Stop the presses, bang the drums and check for heart attacks … we have a pandemic theatrical release — that has pulled in over a million dollars at the box office — that is making the transition to the home entertainment marketplace.
In any other year that would not be news. This year, after the Mar. 13 weekend, we’ve had exactly two. You read that right, two. MPI Home Media’s Wretched opened theatrically on May 1, pulled in $1.8 million and then it was released on DVD and Blu-ray on Aug. 11. Quiver Distribution put Becky into theatres on June 5, it generated $1 million in ticket sales and then arrived as both Blu-ray and DVD selections on Sept. 15.
That’s it, two. Now, Shout! Factory has Relic (a July 3 theatrical release that fits the profile) slated for release on Nov. 17 … so you can count that as three.
And now comes number four as word arrived this past week from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment that director Dean Parisot’s comedy reunion flick, Bill and Ted Face the Music, re-teaming Alex Winter as Bill S. Preston Esquire and Keanu Reeves as Ted Theodore Logan, will be available as both DVD and Blu-ray product offerings on Nov. 10.
Four, normally, you could have that many in any given week … eight months to get to number four.
For the record, the ARR works out to 74 days and domestic box office receipts chimed in at $3.3 million.
Bill and Ted have to come up with a song to save the universe, but it is actually their respective daughters, Bill’s daughter Thea (Samara Weaving — The Babysitter, Guns Akimbo), and Ted’s daughter Billie (Brigette Lundy-Paine — Bombshell, Downsizing), who time-trip to the rescue.
Bonus features include four featurettes — “Be Excellent to Each Other,” “A Most Triumphant Duo,” “Death's Crib” and “Social Piece (Excellence)” — plus footage from the Bill & Ted Face The Music Panel at Comic-Con@Home.
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