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Warner’s ‘Elvis’ Biopic Returns Atop Weekly U.K. Home Entertainment Sales Chart

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment award-winning Elvis biopic returned to the top of the U.K. home entertainment sales chart for the week ended Jan. 18. The month has been an emotionally trying time for the Elvis Presley legacy, including the legend’s 88th birthday on Jan. 8, the movie’s success at the Golden Globes and the untimely passing of Presley’s lone child, Lisa Marie, just days later.

Following Austin Butler’s Globes win for Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama portraying Elvis, the biopic saw a rise in both digital retail and physical sales, according to the Official Film Chart.

That meant that Paramount Home Entertainment’s perennial chart-topper Top Gun: Maverick dropped to the No. 2 spot, while critically-acclaimed dark comedy-drama The Banshees of Inisherin moved up to No. 3 as the most-downloaded film of the week. Starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, the movie generated extra consumer attention following its three Globe wins (and eight nominations) for Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, Best Actor (Farrell) and Best Screenplay.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s book adaptation Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile moved up five spots to No. 4, while Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s Jurassic World Dominion ended the period at No. 5, and the studio’s The Croods: A New Age returned to the top 10 at No. 6.

Paramount’s drama-fantasy book adaptation The Lovely Bones, originally released in 2009, moved into the top 10 for the very first time, finishing in the No. 7 spot.

Rounding out the chart were chart Warner’s regulars The Batman (No. 8) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (No. 9), followed by Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man: No Way Home (No. 10).

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The Official Film Chart Top 10 – Jan. 18, 2023

Rank	Previous Week	Movie	Distributor
1	2	ELVIS	WARNER
2	1	TOP GUN: MAVERICK	PARAMOUNT
3	27	THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN	SEARCHLIGHT
4	9	LYLE, LYLE, CROCODILE	SONY PICTURES
5	4	JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION	UNIVERSAL
6	3	THE CROODS: A NEW AGE	UNIVERSAL
7	34	THE LOVELY BONES	PARAMOUNT
8	6	THE BATMAN	WARNER
9	5	FANTASTIC BEASTS: SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE	WARNER
10	8	SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME	SONY PICTURES

U.K. Home Entertainment Sales Chart Debuts ‘No. 1 Award’ for Weekly Top-Selling Movies

The Official Charts Company, which reports weekly U.K. sales of music and video content, has introduced a new addition to its line of awards, this time celebrating the home entertainment sector with the Official Film Chart Number 1 Award.

A decade since the launch of the Official Singles Chart Number 1 Award, the Official Film Chart Number 1 Award now arrives for studios, directors and producers to honor their No. 1 success on the U.K.’s Official Film Chart.

The new initiative in the home entertainment sector gives the industry the opportunity to acknowledge the biggest-selling No. 1 movies on disc and download.

From major blockbusters such as Paramount Home Entertainment’s Top Gun: Maverick and Disney/Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame, to seasonal classics such as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s Elf and Disney’s Hocus Pocus, more than 100 titles across a spectrum of audiences and genres have reached the top of the Official Film Chart, being crowned the U.K.’s biggest home entertainment title of the week on disc and download.

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The 2022 Official Charts No. 1 Sellers Thus Far:

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End of first week on chart	Movie	Weeks at No.1
12/28/2021	NO TIME TO DIE Universal Pictures Home Entertainment/MGM Studios	2
1/18/2022	VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE Sony Pictures Home Entertainment	1
1/25/2022	GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE Paramount Home Entertainment	3
2/15/2022	DUNE (2021) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment	1
2/22/2022	ENCANTO Disney	1
01/03/2022	HOUSE OF GUCCI Universal	1
3/8/2022	THE KING’S MAN Disney/20th Century Studios	2
3/22/2022	CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG Paramount	1
3/29/2022	SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Sony	5
5/3/2022	SING 2 Universal	1
5/10/2022	UNCHARTED Sony	3
5/31/2022	TOP GUN Paramount	1
6/7/2022	THE BATMAN Warner	1
6/14/2022	TOP GUN Paramount	2
6/28/2022	THE BATMAN Warner	1
7/5/2022	SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 Paramount	1
7/12/2022	THE LOST CITY Paramount	2
7/26/2022	FANTASTIC BEASTS: SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE Warner	1
8/2/2022	DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF Disney	1
8/9/2022	FANTASTIC BEASTS: SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE Warner	2
8/23/2022	SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 Paramount	1
8/30/2022	DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA Universal	1
9/6/2022	TOP GUN: MAVERICK Paramount	2

‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Retains No. 1 on U.K. Home Entertainment Chart for Third Week

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife scored a third week as the U.K.’s No. 1 home entertainment movie release. The title, starring Paul Rudd, maintained its lead based on digital sales. Bridging the gap, however, was Warner’s Dune in the No. 2 spot.

