Tuesday, May 9, 2023

New DVD • Blu-ray • 4K Ultra HD Activity For The Period Ending May 05, 2023


New DVD Additions 

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey


Acid Bath (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released James Balsamo's S.H.O.U.T. and Mind Melters 8

 

Acorn Media

05/02/23 — Released Under the Vines: Series 2 (2 disc set)

 

Adler & Associates Entertainment (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Box 25 and Zoom.Mov

 

Asian Cult Cinema (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Cemetery of Lost Souls (Portuguese), Marquis, Minor & Transvestite (Spanish), Mexican Double Feature (2 film set: Face of Hell, The Macabre Trail) (Spanish) (2 disc set) and Occult (Japanese)

 

Breaking Glass Pictures

05/02/23 — Released Unexpected

 

Buck Cody (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Duke of the Navy, Four Star Playhouse (39 episodes) (7 disc set) and Son of Monte Cristo

 

CFV, LLC – Horror Haven 71 (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Bloodmoon, Call of the Vampire (Spanish), Death of a Hoodlum (Spanish), Game of Truth (French), I was a Teenage Frankenstein, I was a Teenage Werewolf, Iced, In Love, Loves of Salammbo (English dubbed), Malamondo (Italian), Man Without a Body, Monster of the Volcano (Spanish), Most Dangerous Man Alive, Night of the Executioner (Spanish), Pandemonium, Rider of the Skulls (Spanish), Screamtime, Top Model, Vampire Moth (Japanese), Widziadlo (Polish), Wilczyca (Polish) and Wolf of Malveneurs (French)

 

CMI Education/PESI Publishing

05/02/23 — Released Pediatric Pain (4 disc set)

 

Championship Productions

04/25/23 — Released Rick Dillinger: Set Them Up to Sit Them Down: Pitch Design and Development

05/02/23 — Released Mike Candrea's Ultimate Coaching Clinic - Practice Planning, Infield & Hitting

 

Changing Your World (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Sunday Service, Wednesday Morning Service and Wednesday Night Service

 

Cheol9260696 (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Adventures of the American Rabbit, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Area 51: The CIA's Secret and Crossed Swords

 

DBS Films (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Forest of Death

 

Ei Independent Cinema

04/18/23 — Released Blood Kiss, Serial Killer Massacre (aka: Dying to Meet You) and Tales from the Cannibal Side

 

EWTN

05/02/23 — Released EWTN Live: Fr. Sebastian Walshe, O. Praem - The core of the Gospel, Journey Home: Ken Hensley and Kenn Burchard - Former Baptist and Pentacostal Pastors, Women of Grace: Matthew Odong - 'Up Close and Personal' Kathleen Beckman - 'Meet Blessed Conchita: Mystic and Prophet and  World Over with Raymond Navarro: Nina Shea

 

Elvis DVD Collector & Movie Store (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Bandits of the West, Battleground, Executive Suite, Eyes of Annie Jones, Fade-In (aka: Iron Cowboy), Love, Mary, Mr. Drake's Duck, Night Nurse, Ride 'em Cowboy, Take Care of My Little Girl, Terminal Exposure and Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

 

Film Classics (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Double Trouble, There's No Business Like Show Business, To Sir with Love 2 and Trouble with Girls

 

Film Movement

05/02/23 — Released Sweetheart

 

Hallmark Entertainment

05/02/23 — Released Wedding Veil Expectations

 

Ideas Roadshow (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Through the Mirror of Chess: A Cultural Exploration (2 disc set)

 

Jarrett Enterprises - Loving the Classics (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand, AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Dustin Hoffman,  AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to George Lucas, AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Gregory Peck,  AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Harrison Ford,  AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Kirk Douglas,  AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Martin Scorsese,  AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Meryl Streep,  AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Michael Douglas,  AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Morgan Freeman,  AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert De Niro,  AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert Wise,  AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Shirley MacLaine,  AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Sidney Poitier,  AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Tom Hanks,  AFI's 100 Years: 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases,  AFI's 100 Years: 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories, AFI's 100 Years: 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends,  AFI's 100 Years: 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies, Immortal Sergeant and In Old Kentucky

 

