For the week that ended on September 17th, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's
Elvis (2022) topped the Blu-ray only and overall packaged media charts. Announced as early as 2014, considerable buzz was generated for the film when Hanks was cast as "Colonel" Tom Parker, Elvis' longtime manager. Production began in Luhrmann's native Australia in January 2020, but had to be halted in March 2020, when Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson both tested positive for coronavirus. Filming resumed in September 2020 and concluded in March 2021. Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2022,
Elvis received critical acclaim, with particular praise for Butler's portrayal of Elvis and the film's energetic musical performances. In the United States, the film opened about a month later and topped the box office with over $31 million, eventually grossing over $150 million domestically and over $282 million worldwide. This week,
Elvis (2022) had an HD share of 49% and 12% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.
Dropping to second place on both charts in its second week is Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's
Minions: The Rise of Gru. The fifth feature film in the
Despicable Me franchise is a sequel to the 2015 prequel film
Minions and finds the adorable yellow Minions trying to help a young Gru become a member of the Vicious 6 team of supervillains. Production on the film was announced in 2017, but after the coronavirus pandemic struck, production moved to remote work, and the film's release was delayed from 2020 to 2021 and then finally to July 2022, where it opened over the Independence Day holiday and grossed over $123 million during the four-day weekend. So far, the film has grossed over $362 million domestically so far and over $905 million worldwide. This week,
Minions: The Rise of Gru sold 65% as many Blu-ray units as
Elvis (2022), with an HD share of 51% and 6% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.
Debuting in third place on both charts is Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's
Where the Crawdads Sing. The romantic mystery, which is based on the bestselling novel of the same name, opened in July 2022 with only moderate expectations and mixed reviews, but ended up besting studio estimates with an opening weekend of over $17 million. With a budget of $24 million, the film has grossed over $89 million domestically so far and over $127 million worldwide. This week,
Where the Crawdads Sing sold 43% as many Blu-ray units as
Elvis (2022), with an HD share of 39%.
Elsewhere on the charts, Sony's
Real Genius, which was released on 4K UHD this week, brought that film into the top twenty Blu-rays at No. 6, while Shout Factory's 4K UHD releases of
The Fog (1980) and
Platoon landed those films in the No. 8 and No. 16 positions. Paramount Home Media Distribution's 4K UHD release of
Friday the 13th (1980) landed at No. 15 on the Blu-ray chart. The three horror releases also made up the top three entries on the UHD Market Share chart, with each selling over 95% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.
Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 9/17/22:
- Elvis (2022)
- Minions: The Rise of Gru
- Where the Crawdads Sing
- Lightyear
- Jurassic World: Dominion
- Real Genius
- 1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story
- The Fog (1980)
- My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 9/17/22 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
- Elvis (2022) (49%)
- Minions: The Rise of Gru (51%)
- Where the Crawdads Sing (39%)
- Lightyear (55%)
- Jurassic World: Dominion (55%)
Top Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 9/17/22 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 3D (3.69%)
- Top Gun 3D (0.45%)
- Minions 3D (0.05%)
- Jurassic World 3D (0.03%)
Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 9/17/22 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- Platoon 4K (99%)
- The Fog 4K (1980) (97%)
- Friday the 13th 4K (1980) (96%)
- The Batman 4K (42%)
- Everything Everywhere All At Once 4K (37%)