For the week that ended on February 4th, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's
Black Adam returned to the top spot on both the the Blu-ray-only and overall packaged media charts. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson had been tapped to play the DC Comics antihero as long ago as 2007 and confirmed his involvement in 2014, back when Black Adam was supposed to be part of
Shazam!. In 2017, the character was split off into his own film with Johnson as the star, but filming was delayed, first by Johnson's busy schedule, and then by the coronavirus pandemic, such that
Black Adam took until April 2021 to begin filming. Upon release in October 2022, the film grossed over $67 million on its opening weekend, the highest opening of Johnson's career. However, mixed reviews from critics and audiences alike led to the film ultimately grossing just over $168 million domestically and over $392 million globally. This week,
Black Adam had an HD share of 53% and 13% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.
Returning to second place on the Blu-ray-only chart is Paramount Home Media Distribution's
Top Gun: Maverick. Originally announced in 2010, the sequel to the 1986 action blockbuster
Top Gun saw several delays, including the death of director Tony Scott in 2012. When filming finally commenced in 2018, a projected release in June 2019 was delayed a year in order to complete the film's action sequences. That process would be further drawn out by the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic, which would see the film's release date moved several more times, before it finally opened in May 2022. After a 36-year wait, the result was an enormous success.
Top Gun: Maverick opened to rave reviews and over $160 million over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, going on to make over $718 million domestically and even more internationally at over $770 million and counting, for a running total of over $1.4 billion worldwide. In June, the film passed $800 million to become the highest-grossing film in Tom Cruise's career, while later that month, it became only the second film since 2019 to cross the $1 billion mark, following Sony's
Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Top Gun: Maverick stands as the second-highest-grossing film of 2022, behind
Avatar: The Way of Water, and recently earned six Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Picture. This week,
Top Gun: Maverick sold 89% as many Blu-ray units as
Black Adam, with an HD share of 52% and 16% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.
Dropping to third place in its second week is Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's
Violent Night topped both the the Blu-ray-only and overall packaged media charts in its debut. The action-comedy, where Santa Claus must protect a wealthy family after they are taken hostage, opened in December 2022 to mostly positive reviews. So far, the film has grossed over $49 million domestically and over $75 million worldwide. This week,
Violent Night sold 86% as many Blu-ray units as
Black Adam, with an HD share of 50%.
Elsewhere on the charts, Lionsgate Home Entertainment's
Mindcage, debuted at No. 5 on the Blu-ray-only chart with a perfect HD share of 100%. Paramount's 4K UHD re-release of
Event Horizon, which was previously released as a Limited Edition SteelBook, came in at No. 6, while the Blu-ray debut of
Young Sherlock Holmes brought that film to No. 7. Shout Factory's 4K UHD release of
Dawn of the Dead (2004) landed the horror remake at No. 8 on the Blu-ray-only chart, while also topping the UHD Market Share chart for the week, with over 99% of units sold from the 4K UHD format. Outside the top ten Blu-rays, Warner and MGM's
Bones and All debuted at No. 19.
Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 2/4/23:
- Black Adam
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Violent Night
- Everything Everywhere All At Once
- Mindcage
- Event Horizon
- Young Sherlock Holmes
- Dawn of the Dead (2004)
- Halloween Ends
- House of the Dragon: The Complete First Season
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 2/4/23 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
- Black Adam (53%)
- Violent Night (50%)
- Top Gun: Maverick (52%)
- Top Gun (18%)
- Everything Everywhere All At Once (79%)
Top Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 2/4/23 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- Snow White and the Huntsman / The Huntsman: Winter's War (0.48%)*
- Top Gun 3D (0.38%)
- The Wizard of Oz 3D (0.09%)
- Aquaman 3D (0.05%)
*This appears to be an error, since there is no such release in 3D, although
The Huntsman: Winter's War 3D did receive an individual Blu-ray 3D release in certain international markets. If and when a correction is made, this article will be updated.
Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 2/4/23 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- Dawn of the Dead 4K (2004) (99.70%)
- Event Horizon 4K (98%)
- Everything Everywhere All At Once 4K (31%)
- Groundhog Day 4K (26%)
- House of the Dragon: The Complete First Season 4K (23%)