Kaleidoscope Video (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Alice Cooper - Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada, Alter Bridge - Rock Am Ring, Arch Enemy - Wacken Open Air Festival , Audioslave - Lollapalooza Festival, Audioslave - Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, Audioslave - Quart Festival, Kristiansand, Norway , Beatles - Live On TV And In Concert 1965 - Volume 2 , Beatles - Live On TV And In Concert 1966 - Volume 1 , Beatles - Rare, Unseen & Unheard (DVD/CD Combo Pack), Beatles - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (3 DVD/2 CD Combo Pack), Blondie - iTunes Festival , Blood, Sweat & Tears - 1969-1997, Bon Jovi - Inside Out , Bon Jovi - Rock In Rio , Burton Cummings - Triple Play, Cheap Trick - Front And Center, N.Y. , Chris Cornell - Much Music Studios, Toronto, Canada, Chris Cornell - Personal Fest, Buenos Aires, Argentina , Chris Cornell - Pinkpop Festival, Landgraaf, The Netherlands, Chris Cornell - Sesiones Mexico, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - London (2 disc set), Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - London (2 DVD/3 CD Combo Pack), Crowded House - Live From The Artists Den, Crowded House - Sydney, Australia , Dave Clark Five - Bits And Pieces - Volume 4, Dave Clark Five - Bits And Pieces - Volume 5, Dave Clark Five - Bits And Pieces - Volume 6 , David Bowie - 1980 Floor Show Complete Lost Masters (4 disc set), David Bowie - Sydney, Australia , David Bowie - The Last Five Years , Deep Purple - Live At The BBC , Donovan - French TV Archives , Easybeats - TV Compilation, Elvis Presley - Early Elvis / Christmas Collection, Elvis Presley - Early Elvis / Christmas Collection, Europe - Vina Del Mar Festival (DVD/CD Combo Pack), Faces - Forever Hits The Ultimate Collection (3 disc set), Faith No More - Hellfest , Foo Fighters - Foo Footage, Freddie & The Dreamers - Seaside Swingers , George Michael - Anthology Solo Years (2 disc set), George Michael - Anthology Wham Years (2 disc set), Guns N' Roses - O2 Arena, London , Gwar - Gothic Theatre, Denver , Hollywood A Go Go - 1965-1966, Hollywood A Go Go - Best Of , Huey Lewis & The News - Four Chords & Several Years Ago - The Concert, If These Walls Could Sing, Iggy Pop & The Stooges - Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia, In Flames - Koln Palladium, Germany, Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio, Jerry Lee Lewis - The Killer Performance, Jim Croce - TV & Video Compilation, Journey - Second Night At Budokan, Judas Priest - Wacken Open Air Festival, KISS - Charlotte, North Carolina, KISS - Last Night At Budokan, KISS - Maquinaria Festival, Chile, KISS - Monster Tour In Zurich, Kraftwerk - Forever Hits , Metallica - Glastonbury Festival , Metallica - Hardwired ... To Self-Destruct Promo Tour, Paris , Metallica - Nimes Magnetic, Metallica - Orion Festival, Atlantic City, N.J. , Metallica - Pinkpop Festival, Metallica - Reading Festival , Metallica - Record Store Day , Metallica - Rock Am Ring, Metallica - Rock In Rio Festival, Metallica - Rock In Rio Festival, Metallica - Rock In Rio Festival, Metallica - Seoul, South Korea, Metallica - Seoul, South Korea (2 disc set), Metallica - TV Shit - Volume 1, Moody Blues - French TV Performances 1965-1978 (2 disc set), Motley Crue - Rock In Rio, Brazil, Motorhead - Rockpalast, Musicares Person of the Year Tribute Honoring James Taylor, ORTF Television Archives, Paul McCartney - Austin City Limits Music Festival (2 disc set), Paul McCartney - EPKs And Promo Films (2 disc set), Paul McCartney - Under The Staircase , Paul McCartney - Understanding McCartney (2 disc set), Paul McCartney - Video Collection - Volume 1 (2 disc set), Paul McCartney - Video Collection - Volume 2 (2 disc set), Paul McCartney - Video Collection - Volume 3 (2 disc set), Paul McCartney - Video Collection - Volume 4 (2 disc set), Paul McCartney - Video Collection - Volume 5 (2 disc set), Paul McCartney - Video Collection - Volume 6 (2 disc set), Paul Revere & The Raiders - The Last Mad Man of Rock & Roll, Prince - Sign O' The Times, Psychedelic Britannia, Queen + Adam Lambert - Rio De Janeiro, Rancid - Lollapalooza, Brazil, Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits , Rick Nelson - In The Quad, Ringo Starr - Video Collection - Volume 2 (2 disc set), Sheryl Crow - Live At The Iridium, Slayer - Rock Am Ring, Slayer - Rock In Rio, Slayer - Wacken Open Air Music Festival, Slipknot - Live At Knotfest (2 disc set), Soundgarden - Big Day Out Festival, Sydney, Australia , Soundgarden - iTunes Festival SXSW Festival, Austin, Texas, Soundgarden - Live TV 1990-1996, Soundgarden - Rock Am Ring, Steel Panther - Hellfest, Stevie Ray Vaughan - Austin City Limits Complete , Testament - Wacken Open Air Festival, Totally 60's Psychedelic Rock At The BBC, Twisted Sister - Bloodstock Open Air Festival, U2 - Television Compilation, Upbeat TV Compilation - Volume 1, Upbeat TV Compilation - Volume 2, Various Artists - 2011 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony , Various Artists - 2013 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony , Various Artists - 2017 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony, Various Artists - The Arms Concert In Madison Square Garden (2 disc set), Various Artists - The Arms Concert In San Francisco (2 disc set), Various Artists - VH1 Rock Honors, Veruca Salt - Bizarre Festival, Cologne, Germany, Vixen - Pretty Voices and Vixen - Ultimate Collection (2 disc set)

