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Warner’s ‘Black Adam’ Retains Spot as Top-Selling U.K. Home Entertainment Title for Week Ended Feb. 1

Warner Bros.’s DC Comics antihero film Black Adam retained the No. 1 sales ranking in the United Kingdom for the week ended Feb. 1.

Starring Dwayne Johnson as the eponymous character, the movie leads the Official Film Chart on digital sales for another week, with 57% of its revenue made up of electronic sellthrough.

Separately, 20th Century Studios’ Oscar-nominated The Banshees of Inisherin moved up two spots to No. 2, with Paramount Home Entertainment’s former chart topper Top Gun: Maverick climbing back up to No. 3 for the week ahead of Warner’s Elvis at No. 4.

Disney-owned Searchlight Pictures’ The Menu, led by Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes and Nicholas Hoult, moved up four spots to No. 5, while Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s Jurassic World Dominion jumped two spots to No. 6, ahead of Halloween Ends (No. 7) and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (No. 8).

Lionsgate’s demonic horror Prey For The Devil (No. 9) entered the top 10 for the first time from No. 14. In the film, a nun (Jacqueline Byers) believes she is answering a call to become an exorcist. As she battles to save the soul of a young girl, she discovers mysterious ties to her own past.

Finally, rounding out the top 10 was Universal’s family favorite Sing 2.

The Official Film Chart Top 10 – Feb. 1, 2023

Rank Previous Week Movie Distributor
1 1 BLACK ADAM WARNER
2 4 THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN DISNEY/SEARCHLIGHT
3 5 TOP GUN: MAVERICK PARAMOUNT
4 3 ELVIS WARNER
5 9 THE MENU DISNEY/SEARCHLIGHT
6 8 JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION UNIVERSAL
7 2 HALLOWEEN ENDS UNIVERSAL
8 7 LYLE, LYLE, CROCODILE SONY PICTURES
9 13 PREY FOR THE DEVIL LIONSGATE
10 11 SING 2 UNIVERSAL

© Official Charts Company 2023

‘The King’s Man’ No. 1 on U.K. Home Entertainment Chart

Disney-owned 20th Century Studios’ The King’s Man took over the No. 1 spot on the Official Film Chart in the U.K. through March 2.

The third installment of the “Kingsman” franchise moved up the chart after its release on DVD, Blu-ray Disc and 4K UHD Blu-ray, unseating the previous week’s chart topper, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s House of Gucci (No. 2), with a 5,000-unit sale advantage, including 55% of its sales made up of discs.

The King’s Man is a prequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), and tells the story of how the agency was formed during World War I.

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Meanwhile, Disney’s Encanto racked up a ninth week in the top 10 at No. 3, Warner Bros. Pictures’ Dune finished at No. 4, MGM’s No Time to Die (distributed by Universal in the U.K.) marked its 10th week on the chart at No. 5, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife slipped a spot to No. 6.

Paramount Home Entertainment’s Paw Patrol: The Movie rebounded four spots to No. 7. It was closely followed by Sony’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage at No. 8, Disney/Marvel’s Eternals at No. 9, and Universal’s F9: The Fast Saga at No. 10.

The Official Film Chart Top 10 – March 2, 2022

Rank Previous Week Movie Distributor
1 3 THE KING’S MAN DISNEY/20TH CENTURY
2 1 HOUSE OF GUCCI UNIVERSAL
3 2 ENCANTO DISNEY
4 4 DUNE (2021) WARNER HOME
5 6 NO TIME TO DIE UNIVERSAL
6 5 GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE SONY PICTURES
7 11 PAW PATROL: THE MOVIE PARAMOUNT
8 8 VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE SONY PICTURES
9 7 ETERNALS DISNEY/MARVEL
10 10 F9: THE FAST SAGA UNIVERSAL

© Official Charts Company 2022

Netflix to Be Featured in an Exhibit at London Museum

Netflix has announced a new partnership with the Design Museum in London — a museum devoted to contemporary design — for a new exhibit celebrating the service’s “design journey,” according to a blog post by Steve Johnson, Netflix VP of product and studio design.

“Our new immersive exhibition will take a closer look at the key elements of the Netflix experience, its evolution over time, and our underpinning design philosophy,” Johnson wrote. “The exhibit will also showcase this design journey from a different perspective through fan favourites.

“When something is designed well, it makes life easier, gives us joy and brings people together. And just like entertainment, design can fundamentally change the way we live our lives. 

