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Warner Bros.’ Record Box Office Drives WarnerMedia’s Banner 2018

Spurred by Warner Bros.’ record $5.5 billion global box office, WarnerMedia generated more than $9.2 billion in revenue in 2018 — up nearly 7% from revenue of $8.6 billion when the company operated as Time Warner prior to the closing of AT&T’s $85 billion acquisition.

The media company comprising Warner Bros., HBO, Turner and Otter Media, posted Q4 operating income of $2.7 billion; and $5.69 billion for the year.

The company said it generated $564 million in fourth-quarter (ended Dec. 31, 2018) revenue from the sales of video games and home entertainment, which was down nearly 15% from revenue of $682 million in the previous-year period. For the year, revenue dropped nearly 45% to $1.08 billion from $1.93 billion in 2017.

Sales of packaged media and digital from movies and TV shows topped $1.56 billion and $416 million, respectively, in the previous-year quarter under Time Warner. WarnerMedia does not breakout home video revenue.

In 2018, Warner Bros. theatrical revenue was driven led by Ready Player One and the fourth-quarter releases Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and Aquaman, the latter grossing nearly $1.1 billion at the global box office to date.

Warner Q4 revenue topped $4.5 billion and included revenue of $2.1 billion from theatrical product, $1.8 billion from television product and $564 million from video games and home entertainment. Operating expenses totaled $3.7 billion, and the operating income margin was 18.1%.

HBO revenue in the quarter reached $1.7 billion and included $1.4 billion of subscription and $259 million of content and other revenue. Operating expenses totaled $1.1 billion and the operating income margin was 37.2%.

Turner Q4 revenue reached $3.2 billion, compared to $107 million in the fourth quarter of 2017. Revenue during the quarter included $1.8 billion of subscription revenue, $1.1 billion of advertising and $219 million of content and other revenues. Operating expenses totaled $1.9 billion, compared to $59 million in the fourth quarter of 2017. Turner’s operating income margin was 40.2% compared to 44.9% in the year-ago quarter.

The increases were predominantly due to the June 2018 acquisition of Time Warner.

 

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Debuts at No. 3 on Redbox Kiosk Chart

Redbox and The Walt Disney Co. may be feuding, but that hasn’t stopped fans of Avengers: Infinity War from renting the superhero action blockbuster at The Box.

The year’s No. 2 movie, with a domestic box office gross of more than $678 million, debuted at No. 3 on Redbox’s weekly kiosk chart for the week ended Aug. 20.

The kiosk chart tracks DVD and Blu-ray Disc rentals.

Films with high purchase appeal, like Avengers, typically don’t see much rental demand, which explains why Melissa McCarthy comedy Life of the Party, from Warner Bros., remains No. 1 on the kiosk chart for the second consecutive week – even though its box office take was less than $53 million.

Life of the Party also repeated at No. 1 on the Redbox On Demand chart, which tracks digital purchases (EST) and rentals (TVOD).

Disney and Redbox are embroiled in litigation over Redbox’s sale of digital copy codes; the studio is the only one that won’t sell DVDs or Blu-ray Discs directly to Redbox, forcing the company to buy copies at retail.

Avengers: Infinity War is not available on the Redbox On Demand site.

Also repeating, at No. 2, is Universal Pictures’ Breaking In. The revenge thriller, about a mother (Gabrielle Union) who must protect her children after the mansion of her recently deceased father is invaded by a quartet of burglars, earned $46.5 million in U.S. theaters.

Both films were released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on Aug. 7 and digital two weeks earlier (on July 24).

Lionsgate’s Overboard remake finished the week at No. 4 on the Redbox disc rental chart, down from No. 3 the prior week, while the No. 5 spot on the kiosk chart went to Warner’s Rampage, down from No. 4 the previous week.

On the Redbox digital chart, Overboard, Rampage and Ready Player One made encore appearances at Nos. 3, 4 and 5.