 

Las Vegas Video (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Autumn Stables, Christmas Shepherd, Eve's Christmas, Frankie Meets Jack, My Grown-Up Christmas List, Perfect on Paper and Small Town Christmas

 

Lionsgate Home Entertainment

05/02/23 — Released Supercell

06/13/23 — Sets John Wick: Chapter 4 (ARR of 81 days; box office: $176,021,002)

 

Lost Movie Finder (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released All Over Me, Animal Instincts 3: The Seductress, Bedroom Eyes II, Canterbury Tales, Eden (3 disc set), I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar (French), Key to Sex, La Dame Aux Camelias (French), Laure (Italian), Le Choc (French), Legend of the Lone Ranger, Les Demoniaques (French), Outside Man, Pattern of Roses, Pink Prison, Secrets Sex Lives of Romeo and Juliet and Sixteen

 

Magnolia Home Entertainment

05/02/23 — Released Baby Ruby (ARR of 88 days; box office: $16,744)

 

Media Outlet (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Kellogg Brothers: Corn Flake Kings

 

Messixpulga (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Jesus Revolution

 

Out of the Past47 (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Bodyguard, Born to be Bad, Dark Past, Man in the Dark, So Dark the Night, Strange Woman and Twist of Fate (aka: Beautiful Stranger)

 

PBS Direct

05/02/23 — Released King Who Fooled Hitler and NOVA: Star Chasers of Senegal

 

Play Me Movies (MOD)          

05/02/23 — Released Back Street, Eagle and the Hawk, Good Bad Girl, Guilty Hands, Lilacs in the Spring and Magnificent Obsession

 

Rare DVDs (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released 12 Angry Men, Airplane, Airplane II The Sequel, Amazing Maurice, Chinese Torture Chamber Story (Cantonese), Dumbo, Fantasia, Grapes of Wrath, His Girl Friday, Meet Me in St. Louis, Philadelphia Story, Pinocchio, Presence of Love, Raging Bull, Seven Samurai (Japanese), Shawshank Redemption, Shop Around the Corner, Singin' in the Rain, Treasure of Sierra Madre and Vertigo

 

Rarefilmsandmore.com (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released 99 Women, Andriesh (Russian), Anna Boleyn (silent-1920), Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of the V-1 (aka: Missiles from Hell), Der Herr Vom Andern Stern (German), Det Tater ist Unter Uns (German), Die Fahrt in Die Jugend (German), Double Feature (2 film set: Her Mad Night, The Penguin Pool Murder), Double Feature (2 film set: Home in Indiana, Standing Room Only), Double Feature (2 film set: Kiss and Make-Up, Genevieve), Double Feature (2 film set: Les Amants, Les Amants du Tage) (French), Double Feature (2 film set: Queen High, Sweethearts on Parade), Double Feature (2 film set: Sleep, My Love, Broken Journey), Double Feature (2 silent film set: Hearts of the World (1918), Gypsy Blood (1918)), Es Geschah Am 20 Juli (German) - Upgrade, Holocaust Collection (6 disc set), Jolly Paupers (Yiddish), King Lear, Kriminaltango (German), La Femme du Boulanger (French), Lady Caligula in Tokyo (Japanese), Le Bon Dieu Sans Confession (French), Le Femme et le Pantin (silent-1929), Le Mariage de Chiffon (French), Le Retour de Martin Guerre (French), Le Roman de Werther (French), Les Granges Brulees (French), Libre, Amore Mio (Italian), Little Toys (Mandarin), Llanto por un Bandido (Spanish), Miss Evelyne die Badefee (German), Orlac's Hande (silent-1924), Peer Gynt (German), Russian Symphony (Russian), Seventh Sword (Italian), Signal in der Nacht (German), Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (Spanish), Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (silent-1927), Sturm in der Ostwand (German), Sweepstakes , Three Daughters (Yiddish), Von Morgens Bis Mitternachts (silent-1920), Zieh Dich Aus Puppe (German) and Zwei Krawatten (German)