“At Netflix, building an intuitive, seamless experience has been at the heart of our business for the last 25 years: from our very early days as a mail-order DVD company, to our role today bringing entertainment to homes and devices around the world. Design plays a key role in connecting our members with great stories.”

It’s Netflix’s 10th year in the United Kingdom, he noted.

“We couldn’t think of a better moment to look back at the evolution of the Netflix experience and celebrate our journey together,” he wrote.

Distribution Solutions Inks Distribution Deal With Powerhouse Films Label

Distribution Solutions, a division of Alliance Entertainment, has inked a physical media partnership with Powerhouse Films’ U.K.-based label Indicator.

Distribution Solutions will handle sales and distribution of all Powerhouse Films sellthrough releases in the United States and Canada.

The first physical Powerhouse Films releases distributed by Distribution Solutions will be available for purchase in January 2022.

Powerhouse Films has an extensive collection of classic films that includes limited-edition boxed sets and single-title releases, as well as standard-edition reissues of limited-edition titles that have gone out of print, such as John Carpenter’s Christine, Jacques Tourneur’s Night of the Demon and Dennis Hopper’s The Last Movie.

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“We are very excited to be in business with Powerhouse Films,” Distribution Solutions president Ben Means said in a statement. “Partnering internationally with a film label like Indicator, which has such a driven passion for physical media, helps expand the quality and coverage of classic films we distribute to the U.S. and Canada.”

“We’re thrilled to be bringing our unique blend of cult and classic cinema to audiences in the U.S. and Canada in partnership with the fantastic team at Distribution Solutions,” Powerhouse Films’ co-founder Sam Dunn said in a statement. “We’ve been working hard unearthing and restoring a raft of incredible titles in order to put together a schedule that will surprise and delight even the most adventurous viewer.”

“Indicator lovingly curates and enshrines obscure, precious gems for the obsessive collector and the genre connoisseur,” award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro said in a statement.

‘Black Widow’ Tops U.K. Home Entertainment Chart for Second Week

Disney/Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Black Widow remained atop the Official Film Chart in the U.K. for the second week, ended Sept. 29, driven by packaged-media sales, including DVD, Blu-ray Disc and 4K UHD Blu-ray.

The Scarlett Johansson starrer held off Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Monster Hunter, which climbed two spots to No. 2.

The week’s highest new entry was John Carpenter’s 1982 sci-fi horror The Thing, which made its chart debut at No. 3 thanks to a brand-new re-issue on 4K UHD Blu-ray Disc. The movie knocked Lionsgate’s Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard down to No. 4, and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s Nobody to No. 5.

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Warner’s The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (No. 6) and Paramount Home Entertainment’s A Quiet Place Part II (No. 7) both fell one spot, while Sony Pictures’ Peter Rabbit 2 (No. 8) and Warner’s Zack Snyder’s Justice League (No. 9) held onto their positions from the previous week. Rounding off the top 10 was Godzilla vs. Kong (Warner), which climbed 11 spots.

Rank Previous Week Movie, Studio Peak
Position		 Week on Chart
1 1
BLACK WIDOW, DISNEY/MARVEL
 1 2
2 4 
MONSTER HUNTER, SONY PICTURES
 2 3
3 NEW
THE THING, UNIVERSAL
 3 1
4 3 
HITMAN’S WIFE’S BODYGUARD, LIONSGATE
 1 3
5 2 
NOBODY, UNIVERSAL
 2 4
6 5 
THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT, WARNER
 2 5
7 6 
A QUIET PLACE PART II, PARAMOUNT
 1 6
8 8
PETER RABBIT 2, SONY PICTURES
 1 10
9 9
ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE, WARNER
 1 23
10 21 
GODZILLA VS. KONG, WARNER
 1 18

 

Netflix Picks Up Three U.K. Reality Shows for Its Global Audience

Netflix has picked up three reality shows from the United Kingdom for its global audience.

“Over our past couple of years at Netflix, we have been thrilled by the ideas pitched to us from production companies in the U.K.; ideas that are fresh, thought-provoking and playful, a perfect combination for our unscripted slate,” wrote Ben Kelly, manager of unscripted series for the U.K., and Daisy Lilley, manager of unscripted series for the U.K., in an online blog. “We look for series that have a unique take on a familiar concept and put innovative twists on shows that you wouldn’t find anywhere else, so that we can deliver something truly original.

“The line-up includes a monstrous new VFX dance competition that gives talented budding dancers a chance to perform like no one’s watching, a reality series that puts a group of failure-to-launch youngsters through their paces in a wilderness camp, and a dating show with a seriously uncomfortable twist.”

