Theatrical Stuck In Stagnant • Sony Pictures Gets It Right

Stuck in limbo.  That is the state of the theatrical marketplace these days, stagnant.   Sure, better than last year, but showing no signs of returning to pre-pandemic levels.

The trendline for 2023 moved up two, from 510 to 512 as the projected number of new theatrical releases arriving at your local multiplex during 2023.  The top two boxes ($25 million plus; $100 million plus) remain the same at a projected 64 films by the end of the year (pre-pandemic the number averaged 94).

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment finally picked a street date for the long-overdue home entertainment packaged media launch of director James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water.    The release date will be June 20.

Part of the delay could be attributed to where the studio desires to book the revenue for accounting purposes … last quarter or this quarter.

One of the reasons that the new theatrical venue is just bumping along is the obsession with taking major budget film productions and skipping theatres in favor of streaming.

A week ago, it was director Niki Caro’s The Mother, starring Jennifer Lopez, going directly to Netflix.   A little tight-lipped about how much was spent on making the film, but you’d have to guess $20 million or more just based on its profile.

This week the insanity was repeated with director Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s Crater. This 21 Laps Entertainment/ Walt Disney Pictures sci-fi flick had a reported production budget north of $55 million.   It skipped theatres and went right to Disney+.

Both The Mother and Crater were released on Blu-ray within hours by industry “helpers” after their first streaming windows.   It’s hard to get back to 94 hit films annually when films such as these are fed pell-mell into the streaming grinder.

Consider the opposite approach by Sony Pictures.   They are not in the streaming business per se (the Crunchyroll anime streaming platform aside), nor does the studio have legacy media (why Warner Bros. Discovery is hanging on to CNN is something of a mystery, but that’s neither here nor there) or legacy networks to deal with.   They basically produce/acquire films and distribute them both theatrically and as home entertainment product offerings.   They appear to have deals with both Netflix and Amazon Prime for streaming.

Sony Pictures makes money without the streaming-only obsession.   They make money with a multi-platform approach that squares with the traditional “Promo, Better, Best” release sequence.

 

Sony Pictures "Promo, Better, Best" Pattern With Missing

 

Take for example the writing and directing team of Will Merrick and Nick Johnson’s rollout of Missing, starring Storm Reid.   Industry trades suggest that the production budget was between $7 million and $10 million.   

Instead of dropping it into the streaming vacuum, Missing opened theatrically in mid-January and grossed $35.5 million in the domestic marketplace (plus more overseas).    There was a one-off VOD option in early March through Amazon Prime Video and on March 28, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the film on both DVD and Blu-ray.

This past week it began streaming on the Amazon Prime network … it made two “controlled” stops before streaming — theatres, where Sony Pictures shared in the revenue generated from tickets sales with exhibitors nationwide (which also builds awareness of the film) and then as physical media sales from both DVD and Blu-ray that followed (before being streamed).

That’s a profitable application of the “Promo, Better, Best” release pattern.   Sony Pictures makes money.

Why does Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s Crater have to skip the first two stops?  

Look at it this way, you are running a movie theatre and you only sell tickets to see the movie.   Is that smart?   No, you sell soft drinks, popcorn, candy … why not wine and beer … hot dogs!!

Streamers should seriously consider stealing the “helper” model and adding it to their own.   You want a copy of the movie on DVD or Blu-ray?   No problem, manufactured to order … here’s the price. 

Something to think about.

As to “helper” activity this past week, the big score was the Blu-ray launch of Universal Pictures mega-hit Super Mario Brothers Movie … more “helper” editions will soon follow.

Disney+, which was already targeted for “helper” copies of the aforementioned Crater, also got tagged for Muppets Mayhem - Season 1, Star Wars Visions - Season 2 and Salem: The Complete Series all on Blu-ray.   Hallmark Entertainment was clipped for seven different films on DVD, including the Great American Family/Brad Krevoy production of Fall into Winter, marking Lori Loughlin’s return to the MOW arena.

We could go on and on … dozens of “helper” Blu-ray and DVD product offerings, filling the voids left by rights owners not being on top of things.   Netflix, Paramount Plus, Amazon Prime all were sources, even Screen Media Films’ Songbird got some Blu-ray “help” and director George Tillman Jr.’s Big George Foreman (Sony Pictures) also got a little “help” on the Blu-ray front.