 

The Quantum Realm Shop (MOD)      

04/25/23 — Released Buddy Daddies, Bungo Stray Dogs, Season 4 (2 disc set), Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill, Fruit of Evolution, Season 2, High Card, Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague, Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World (2 disc set), In/Spectre Anime Series, Season 1 (2 disc set), In/Spectre Anime Series, Season 2 (2 disc set), Magical Revolution of Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, My Hero Academia, Season 6 (3 disc set), My Life as Inukai-san's Dog, Owl House, Season 3, Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Seasson 2, Sugar Apple Fairy Tale, Tale of the Outcasts and Tomo-chan Is a Girl!

05/02/23 — Released Centaurworld, Season 1-2 (2 disc set)

 

Universal Pictures Home Ent.

05/02/23 — Released Champions (ARR of 53 days; box office: $16,265,970)

 

Screen Media

05/02/23 — Released Ritual Killer

 

Wild Eye Releasing

07/11/23 — Sets Cocaine Shark

 

WOWnow Entertainment

05/02/23 — Released Ashley 13: Monkey See Monkey Do, Bonksters Gross Science the Movie, Boonie Bears: Monster Plan 3, Conch Bay 19: Great Cha-Cha, Dog Geniuses Season 1, Dorothy & Toto's Storytime: Ozma of Oz Part 3 and Frozen Christmas Season 1

 

Wrestletopia (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released ICW Warlords of The Ring, Impact! Wrestling 5.4.2023, NJPW Dontaku 2023, WCW Greatest Grudges, WWA Eruption, WWA Inception, WWA Reckoning, WWA Retribution, WWA Revolution, WWC A Hot Night in Bayamon, WWE 2023 Draft and WWF Best of Raw, Volume 3

 

Zeus DVD (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released #Gayboy2020, Account Rendered, Borrowed Hero, City Without Men, Cloak and Dagger, Eye Witness (aka: Your Witness), Fantastic Voyage, Fiesta, Fifty Shades Freed, Fighting Phantom (aka Mysterious Rider), Firepower, Flådens Friske Fyre (Danish), Followers, Forbidden Zone: Alien Abduction, Fort Knox: Secret Revealed, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (silent-1921), Foxhole in Cairo, Framed, Frantz (French/German), Friend Request, From the Terrace, L'Attenzione (Italian) and Look of '9'

 

Zondervan Publishing

03/28/23 — Released 1-2 Kings, A Video Study: 41 Lessons on History, Meaning, and Application

04/18/23 — Released Colossians, A Video Study: 0 Lessons on History, Meaning and Application and Philemon, A Video Study: 4 Lessons on History, Meaning and Application

 



New Blu-ray Additions 

 

Acid Bath (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released James Balsamo's S.H.O.U.T. and Mind Melters 8

 

Adler & Associates Entertainment (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Box 25 and Zoom.Mov

 

Asuka the Disc Dog (Fred the Blu-ray Dog) (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Goldbergs - Season 10, Good Doctor - Season 6, Grandfathered: The Complete Series, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, Schmigadoon! - Season 2 and Star Wars: Visions - Season 2

 

Bayview Entertainment

06/30/23 — Sets Evelyn and So Vam

 

DBS Films (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Forest of Death

 

Funimation

05/02/23 — Released Tomodachi Game: The Complete Season (2 disc set)

 

Hallmark Entertainment

05/02/23 — Released Wedding Veil Expectations

 