They also confirmed that season three of “Too Hot to Handle” will launch early in the new year.

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The new shows include “Snowflake Mountain,” “Dance Monsters” and “Dated and Related.”

“Snowflake Mountain” takes a bunch of clueless kidults who aren’t yet living to their full potential and puts them through their paces at a wilderness survival retreat to try and kickstart them into standing on their own two feet. At stake is a transformative cash prize for the lucky winner. There’s no running water, no parents to wait on them, and no Wi-Fi. The series, which was filmed in the Lake District (North West England), features an international cast.

“Dance Monsters” is a large-scale dancing competition with a monster twist. Through the power of VFX, live motion capture and facial recognition, competitors will transform into fantastical dance monsters that come to life in front of an expert panel of judges and a live studio audience. For their time on stage they get to escape reality, become something truly extraordinary and stand out from the crowd.

In “Dated and Related,” pairs of siblings will be seeing each other’s love life up close and personal as they search for “the one” together. The series is filmed in France with an international cast.

‘Peter Rabbit 2’ Atop U.K. Home Entertainment Chart For Second Week

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway held onto the No. 1 spot on the Official Film Chart in the United Kingdom for a second consecutive week, ending Aug. 4.

The live-action animated sequel is still connecting with consumers on digital downloads only. The James Corden and Rose Byrne-led movie continues to hold as the U.K.’s biggest film, beating competition from the 2013 animated adventure The Croods at No. 2, which has enjoyed a recent resurgence thanks to the release of its own sequel in theaters.

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The original Space Jam (Warner) held at No. 3 for a third consecutive week, as Zack Snyder’s Justice League jumped four spots to No. 4, and double feature set Peter Rabbit 1 & 2 dropped to No. 5. The animated and real world collide in Tom & Jerry, which chased its way back up four spots to No. 6. Warner’s Godzilla vs. Kong dropped to No. 7 and the studio’s Mortal Kombat sank to No. 8.

Warner’s Birds of Prey climbed 13 spots to No. 9, returning to the Top 10 for the first time since March, thanks to the release of the recent Suicide Squad sequel, and Universal Pictures’ critically-acclaimed Promising Young Woman rounded out the top 10.

Overall, Warner again dominated retail channels with 60% of the top-selling titles, followed by Sony (20%) and Universal/DreamWorks Animation (20%).

The highest new entry on the Official Film Chart came from British thriller Six Minutes To Midnight at No. 15. Written by Eddie Izzard and Celyn Jones, and written and directed by Andy Goddard, the WWII-set drama includes Izzard, Judi Dench and Nigel Lindsay among its cast.

The Official Film Chart Top 10 – Aug. 4, 2021

Rank Previous Week Movie Distributor
1 1 PETER RABBIT 2: THE RUNAWAY SONY PICTURES
2 7 THE CROODS UNIVERSAL/DREAMWORKS
3 3 SPACE JAM WARNER
4 8 ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE WARNER
5 2 PETER RABBIT 1 & 2 SONY PICTURES
6 10 TOM & JERRY (2021) WARNER
7 6 GODZILLA VS. KONG WARNER
8 5 MORTAL KOMBAT (2021) WARNER
9 22 BIRDS OF PREY … WARNER
10 9 PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN UNIVERSAL

© Official Charts Company 2021

‘Peter Rabbit 2’ Tops U.K. Home Entertainment Chart Through July 28

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway hopped to No. 1 on the Official Film Chart in the United Kingdom for the retail week ended July 28.

The family film with CGI characters — featuring the voice of James Corden as the title character — claimed the top spot based on digital sales only, ahead of its release on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on Aug. 2. Meanwhile, a boxed set of both “Peter Rabbit” movies entered the chart at No. 2, while the first 2018 film appeared as a standalone release at No. 17.

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A 4K UHD Blu-ray Disc re-release of Quentin Tarantino-written True Romance sent the 1993 romantic crime drama onto the chart at No. 4, and the previous week’s chart topper Mortal Kombat (2021) dropped to No. 5, followed by Godzilla vs. Kong (No. 6), The Croods (No. 7), Zack Snyder’s Justice League (No. 8), Promising Young Woman (No. 9) and Tom & Jerry (No. 10).

Warner again dominated among distributors with 50% of the week’s Top 10 selling titles.

