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‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Dominates Disc Sales

Zack Snyder’s Justice League easily took the top spot on both the NPD VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales, and the dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart the week ended Sept. 11.

The four-hour director’s cut of the 2017 superhero team-up Justice League, distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, outsold the No. 2 title by a 5-to-1 margin.

Snyder’s re-edited and extended version of the DC Comics adaptation, which he couldn’t finish in 2017, serves as the sequel to his 2013 film Man of Steel and its 2016 follow-up Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and was first released on the HBO Max streaming service in March.

Blu-ray Disc formats accounted for 75% of Zack Snyder’s Justice League first-week unit sales, with 38% of its total tally coming specifically from 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (meaning 37% was regular Blu-ray and 25% was DVD).

A trilogy collection of all three of Snyder’s DC films was No. 14 on the Blu-ray Disc chart.

The previous week’s top overall disc seller, Warner’s The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, dropped to No. 2 on the overall chart. The third “Conjuring” movie was down one spot on the Blu-ray Disc chart to No. 4.

Lionsgate’s Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard was the No. 3 overall disc seller and the No. 2 Blu-ray.

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The No. 2 Blu-ray was Universal Pictures’ 1982 sci-fi horror movie The Thing, from director John Carpenter, which got a boost from a new 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray edition. It was the No. 10 overall disc seller, with 95% of its total unit sales coming from the new 4K edition (3% of its total was from the regular Blu-ray).

The No. 4 overall disc, and No. 6 Blu-ray, was DreamWorks Animation’s Spirit Untamed, from Universal Pictures.

Sony Pictures’ Peter Rabbit 2 was No. 2 on the overall disc chart, and No. 7 on the Blu-ray chart.

The No. 5 Blu-ray Disc seller was Warner’s direct-to-video animated movie Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, which had been the top Blu-ray the previous week. It dropped five spots to No. 11 overall.

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The Media Play News rental chart the week ended Sept. 12 had Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard at No. 1 for the fourth straight week, with Peter Rabbit 2 repeating at No. 2, and Conjuring 3 holding at No. 3.

The No. 4 and No. 5 rentals were a pair of newly released crime thrillers, Lionsgate’s The Gateway and Quiver’s The Girl Who Got Away, respectively.

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‘Luca’ Tops August Disc Sales

Disney’s Luca earned top honors on the top 10 list of combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales for August 2021 according to the NPD Group’s VideoScan tracking service.

The Pixar Animation Studios film, which bypassed theaters domestically in favor of a Disney+ streaming debut, arrived on disc Aug. 3, giving it nearly the full month to accumulate retail sales.

The No. 2 seller for the month was Lionsgate’s Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard. The action-comedy sequel was released on disc Aug. 17 and was a top disc on the weekly sales charts for two consecutive weeks.

The No. 3 August seller was Paramount’s suspenseful sequel A Quiet Place Part II, which had been No. 4 in July after just four days of the disc being available that month. It moved up a spot in its first full month of availability.

No. 4 in August was Warner’s 1996 sports comedy Space Jam, which had been No. 3 in July after getting a boost from a new 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray edition and the release of a new sequel, Space Jam: A New Legacy. Its sales were strong enough over the past two months to enter the year-to-date top 10 at No. 6.

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The top July title, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s Mortal Kombat remake, dropped to No. 5 in August, though it did crack the top 10 for top-selling titles of the year to date.

Other newcomers in the monthly top 10 included Warner’s Batman: The Long Halloween — Part Two at No. 6, Warner’s The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It at No. 8 (after being released the last week of the month), and Warner’s Those Who Wish Me Dead, which took No. 9 after an Aug. 3 disc release.

On the year-to-date chart, August results didn’t alter the top five at all, with Universal’s The Croods: A New Age remaining the year’s top-selling title. But Space Jam and Mortal Kombat climbing into the top 10 pushed Warner’s The Meg and Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection off the list.

