For the week that ended on September 30th, Walt Disney Home Entertainment’s Elemental topped both the Blu-ray-only and overall packaged media charts in its debut. The 27th feature from Pixar Animation Studios, about a fire element named Ember who meets and falls in love with a water element named Wade, opened in June 2023 to positive reviews, but a disappointing opening weekend of less than $30 million. However, Elemental remained in theaters over the summer and turned its fortunes around as audiences discovered it, eventually grossing over $154 million domestically and $490 million globally. This week, Elemental had an HD share of 57%, with 20% of units sold from the 4K UHD format. Note that, like The Little Mermaid (2023) the week prior, the Blu-ray was a wide release available at all retailers, but the film’s 4K UHD releases were retailer exclusives for Disney Movie Club, along with a Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook and Walmart Exclusive with Lenticular Cover Art.
Remaining in second place on the Blu-ray-only chart in its fourth week is Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse finds Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy traveling across the multiverse and meeting the Spider-Society, and it began development even before the first film was released and became a breakout hit back in 2018. Like its predecessor, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was both a critical and commercial success, earning positive reviews from both critics and audiences and grossing over $381 million domestically and $689 million worldwide, so far. This week, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse sold 81% as many Blu-ray units as Elemental, with an HD share of 73% and 27% of units sold from the 4K UHD format…
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