Kaleidoscope Video (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Alter Bridge - Rock Am Ring, Arch Enemy - Wacken Open Air Festival, Beatles - Live On TV And In Concert 1965 - Volume 2, Beatles - Live On TV And In Concert 1966 - Volume 1, Blondie - iTunes Festival, Bon Jovi - Inside Out, Bon Jovi - Rock In Rio, Dave Clark Five - Bits And Pieces, Dave Clark Five - Bits And Pieces, Deep Purple - Live At The BBC, Europe - Vina Del Mar Festival (Blu-ray/CD Combo Pack), Faith No More - Hellfest, Foo Fighters - Foo Footage, George Michael - Anthology Solo Years (2 disc set), George Michael - Anthology Wham Years (2 disc set), Guns N' Roses - O2 Arena, London, Gwar - Gothic Theatre, Denver, If These Walls Could Sing, In Flames - Koln Palladium, Germany, Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio, Journey - Second Night At Budokan, Judas Priest - Wacken Open Air Festival, KISS - Charlotte, North Carolina, KISS - Last Night At Budokan, KISS - Maquinaria Festival, Chile, KISS - Monster Tour In Zurich, Metallica - Antarctica Freeze 'Em All, Metallica - Glastonbury Festival, Metallica - Hardwired ... To Self-Destruct Promo Tour, Paris, Metallica - HD TV Shit - Volume 1, Metallica - Nimes Magnetic, Metallica - Orion Festival, Atlantic City, N.J., Metallica - Pinkpop Festival, Metallica - Reading Festival, Metallica - Record Store Day, Metallica - Rock Am Ring, Metallica - Rock In Rio Festival, Metallica - Rock In Rio Festival, Metallica - Rock In Rio Festival, Metallica - Seoul, South Korea, Motley Crue - Rock In Rio, Brazil, Motorhead - Rockpalast, Musicares Person Of The Year Tribute Honoring James Taylor, Paul McCartney - Austin City Limits Music Festival, Paul McCartney - EPKs And Promo Films, Paul McCartney - Under The Staircase, Paul McCartney - Understanding McCartney (2 disc set), Paul McCartney - Video Collection - Volume 1, Paul McCartney - Video Collection - Volume 2, Paul McCartney - Video Collection - Volume 3, Paul McCartney - Video Collection - Volume 4, Paul McCartney - Video Collection - Volume 5, Paul McCartney - Video Collection - Volume 6, Queen + Adam Lambert - Rio De Janeiro, Rancid - Lollapalooza, Brazil, Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits, Ringo Starr - Video Collection - Volume 2, Sheryl Crow - Live At The Iridium, Slayer - Rock Am Ring, Slayer - Rock In Rio, Slayer - Wacken Open Air Music Festival, Slipknot - Live At Knotfest (2 disc set), Steel Panther - Hellfest, Testament - Wacken Open Air Festival, Twisted Sister - Bloodstock Open Air Festival, U2 - HD Television Compilation and Various Artists - VH1 Rock Honors

 

Kino Lorber

05/02/23 — Released Anna May Wong Collection (3 film set: Dangerous to Know, Island of Lost Men, King of Chinatown) (3 disc set), Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema, Volume XIII (3 film set: Spy Hunt, The Night Runner, Step Down to Terror) (3 disc set), On the Edge (French) and Treatment

 

Lionsgate Home Entertainment

05/02/23 — Released Supercell

06/13/23 — Sets John Wick: Chapter 4 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)

 

Magnolia Home Entertainment

05/02/23 — Released Baby Ruby

 

Media Blasters

05/02/23 — Released Final Examination Kujira (Japanese)

 

Movies R U.S.A. (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves, John Wick: Chapter 4, Pope’s Exorcist, Sweetbitter - Season 1 and Sweetbitter - Season 2

 

Screen Media

05/02/23 — Released Ritual Killer

 

Sentai Filmworks

05/02/23 — Released Fate / Stay Night: Complete Collection (3 disc set) and Shikimori's Not Just A Cutie: The Complete Season (2 disc set)

 

Universal Pictures Home Ent.

05/02/23 — Released Of an Age

 

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Ent.

