For the week that ended on May 21st, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's
Uncharted took the top spot on both charts for the second week in a row. Released just weeks after the actor's third
Spider-Man film for Sony,
Uncharted topped the box office over the President's Day holiday weekend with over $51 million, prompting Sony Pictures CEO Tom Rothman to declare the film--which is adapted from the video game series of the same name--to be the beginning of "a new hit movie franchise". In total, the film has grossed over $147 million domestically and over $400 million globally so far. This week,
Uncharted had an HD share of 57% and 14% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.
Remaining in second place on the Blu-ray-only chart in its sixth week is Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's
Spider-Man: No Way Home. The third film in Sony's latest Spider-Man franchise picks up immediately from its predecessor, with Peter Parker having been outed as Spider-Man. In desperation, Peter turns to Doctor Strange to try and find a way to make the public forget his identity, but Strange's spell rips open the multiverse and allows enemies from alternate realities to wreak havoc. Opening in December 2021,
Spider-Man: No Way Home heralded a return to the cinema for much of the world after almost two years of worldwide pandemic that saw many people stay out of the cinema since March 2020. With marketing that teased appearances from characters in previous Sony Spider-Man film series, fan excitement was at a fever pitch. Topping the box office in its opening weekend with an incredible $260 million and receiving critical acclaim,
Spider-Man: No Way Home went on to make over $804 million at the domestic box office alone and almost $1.9 billion worldwide so far, proving that with the right material at the right time, people will get out to their theaters to enjoy the big screen experience. This week,
Spider-Man: No Way Home sold 48% as many Blu-ray units as
Uncharted, with an HD share of 62% and 16% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.
Debuting in third place on the Blu-ray-only chart is Shout Factory's
Belle. The anime film from director Mamoru Hosoda had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2021 and was released in Japan in July of that year. It opened in theaters in the US over the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend in January 2022 and critical response has been highly positive. This week,
Belle sold 43% as many Blu-ray units as
Uncharted, with a perfect HD share of 100%. Although the film was not released on 4K UHD this week, Shout Factory have
announced that a Collector's Edition 4K UHD will be released at a later date.
Elsewhere on the charts, Paramount Home Media Distribution's
Infinite debuted at No. 4 on the Blu-ray-only chart, while Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's
Licorice Pizza debuted at No. 6.
Extreme Prejudice, the latest from Lionsgate Home Entertainment's Vestron Video Collector's Series, debuted at No. 8, while Shout Factory's 4K UHD release of
Escape From New York propelled the John Carpenter film to No. 10 on the Blu-ray-only chart and easily topped the UHD Market Share chart for the week, as well.
Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 5/21/22:
- Uncharted
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Belle
- Infinite
- Dog
- Licorice Pizza
- Turning Red
- Extreme Prejudice
- Top Gun
- Escape From New York
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 5/21/22 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
- Uncharted (57%)
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (62%)
- Dog (42%)
- Infinite (56%)
- Belle (100%)
Top Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 5/21/22 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- Dune 3D (2021) (2.06%)
- Top Gun 3D (0.33%)
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 3D (0.31%)
- Minions 3D (0.03%)
Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 5/21/22 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- Escape From New York 4K (99.7%)
- Hell or High Water 4K (87%)
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 4K (31%)
- Moonfall 4K (24%)
- Jurassic Park 4K (21%)