Blu-ray Sales: October 31-November 6: The Suicide Squad Takes Out PAW Patrol

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Blu-ray Sales: October 31-November 6: The Suicide Squad Takes Out PAW Patrol

Posted November 16, 2021 02:56 PM by Sean Greenwood

For the week that ended on November 6th, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's The Suicide Squad topped both the Blu-ray-only and overall packaged media charts for the second week in a row. 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 60% and 13% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.

Remaining in second place on the Blu-ray chart 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 43.7% as many Blu-ray units as The Suicide Squad, with an HD share of 61% and 18% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.

Debuting in third place on the Blu-ray chart is Paramount Home Media Distribution's PAW Patrol: The Movie.The film is the second to be based off of a Nickelodeon Jr. program after 2019's Dora and the Lost City of Gold and the first to be animated. Produced largely in Canada on a budget of some $26 million, PAW Patrol: The Movie grossed over $126 million globally since it opened in August. Over $40 million of that has come from the domestic box office, despite both a day-and-date release on the studio's Paramount+ streaming service and that Regal Cinemas, which is the nation's second-largest cinema chain, refused to screen the film due to the simultaneous streaming release. This week, PAW Patrol: The Movie sold 43.6% as many Blu-ray units as The Suicide Squad, with an HD share of 37%..

Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 11/6/21:
  1. The Suicide Squad
  2. Free Guy
  3. PAW Patrol: The Movie
  4. F9: The Fast Saga
  5. Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
  6. Nobody
  7. Black Widow
  8. Don't Breathe 2
  9. Wonder Woman 1984
  10. Injustice
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 11/6/21 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
  1. The Suicide Squad (60%)
  2. PAW Patrol: The Movie (37%)
  3. Free Guy (61%)
  4. Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (50%)
  5. F9: The Fast Saga (52%)
Top Five Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 11/6/21 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Wonder Woman 1984 3D (0.43%)
  2. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 3D (0.40%)
  3. The Wizard of Oz 3D (0.35%)
  4. Top Gun 3D (0.15%)
  5. Dr. Seuss' The Grinch 3D (0.02%)
Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 11/6/21 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 4K (98%)
  2. Tenet 4K (93%)
  3. Scream 4K (81%)
  4. Nobody 4K (79%)
  5. Wonder Woman 1984 4K (78%)