The Official Film Chart Top 10 – July 28, 2021

Rank Previous Week Movie Distributor
1 New PETER RABBIT 2 Sony Pictures
2 New PETER RABBIT 2-MOVIE COLLECTION Sony Pictures
3 3 SPACE JAM Warner
4 New TRUE ROMANCE Arrow Films
5 1 MORTAL KOMBAT (2021) Warner
6 2 GODZILLA VS. KONG Warner
7 4 THE CROODS Universal/DreamWorks
8 5 ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE Warner
9 7 PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Universal
10 8 TOM & JERRY (2021) Warner

© Official Charts Company 2021

Warner’s ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Scores Third Week Atop U.K. Home Entertainment Sales Chart

It was a Warner Bros. week in home entertainment in the U.K.

Warner Home Video’s Godzilla vs. Kong finished atop the the Official Film Chart in the U.K. through June 30, more than doubling the sales of its closest competition. The title saw 75% of its weekly sales made up of DVD and Blu-ray Disc units.

At No. 2, the week’s highest new entry was Batman: The Long Halloween — Part 1. The DC animated movie is the first of a two-part series, starring Jensen Ackles, Josh Duhamel, Troy Baker and the late Naya Rivera.

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Former chart topper Zack Snyder’s Justice League dropped two spots to No. 3, while Tom & Jerry sustained its No. 4 spot. Lionsgate’s The Hitman’s Bodyguard moved up four spots to No. 5, thanks to its sequel, The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, being released theatrically.

Wonder Woman 1984 dropped three spots to No. 6, while Paramount Pictures’ A Quiet Place fell two spots to No. 7, and Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon spent a second week at No. 8, while Tenet climbed one spot to No. 9.

Finally, Universal Pictures’ Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw jumped nine spots to No. 10, due to the popularity of F9: The Fast Saga in theaters.

Rank Previous Week Movie Peak
Position		 Weeks on Chart
1 1
Godzilla v. Kong
Warner Home Video
 1 5
2 New
Batman: The Long Halloween — Part 1
Warner
 2 1
3 2 
Zack Snyder’s Justice League
Warner
 1 10
4 4
Tom & Jerry (2021)
Warner
 2 6
5 9 
The Hitman’s Bodyguard
Lionsgate
 5 3
6 3 
Wonder Woman 1984
Warner
 1 16
7 5 
A Quiet Place
Paramount
 3 21
8 8
Raya and the Last Dragon
Disney
 1 6
9 10 
Tenet
Warner
 1 26
10 19 
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Universal
 1 42

Warner’s ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Posts Fifth Week Atop U.K. Home Entertainment Chart

Warner Bros.’ Zack Snyder’s Justice League returned to No. 1 on the U.K.’s Official Film Chart the week ended June 16 following a photo-finish race with the studio’s Godzilla vs. Kong.

With just 550 unit sales separating the two titles, Zack Snyder’s Justice League scooped its fifth non-consecutive week at the top, boasting this week’s highest sales on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, while Godzilla vs. Kong at No. 2 is the week’s biggest seller on digital download.

Paramount’s A Quiet Place snuck up one place to No. 3 as fans of the post-apocalyptic franchise catch up with the original following its sequel’s theatrical release, knocking Warner’s Tom & Jerry: The Movie to No. 4. Disney’s animated adventure Raya and the Last Dragon held on at No. 5, and Wonder Woman 1984 (Warner) swooped up one place to No. 6.

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Paramount’s classic action-adventure collection of four “Indiana Jones” movies entered the chart at No. 7 thanks to the release of a new 4K Blu-ray Disc boxed set. Lionsgate’s Chaos Walking dropped two places to No. 8, landing just ahead of this week’s highest brand new entry, Universal’s 2 Hearts, at No. 9.

Entering on digital downloads only, 2 Hearts is a romantic drama telling the stories of two couples whose narratives unfold in different decades and different places — until a hidden connection brings them together in unimaginable ways, challenging the audience to believe that anything is possible.

Finally, former chart-topper Tenet (Warner) returned to the Top 10 after climbing six places to No. 10.

Warner dominated the week comprising 50% of the top-selling titles, followed by Paramount with 20%.

 

The Official Film Chart Top 10 – June 16, 2021

Rank Previous Week Movie Studio
1 2 Zack Snyder’s Justice League Warner
2 1 Godzilla vs. Kong Warner
3 4 A Quiet Place Paramount
4 3 Tom & Jerry: The Movie (2021) Warner
5 5 Raya and the Last Dragon Disney
6 7 Wonder Woman 1984 Warner
7 New Indiana Jones 4-Movie Collection
 Paramount
8 6 Chaos Walking Lionsgate
9 New 2 Hearts Universal
10 16 Tenet Warner

© Official Charts Company 2021