Disney-owned Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings secured the No. 1 spot for a second week on the NPD VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc units sales, and the dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart the week ended Dec. 11.
In its second week, Shang-Chi had 64% of its tally come from Blu-ray Disc — 41% from regular Blu-ray and 23% from 4K UHD Blu-ray.
The week’s top new release, at No. 7 on the overall chart and No. 6 on the Blu-ray Disc chart, was Warner’s Cry Macho, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood as an aging former rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder in 1979 who takes a job from an ex-boss (Dwight Yoakam) to bring the man’s young son home from Mexico. Cry Macho title saw 59% of its sales come from DVD, 36% from regular Blu-ray and 5% from 4K.
No. 10 on the overall disc chart, and No. 3 on the Blu-ray chart, was another newcomer, Disney-owned 20th Century Studios’ Ron’s Gone Wrong, an animated movie about a boy trying to protect his defective robot. It had 61% of its unit sales from HD formats (50% Blu-ray and 11% 4K).
Warner’s fifth season of animated series “Rick and Morty” debuted at No. 13 on the overall disc chart, and No. 4 on the Blu-ray chart, thanks to 62% of its tally coming from the HD format.
No. 17 on the overall disc sales chart was another newcomer, Universal’s God’s Not Dead: We the People, the fourth film in the “God’s Not Dead” series.
The only other new release to land in the top 20 was Universal’s Dear Evan Hansen, an adaptation of the stage musical, at No. 20 overall and No. 14 on the Blu-ray chart. It had 48% of its units sales from Blu-ray Disc.
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The Media Play News rental chart the week ended Dec. 12 had Shang-Chi at No. 1, followed by Cry Macho at No. 2.
Universal’s Copshop was the No. 3 rental, followed by Disney’s Jungle Cruise at No. 3, and Disney-owned 20th Century Studios’ Free Guy at No. 5.
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Sales Report for Week Ended 12-11-21
Digital Transactions Snapshot for Week Ended 12-13-21
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the 25th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, arrives on Blu-ray Disc, dvd and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Nov. 30 from Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution. Shang-Chi stars Simu Liu in the title role, who must face the past he thought he left behind and confront his father, Xu Wenwu (Tony Leung), leader of the dangerous Ten Rings organization. The film also stars Awkwafina, Meng’er Zhang, Fala Chen, Florian Munteanu and Michelle Yeoh. The film has earned more than $431 million at the global box office, and is the year’s top domestic title with $224.5 million.
The horror film Malignant arrives on Blu-ray and DVD Nov. 30 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. From director James Wan (The Conjuring, Aquaman, Furious 7), the horror thriller stars Annabelle Wallis (Annabelle, The Mummy), Maddie Hasson (TV’s “Impulse,” TV’s “Mr. Mercedes”) and George Young (TV’s “Containment”). In the film, a woman is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities.
The horror thriller Saint Maud arrives on Blu-ray (plus digital) and DVD Nov. 30 from Lionsgate. The film stars Morfydd Clark (Crawl, TV’s “His Dark Materials,” “Dracula”) and Jennifer Ehle (Zero Dark Thirty, Vox Lux, TV’s “The Looming Tower”). The debut film from writer-director Rose Glass, Saint Maud follows Maud, a newly devout hospice nurse, who becomes obsessed with saving her dying patient’s soul — but sinister forces, and her own sinful past, threaten to put an end to her holy calling.
Beatty stars in (as well as produces, co-writes, and co-directs) the comedy Heaven Can Wait, which has been fully restored and remastered from the original negative under Beatty’s supervision. Directed by Beatty and Buck Henry, with a screenplay by Elaine May and Beatty, the film also stars Julie Christie, James Mason, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry, Vincent Gardenia and Jack Warden. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Beatty and Henry), Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Beatty and May), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Beatty), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Warden), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Cannon), and more. The film follows Joe Pendleton (Beatty), a Los Angeles Rams backup quarterback ready to lead the team all the way to the Super Bowl until an overzealous guardian angel prematurely plucks him from the living. When he’s returned to Earth in the body of millionaire industrialist Leo Farnsworth, he inherits a world of challenges, including winning the love of a woman (Christie) who hates Farnsworth.
Directed, co-written, produced by and starring Beatty, Reds celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. The story of a radical American journalist embroiled in the Bolshevik revolution was originally released on Dec. 25, 1981. Paramount will release the film in a two-disc Blu-ray set, newly restored under Beatty’s supervision. The film was restored and remastered from the original negative in 4K with high dynamic range using a vintage print from the Paramount archives as a reference, which was approved by Academy Award-winning cinematographer Vittorio Storaro. Punctuated by interviews with real-life activists and witnesses to the revolution, Reds depicts the love story between activists John Reed (Beatty) and Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton) set against the outbreak of World War I and the rise of communism in Russia. In addition to Keaton and Beatty, the film’s cast includes Jack Nicholson, Edward Herrmann, Gene Hackman, Paul Sorvino and Maureen Stapleton, whose performance won her an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The film garnered 12 Academy Award nominations and won three, including Best Director for Beatty. The Oscar-nominated screenplay was written by Beatty and Trevor Griffiths.
