Blu-ray Sales: June 11-17: John Wick Beats Super Mario Bros in Official Debut (UPDATED)

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Blu-ray Sales: June 11-17: John Wick Beats Super Mario Bros in Official Debut (UPDATED)

Posted June 23, 2023 03:03 PM by Sean Greenwood

UPDATE: 3D and 4K UHD data has been added.

For the week that ended on June 17th, Lionsgate Home Entertainment's John Wick: Chapter 4 topped both the Blu-ray-only and overall packaged media charts. The fourth installment in the John Wick series saw the titular hitman in yet more outrageous gun battles and fight sequences, as he takes revenge on the High Table over a whopping 169 minutes of nearly non-stop action. The film opened in March 2023 to near-universal acclaim and topped the box office on its opening weekend, with over $73 million. So far, the film has made over $187 million domestically and over $427 million globally. This week, John Wick: Chapter 4 had an HD share of 78% and 31% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.

Dropping to second place on both charts is Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Released theatrically in April 2023, the animated adaptation of the hugely popular Nintendo video game series received mixed reviews, but smashed several box office records, including taking only a week to become the highest-grossing film based on a video game and becoming the highest-grossing film of 2023, with over $572 million domestically and a staggering $1.3 billion worldwide, so far. This week, The Super Mario Bros. Movie sold 59% as many Blu-ray units as John Wick: Chapter 4, with an HD share of 64% and 18% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.

Remaining in third place on both charts in its second week is Paramount Home Media Distribution's Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. The action comedy is based on the titular role-playing game which was previously adapted as a theatrical film in 2000 and two direct-to-video sequels, This reboot has no connection to those films and opened in March 2023 to generally positive reviews. topping the box office on its opening weekend en route to over $93 million domestically and over $208 million globally. This week, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves sold 8% as many Blu-ray units as John Wick: Chapter 4, with an HD share of 62% and 17% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.

Elsewhere on the charts, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's The Pope's Exorcist debuted at No. 4 on the Blu-ray-only chart. Outside the top ten, Well Go USA's Sakra came in at No. 18, while MVD Visual's release of Rain Man came in at No. 19.

Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 6/17/23:
  1. John Wick: Chapter 4
  2. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
  3. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
  4. The Pope's Exorcist
  5. Renfield
  6. Shazam! Fury of the Gods
  7. 65
  8. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
  9. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  10. Creed III
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 6/17/23 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
  1. John Wick: Chapter 4 (78%)
  2. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (64%)
  3. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (62%)
  4. The Pope's Exorcist (59%)
  5. Renfield (59%)
Top Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 6/17/23 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Dune 3D (2021) (0.88%)
  2. The Wizard of Oz 3D (0.74%)
  3. The Croods: A New Age 3D (0.09%)
Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 6/17/23 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Dune 4K (2021) (77%)
  2. Insidious 4K (69.91%)
  3. The Batman 4K (69.73%)
  4. Jurassic World: Dominion 4K (40%)
  5. John Wick: Chapter 4 4K (31%)