with an HD share of 49% and 7% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.
Elsewhere on the charts, Lionsgate Home Entertainment's
American Psycho topped the 4K UHD chart and came back into the Blu-ray chart at No. 5, thanks to a re-release as a
Best Buy Exclusive 4K UHD SteelBook, while
Halloween (1978) came in at No. 8 thanks to a newly remastered 4K UHD Collector's Edition from Shout Factory's Scream Factory imprint. Shout also released the first four sequels in the
Halloween franchise, which came in at
No. 19,
No. 17,
No. 18 and
No. 20, respectively.
Finally, with the long-awaited cinema release of
No Time to Die, James Bond came back into the chart, with MGM's
The James Bond Collection 24-film box set coming in at No. 11 (so close!).
Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 10/9/21:
- F9: The Fast Saga
- Black Widow
- Space Jam: A New Legacy
- The Forever Purge
- American Psycho
- The Boss Baby: Family Business
- Cruella
- Halloween (1978)
- Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
- Zack Snyder's Justice League
- The James Bond Collection
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 10/9/21 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
- F9: The Fast Saga (52%)
- Space Jam: A New Legacy (49%)
- Black Widow (61%)
- Hocus Pocus (15%)
- The Forever Purge (47%)
Top Five Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 10/9/21 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- Godzilla vs. Kong 3D (1.59%)
- The Wizard of Oz 3D (0.21%)
- Top Gun 3D (0.20%)
- Suicide Squad 3D (0.10%)
- Minions 3D (0.02%)
Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 10/9/21 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- American Psycho 4K (98%)
- Halloween III: Season of the Witch 4K (88%)
- Halloween 4K (1978) (73%)
- Harry Potter: 8-Film Collection 4K (48%)
- A Quiet Place Part II 4K (30%)