For the week that ended on September 14th, Walt Disney Home Entertainment and Pixar Animation Studios'
Inside Out 2 topped both the Blu-ray-only and overall packaged media charts in its debut. The animated sequel opened in June 2024--nine years after the first film--and received positive reviews. However, it blew past expectations at the box office, grossing $295 million worldwide on its opening weekend and outgrossing its predecessor in just 16 days. So far, the film has grossed a stunning $1.69 billion worldwide, becoming both the highest-grossing film of 2024 so far and the highest-grossing animated film of all time. This week,
Inside Out 2 had an HD share of 62% and 10% of units sold from the 4K UHD format. Note that Disney made the film available on 4K UHD only in a
Limited Edition SteelBook.
Debuting in second place on both charts is Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1. The ambitious epic Western is the first part of a planned four-part series from director and star Kevin Costner, of which
Chapter 2 has already been completed and had been intended to release just weeks after the first film opened in June 2024. Unfortunately, the mixed critical reception and poor box office results of
Chapter 1 (just over $36 million worldwide against a budget of $50 million) has now delayed
Chapter 2 from August 2024 to an unspecified release date. This week,
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 sold 30% as many Blu-ray units as
Inside Out 2, with an HD share of 40% and 16% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.
Dropping to third place on both charts in its third week is Walt Disney Home Entertainment and 20th Century Studios'
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. The fourth film since the franchise was rebooted in 2011 (and tenth
Planet of the Apes film overall) opened in May 2024 to mostly positive reviews and topped the box office, with over $58 million on its opening weekend and a global haul of over $397 million. Disney and 20th Century Studios further assured the film's success on home media by adding a second version of the film called the "Raw Cut", described by the studio as "a full-length alternative cut with a split-screen comparison between the final cut of the film and a version with unfinished VFX", on a dedicated Blu-ray disc with DTS-HD MA 7.1 sound and its own optional audio commentary track. This week,
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes sold 16% as many Blu-ray units as
Inside Out 2, with an HD share of 47% and 13% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.
Elsewhere on the Blu-ray-only chart, RLJE Films'
Late Night with the Devil debuted at No. 4, while Paramount Home Media Distribution's miniseries
Knuckles (2024) debuted at No. 5, RLJE Films'
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live - Season 1 (2024) debuted at No. 6 and Lionsgate Home Entertainment's
Kill (2023) debuted at No. 8. Outside the top ten Blu-rays, the Criterion Collection's
All of Us Strangers debuted at No. 19.
Elsewhere on the UHD Sellers chart, Lionsgate's
Wind River 4K came in at No. 6, while outside the top ten, Shout Factory's
The Stepfather 4K (1987) and
The Strangers 4K (2008) came in at Nos. 11 and 12, respectively, Criterion's
All of Us Strangers 4K debuted at No. 15 and Paramount's
Knuckles 4K (2024) debuted at No. 18.
Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 9/14/24:
- Inside Out 2
- Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- Late Night with the Devil
- Knuckles (2024)
- The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live - Season 1 (2024)
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Kill (2023)
- The Garfield Movie
- Civil War
Top Ten UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 9/14/24:
- Inside Out 2 4K
- Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 4K
- Kill 4K (2023)
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 4K
- Beetlejuice 4K
- Wind River 4K
- The Dark Knight Trilogy 4K (2005-2012)
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 4K
- The Lost Boys 4K
- The Batman 4K
Top Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 9/14/24 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
- Inside Out 2 (62%)
- Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (40%)
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (47%)
- Knuckles (2024) (33%)
- Late Night with the Devil (56%)
- The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live - Season 1 (2024) (36%)
Top Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 9/14/24 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
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Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 9/14/24 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- Kill 4K (2023) (66%)
- The Batman 4K (43.89%)
- Jaws 4K (43.59%)
- The Boy and the Heron 4K (42%)
- Civil War 4K (28%)