For the week that ended on November 13th, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's
Zack Snyder's Justice League topped the Blu-ray chart once again, knocking off Warner's own
The Suicide Squad, which had held the top spot for the past three weeks. The four-hour epic is a director's cut of the 2017 film
Justice League, a film which was completed by an uncredited Joss Whedon when Snyder had to leave the production. Following mixed reviews and poor box office compared to its competitors, fans began petitioning Warner to "release the Snyder Cut" of the film. While it was initially considered to be a pipe dream, Warner announced in February 2020 that the "Snyder Cut" was indeed moving forward and set to debut in 2021 on their HBO Max streaming service, with some $70 million more being spent on visual effects and re-shoots that took place in October 2020. The film premiered on March 18, 2021 and while there's no box office to speak of so far, critical reaction has been more positive than the 2017 version. This week,
Zack Snyder's Justice League had an HD share of 85% and 60% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.
Returning to to second place on the Blu-ray chart is the week's top disc seller, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's
F9: The Fast Saga AKA
Fast and Furious 9. 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 sold 92% as many Blu-ray units as
Zack Snyder's Justice League, with an HD share of 48% and just 3% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.
Dropping to third place in its fourth week is Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's
The Suicide Squad. 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 sold 51% as many Blu-ray units as
Zack Snyder's Justice League, with an HD share of 50% and 11% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.
Elsewhere on the charts, the week's top new release was Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's
Respect, which came in at No. 16 on the Blu-ray chart, with an HD share of 39%. No 4K UHD edition of the title was available.
Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 11/13/21:
- Zack Snyder's Justice League
- F9: The Fast Saga
- The Suicide Squad
- The Hobbit: The Motion Picture Trilogy
- The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
- Godzilla vs. Kong
- Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
- Free Guy
- PAW Patrol: The Movie
- Wonder Woman 1984
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 11/13/21 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
- F9: The Fast Saga (48%)
- Zack Snyder's Justice League (85%)
- Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (13%)
- The Suicide Squad (50%)
- Godzilla vs. Kong (46%)
Top Five Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 11/13/21 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- The Polar Express 3D (5.2%)
- Godzilla vs. Kong 3D (0.18%)
- Aquaman 3D (0.109%)
- Wonder Woman 1984 3D (0.107%)
- Pokémon: Detective Pikachu 3D (0.022%)
Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 11/13/21 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- Zack Snyder's Justice League 4K (60%)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy 4K (17%)
- Free Guy 4K (15%)
- Black Widow 4K (11.49%)
- The Suicide Squad 4K (10.96%)