The big title attracting retail promotional attention Nov. 5 was Universal Pictures’ Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw.
Best Buy offered its typical Steelbook edition of the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray combo pack for $34.99.
Best Buy’s ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Steelbook
Target had a $27.99 Blu-ray combo pack with a limited-edition gallery book.
Target’s ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Blu-ray with gallery book
At Walmart, the Blu-ray combo pack was included in a $29.96 gift set that was packed with a Hobbs customs T-shirt.
Walmart’s ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Blu-ray with shirt
Among other titles, Best Buy had exclusive Steelbook editions of Lionsgate’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray for $29.99, and Steelbooks of Universal’s Schindler’s List 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray for $17.99, and the 1960 Spartacus Blu-ray for $11.99.
Best Buy’s ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ SteelbookBest Buy’s ‘Schindler’s List’ SteelbookBest Buy’s ‘Spartacus’ Steelbook
Target had an exclusive DVD of DreamWorks’ Trolls: Happy Place Collection DVD for $17.99.
Target’s ‘Trolls: Happy Place Collection’ DVD
Walmart offered a free Vudu digital copy of Paramount’s Yellowstone: Season 2 with purchase of the show on DVD for $19.96. Also, Paramount’s Crawl came with a bonus digital movie of The Ruins.
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