![]() Skyscraper was saved by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s universal appeal as it pulled in a solid $236 million in foreign grosses. Skyscraper failed to reach the usual heights of a Dwayne Johnson flick with a disappointing $68 million U.S. Audiences need a tad more than just giant robots fighting giant monsters for two hours. While it still took in a chunk of change in the increasingly crucial Middle Kingdom ($99.5 million), it wasn’t enough to turn Uprising into a hit. Uprising malfunctioned right out of the gate following terrible word of mouth, with a $28 million opening en route to less than $60 million stateside. But at least that film crossed $100 million domestically as well. ![]() Uprising was made largely because Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 original climbed to $411 million worldwide with a healthy $112 million in China. The Star Wars actor was hoping for the sweet smell of success with another franchise-in his first producing credit no less-but ended up with a stinky flop. Pacific Rim: Uprising s hould have been left at the bottom of the ocean-where it might have sold more tickets Considering studios generally split ticket sales with domestic exhibitors 50/50, while earning just 35 percent overseas, Tomb Raider failed to make good on its promise. While the film performed admirably overseas ($216 million), it misfired badly here at home ($57 million). Before that, WB snagged Alicia Vikander after her Oscar win for The Danish Girl to revive Angelina Jolie’s Tomb Raider franchise-but the attempt was a whiff. Marvel scooped Brie Larson up after her win for Room and now Captain Marvel looks to be one of the biggest films in what promises to be an explosively franchise-friendly 2019. Have these three films aged well? And are the Blu-rays worth the upgrade?Hollywood is a fickle business, especially when it comes to Oscar winners making the leap to franchise blockbusters. We will be starting with Robin Hood, because it is the only one of the three that I haven't previously reviewed. This week three Disney animated movies are coming out on Blu-ray for the first time, one from the 1980s, Oliver and Company one from the 1970s, Robin Hood and one from the 1960s, The Sword in the Stone. It arrived more than a month late, but it was worth the wait.įeatured Blu-ray Review: Disney Triple-Shot Because of this, I'm going with another late release, Burn Notice: Season Six, as Pick of the Week. Mud is likely the best release and the DVD or Blu-ray is worth picking up, but I'm still waiting for the screener to review and I hate awarding something Pick of the Week if the screener is late. Of course, if I used that rule this week, there would be almost nothing on this week's list. Usually, once you reach exercise videos, there's nothing worth talking about. However, there are also some releases in the top twenty that are definitely filler. Granted, there is one wide release that did very well at the box office, Oblivion, plus a couple of limited releases that did well to earn a serious measure of mainstream success, The Place Beyond the Pines and Mud. Like it usually is during the summer, this week is rather soft on home market. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.īecause sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.ĭVD and Blu-ray Releases for August 6th, 2013 ![]() In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.įor example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. ![]()
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