06/27/23 — Sets Evil Dead Rise (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)

 

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Ent. (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released Border Incident and Clash by Night

 

Wrestletopia (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released MLW Battle Riot 1-5, NWA Empowerrr 2021, SMW TV 1995 full year (4 disc set), WWE 2023 Draft, WWF Superstars 1987 (4 disc set) and WWF Survivor Series 1997

 

 

 

New 4K Ultra HD Additions 


Arrow Video

06/27/23 — Sets Waterworld (4K Ultra HD/2 Blu-ray Combo Pack)

 

Lionsgate Home Entertainment

06/13/23 — Sets John Wick: Chapter 4 (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)

 

Shout! Factory

05/02/23 — Released Skyline (4K Ultra HD/ Blu-ray Combo Pack)

 

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment

06/27/23 — Sets Evil Dead Rise (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)

 

 

New Theatrical Release Pace Ticks Up • Helpers And Void-Fillers Have A Busy Week

Don’t start throwing parties just yet, but there was movement on the new theatrical release front this past week.  

We are 17 weeks into the calendar year and that represents just under 32 percent of the number of new films that are likely to open theatrically during the year. 

There’s nothing magical about it — some sort of super-secret formula and all that.   There are so many weeks in the year, coupled with the number of screens (theatres, multiplexes) and how many seats available each week (especially on Friday and Saturday nights).

You factor in what has taken place historically (pre-pandemic) and then see what IS taking place right now and make projections.   Simple.

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey

For a solid month the projected annual output for 2023 was bouncing back and forth between 501 and 502, with 63 in the top two boxes ($25 million plus; $100 million plus).   The past two weeks the projected count was 511 and then 510 as the number of new films likely to be released during the year.

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey

For the films that opened this past week, the top grossing movie at the local multiplexes was writer/director Kelly Fremon Craig’s film adaptation of Judy Blume’s 1970 best-selling novel, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (Lionsgate). 

Despite going wide (over 3,000 screens), the film pulled in just $6.8 million in ticket sales … reviews were strong and audiences liked it, so it might have legs, but getting to $25 million in terms of domestic ticket sales might be a tough go.

Although the box office numbers were not all that strong, there were quite a bit of indie and small budget studio releases to move the projected number of new theatrical film offerings up to 523.   That’s still well-below the pre-pandemic average of 753 per year, but it is at least moving in the right direction.  

As a result of this, the top box numbers — hit theatrical releases — moved up to 66.   That too is still below the pre-pandemic average of 94 hit films churned out by the studios on an annual basis.

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey

Speaking of “hit films,” writer/director Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise (Warner Bros. Discovery) moved up to $44.3 in domestic box office receipts.   Put that one in the win column … and the studio took a victory lap by selecting June 27 as the street date for the transition from theatrical venues to the home entertainment packaged media marketplace.  

Elsewhere on the transition front, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment confirmed that the writing and directing team of Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’ sci-fi thriller, 65, starring Adam Driver, will indeed be heading home on May 30.

Lionsgate Home Entertainment announced this past week that June 13 will be the street date for director Chad Stahelski’s John Wick: Chapter 4, which yields an ARR of 81 days.  The domestic box office haul thus far is a tasty $176 million.

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey

On the “helper” and “void-filler” front (remember, we no longer call these packaged media entrepreneurs by the old school labels of “pirates” or “bootleggers”), we begin with the DVD format and can report that the directing team of Jon Erwin and Brent McCorkle’s Jesus Revolution got another discounted DVD edition from a “helper” source, as did a half-dozen Hallmark Channel titles (why the fascination with Hallmark these days?).  

Among those, Hallmark producing associates, the Johnson Production Group got clipped for two, including My Grown-Up Christmas List, and Larry Levinson Productions got tagged for one (these two sources seem to be of special interest to their “helper” friends).

The SKY Original/Viva Pictures animated theatrical release of director Toby Genkel’s Amazing Maurice got a “void-filler” assist this past week, as did such studio theatrical catalog titles as Airplane, Airplane II, The Philadelphia Story, Meet Me in St. Louis and Raging Bull.

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey

On the Blu-ray front, the “helpers” were busy with a newly minted edition of the filmmaking team of John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein’s Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves (announced just this past week for a May 30 launch by Paramount Home Entertainment).   Ditto for John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate Home Entertainment), director Julius Avery’s The Pope’s Exorcist (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) — starring Russell Crowe — and the Walt Disney/Lucas Films production of Star Wars: Visions - Season 2.   There were more, lots more.

Still no word on Avatar: The Way of Water, Prey or Barbarian from Disney.  Let's hold off on speculation on these (along with a ton of Star Wars series) until after the quarterly earnings report on May 10.

 

 

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey