Blu-ray Sales: July 24-30: Doctor Strange Leads a Trio of New Releases to the Top

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Blu-ray Sales: July 24-30: Doctor Strange Leads a Trio of New Releases to the Top

Posted August 5, 2022 05:37 PM by Sean Greenwood

For the week that ended on July 30th, Walt Disney Home Entertainment's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness topped both the Blu-ray only and overall packaged media charts in its debut. The 28th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe finds the titular Doctor having to protect a teenager, who has an uncontrolled capability to travel the multiverse, from Scarlet Witch, who wants to use the girl for her own selfish ends. The film was shifted several times due to the coronavirus pandemic and the scheduling of Marvel's Phase Four series of films, jumping from 2021 all the way to May 2022. However, that didn't dampen enthusiasm, as the film eventually opened to a terrific $187 million in its first weekend, eventually amassing over $411 million domestically and over $954 million worldwide so far, becoming the second-highest-grossing film of 2022, behind only Paramount Pictures' Top Gun: Maverick. This week, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness had an HD share of 72% and 36% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.

Debuting in second place on both charts is Paramount Home Media Distribution's The Lost City. The romantic action-adventure topped the box office on its opening weekend in March 2022 (knocking Warner Bros.' The Batman off the number one spot), with over $30 million, eventually making over $105 million domestically and over $190 million worldwide. This week, The Lost City sold 35% as many Blu-ray units as Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, with an HD share of 43% and 9% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.

And debuting in third place on the Blu-ray-only chart is Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's Green Lantern: Beware My Power. The direct-to-video animated adventure is one of the few from DC Comics that doesn't star Batman or Superman, instead starring Green Lantern John Stewart, with appearances from Green Arrow, Adam Strange and Hawkgirl. This week, Green Lantern: Beware My Power sold 15% as many Blu-ray units as Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, with a perfect HD share of 100% and 22% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.

Elsewhere on the charts, Shout Factory's 4K UHD release of Species propelled that film back into the top twenty Blu-rays at No. 16.

Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 7/30/22:
  1. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
  2. The Lost City
  3. Green Lantern: Beware My Power
  4. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
  5. Everything Everywhere All At Once
  6. The Bad Guys
  7. Morbius
  8. Spider-Man: No Way Home
  9. Downton Abbey: A New Era
  10. The Batman
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 7/30/22 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
  1. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (72%)
  2. The Lost City (43%)
  3. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (56%)
  4. Green Lantern: Beware My Power (100%)
  5. Downton Abbey: A New Era (38%)
Top Five Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 7/30/22 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 3D (5.22%)
  2. Dune 3D (2021) (2.18%)
  3. The Meg 3D (0.68%)
  4. Top Gun 3D (0.32%)
  5. Pokémon: Detective Pikachu 3D (0.04%)
Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 7/30/22 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 4K (36%)
  2. Everything Everywhere All At Once 4K (32%)
  3. The Batman 4K (28%)
  4. Green Lantern: Beware My Power 4K (22%)
  5. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent 4K (20%)