It placed as high as #5 at Vudu among its two charts. Next week will bring “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24) and “Downton Abbey” as well as Nicolas Cage’s “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” (Lionsgate), all of which will list at $19.99.Īlso new this week is “Father Stu” (Sony/$19.99), the faith-based boxing biopic starring and produced by Mark Wahlberg. Quentin Tarantino's Favorite Movies: 40 Films the Director Wants You to Seeīest Movies Never Made: 35 Lost Projects from Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, and MoreĪlong with “The Lost City” and “Dumbledore,” there’s four more titles on all three charts we track: the original “Top Gun” (Paramount/$3.99), which is as high as #2 at iTunes, along with “Uncharted” (Sony/$5.99), “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” (Paramount/$19.99, also streaming), and “The Bad Guys” (Universal/$19.99). Universal Owns the VOD Charts This Week, Led by 'Minions: The Rise of Gru' 'Bullet Train' #1 for Second Week at Box Office: Why That's Not Great News On the revenue-driven Vudu, the chart where more-expensive PVOD titles often thrive, the #1 title is “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” (Warner Bros./$19.99), which is also on HBO Max. This week also saw the reduced-price “ The Lost City” (Paramount/$5.99) at #1 on both Google Play and iTunes (which rank by sales activity, not revenue) while also streaming at Paramount +. It’s also #3 at Vudu (Google Play reporting lags, as usual), and it’s another example of the often-eccentric universe that creates the home-viewing charts. Another take on the “Taken” trope, Gerard Butler stars as a husband trying to find his estranged wife while battling local criminals.īutler has been a theatrical draw, but what’s of note is unlike many VOD-centric action originals released by Vertical and others, this one found an elevated response at a PVOD price and with minimal marketing. And at #5 on iTunes is the week’s top new PVOD release, “Last Seen Alive” (Vertical/$19.99), which also had a single theatrical date this week. Any home viewing for “ Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount) could be as late as after Labor Day, but it’s already #6 at iTunes thanks to PVOD pre-buys.