Paramount’s Downsizing, released back in March, returned to the Redbox On Demand chart at No. 9.

 

Top DVD and Blu-ray Disc Rentals, Redbox Kiosks, Week Ending August 20

  1. Life of the Party
  2. Breaking In
  3. Avengers: Infinity War (new)
  4. Overboard (2018)
  5. Rampage
  6. Ready Player One
  7. I Feel Pretty
  8. Super Troopers 2
  9. Blockers
  10. A Quiet Place

 

Top Digital, Redbox On Demand, Week Ending August 20

  1. Life of the Party
  2. Breaking In
  3. Overboard (2018)
  4. Rampage
  5. Ready Player One
  6. I Feel Pretty
  7. A Quiet Place
  8. Blockers
  9. Downsizing
  10. Super Troopers 2

 

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‘Rampage’ Leads Disc Sales for July

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment had the two top-selling titles on the list of combined Blu-ray Disc and DVD units sold for July 2018 according to the NPD Group’s VideoScan tracking.

Coming in at No. 1 was the video game adaptation Rampage, which sold 508,269 copies, according to VideoScan.

No. 2 was Ready Player One, director Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the bestselling novel. The film topped the weekly disc sales charts its first two weeks in stores. VideoScan reported it sold 487,678 units during the month.

Paramount’s A Quiet Place, released at the beginning of the month, landed at No. 3 with unit sales of 310,634.

Two Fox releases rounded out the top five, with Super Troopers 2 landing at No. 4 after selling 203,209 copies during the month. The musical The Greatest Showman, released on disc in April, was No. 5.

The previous month’s top title, Lionsgate’s I Can Only Imagine, dropped to No. 7, behind Disney’s Black Panther at No. 6.

The year-to-date top 10 remained unchanged from the previous month, with Disney’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi remaining No. 1 on the list of the year’s top sellers, with VideoScan reporting the film has sold 3 million units. Black Panther is the year’s No. 2 seller with 2.7 million copies sold, according to VideoScan.

According to NPD, the July 2018 top 10 by units sold were:

  1. Rampage (Warner)
  2. Ready Player One (Warner)
  3. A Quiet Place (Paramount)
  4. Super Troopers 2 (Fox)
  5. The Greatest Showman (Fox)
  6. Black Panther (Disney)
  7. I Can Only Imagine (Lionsgate)
  8. Blockers (Universal)
  9. I Feel Pretty (Universal)
  10. Isle of Dogs (Fox)

 

Year-to-date Top 10 (through July 2018):

  1. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Disney)
  2. Black Panther (Disney)
  3. Coco (Disney)
  4. Thor: Ragnarok (Disney)
  5. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Sony Pictures)
  6. The Greatest Showman (Fox)
  7. Justice League (Warner)
  8. It (2017) (Warner)
  9. Ferdinand (Fox)
  10. Wonder (Lionsgate)

 

‘I Can Only Imagine’ Takes Top Spot on June Disc Sales Chart

‘Death of Superman’ Edges ‘Ready Player One’ to Top Disc Sales Charts

It’s rare for a direct-to-video movie to top the weekly home video sales charts, but Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s The Death of Superman pulled it off the week ended Aug. 11.

The debut of the animated superhero actioner pushed Warner’s Ready Player One, which had been the top title the previous two weeks, to No. 2 on both the NPD VideoScan First Alert sales chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales, and the dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart.

It was a close result, as Ready Player One ended the week selling 99.9% as many total units as Death of Superman, an adaptation of the classic comic book storyline from the 1990s. The gap was a bit bigger on the Blu-ray chart, where Ready Player One sold 82% as many high-def copies.

Blu-ray Disc accounted for 78% of Death of Superman unit sales.

Warner actually had the top three titles on both charts, with the comedy Life of the Party, starring Melissa McCarthy, debuting at No. 3 after a domestic box office haul of $52.9 million.

