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‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ Leads Three Newcomers Atop Redbox Charts

Three new releases topped the Redbox charts the week ended Dec. 9, led by Mission: Impossible – Fallout, the latest Tom Cruise actioner based on the 1966 – 1973 TV series.

The sixth, and highest-grossing, film in the “M:I” franchise debuted at No. 1 on both the Redbox kiosk chart, which tracks DVD and Blu-ray Disc rentals at the company’s more than 40,000 red disc vending machines, as well as the Redbox On Demand digital chart, which tracks digital transactions, both electronic sellthrough (EST) and transactional video-on-demand (TVOD) streaming.

Bowing at No. 2, also on both charts, was Warner Bros.’ The Nun, the latest of five inter-related supernatural horror films in “The Conjuring Universe.”

And The Happytime Murders, a quirky crime comedy – starring both puppets and humans – in which police set out to solve a series of murders of retired sitcom stars, debuted at No. 3 on the Redbox kiosk chart and No. 4 on the Redbox On Demand digital chart.

Crazy Rich Asians, from Warner Bros., slipped to No. 4 on the kiosk chart and No. 3 on the digital chart after two weeks at No. 1.

Rounding out the top five on the Redbox disc rental chart was Mile 22, a spy thriller from Universal Pictures about a CIA task force that has to escort an Indonesian police officer on the run from the government 22 miles to an extraction point. The film slipped to No. 5 after two weeks at No. 3.

On the Redbox On Demand digital chart, the No. 5 spot went to Sony Pictures’ Searching, which had debuted the prior week at No. 4.  Set mostly on smartphones and computer screens, the film is about a father (John Cho) trying to find his missing teen daughter (Michelle La) with assistance from a police detective (Debra Messing).

A fourth new release, Operation Finale, from Universal Pictures, debuted at No.10 on the Redbox disc-rental chart. The historical drama film follows Israeli intelligence officers as they seek to capture former SS officer Adolf Eichmann in 1960.

 

Top DVD and Blu-ray Disc Rentals, Redbox Kiosks, Week Ending December 9

  1. Mission: Impossible – Fallout (new)
  2. The Nun (new)
  3. The Happytime Murders (new)
  4. Crazy Rich Asians
  5. Mile 22
  6. The Meg
  7. The Incredibles 2
  8. Searching
  9. Alpha
  10. Operation Finale

 

Top Digital, Redbox On Demand, Week Ending December 9

  1. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
  2. The Nun
  3. Crazy Rich Asians
  4. The Happytime Murders
  5. Searching
  6. The Meg
  7. Mile 22
  8. Deadpool 2
  9. The Heat
  10. Alpha

 

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Redbox Customers Still ‘Crazy’ About ‘Rich Asians’

For the second consecutive week, Crazy Rich Asians, the surprise blockbuster from Warner Bros. that earned nearly $174 million in North American theaters, took the top spot on the two Redbox charts for the week ended Dec. 2.

The romantic dramedy, about an American professor who travels to meet her boyfriend’s family in Singapore and is surprised to find they are “crazy rich,” again took the No. 1 spot on the Redbox kiosk chart, which tracks DVD and Blu-ray Disc rentals at the company’s more than 40,000 red disc vending machines, as well as the Redbox On Demand digital chart, which tracks digital transactions, both electronic sellthrough (EST) and transactional video-on-demand (TVOD) streaming.

The monster shark movie The Meg, also from Warner Bros., was again No. 2 on the Redbox kiosk chart but slipped to No. 3 on the Redbox On Demand digital chart.

Sony Pictures’ Searching, the only new release in the top 10, debuted at No. 2 on the digital chart and No. 4 on the disc-rental chart.

Mile 22, a spy thriller from Universal Pictures about a CIA task force that has to escort an Indonesian police officer on the run from the government 22 miles to an extraction point, was again No. 3 on the kiosk chart but slipped a notch to No. 4 on the Redbox On Demand chart.

Rounding out the top five on the Redbox disc-rental chart was Walt Disney’s The Incredibles 2, down from No. 4 the prior week.

On the digital chart, the No. 5 spot went to Alpha, a historical adventure film about a young hunter who befriends an injured wolf during the last Ice Age. The film came in at No. 6 on the kiosk chart.

Two films that were original released to the home market in April, 20th Century Fox’s The Heat and MGM’s Creed, reappeared in the top 10 on the digital chart, coming in at No. 7 and No. 8, respectively.

 

Top DVD and Blu-ray Disc Rentals, Redbox Kiosks, Week Ending December 2

  1. Crazy Rich Asians
  2. The Meg
  3. Mile 22
  4. Searching (new)
  5. The Incredibles 2
  6. Alpha
  7. Kin
  8. Christopher Robin
  9. Skyscraper
  10. The Spy Who Dumped Me

 

Top Digital, Redbox On Demand, Week Ending December 2

  1. Crazy Rich Asians
  2. Searching
  3. The Meg
  4. Mile 22
  5. Alpha
  6. The Spy Who Dumped Me
  7. The Heat
  8. Creed
  9. Skyscraper
  10. Ocean’s 8

 

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Sony Sets Home Release Dates for Mystery-Thriller ‘Searching’

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has set home release dates for Searching, a film festival favorite that delves into the virtual world of social media.

The mystery-thriller will be released on digital – including the Movies Anywhere app – on Nov. 13, with a Blu-ray Disc and DVD release two weeks later, on Nov. 27.

Searching is the feature film debut for writer-director Aneesh Chaganty and writer-producer Sev Ohanian. According to Sony Pictures, Chaganty and Ohanian’s script constructs a new form of cinema inspired by the connection between parent and child in the Internet age.

The film stars John Cho as a distraught father determined to find his missing daughter. He sifts through her social media accounts, emails, pictures, videos and more to aid in the police investigation. Also in the case are Debra Messing, Joseph Lee and Michelle La in her feature film debut.

Searching won the audience award and the Alfred P. Slogan Feature Film Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and has a 93% Certified Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Bonus features on the disc and digital releases include a commentary from the director and three exclusive behind-the scenes featurettes. “Changing The Language Of Cinema” explores the creative process of producing a film told entirely on screens. “Update Username: Cast And Characters” delves into the film’s challenging cinematography through interviews with the cast and the filmmakers. And “Searching For Easter Eggs” finds filmmakers Chaganty and Ohanian revealing the “blink and you missed it” Easter Eggs hidden in the ancillary screen space throughout the film.

Searching has a run time of approximately 102 minutes.