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Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4 appears unstoppable as is earned a third consecutive week at No. 1 on the Official Film Chart, the weekly U.K. home entertainment sales ranking. Following … Continue reading “Lionsgate’s ‘John Wick: Chapter 4″ Finishes Atop U.K. Weekly Sales Chart for Third-Straight Week — Thanks to Disc”

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Who said clowns can only be funny or scary? Streaming distributor Cineverse (formerly Cinedigm) is coming off a profitable fiscal quarter due in large part to the unexpected theatrical success … Continue reading “Cineverse CEO Basing Company’s Growth in Part on Horror Character ‘Art the Clown’”

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 The Walt Disney Company June 21 announced it would expand distribution of Disney+ original series “American Born Chinese” beyond its proprietary streaming platform to affiliate partners, including ABC, Hulu, Roku, … Continue reading “Disney+ Expanding Original Series ‘American Born Chinese’ Access to Roku, YouTube — and Hulu, ABC”

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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s desire to mine incremental revenue from proprietary content through as many distribution channels as possible — beyond his own Max streaming platform — has … Continue reading “Warner Bros. Discovery Reportedly Looking to License HBO Content to Netflix”

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Netflix’s supernatural thriller “Stranger Things” remained No. 1 on Parrot Analytics’ digital originals U.S. rankings the week ended June 16. It had a 13.8% drop in demand expressions, the proprietary … Continue reading “‘Stranger Things’ No. 1 on Parrot’s Digital Originals Demand Chart Week Ended June 16”

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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie took over the No. 1 spot on the Redbox disc rental chart the week ended June 18. The adaptation of Nintendo’s … Continue reading “‘Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Tops Redbox Disc Rentals; ‘Fast X’ Still No. 1 on Digital Chart”

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The Max Original four-part docuseries “Shaun White: The Last Run” will debut on the streaming service Thursday, July 6. Directed by Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau, the MSM production uses … Continue reading “‘Shaun White: The Last Run’ Docuseries Debuts July 6 on Max”

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As part of the year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Warner Bros. Studio, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment will release the classic martial arts film Enter the Dragon for purchase … Continue reading “Martial Arts Classic ‘Enter the Dragon’ Headed to 4K Ultra HD Disc and Digital Aug. 8”

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The debut of new actioner Extraction 2, again headlined by Chris Hemsworth, proved popular with Netflix subscribers, who also streamed the original for the week ended June 18. The franchise, … Continue reading “Netflix: Subs Covet Chris Hemsworth’s ‘Extraction’ Action Movie Franchise”

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Universal Pictures’ Fast X again landed in the top spot on the chart of the 10 most-popular films on Fandango’s transactional digital service Vudu the week ended June 18. It was its second consecutive … Continue reading “‘Fast X’ Repeats Atop Weekly Vudu Chart”

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