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For the week that ended on September 9th, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse easily topped both the Blu-ray-only and overall packaged media charts in its debut. 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 had an impressive HD share of 85%, with 39% of units sold from the 4K UHD format. A two-film bundle, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, which was released in separate Blu-ray or 4K UHD editions, had an HD share of 77%, with 11% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.
Dropping to second place on both charts in its second week is Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s The Flash (2023). The theatrical version of the DC Comics character first appeared in a cameo in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in 2016, but an announced solo film was delayed several times, including by the Warner Bros. Discovery merger in April 2022, as well as a series of high-profile arrests for the film’s star, Ezra Miller, and the announced reboot of the entire DCEU franchise. Unfortunately, the many delays and controversies seem to have affected audience enthusiasm for The Flash, which has a global haul of just $268 million so far. Given the reported budget of $200 million or more, it is estimated that the film will lose some $200 million and go down in history as a major box office bomb. This week, The Flash sold 17% as many Blu-ray units as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, with an HD share of 61% and 19% of units sold from the 4K UHD format….
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