MGM’s No Time to Die (distributed in the U.K. by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment) held onto the No. 3 spot, while Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage rebounded to No. 4, as Disney’s Encanto held at No 5.

Dreamworks Animation’s sequel The Boss Baby: Family Business dropped two spots at No. 6 in its third week on the chart, while Universal’s Halloween Kills held the No. 7 spot. Disney/Marvel’s Eternals finished No. 8, while Universal’s Nobody, starring Bob Odenkirk, held at No. 9.

Finally, the chart’s highest new entry of the week featured STX Entertainment’s Spencer, starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana. Haunted by rumors of her partner’s infidelity and a hidden mental health struggle, Diana decides to end her marriage with Prince Charles while keeping up appearances for the season.

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The Official Film Chart Top 10 – Feb. 2, 2022

Rank	Previous Week	Movie	Distributor
1	1	GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE	SONY PICTURES
2	2	DUNE (2021)	WARNER
3	3	NO TIME TO DIE	UNIVERSAL
4	5	VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE	SONY PICTURES
5	6	ENCANTO	DISNEY
6	8	THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS	UNIVERSAL/DREAMWORKS ANIMATION
7	4	HALLOWEEN KILLS	UNIVERSAL
8	7	ETERNALS	DISNEY MARVEL
9	9	NOBODY	UNIVERSAL
10	NEW	SPENCER	STX ENTERTAINMENT

Universal’s ‘Trolls World Tour’ Tops British Home Entertainment Sales Chart for Seventh Time

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s Trolls World Tour finished atop the weekly Official Chart through Sept. 16 in the United Kingdom for the seventh time. The animated sequel has sold more than 215,000 units across DVD, Blu-ray Disc and digital download.

This week’s highest new entry, Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace (Disney) finished No. 2 — with the 1999 movie entering the chart for the first time following its release on a limited edition 4K Steelbook version. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Disney) at No. 3 sits just a handful of unit sales behind its predecessor after climbing three places up from last week.

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The previous week’s No. 1, Black Panther (Disney), dropped to No. 4, landing just ahead of eOne’s 1917 at No. 5. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Spider-Man: Far From Home, starring Tom Holland, swung up nine places to No. 6; Bad Boys for Life (Sony) rose three to No. 7.

Paramount Pictures Sonic the Hedgehog dropped to No. 8, while Sony’s Jumanji: The Next Level held on at No. 9. Finally, Greta Gerwig’s 2019 adaptation of Little Women returned to the top 10 for the first time since June. Starring Emma Watson, Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh and Eliza Scanlen, this adaptation was nominated for six academy awards this year, winning one for Best Costume Design.

The Official Film Chart Top 10 – 16th September 2020

LW	Pos	Title	Label
3	1	TROLLS WORLD TOUR	DREAMWORKS ANIMATION
NEW	2	STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE	WALT DISNEY
6	3	STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER	WALT DISNEY
1	4	BLACK PANTHER	MARVEL FILMS
4	5	1917	ENTERTAINMENT ONE
15	6	SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME	SONY PICTURES HE
10	7	BAD BOYS FOR LIFE	SONY PICTURES HE
2	8	SONIC THE HEDGEHOG	PARAMOUNT
9	9	JUMANJI – THE NEXT LEVEL	SONY PICTURES HE
14	10	LITTLE WOMEN (2019)	SONY PICTURES HE

‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Speeds to No.1 on U.K. Official Film Chart

Packaged media proved to be the perfect spark to push Paramount Home Entertainment’s Sonic the Hedgehog to the top of the U.K. Official Film Chart through June 17.

The video game adaptation entered the chart in April at No. 3 when it was released on digital download early due to the COVID-19 crisis. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Bloodshot returned to the chart in the fifth spot following its release on DVD, Blu-ray Disc and 4K UHD.

Bloodshot, which stars Vin Diesel, was first released digitally in March, two weeks after its theatrical bow. Entertainment One’s Oscar-winning war drama 1917 jumped to No. 2, while the previous week’s No. 1, Dolittle (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment) fell to No. 3, and Disney’s Onward dropped to No. 4.

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Sony Pictures’ Bad Boys For Life finished No. 6, while the studio’s Jumanji: The Next Level remained strong at No. 7. Sony Pictures’ Little Women came in at No. 8, while Disney’s Frozen II followed at No. 9, and Universal’s Cats fell four spots to No. 10.