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‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical’ Marks One Month Atop U.K. Home Entertainment Sales Chart

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical ended its fourth straight week at No. 1 on the Official Film Chart as the U.K.’s top-selling movie for the week ended March 8. The movie more than doubled the sales of its closest competition, with 60% of its sales coming from digital transactions, or electronic sellthrough (EST).

At No. 2 for a third week is Disney/Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which edged out the week’s highest new entry, British drama Living, distributed by Lionsgate U.K., at No. 3. The movie stars Bill Nighy as a bureaucrat in 1950s London who, after receiving a fatal diagnosis, decides to live his life more fully.

Paramount Home Entertainment’s Top Gun: Maverick (No. 4) and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s Elvis (No. 5) both finished ahead of the chart’s second new entry, 1995 crime drama Casino (re-released across digital sellthrough by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment) at No. 6, starring Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci, among others.

Chart mainstays Bullet Train (Sony), Black Adam (Warner) and Jurassic World Dominion (Universal) ended the week at No. 7, No. 8 and No. 9, respectively. Finally, Warner’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Philosopher’s Stone in the U.K.) returned to the top 10 after rebounding 3 spots.

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The Official Film Chart Top 10 – March 8, 2023

Rank	Previous Week	Movie	Distributor
1	1	ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL	SONY PICTURES
2	2	BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER	DISNEY/MARVEL
3	NEW	LIVING	LIONSGATE U.K.
4	3	TOP GUN: MAVERICK	PARAMOUNT
5	4	ELVIS	WARNER
6	NEW	CASINO (1995)	UNIVERSAL
7	7	BULLET TRAIN	SONY PICTURES
8	9	BLACK ADAM	WARNER
9	6	JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION	UNIVERSAL
10	13	HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE	WARNER

‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical’ Tops U.K. Home Entertainment Sales for Third Week

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical remained atop the U.K. Home Entertainment sales chart for a third week following its release on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. The title was also the top-selling digital movie on the Official Film Chart for the week ended March 1.

At No. 2 for a second week was Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, finishing ahead of another chart returner, Paramount Home Entertainment’s Top Gun: Maverick.

Moving up the chart was Warner Bros.’ Elvis at No. 4, following its success at the 2023 BAFTAs where it won four awards — Best Actor in a Leading Role (Austin Butler), Best Casting, Best Costume Design and Best Make Up & Hair.

Rounding out the top five was Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s Minions: The Rise of Gru (No. 5) closely followed by Jurassic World Dominion (No. 6) and Sony’s Bullet Train, which moved up two spots to No. 7. Warner’s Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore vaulted back into the top 10 at No. 8, while the studio’s Black Adam dropped three spots to No. 9. The week’s No. 10 was former chart-topper The Batman — Warner’s fourth charting title for the week.

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The Official Film Chart Top 10 – March 1, 2023

Rank	Previous Week	Movie	Distributor
1	1	ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL	SONY PICTURES
2	2	BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER	DISNEY: MARVEL
3	3	TOP GUN: MAVERICK	PARAMOUNT
4	10	ELVIS	WARNER
5	4	MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU	UNIVERSAL
6	5	JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION	UNIVERSAL
7	9	BULLET TRAIN	SONY
8	11	FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE	WARNER
9	6	BLACK ADAM	WARNER
10	14	THE BATMAN	WARNER

Sony Pictures’ ‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical’ Tops U.K. Home Entertainment Sales Chart for Second Week

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical continued its reign as the top-selling retail movie in the United Kingdom for the week ended Feb. 22. The musical adaptation more than doubled the sales of its closest competition, including upping its previous-week digital sales 18%.

New chart release Disney/Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ended the week at No. 2 and was biggest seller on physical formats. The sequel to 2018’s Black Panther finds the people of Wakanda fighting to protect their kingdom from intervening world powers and a brand-new threat in the wake of King T’Challa’s death.

Paramount Home Entertainment’s Top Gun: Maverick continued its enduring chart run at No. 3, finishing just ahead of fellow former chart-topper Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s Minions: The Rise of Gru, which rebounded nine spots to land back in the top 10 at No. 4.

Universal’s Jurassic World Dominion climbed one spot to No. 5, while Warner Bros.’ Black Adam dropped four spots to No. 6, closely followed by Entertainment One’s The Woman King at No. 7. Sony Pictures’ Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile returned to the top 10 after climbing three spots to No. 8, and the studio’s Bullet Train barreled into another chart week at No. 9.

Finally, multi-BAFTA-winner Elvis, which scooped up four awards at the Feb. 19 ceremony, including Best Costume Design and Best Leading Actor for Austin Butler’s performance as the King of Rock ‘n Roll, ended the week at No. 10.

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The Official Film Chart Top 10 – Feb. 22, 2023

Rank	Previous Week	Movie	Distributor
1	1	ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL	SONY PICTURES
2	NEW	BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER	DISNEY/MARVEL
3	3	TOP GUN: MAVERICK	PARAMOUNT
4	15	MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU	UNIVERSAL
5	6	JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION	UNIVERSAL
6	2	BLACK ADAM	WARNER
7	7	THE WOMAN KING	ENTERTAINMENT ONE
8	11	LYLE LYLE CROCODILE	SONY PICTURES
9	9	BULLET TRAIN	SONY PICTURES
10	8	ELVIS	WARNER

‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical’ Tops U.K. Home Entertainment Weekly Sales Chart Through Feb. 15

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical finished No. 1 in its retail debut on the U.K.’s Official Film Chart through Feb. 15.

The film adaptation of Tim Minchin’s Tony and Olivier award-winning musical — itself based on Roald Dahl’s book — dominated the chart, based on digital sales, and outselling the rest of the top 10 combined.

Newcomer Alisha Weir stars as Matilda Wormwood, a talented little girl with mysterious powers who finds the courage to stand up to troublesome headteacher Miss Trunchbull (Emma Thompson) and her dreadful parents, with a little help from her friends and inspirational teacher Miss Honey (Lashana Lynch).

The movie, co-produced by Sony Pictures’ TriStar Pictures, is marketed in the U.S. as an exclusive Netflix original movie.

Separately, former chart toppers, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s Black Adam remained No. 2 in sales for another week, with Paramount Pictures’ Top Gun: Maverick moving up to No. 3.

Second new chart entry, Sony’s Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody debuted at No. 4. Starring Naomi Ackie as Houston, the film follows the late musical legend’s journey from obscurity to musical superstardom, through the emotional highs and lows she faced during her life.

Last week’s No. 1, Oscar-nominated dark comedy The Banshees of Inisherin, finished No. 5, followed by another former chart-topper, Jurassic World Dominion at No. 6, and historical drama The Woman King, starring Viola Davis, at No. 7.

Rounding off the chart is Warner’s Elvis (No. 8), Sony’s Bullet Train (No. 9), and Warner’s Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore at No. 10.

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The Official Film Chart Top 10 – Feb. 15, 2023

Rank	Previous Week	Movie	Distributor
1	NEW	ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL	SONY PICTURES
2	2	BLACK ADAM	WARNER
3	4	TOP GUN: MAVERICK	PARAMOUNT
4	NEW	WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY	SONY
5	1	THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN	20TH CENTURY
6	6	JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION	UNIVERSAL
7	3	THE WOMAN KING	UNIVERSAL
8	5	ELVIS	WARNER
9	14	BULLET TRAIN	SONY PICTURES
10	17	FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE	WARNER