The media bashed it, even
going so far as to call it the biggest independently produced film disaster in
the history of cinema. That might be
true, but when you pull in $40.3 million in domestic ticket sales, the film, if
it bled red ink for EuropaCorp, is an “A-list” home entertainment release. Production profits and losses don’t matter
to the consumer.
The overall reviews for Valerian
and the City of a Thousand Planets were mixed — the trade press tended
to focus on the red ink — and theatre-goers were lukewarm. In other words, it is a big-budget sci-fi
entry, but it’s no Star Wars. That means
that it will translate well to home entertainment viewing interest.
Lionsgate Home
Entertainment will be handling the domestic home entertainment distribution of
director Luc Besson’s film adaptation of the French comic book series, which
means that the studio likely has no financial exposure as a fee-based
gun-for-hire. They’ve picked Nov. 21
for a three-SKU product launch.
The ARR is 123 days and,
as mentioned, domestic ticket sales during the film’s summer theatrical run
came in at $40.2 million.
Planned for release are a
4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack, a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack and a DVD edition.
Bonus features include
the five-part making-of documentary titled “Citizens of Imagination: Creating
the Universe of Valerian,” the featurette titled “Enhancement Pods” and the
much talked about photo gallery of the film’s production, “The Art of
Valerian.”
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