The Universal Pictures thriller Breaking In, which stars Gabrielle Union as a mother protecting her family from burglars, debuted at No. 4 overall and No. 5 on the Blu-ray chart. The film earned $46.5 million in U.S. theaters.

No. 5 overall and No. 4 on the Blu-ray chart was Warner’s Rampage.

On the Media Play News rental chart for the week ended Aug. 12, Life of the Party debuted at No. 1, followed by Breaking In at No. 2.

Liongate’s Overboard remake dropped to No. 3 after leading all rentals the previous week.

Rounding out the top five rentals were Rampage at No. 4 and Ready Player One at No. 5.

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‘Life of the Party,’ ‘Breaking In’ Take Two Top Spots on Redbox Disc, Digital Charts

The newly released Melissa McCarthy comedy Life of the Party, from Warner Bros., topped both Redbox charts the week ended Aug. 13.

The film, with a domestic box office haul of just under $53 million, debuted at No. 1 on both Redbox’s kiosk rental chart, which tracks DVD and Blu-ray Disc rentals, and the Redbox On Demand chart, which tracks digital purchases (EST) and rentals (TVOD).

Life of the Party is the third film directed by Ben Falcone and written by Falcone and McCarthy (the two earlier films were 2014’s Tammy and 2016’s The Boss). The film stars McCarthy as a newly divorced mother who returns to college to finish her degree, and winds up bonding with her daughter’s friends.

Another new release, Universal Pictures’ Breaking In, debuted at No. 2, also on both charts. The revenge thriller, about a mother (Gabrielle Union) who must protect her children after the mansion of her recently deceased father is invaded by a quartet of burglars, earned $46.5 million in U.S. theaters.

Both films were released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on Aug. 7 and digital two weeks earlier (on July 24).

Lionsgate’s Overboard remake, which debuted at No. 1 the prior week, slipped to No. 3, also on both charts.  .

Rampage, the science-fiction monster movie based on the video game series of the same name, slipped to No. 4 on both charts, after two weeks at No. 2.

Rounding out the top five on both charts was Ready Player One, the latest sci-fi film from Steven Spielberg, down from No. 3 the prior week.

 

Top DVD and Blu-ray Disc Rentals, Redbox Kiosks, Week Ending August 13

  1. Life of the Party (new)
  2. Breaking In (new)
  3. Overboard (2018)
  4. Rampage
  5. Ready Player One
  6. I Feel Pretty
  7. Super Troopers 2
  8. Blockers
  9. A Quiet Place
  10. Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare

 

Top Digital, Redbox On Demand, Week Ending August 13

  1. Life of the Party (new)
  2. Breaking In (new)
  3. Overboard (2018)
  4. Rampage
  5. Ready Player One
  6. I Feel Pretty
  7. A Quiet Place
  8. Blockers
  9. Supertroopers 2
  10. Death Wish (2018)

 

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‘Ready Player One’ Still No. 1 in the Disc Sales Game

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s Ready Player One remained at No. 1 on the NPD VideoScan First Alert sales chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales, and the dedicated Blu-ray Disc chart the week ended Aug. 4.

The Steven Spielberg-directed adventure, based on the book about a contest that will give the winner control of a futuristic virtual reality empire, had debuted at No. 1 on both charts the week before.

Holding onto No. 2 on both charts for a second consecutive week was Warner’s Rampage.

The top newcomer on both charts came in at No. 3 — Lionsgate’s Overboard remake, with Anna Faris playing a down-on-her-luck mother who claims to be married to a rich guy, played by Eugenio Derbez, who mistreats her then gets amnesia after falling off his yacht (in the 1987 original, Goldie Hawn is the wealthy amnesiac and Kurt Russell the mistreated former employee who takes advantage of the situation).

Rounding out the top five on the overall chart were two 20th Century Fox releases — Super Troopers 2 at No. 4 and The Greatest Showman at No. 5.

On the Blu-ray chart, Paramount’s A Quiet Place was No. 4 and Super Troopers 2 was No. 5.

Blu-ray Disc accounted for just 40% of total unit sales of Overboard.

On the Media Play News rental chart for the week ended Aug. 5, Overboard took the top spot, while Rampage stayed at No. 2.

The previous week’s top rental, Ready Player One, dropped to No. 3, followed by Super Troopers 2 at No. 4 and Universal Pictures’ I Feel Pretty at No. 5.

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‘Overboard’ Remake Tops Redbox Kiosk, On Demand Charts

Lionsgate’s Overboard, a remake of the 1987 MGM romantic comedy, debuted at No. 1 on both Redbox charts the week ended Aug. 6.

The film, which earned just over $50 million in U.S. theaters, took over the top spot on both Redbox’s kiosk rental chart, which tracks DVD and Blu-ray Disc rentals, and the Redbox On Demand chart, which tracks digital purchases (EST) and rentals (TVOD).

Overboard stars Eugenio Derbez, Anna Faris, Eva Longoria, John Hannah, and Swoosie Kurtz. The plot is the same as the original, but the roles are reversed: in the 2018 remake, a struggling single mom convinces a rich player with amnesia that they are married.

Rampage, the science-fiction monster movie based on the video game series of the same name, held onto the No. 2 spot on both charts. The Warner Bros. release stars Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Åkerman, Jake Lacy, Joe Manganiello, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

Ready Player One, the latest sci-fi film from Steven Spielberg, took the No. 3 spot on both Redbox charts after bowing at No. 1 the prior week.

Still holding strong is Amy Schumer’s I Feel Pretty, from Universal Pictures, which remains at No. 4 on both the kiosk disc rental chart and the transactional video chart.

Rounding out the top five on the kiosk chart was 20th Century Fox’s Super Troopers 2, which had debuted the prior week at No. 3.

On the Redbox On Demand digital chart, the No. 5 spot went to Universal Pictures’ Blockers.

On the kiosk chart, two other new releases bowed in the top 10. Universal Pictures’ Tully, starring Charlize Theron as a mother of three who strikes up a friendship with her nanny (Mackenzie Davis), debuted at No. 9. Lionsgate’s Dark Crimes, with Jim Carrey as a detective who detects similarities between a cold case murder and a popular novel, debuted at No. 10.

Also new on the digital chart is The Miracle Season, from 20h Century Fox, debuting at No. 10. The movie I based on the true story of the Iowa City West High School volleyball team after the sudden death of the team’s leader.

 

Top DVD and Blu-ray Disc Rentals, Redbox Kiosks, Week Ending August 6

  1. Overboard (2018) (new)
  2. Rampage
  3. Ready Player One
  4. I Feel Pretty
  5. Super Troopers 2
  6. A Quiet Place
  7. Blockers
  8. Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare
  9. Tully (new)
  10. Dark Crimes (new)

 

Top Digital, Redbox On Demand, Week Ending August 6

  1. Overboard (2018) (new)
  2. Rampage
  3. Ready Player One
  4. I Feel Pretty
  5. Blockers
  6. Supertroopers 2
  7. A Quiet Place
  8. Tully
  9. Tomb Raider (2018)
  10. The Miracle Season (new)

 

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‘Ready Player One’ Takes the High Score in Disc Sales

The Steven Spielberg-directed virtual reality adventure Ready Player One debuted at No. 1 on the NPD VideoScan First Alert sales chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales, and the dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart the week ended July 28.

The film, distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, earned $137 million at the domestic box office.

The arrival of Ready Player One pushed another Warner title with a video game theme, Rampage, to No. 2 on both charts.

Dropping a spot to No. 3 on both charts was 20th Century Fox’s Super Troopers 2.

Paramount’s A Quiet Place held onto the No. 4 spot on both charts, while Fox’s The Greatest Showman rose to No. 5 in its 16th week on shelves.

Blu-ray Disc accounted for 76% of first-week Ready Player One sales; 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray was responsible for 20% of the film’s total unit sales.

On the Media Play News rental chart for the week ended July 29, Ready Player One, Rampage and Super Troopers 2 also took the top 3 spots, respectively.

Universal’s I Feel Pretty slipped to No. 4 while A Quiet Place was No. 5.

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‘Ready Player One’ Tops Redbox Disc Rental, Transactional Video Charts

Warner’s Ready Player One, the latest sci-fi film from Steven Spielberg, debuted at No. 1 on both Redbox charts the week ended July 30.

The film, based on the 2011 Ernest Cline novel, is set in 2045, a time when people use virtual reality software to escape the problems of the real world. A teen orphan named Wade Watts (portrayed by Tye Sheridan) discovers clues to a hidden game promising full ownership of the software and winds up battling a large company out to do the same.

The film, which grossed nearly $138 million in U.S. theaters, took the top spot on both Redbox’s kiosk rental chart, which tracks DVD and Blu-ray Disc rentals, and the Redbox On Demand chart, which tracks digital purchases and rentals.

Rampage, also from Warner, slipped to No. 2 on both charts after bowing at No. 1 the prior week.

Twentieth Century Fox’s Supertroopers 2 debuted at No. 3 on the kiosk disc rental chart but slipped to No. 5 from No. 4 on the transactional video chart. (The film’s digital release preceded its disc release by two weeks.)

Rounding out the top five on the kiosk chart were Amy Schumer’s I Feel Pretty at No. 4, down two spots from its No. 2 debut the prior week, and Paramount’s surprise horror hit A Quiet Place at No. 5, down from No. 3.

On the digital chart, A Quiet Place remained at No. 3 and I Feel Pretty slipped two notches to No. 4.

A third new disc release, 20th Century Fox’s Isle of Dogs, debuted at No. 9 on the disc rental chart. The stop-motion animated film written, produced and directed by Wes Anderson is set in a dystopian Japan.

 

Top DVD and Blu-ray Disc Rentals, Redbox Kiosks, Week Ending July 30

  1. Ready Player One (new)
  2. Rampage
  3. Super Troopers 2 (new)
  4. I Feel Pretty
  5. A Quiet Place
  6. Blockers
  7. Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare
  8. Traffik
  9. Isle of Dogs (new)
  10. Tomb Raider (2018)

 

Top Digital, Redbox On Demand, Week Ending July 30

  1. Ready Player One (new)
  2. Rampage
  3. A Quiet Place
  4. I Feel Pretty
  5. Supertroopers 2
  6. Blockers
  7. Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare
  8. The Equalizer
  9. Game Night
  10. Death Wish (2018)

 

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‘Ready Player One’ Hitting Home Video in July

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release the sci-fi adventure Ready Player One through digital retail July 3, followed by Blu-ray, DVD, 3D Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and on-demand July 24.

Based on the novel of the same name by Ernest Cline, the film depicts a bleak world in the year 2045, when people escape from reality by entering the virtual world of the Oasis. When the creator of the system (Mark Rylance) sets up a contest for the winner to inherit his vast wealth, Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) and his friends set off to conquer the challenges set before them.

“Ready Player One” stars Tye Sheridan (“X-Men: Apocalypse,” “Mud”), The cast also includes Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, T.J. Miller, Philip Zhao, Win Morisaki, Hannah John-Kamen and Simon Pegg.

Directed by Steven Spielberg and scripted by Cline and Zak Penn, the film earned $135.3 million at the domestic box office and $577 million worldwide.

The DVD and Blu-ray versions will include the featurette “The ’80s: You’re the Inspiration.”

The Blu-ray editions will also include the featurettes “Game Changer: Cracking the Code,” “Effects for a Brave New World,” “Level Up: Sound for the Future,” “High Score: Endgame” and “Ernie & Tye’s Excellent Adventure.”

The 4K and 3D Blu-ray versions will feature a Dolby Atmos soundtrack remixed specifically for the home theater environment. The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray will also feature Dolby Vision HDR.