Next week it will be a whole new list!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

New DVD • Blu-ray • 4K Ultra HD Activity For The Period Ending May 19, 2023

New DVD Additions

360 Sound & Video

05/16/23 — Released 5 Pointz: An Historical Journey, Dinner With Lloyd, President Speaks and Space Womb: The Documentary

 

ABMI TV (MOD)

05/09/23 — Released 2023 - Bellingham School Committee Meeting and 2023 - Mendon Annual Town Hall

 

Acid Bath (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Sexy Time 5

 

Acorn Media

05/16/23 — Released Madame Blanc Mysteries: Series 2 (2 disc set)

 

Another World Media (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 3 Wise Girls, Human Vapor, Three on a Match, Three Stripes in the Sun, Thrill of Brazil, Thunder in the City, Thunder Island, Thunder of Drums, Thunder on the Hill, Thunder Road, Ticket to Tomahawk, Tiger Shark, Tight Spot, Till the End of Time, Till We Meet Again, Timber Queen, Time Bomb (aka Terror on a Train), Time of Your Life, Times Square Lady, Tin Pan Alley, Titfield Thunderbolt, To Have and to Hold, To Paris with Love, To Please a Lady, Tobor the Great, Tom, Dick and Harry, Tomorrow, the World!, Tonka, Too Hot to Handle, Top Gun, Top Hat, Top of the World , Topper, Topper Takes a Trip, Torch Singer, Torch Song, Torpedo Run, Torrid Zone, Tortilla Flat, Torture Garden, Toughest Gun in Tombstone, Track the Man Down, Trail Street, Trailin' West, Trapped, Traveling Saleslady, Tread Softly Stranger, Treasure of Lost Canyon, Treasure of Pancho Villa, Treasure of the Golden Condor, Trial of Vivienne Ware, Trojan Horse, Trooper Hook, Try and Get Me (aka: The Sound of Fury), Twelve Crowded Hours, Twentieth Century, Twist of Sand, Twisted Nerve, Two Against the World, Two Girls on Broadway, Two Gun Lady, Two Guys From Milwaukee, Two Guys From Texas, Two O'Clock Courage, Two Seconds, Two Sisters From Boston, Two Smart People, Two Thoroughbreds, Two Tickets to Broadway, Two Weeks in Another Town, Two Wives at One Wedding, Two-Faced Woman, Undercover Man, Undercurrent, Undertow, Underwater City, Underworld Story, Unexpected Uncle, Unfaithful, Unfinished Business, Unholy Garden, Uninvited, Union Pacific, Unknown Terror, Unseen, Untamed, Until They Sail, Up in Arms, Up in Central Park, Up Jumped a Swagman, Upper World, Vacation From Marriage, Vacation in Reno, Valley of the Gwangi, Vampire's Ghost, Vanishing American and Vanishing Virginian

 

Asian Cult Cinema (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Fearful Interlude (Mandarin), Legendary Panty Mask Double Feature (2 film set: Legendary Panty Mask, Legendary Panty Mask vs Perverted Dickster) (Japanese), Museum of Horror (Spanish), Pussy Cake (Spanish) and Superargo Double Feature (2 film set: Superargo vs Diabolicus, Superargo and the Faceless Giants)

 

BCAM TV (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Baseball: Braintree vs. Needham, 2023 - Braintree Ways & Means Committee Meeting, 2023 - Girls Lacrosse: Brookline vs. Braintree, 2023 - Rugby: Braintree vs Milton and 2023 - Softball: Braintree vs. Weymouth

 

BCSN (MOD)

05/09/23 — Released 2023 - High School Girls Lacrosse: Perrysburg vs Ottawa Hills, 2023 - High School Softball Div I Sectional Final: Whitmer vs St. Ursula, 2023 - High School Track: City League Championships, 2023 - High School Track: NLL Championships and 2023 - HS Baseball: Ottawa Hills vs Central Catholic

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - HS Softball: Emmanuel Christian vs Rogers, 2023 - HS Softball: Margaretta vs Perkins, 2023 - NCAA Baseball: Central Michigan vs. University of Toledo and 2023 - USL2 Soccer: Flint City vs Toledo Villa FC

 

BCTV (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - City of Reading City Council Committee of the Whole Meeting

 

BEC-TV (MOD)

05/09/23 — Released 2023 - Jefferson Spring Band Concert

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Boys' Lacrosse: Chaska @ Jefferson and 2023 - Jefferson Spring Orchestra Concert

 

BEK-TV (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - American Association Baseball: Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks vs Kane County Cougars 5/15/2023, 2023 - American Association Baseball: Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks vs Kane County Cougars 5/16/2023 and 2023 - American Association Baseball: Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks vs Kane County Cougars 5/17/2023

 

Bridgestone Multimedia (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Frederick Douglass: No Turning Back

 

Buck Cody (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Boss of Big Town, Gunfight at Black Horse Canyon, Hollywood and Vine and Johnny Nobody

 

Burning Bulb (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Stand in the Gap

 

CCX Media (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - City of Crystal: City Council Meeting,  2023 - City of Maple Grove: City Council Meeting,  2023 - City of Robbinsdale: Robbinsdale City Council Meeting and 2023 - Golden Valley City Council Meeting

 

CMI Education/PESI Publishing

05/16/23 — Released Boundaries in Clinical Practice: Top Ethical Challenges (4 disc set)

 

Capital Community Media (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - City of Salem Council Work Session, 2023 - Marion County Commissioners Meeting, 2023 - Salem Kids Relays and 2023 - Salem-Keizer School Board Budget Meeting

 

Championship Productions

05/09/23 — Released Enrico Blasi: Becoming More Effective with Your D-Zone Transitions, Enrico Blasi: Creating a Game-Ready Defense with Competitive Drills & Concepts and Enrico Blasi: Fine-tuning Offensive Transitions for Game Day - Skills, Concepts & Situational Training

 

Changing Your World (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Sunday Service, Wednesday Morning Service and Wednesday Night Service

 

Cheol9260696 (MOD)

05/09/23 — Released Wild River

 

Cheezy Flicks

05/16/23 — Released Moonrunners and Purple Death From Outer Space

 

Christian Worship Hour (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Christian Worship Hour: Let Me Tell You About My Mother - Timothy 1:1-11

 

Cinema Guild

05/16/23 — Released Isabella (Spanish)

 

City of Escondido (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released City Council Meeting 5/17/2023

 

City of Fargo (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Arts and Culture Commission, 2023 - Fargo City Commission,  2023 - Human Rights Commission and 2023 - Library Board

 

City of Leawood (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - City of Leawood Governing Body - Regular Session Meeting

 

City of Tacoma (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Tacoma City Council Meeting and 2023 - Tacoma City Council Study Session

 

Classic Movies Etc. (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

 

Cohen Media Group

05/16/23 — Released Everything Went Fine (French)

 

Community Music

05/16/23 — Released All Wigged Out: The Musical

 

DCAT (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Boys Lacrosse Danvers vs Salem 5/18/23, 2023 - Boys Lacrosse Danvers vs Wakefield - 5/15/23, 2023 - Danvers Annual Town Meeting, 2023 - Danvers Select Board Meeting and 2023 - Human Rights and Inclusion Committee Meeting - 5/18/23

 

Dark Star Pictures

05/16/23 — Released Strange Case of Jacky Caillou (French)

 

Dartmouth Community Media (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Boys Lacrosse: Dartmouth vs. Apponequet, 2023 - Dartmouth 6th & 7th Grade Spring Jazz Band Concert, 2023 - Dartmouth 6th & 7th Grade Spring Orchestra Concert, 2023 - Dartmouth High School & 8th Grade Spring Chorus Concert and 2023 - Dartmouth School Committee Meeting

 

Dennis Massachusetts (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Conservation Commission, 2023 - Planning Board, 2023 - Select Board, 2023 - Shellfish Committee, 2023 - South Dennis Historic District and 2023 - Town Administrator Report to Select Board

 

DVDRParty (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Night to Dismember

 

ETV (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Boys Lacrosse: Eagan vs. Eastview/Apple Valley, 2023 - Boys Volleyball: Eagan vs. Apple Valley, 2023 - Boys Volleyball: Eagan vs. Prior Lake and 2023 - Softball: Eagan vs. Prior Lake

 

EWTN

05/16/23 — Released EWTN Live: Fr. John Trigilio, STD and Fr. Ken Brighenti / continuing questions for Catholic Blitz, Journey Home: Alice Baker - Catholic Revert, Women of Grace: Msgr. Arthur Calkins - Totus Tuus: Making Room for Mary and World Over with Raymond Navarro: Teresa Tomeo

 

Elvis DVD Collector & Movie Store (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Alligator People – Colorized, Desire, Roman Scandals, Secret of Convict Lake and Walk in the Sun

 

Film Movement

05/16/23 — Released Hideo Gosha Double Feature (2 film set: Samurai Wolf Samurai Wolf 2: Hell Cut) (Japanese) and Violent Streets (Japanese)

 

Freestyle Digital Media (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Drowning in Silence, Exceptional Beings, Motion Detected and Out and About

 

G-TV (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - AJ Jordak 3rd & 4th Grade Concert, 2023 - Chardon Board of Education and 2023 - Chardon Board of Trustees Meeting

 

Giant Interactive (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Baby Einstein Classics: Seasons 5 and 6

 

HDPO827 – Sky Movie Lover (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

 

Hallmark Entertainment (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Color My World With Love

 

Harford TV (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Harford County Council

 

Indican Pictures (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Heretic (ARR of 116 days; box office: $5,002)

 

Indiepix

05/16/23 — Released Shabu (Dutch)

 

Jinga Films, Ltd.

05/16/23 — Released After

 

Jarrett Enterprises - Loving the Classics (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Death on the Run, Defeat of the Mafia, Desert Patrol (aka: Sea of Sand), Desperate Mission and Dirty Heroes

 

Kenner Media (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released 2023 - Kenner City Council Budget Meeting

 

Kino Lorber

05/16/23 — Released La Civil (Spanish)

 

LMC Media (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Mamaroneck School Board Meeting, 2023 - Rye Neck School Board Meeting and 2023 - Village of Larchmont Board of Trustees

 

Las Vegas Video (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Attraction Test, Christmas Challenge, Country Christmas Harmony, Dream Moms, Entertaining Christmas, Fall Into Winter, Falling For Christmas, Five More Minutes: Moments Like These, Jane Mysteries: Inheritance Lost, Mistletoe Inn, My Boss' Wedding, Silver Bells and Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Clause

 

Leomark Studios (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released In Case of Emergency

 

Lost Movie Finder (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Compelling Evidence, Doom Generation, Double Feature (2 film set: Midnite Plowboy, Country Cuzzins), Elisa (French), Emanuelle in the Country (Italian), Exploits of a Young Don Juan (aka: What Every Frenchwoman Wants) (French), Fanny Hill, Ganashatru (aka: An Enemy Of The People) (Bengali), Gay Deceivers, Harry In Your Pocket, Hearts and Armour, Histoires Extraordinaires (French), Hunter Will Get You, I Vampiri (aka: Lust of the Vampire) (Italian), Joy House, King Lear, La Sfida (Italian), Lady Vanishes, Les Grandes Familles (French), Meet The Applegates, Rain Without Thunder, Red Nights of the Gestapo, Score, Seduction of Mimi (Italian), Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries, Sono Fotogenico (Italian), Summer in Saint Tropez, Teenage Hithchikers, Tender and Perverse Emanuelle, Tulse Luper Suitcase, Part 3: From Sark to Finish, Value for Money and Wolf Knife

 

Lionsgate Home Entertainment

05/16/23 — Released Moving On (ARR of 60 days; box office: $2,134,280) and One Day as a Lion (ARR of 39 days; box office: $20,000 est)

 

M&M Productions, LLC (MOD

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Baseball State Finals - 1A: Mount Ida vs Taylor, 2023 - Baseball State Finals - 2A: Palestine-Wheatley vs Woodlawn, 2023 - Baseball State Finals - 4A: Lonoke vs Ashdown, 2023 - Baseball State Finals - 6A: Har-Ber vs Bentonville, 2023 - Soccer State Finals - 3A Girls: Episcopal vs Central Arkansas Christian, 2023 - Soccer State Finals - 4A Girls: Robinson vs Harding Academy, 2023 - Soccer State Finals - 5A Boys: Lakeside vs Russellville, 2023 - Soccer State Finals - 6A Boys: Conway vs Springdale, 2023 - Softball State Finals - 1A: Bradley vs Taylor, 2023 - Softball State Finals - 2A: Mansfield vs Riverside, 2023 - Softball State Finals - 4A: Gravette vs Pea Ridge and 2023 - Softball State Finals - 6A: Cabot vs Bryant

 

MGM Limited Edition Collection (MOD

05/16/23 — Released A.K.A. Cassius Clay, Deal, Oleanna and Playboys

 

Media Outlet (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released And Away We Go!, Apollo 1: Tragedy on Pad 34 - Apollo One Disaster, Daley: The Last Boss: Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley and War of the Worlds

 

Menemsha Films

05/16/23 — Released Wartime Girls: The Complete First Season (3 disc set)

 

Movie Buffs Forever (MOD)    

05/16/23 — Released Article 99 and X-treme Fighter (aka: Sci-Fighter)

 

NCircle Entertainment

05/16/23 — Released Barbie: It Takes Two: The Music of Friendship

 

Norton Media Center (MOD)

05/02/23 — Released 2023 - Ashland vs. Norton NHS Girls/Boys Varsity Track, 2023 - Baseball: Dover-Sherborn vs. Norton, 2023 - Boys Lacrosse: Norton vs. Dighton-Rehoboth, 2023 - Girls Tennis: Norwood vs Norton, 2023 - Norton Annual Town Meeting, 2023 - Norton Middle School Spring Concert, 2023 - Softball: Norton vs. Dighton-Rehoboth and 2023 - Town of Norton: Zoning Board of Appeals

 

Orion Neighborhood Television (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Lake Orion Downtown Development Authority, 2023 - Orion Township Board of Trustees Meeting and 2023 - Orion Township Planning Commission Meeting

 

PBS Direct

05/16/23 — Released Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood: 20 Tiger Tales, NOVA: New Eye on the Universe: James Webb Telescope and Vienna Blood: Season 3 (2 disc set)

 

PCTV (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Baseball: Taconic vs. Pittsfield and 2023 - Softball: Wahconah vs. Taconic

 

PEG TV (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Fairhaven Select Board, 2023 - Girls Lacrosse: Rutland vs. Brattleboro, 2023 - Girls Lacrosse: Rutland vs. Middlebury, 2023 - Mill River Unified School Board, 2023 - Otter Valley Unified Union School Board, 2023 - Pawlet Select Board, 2023 - Pittsford Select Board, 2023 - Rutland Board of Aldermen, 2023 - Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union and 2023 - Wallingford Select Board

 

Paramount Home Entertainment

05/16/23 — Released Friday the 13th: The Series: The Complete Series (17 disc set) and Transformers: EarthSpark: Season 1 (2 disc set)

 

Play Me Movies (MOD)          

05/16/23 — Released 12 Angry Men, Cry Wolf, Dark Places, Emperor's Candlesticks, For the Defense, Hatter's Castle, Hypnotic Eye, Key, Monster that Challenged the World, My World Dies Screaming (aka: Terror in the Haunted House), Son of Kong, Take One False Step, Unseen and Watch the Birdie

 

Pre-Code Classics (MOD)        

05/16/23 — Released Angel on the Amazon, Devil Thumbs a Ride and Follow the Boys

 

QC-TV (MOD)

05/09/23 — Released 2023 - Champlin City Planning Commission, 2023 - City of Ramsey Council Meeting and 2023 - Softball: Rogers @ Anoka

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Andover City Council Meeting, 2023 - Anoka City Council Meeting, 2023 - Anoka City Special Council Meeting, 2023 - Boys Lacrosse: Elk River @ Champlin Park, 2023 - Boys Lacrosse: Spring Lake Park/Coon Rapid @ Andover and 2023 - Softball: St Michael/Albertville @ Champlin Park

 

RCN Telecom Services, LLC - ATVN (MOD)   

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Baseball: Colonial League Championship - Saucon Valley vs. Bangor, 2023 - Baseball: EPC Finals - Liberty vs. Parkland, 2023 - Baseball: EPC Semifinals - Emmaus vs. Parkland and 2023 - Baseball: EPC Semifinals - Nazareth vs. Liberty

 

Random Media (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Pow Wow

 

Rareflix (MOD)           

05/09/23 — Released Bad Jim

05/16/23 — Released Arnold, Deadly Web, Great American Tragedy, Honeymoon with a Stranger, Mail Order Bride, Stalked by My Doctor and Women in Chains

 

SRS Cinema

05/16/23 — Released Binge and Purge, Puppet Shark and Re-flesh

 

SVN – Scottsdale Video Network (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - City of Scottsdale City Council Meeting & Work Study and 2023 - City of Scottsdale Development Review Board

 

School Days Productions (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Wootton High School Spring Instrumental Concert

 

Shout! Factory

05/16/23 — Released Magic Flute

 

Smart Mark Video (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released H2O Wrestling: Hustlepalooza, 2023 - Williamstown, NJ and H2O Wrestling: Mystery, Violence, Theater 3 - Williamstown, NJ

 

Strand Releasing

05/16/23 — Released Blue Caftan (Arabic)

 

Sundance Now

05/16/23 — Released Litvinenko

 

Synergetic Distribution

05/16/23 — Released My Missing Valentine (Cantonese)

 

The Quantum Realm Shop (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Bofuri:  Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max out my Defense, Season 2 and Witcher: Seasons 1 & 2 (4 disc set)

 

The Teaching Company, LLC

05/16/23 — Released Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet (3 disc set), Elevate Your Everyday Cooking with Curtis Stone (2 disc set), Propaganda and Persuasion (2 disc set) and Tibet: History, Culture and Religion (4 disc set)

 

The Video Beat (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Little Richard: The King & Queen of Rock and Roll

 

Town Square Television (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Baseball: Two Rivers @ Simley, 2023 - Softball: Bloomington Kennedy @ Two Rivers and 2023 - Softball: Cretin-Derham Hall @ Visitation

 

Unearthed Films

05/16/23 — Released La Petite Mort 2: Nasty Tapes (German)

 

Vermont Movie Store (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Blood In, Blood Out (aka: Bound by Honor), My Awkward Sexual Adventure, Nineties (2 disc set) and Pandora’s Clock (2 disc set)

 

WCW23 (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released WWF 1993 Wrestlefest 5 and WWF 1996 In Your House 8

 

Well Go U.S.A.

05/16/23 — Released Young Ip Man (Cantonese)

 

Wild Eye Releasing

05/16/23 — Released Stale Popcorn and Sticky Floors

 

Woodbridge TV (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Baseball: Colonia vs. John F. Kennedy, 2023 - Colonia High School Spring Vocal Concert, 2023 - Ford Middle School Spring Concert, 2023 - Gifted & Talented Middle School Music Concert, 2023 - Gifted & Talented Middle School Theater Night of "Evenings Fractured Fairytales," 2023 - School 23 Spring Concert and 2023 - Woodbridge Board of Education Meeting

 

WOWnow Entertainment

05/16/23 — Released Amazon, Dark Magic, Fish School Season 1, Game On Season 1, Psychedelic Phenomenon, Satoshi Nakamoto, Secret CIA Projects, Technocracy and Transhumanism

 

Wrestletopia (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Impact! Wrestling 5.11.2023, Impact! Wrestling Bound for Glory 2015, WWF Capital Center 8.17.1985, WWF L.A. Sports Arena 10.16.1988, WWF No Holds Barred The Match/ The Movie PPV and WWF Puerto Rico 10.19.1985

 

Zeus DVD (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Anna' i Wampir (Polish), Cover Up, Crashout, Crime Against Joe, Fantasia Ranchera (Spanish), Fast Lady, Fire in the Sky, Friday The Thirteenth, From the Journals of Jean Seberg, Frontier of the Dawn (French), Funeral Parade of Roses (Japanese), Fury of Achilles, His Majesty O'Keefe, Les gaîtés de l'escadron (French), Love in the Afternoon, Mark of the Vampire, Night Moves, Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night (German) and PT 109

 

 

 

 

New Blu-ray Additions

Acid Bath (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Sexy Time 5

 

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

05/16/23 — Released 9-1-1 - Season 5, 9-1-1 - Season 6, Big Door Prize - Season 1, Bikini Hackers, California Raisin Show: The Complete Series, Crater, Dragon Tales (3 disc set), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 24, LEGO DreamZzz - Season 1, Mrs. Davis - Season 1, Return To Amish - Season 7, Sisu (Finnish), Thundermans: The Complete Series (2 disc set), To Catch a Killer, Ultraman Tiga - 4Kids (English dubbed), UnXplained with William Shatner ‧ Seasons 3-4 (2 disc set) and XO, Kitty - Season 1

 

Burning Bulb (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Stand in the Gap

 

CBS Home Entertainment (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Walker: Season Two (4 disc set)

 

Capital Community Media (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - City of Salem Council Work Session, 2023 - Marion County Commissioners Meeting, 2023 - Salem Kids Relays and 2023 - Salem-Keizer School Board Budget Meeting

 

Cauldron Films

05/16/23 — Released Convoy Busters and Shanghai Joe

 

Cinedigm Entertainment (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Collector

 

Cinema Guild

05/16/23 — Released Isabella (Spanish)

 

City of Tacoma (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Tacoma City Council Meeting and 2023 - Tacoma City Council Study Session

 

Cohen Media Group

05/16/23 — Released Everything Went Fine (French)

 

Criterion Collection

08/15/23 — Sets Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart

08/22/23 — Sets Bo Widerberg’s New Swedish Cinema (4 film set: The Baby Carriage, Raven's End, Elvira Madigan, Adalen 31) (Swedish) (4 disc set)

08/29/23 — Sets Drylongso

 

Dartmouth Community Media (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Boys Lacrosse: Dartmouth vs. Apponequet, 2023 - Dartmouth 6th & 7th Grade Spring Jazz Band Concert, 2023 - Dartmouth 6th & 7th Grade Spring Orchestra Concert, 2023 - Dartmouth High School & 8th Grade Spring Chorus Concert and 2023 - Dartmouth School Committee Meeting

 

Drive In Films (MOD)

05/09/23 — Released Laurel & Hardy Double Feature (2 film set: 4 Clowns, The Further Perils of Laurel & Hardy)

 

Dynamic

05/16/23 — Released Jean-Baptiste Lully: Acis Et Galatee

 

ETV (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Boys Lacrosse: Eagan vs. Eastview/Apple Valley, 2023 - Boys Volleyball: Eagan vs. Apple Valley, 2023 - Boys Volleyball: Eagan vs. Prior Lake and 2023 - Softball: Eagan vs. Prior Lake

 

Epic Pictures

05/16/23 — Released Lake (Thai)

 

Film Movement

05/16/23 — Released Hideo Gosha Double Feature (2 film set: Samurai Wolf Samurai Wolf 2: Hell Cut) (Japanese) and Violent Streets (Japanese)

 

FUNimation

05/16/23 — Released Aharen-san Wa Hakarenai: The Complete Season (2 disc set), Dawn of the Witch: The Complete Season (2 disc set) and Greatest Demon Lord is Reborn as a Typical Nobody: The Complete Season (2 disc set)

 

Hallmark Entertainment (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Christmas Town, Christmas Waltz, Love And Sunshine and Taking a Shot at Love

 

Indie Rights, Inc. (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Fighting Olympus

 

Kino Lorber

05/16/23 — Released Hustle and Longest Yard

 

Lionsgate Home Entertainment

05/16/23 — Released Moving On (with Digital Copy) and Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)

 

MGM Limited Edition Collection (MOD

05/16/23 — Released A.K.A. Cassius Clay, Deal, Oleanna and Playboys

 

Media Blasters

05/16/23 — Released Tweeny Witches: The Complete Book of Spells (4 disc set)

 

Mill Creek Entertainment

06/27/23 — Sets Battle Kaiju Series 01 - Ultraman vs. Red King (2 disc set)

 

Movies R USA (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released Big George Forman, Conners - Season 5, Film Flam Man, Goldbergs - Season 10, Gomer Pyle USMC: The Complete Series (4 disc set), Muppets Mayhem - Season 1, On a Wing and a Prayer, Rabbit Hole - Season 1, REO Speedwagon: Live in the Heartland, Salem: The Complete Series (3 disc set), Senior Moment, Songbird, Star Wars Visions - Season 2, Studio Ghibli - 24 Movie Collection (24 film set: Panda Kopanda, The Castle of Cagliostro, Nausica of the Valley of the Wind, Laputa Castle in the Sky, Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Only Yesterday, Porco Rosso, Ocean Waves), (Pom Poko, Whisper of the Heart, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbors the Yamadas, Spirited Away, The Cat Returns, Howl's Moving Castle, Tales from Earthsea, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, The Secret World of Arrietty, From Up On Poppy Hill,  The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, The Wind Rises, When Marnie Was There) (Japanese) (8 disc set), Super Mario Brothers Movie, This Island Earth, Thor the Conqueror, Those Calloways, Trailer Park Boys - Season 1, Untitled Horror Movie, Upload - Season 1, Upside Down Magic, What About Bob?, Wynonna Earp - Season 2, Wynonna Earp - Season 3 and Wynonna Earp - Season 4

 

North Metro TV (MOD)

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Blaine City Council Meeting, 2023 - Boys Lacrosse: Spring Lake Park at Centennial, 2023 - Centerville Economic Development Authority Meeting, 2023 - Circle Pines Planning Commission, 2023 - City of Ham Lake Council Meeting, 2023 - Girls Lacrosse: Osseo Park Center at Centennial and 2023 - Spring Lake Park City Council Meeting

 

RCN Telecom Services, LLC - ATVN (MOD)   

05/16/23 — Released 2023 - Baseball: Colonial League Championship - Saucon Valley vs. Bangor, 2023 - Baseball: EPC Finals - Liberty vs. Parkland, 2023 - Baseball: EPC Semifinals - Emmaus vs. Parkland and 2023 - Baseball: EPC Semifinals - Nazareth vs. Liberty

 

Radiance Films

05/16/23 — Released Yakuza Graveyard (Japanese)

 

Raro Video

05/16/23 — Released Honey (Italian)

 

Ronin Flix

05/16/23 — Released Killing Box (aka Grey Knight), Opposing Force, P.O.W.: The Escape (aka; Attack Force Nam, aka: Behind Enemy Lines) and Wicked Die Slow

 

Sentai Filmworks

05/16/23 — Released Onipan!: Complete Collection and Wolf Girl & Black Prince: Complete Collection (2 disc set)

 

Shout! Factory

05/16/23 — Released Double Feature (2 film set: Conquest of Space, I Married a Monster from Outer Space), Endangered Species and Magic Flute

 

Unearthed Films

05/16/23 — Released La Petite Mort 2: Nasty Tapes (German)

 

Walt Disney Studios Home Ent.

06/20/23 — Sets Avatar: The Way of Water (with Digital Copy) and Avatar: The Way of Water 3D (2 disc set) (with Digital Copy)

 

Warner Bros. Discovery Home Ent.

05/16/23 — Released Max Fleischer's Superman Cartoon

 

Well Go U.S.A.

05/16/23 — Released Young Ip Man (Cantonese)

 

Wrestletopia (MOD)

05/09/23 — Released NWA Main Event 1992 (4 disc set) and WWF Wrestling Challenge 1992 (4 disc set)

 

 

 

New 4K Ultra HD Additions 

Arrow Video

07/18/23 — Sets Hugo (4K Ultra HD/2 Blu-ray Combo Pack)

 

Criterion Collection

08/08/23 — Sets Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams (Japanese) (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack)

 

Kino Lorber

05/16/23 — Released Longest Yard (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack)

 

Lionsgate Home Entertainment

05/16/23 — Released Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)

 

Paramount Home Entertainment

05/16/23 — Released Italian Job (4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy), Shooter (with Digital Copy) and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 1 (3 disc set)

 

Sony Pictures Home Ent.

07/25/23 — Sets So I Married an Axe Murderer: 30th Anniversary Edition (with Digital Copy)

 

Walt Disney Studios Home Ent.

06/20/23 — Sets Avatar: The Way of Water (4K Ultra HD/2 Blu-ray Combo Pack) (with Digital Copy)