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According to NPD, the August 2021 top 10 by units sold were:

  1. Luca (Disney)
  2. Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (Lionsgate)
  3. A Quiet Place Part II (Paramount)
  4. Space Jam (Warner)
  5. Mortal Kombat (Warner)
  6. Batman: The Long Halloween — Part Two (Warner)
  7. Godzilla vs. Kong (Warner)
  8. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (Warner)
  9. Those Who Wish Me Dead (Warner)
  10. E.T. — The Extra-Terrestrial (Universal)

 

Year-to-date Top 10 (through August 2021):

  1. The Croods: A New Age (Universal/DreamWorks)
  2. Wonder Woman 1984 (Warner)
  3. Godzilla vs. Kong (Warner)
  4. Raya and the Last Dragon (Disney)
  5. Monster Hunter (Sony Pictures)
  6. Space Jam (Warner)
  7. News of the World (Universal)
  8. Soul (Disney)
  9. Tom & Jerry (2021, Warner)
  10. Mortal Kombat (2021, Warner)

 

‘Mortal Kombat’ Tops Disc Sales for July

‘Conjuring 3’ Claims Top Spot on Disc Sellers Chart

In its second week, Warner’s The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It claimed the top spot outright on the NPD VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales, the week ended Sept. 4.

The third “Conjuring” movie had been relegated to the No. 2 spot the previous week as a result of its availability in a three-movie franchise collection, sales for which were tabulated separately.

The beneficiary of that technicality, Lionsgate’s Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, dropped to No. 2 on both the overall disc sales chart and the dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart after two weeks in the top spot.

Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard had 95% as many unit sales during the week as the Conjuring 3, which, again, had its standalone sales impacted by the presence of the three-film collection, which had 21% as many sales as the standalone version. Thus, discs containing Conjuring 3 outsold Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard by 26.4%.

On the Blu-ray Disc chart, Conjuring 3 dropped to No. 3 with 81.9% as many sales as the top Blu-ray seller, with the three-film collection selling 16.4%. The combined tally would have put Conjuring 3 0.1% ahead of the reported No. 2 Blu-ray Disc seller, which was Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, which sold 98.1% as many copies as the top title.

However, it would not have been enough to surpass the No. 1 Blu-ray Disc seller, Warner’s direct-to-video animated actioner Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, which was released only in Blu-ray Disc and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray combo packs. The newly released sequel to last year’s Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge was No. 6 on the overall disc sales chart. The 4K Ultra HD version accounted for 32% of its total sales.

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Sony Pictures’ Peter Rabbit 2 maintained the No. 3 spot on the overall disc sales chart, but dropped to No. 6 on the Blu-ray Disc chart.

The week’s top new release on the overall disc sales chart was DreamWorks Animation’s Spirit Untamed, from Universal Pictures. The animated film, a spinoff of 2002’s Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, tells the story of a girl bonding with a wild horse and earned $17.6 million at the domestic box office. With just 43% of its sales coming from Blu-ray, it was No. 5 on the Blu-ray Disc chart. A DVD-only two-pack of both “Spirit” movies was No. 38 overall.

The No. 4 Blu-ray seller, and No. 5 overall, was another new release, Warner’s In the Heights, the adaptation of the Lin-Manuel Miranda stage musical. The critically acclaimed film underperformed at the domestic box office with just $29.9 million, though it was available concurrently for streaming on HBO Max. Blu-ray Disc formats accounted for 61% of its total sales, with 19% of the total coming from the 4K disc (meaning 39% of sales were DVD and 42% were regular Blu-ray).

Among other newcomers in the top 20 charts, Sony Pictures’ football drama 12 Mighty Orphans debuted at No. 14 overall and No. 9 on the Blu-ray chart, with a 31% Blu-ray sales share.

The release of Arrow Video’s new collector’s edition of director David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation of Dune pushed that title up to No. 11 on the Blu-ray Disc chart and No. 46 overall. Blu-ray Disc accounted for 96% of its total sales, with the new 4K Ultra HD edition comprising 69% of the total. The 4% of DVDs of the title sold are likely legacy versions previously released by Universal Pictures. A new adaptation of Dune distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Denis Villeneuve arrives in theaters and HBO Max Oct. 22.

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On the Media Play News rental chart for the week ended Sept. 5, Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard was No. 1 for the third week, with Peter Rabbit 2 repeating at No. 2.

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do it slipped to No. 3, followed by Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II at No. 4, and Spirit Untamed at No. 5.

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‘Conjuring 3’ Split Puts ‘Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ Atop Disc Sales for Second Week

The NPD VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales, shows Lionsgate’s Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard as the No. 1 title the week ended Aug. 28.

It did not, however, sell the most copies on disc during the week.

No. 2 on both charts was the newly released The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. The third “Conjuring” movie earned $65.6 million at the domestic box office and sold about 91% as many copies as the top title. However, the film was also available as part of a three-pack with the first two “Conjuring” movies, and that collection, which is tracked as a distinct title by VideoScan, was No. 10 on both charts, selling 16.9% as many copies as the top title. That means discs containing Conjuring 3 outsold Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard by about 7.8%.

The dedicated Blu-ray Disc chart also had Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard — a sequel to 2017’s The Hitman’s Bodyguard starring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Salma Hayek — as the No. 1 title for a second consecutive week, but in the HD realm in did sell more copies than the combined “Conjuring” offerings.

A two-pack of both “Hitman’s Bodyguard” movies has not yet been released.

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Another new disc release, Sony Pictures’ Peter Rabbit 2, debuted at No. 3 on both charts. The family comedy earned $40.3 million at the domestic box office. It too was available in a collection with its predecessor, which was No. 15 on the Blu-ray Disc chart.

No. 4 on both charts was Disney’s Luca, the latest animated movie from Pixar.

Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II was the No. 5 overall disc seller, and No. 7 on the Blu-ray chart. The No. 5 Blu-ray, and No. 6 overall, was Warner’s Godzilla vs. Kong.

Blu-ray Disc formats (which includes 4K) accounted for 52% of first-week Conjuring 3 sales, compared with 44% for Peter Rabbit 2. The “Conjuring” three-pack had 47% of its sales come from Blu-ray Disc, which means 53% came from the standard DVD version that was exclusive to Walmart.

Conjuring 3 had 12% of its total sales come from 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, compared with 2% for Peter Rabbit 2.

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The Media Play News rental chart for the week ended Aug. 29 saw Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard on top for a second week, with Conjuring 3 at No. 2 and Peter Rabbit 2 at No. 3.

A Quiet Place Part II was the No. 4 rental, followed by Warner’s Wrath of Man at No. 5.

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‘Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ Takes Over Top Spot on Disc Sales Charts

Lionsgate’s Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard debuted at No. 1 on the NPD VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales, and the dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart the week ended Aug. 21.

The action comedy, a sequel to 2017’s The Hitman’s Bodyguard, earned $38 million at the domestic box office. Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Salma Hayek return from the original film, this time involved in an international plot by a Greek tycoon (Antonio Banderas) seeking retaliation against the European Union for economic sanctions.

The new installment pushed the first film back up to No. 7 on the overall sales chart and No. 6 on the Blu-ray Disc chart.

The previous week’s top overall seller, Disney’s Luca, slipped to No. 2. The Pixar animation film about a pair of young sea monsters posing as humans to explore an Italian village, remained No. 2 on the Blu-ray Disc chart.

Paramount’s suspenseful sequel A Quiet Place Part II remained No. 3 on the overall disc sales chart, and dropped a spot to No. 4 on the Blu-ray chart.

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The previous week’s top-selling Blu-ray, Warner’s animated adaptation Batman: The Long Halloween — Part II, dropped to No. 3 on the Blu-ray chart and No. 4 on the overall disc chart.

The No. 5 overall disc seller was Warner’s Space Jam, the 1996 sports comedy that continues to sell well as a catalog title thanks to the theaterical and HBO Max release of a new installment.

The No. 5 Blu-ray Disc seller, and No. 6 overall, was Warner’s Mortal Kombat remake the latest adaptation of the famed video game franchise.

On the Blu-ray Disc chart, Sony Pictures’ 1986 fantasy film Labyrinth rose back to No. 9 thanks to a 35th anniversary 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc re-release. It had 95% of its weekly unit sales come from the new 4K version.

Blu-ray Disc formats accounted for 63% of total Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard unit sales for the week, with the 4K version accounting for 17% of its total (meaning 46% were the regular Blu-ray version).

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The Media Play News rental chart the week ended Aug. 22 had Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard at No. 1. That pushed A Quiet Place Part II to No. 2 after three weeks in the top spot.

Warner’s Those Who Wish Me Dead remained the No. 3 rental, followed by Paramount’s heist movie The Misfits at No. 4, and Screen Media’s Megan Fox thriller Till Death at No. 5.

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‘Luca’ Tops Disc Sales for Second Week; ‘Batman’ Leads Blu-ray Sales

Disney’s Luca remained No. 1 for a second consecutive week on the NPD VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales, the week ended Aug. 14. In its second week on disc, the Pixar animated movie fell to No. 2 on the dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart.

The top Blu-ray Disc seller, and No. 2 on the overall disc sales chart, was the newly released Batman: The Long Halloween — Part Two, a direct-to-video animated superhero movie from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Blu-ray disc accounted for 85% of the new “Batman” movie, an adaptation of a 1990s comic book storyline; the first part hit Blu-ray in June.

No. 3 on both charts was Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II, down a spot from the previous week.

The No. 4 overall disc seller, and No. 17 on the Blu-ray Disc chart, was Warner’s 1996 sports comedy Space Jam.

Another Warner title, the remake of Mortal Kombat, the latest adaptation of the video game, was No. 5 overall and No. 4 on the Blu-ray Disc chart.

The No. 5 Blu-ray Disc seller (No. 6 on the overall chart) was Warner’s Godzilla vs. Kong.

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The Media Play News rental chart for the week ended Aug. 15 had A Quiet Place Part II in the top sport for a third week.

Paramount’s The Misfits debuted as the No. 2 disc rental, while Warner’s Those Who Wish Me Dead dropped a spot to No. 3.

Another newcomer, the thriller Till Death from Screen Media, entered the rental chart at No. 4, followed by Warner’s Wrath of Man at No. 5.

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‘Mortal Kombat’ Tops Disc Sales for July

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s Mortal Kombat was No. 1 on the top 10 list of combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales for July 2021 according to the NPD Group’s VideoScan tracking service. The latest adaptation of the popular video game franchise monster showdown has was released on disc July 13 and topped the weekly sales chart for two weeks.

The top seller for June, Warner’s’s Godzilla vs. Kong, slipped to No. 2 in June, but the monster movie rose a spot to No. 3 on the sales chart for the entire year to date.

No. 3 in July was Warner’s 1996 sports comedy Space Jam, up from No. 10 the previous month. A new 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray edition of the film was released at the beginning of July in the lead-up to the premiere of the sequel, Space Jam: A New Legacy.

The No. 4 July seller was Paramount’s suspenseful sequel A Quiet Place Part II, which arrived on disc July 27, giving it just four days of sales to crack the month’s top 10.

No. 5 for July was another newcomer, MGM’s Wrath of Man, the Jason Statham actioner distributed on disc by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.

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Other newcomers in the monthly top 10 included Lionsgate’s Spiral: From the Book of Saw at No. 6, and Paramount’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run at No. 9.

Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon dropped five spots on the monthly chart to No. 5, while Universal’s Nobody dropped four spots to No. 8.

None of the new releases cracked the top 10 for the year so far, though Warner’s The Meg jumped back onto it after being pushed to No. 11 a month earlier.

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According to NPD, the July 2021 top 10 by units sold were:

  1. Mortal Kombat (Warner)
  2. Godzilla vs. Kong (Warner)
  3. Space Jam (Warner)
  4. A Quiet Place Part II (Paramount)
  5. Wrath of Man (Warner)
  6. Spiral: From the Book of Saw (Lionsgate)
  7. Raya and the Last Dragon (Disney)
  8. Nobody (Universal)
  9. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (Paramount)
  10. E.T. — The Extra-Terrestrial (Universal)

 

Year-to-date Top 10 (through July 2021):

  1. The Croods: A New Age (Universal/DreamWorks)
  2. Wonder Woman 1984 (Warner)
  3. Godzilla vs. Kong (Warner)
  4. Raya and the Last Dragon (Disney)
  5. Monster Hunter (Sony Pictures)
  6. Soul (Disney)
  7. News of the World (Universal)
  8. Tom & Jerry (2021, Warner)
  9. Harry Potter Complete 8-Film Collection (Warner)
  10. The Meg (Warner)

 

‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Tops Disc Sales for June, Reaches No. 4 for the Year

‘Luca’ Swims to Top of Disc Sales Charts

Disney’s Luca debuted at No. 1 on the NPD VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales, the week ended Aug. 7.

The latest animated movie from Pixar bypassed theaters during the pandemic and was released directly to the Disney+ streaming service in June. The film tells the story of a young sea monster who assumes human form to explore a seaside Italian town.

The previous week’s top seller, Paramount’s suspenseful sequel A Quiet Place Part II, slipped to No. 2 on both charts in its second week. The Blu-ray collection of both “Quiet Place” movies dropped to No. 11 on the overall chart and No. 5 on the Blu-ray chart.

Likewise, Warner’s Mortal Kombat remake slid another spot to No. 3 on both chart in its fourth week on shelves.

The No. 4 overall disc seller was Warner’s 1996 sports comedy Space Jam, continuing to get a boost from the release of follow up Space Jam: A New Legacy. It was the No. 18 Blu-ray.

Another newcomer, Warner’s Those Who Wish Me Dead, debuted at No. 5 on the overall disc chart, and No. 6 on the Blu-ray chart. The action thriller stars Angelina Jolie as a firefighter protecting a boy from assassins. It earned just over $7 million at the domestic box office.

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A third newcomer in the top 10 was 1986’s The Transformers: The Movie, thanks to a new 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray from Shout! Factory. A special Steelbook 4K combo pack was released to mark the 35th anniversary of the animated movie based on the Hasbro toy line of robots that transform into vehicles and weapons. It was the No. 4 Blu-ray seller (No. 9 on the overall chart), with 99.8% of its total unit sales being of the 4K version.

Blu-ray formats accounted for 67% of first-week Luca unit sales, with the 4K version accounting for 10% of its total sales (meaning 57% was the regular Blu-ray edition). Those Who Wish Me Dead had 44% of its first-week sales from its Blu-ray version.

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The Media Play News rental chart the week ended Aug. 8 saw A Quiet Place Part II taking No. 1 for a second week, with Those Who Wish Me Dead debuting at No. 2.

Warner’s Wrath of Man dropped a spot to No. 3, following by Lionsgate’s Spiral: From the Book of Saw at No. 4, and Lionsgate’s Midnight in the Switchgrass at No. 5.

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‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Debuts at No. 1 on Disc Sales Charts

Paramount Home Entertainment’s A Quiet Place Part II debuted at No. 1 on the NPD VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales, and the dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart the week ended July 31.

The suspenseful sequel has earned $159 million at the domestic box office. Blu-ray Disc formats accounted for 58% of first-week A Quiet Place Part II unit sales, while the specific 4K Ultra HD version comprised 25% of its total.

A Blu-ray two-pack of both “A Quiet Place” movies debuted at No. 7 on the overall disc chart and No. 3 on the Blu-ray chart.

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The top seller the previous two weeks, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s Mortal Kombat remake, dropped to No. 2 on both charts, selling about one-third as many copies as the new “Quiet Place” entry.

Warner’s 1996 sports comedy Space Jam remained No. 3 on the overall disc chart and was No. 15 on the Blu-ray chart.

Lionsgate’s Spiral: From the Book of Saw dropped two spots on each chart to No. 4, while Warner’s Godzilla vs. Kong was No. 5 on both charts.

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The Media Play News rental chart for the week ended Aug. 1 also saw A Quiet Place Part II debut at No. 1, pushing Warner’s Wrath of Man to No. 2 after a couple of weeks in the top spot.

Lionsgate’s Midnight in the Switchgrass, a murder mystery with Megan Fox and Bruce Willis, debuted as the No. 3 rental, followed by Spiral at No. 4 and Mortal Kombat at No. 5.

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‘Mortal Kombat’ Wins Round Two On Disc Sales Charts

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s Mortal Kombat remake spent its second consecutive week atop the NPD VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales, and the dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart the week ended July 24.

The week’s top newcomer was Lionsgate’s Spiral: From the Book of Saw, the ninth entry in the “Saw” horror franchise. It sold 78% as many units in its first week as Mortal Kombat did in its second. Spiral earned $23.2 million at the domestic box office. Blu-ray Disc formats accounted for 69% of its total sales (33% from 4K UHD and 36% from regular Blu-ray).

The No. 3 overall disc seller was Warner’s Space Jam, still riding a boost from the recent release of remake Space Jam: A New Legacy. It was No. 11 on the Blu-ray chart.

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The No. 4 overall disc seller, and No. 3 on the Blu-ray chart, was MGM’s Wrath of Man, the Jason Statham revenge actioner distributed on disc by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.

Warner also had the No. 5 overall seller in Godzilla vs. Kong, which was No. 4 on the Blu-ray chart in its sixth week.

The No. 5 Blu-ray seller, and No. 6 on the overall disc chart, was another newcomer, CBS and Paramount Home Entertainment’s Star Trek: Discovery — Season Three.

Another newly released TV show on disc, Lionsgate’s The Walking Dead: The Complete Tenth Season, was No. 8 on both charts.

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The Media Play News rental chart the week ended July 25 had Wrath of Man in first place for a second week.

Spiral debuted as the No. 2 rental, pushing Mortal Kombat to No. 3.

Rounding out the top five were the Redbox-exclusive Out of Death at No. 4, and Paramount’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run at No. 5.

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