Blu-ray Sales: October 24-30: The Suicide Squad Tops the Charts

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Blu-ray Sales: October 24-30: The Suicide Squad Tops the Charts

Posted November 6, 2021 08:55 PM by Sean Greenwood

For the week that ended on October 30th, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's The Suicide Squad topped both the Blu-ray-only and overall packaged media charts. A follow-up to the 2016 film Suicide Squad, Gunn's film aimed to incorporate some of the previous film's characters in an R-rated adventure with new recruits. While the result was greeted with a positive critical reception, The Suicide Squad opened in July and August to disappointing box office results, grossing just over $167 million worldwide against a budget of $185 million. This week, The Suicide Squad had an HD share of 69% and 18% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.

Dropping to second place on both charts is Walt Disney Home Entertainment's Free Guy. The sci-fi action comedy, which stars Reynolds as a bank teller who discovers he is a non-player character in a video game, was originally developed at 20th Century Fox before that studio was acquired by Disney. Subsequently, it became a 20th Century Studios title and was set for a summer 2020 release, having been filmed in 2019. However, after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Disney shifted the film to December 2020, then to March 2021, before finally releasing the film on August 13th, 2021. The film became a surprise hit on its opening weekend, topping the box office for two weeks and eventually grossing over $120 million domestically and $332 million globally thus far. This week, Free Guy sold 33% as many Blu-ray units as The Suicide Squad, with an HD share of 63% and 20% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.

Debuting in third place on both charts is Paramount Home Media Distribution's Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins. A spin-off of Paramount's G.I. Joe film series, Snake Eyes serves as an origin story for the character and was meant to open in late March 2020. However, the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic meant that it was pulled off the schedule and its release date was juggled several times, eventually ending up on July 23, 2021, almost sixteen months later than originally planned. Sadly, the move didn't work out, as Snake Eyes made just $37 million globally on an $88 million budget, but hopefully home video sales will be brighter. This week, Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins sold 25% as many Blu-ray units as The Suicide Squad, with an HD share of 53% and 12% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.

Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 10/30/21:
  1. The Suicide Squad
  2. Free Guy
  3. Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
  4. Don't Breathe 2
  5. Injustice
  6. F9: The Fast Saga
  7. Old
  8. Black Widow
  9. Scream
  10. The Protégé
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 10/30/21 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
  1. The Suicide Squad (69%)
  2. Free Guy (63%)
  3. Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (53%)
  4. Don't Breathe 2 (56%)
  5. Hocus Pocus (20%)
Top Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 10/30/21 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 3D (0.41%)
  2. Top Gun 3D (0.18%)
  3. The Wizard of Oz 3D (0.13%)
  4. Minions 3D (0.05%)
Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 10/30/21 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Underworld: 5-Movie Collection 4K (79%)
  2. Zack Snyder's Justice League 4K (26%)
  3. The Green Knight 4K (23.1%)
  4. Black Widow 4K (22.7%)
  5. Free Guy 4K (20%)