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‘Predator: Badlands’ Tops DEG Digital Transactions Chart for Week of Feb. 8

‘Predator: Badlands’ Tops DEG Digital Transactions Chart for Week of Feb. 8

The 20th Century Studios sci-fi actioner Predator: Badlands was No. 1 on the DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group’s top 10 digital sales and rentals chart provided by GfK Entertainment for the week ended Feb. 8.

Up six spots from the previous week, the sci-fi actioner deepens Yautja lore by introducing new characters Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) and Thia (Elle Fanning). Set in the future on a deadly remote planet, the film follows Dek, a young Predator outcast from his clan, who finds an unlikely ally in Thia and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.

Staying No. 2 was Sony Pictures’ comedic remake of Anaconda. In the film, Doug (Jack Black) and Griff (Paul Rudd) have been best friends since they were kids, and have always dreamed of remaking their all-time favorite movie: the cinematic “classic” Anaconda. When a midlife crisis pushes them to finally go for it, they head deep into the Amazon to start filming. But things get real when an actual giant anaconda appears, turning their comically chaotic movie set into a deadly situation.

No. 3 was Universal’s Hamnet. The historical drama dramatises the family life of William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) and his wife, Agnes Hathaway (Jessie Buckley), as they cope with the death of their 11-year-old son.

No. 4 was Sony Pictures’ Groundhog Day, the 1993 comedy starring Bill Murray as a man trapped in a loop repeating the same day over and over again.

Down two spots to No. 5 was Sony Pictures Classics’ Nuremberg. In the historical drama, based on the 2013 book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist, the Allies, led by the unyielding chief prosecutor Robert H. Jackson (Michael Shannon), have the task of ensuring high ranking Nazi officials answer for the Holocaust in the trial of the century while a U.S. Army psychiatrist (Rami Malek) is locked in a dramatic psychological duel with former Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe), revealing the sobering truth that ordinary men commit extraordinary evil.

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No. 5 was Universal’s Five Nights at Freddy’s 2. Set one year after the supernatural nightmare at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, the sequel follows former security guard Mike’s sister, Abby, when she sneaks out in search of her animatronic friends. As terrifying events begin to unfold, dark secrets about the true origin of Freddy’s are revealed, unleashing a long-forgotten horror hidden away for decades.

Down a spot to No. 7 was Universal’s Bugonia. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, the comedic psychological thriller follows two conspiracy-obsessed young men who kidnap a powerful CEO they believe is an alien out to destroy humanity. The cast includes Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Stavros Halkias, Aidan Delbis, Marc T. Lewis, Vanessa Eng and Alicia Silverstone.

Down three spots to No. 8 was Universal’s Song Sung Blue. The film from writer-director Craig Brewer stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as Mike and Claire, two down-on-their-luck musicians who fall in love forming a Neil Diamond tribute band called Lightning and Thunder, rising from a humble garage to dive bar gigs to unexpected hometown stardom.

No. 9 was Universal’s Wicked: For Good. The sequel to 2024’s Wicked, available for premium digital rental and sale starting Dec. 30, adapts the second half of the 2003 Broadway musical of the same name, which itself is based on a 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire that explores the backstories of the witches featured in The Wizard of Oz. It stars Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West.

No. 10 was Sony Pictures’ Sisu: Road to Revenge. The follow-up to the 2022 Finnish sleeper hit Sisu finds former commando Aatami Korpi (Jorma Tommila), two years after his first rampage against the Nazis, returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the World War II. He dismantles it and loads it onto a truck, determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honor. However, his plans are interrupted by the return of the Soviet officer (Stephen Lang) who killed his family, who now commands a squadron of agents determined to eliminate Aatami once and for all.

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GfK Entertainment’s Top 10 Transactional Digital Titles for the week ended Feb. 8:

  1. Predator: Badlands (20th Century)
  2. Anaconda (2025) (Sony Pictures)
  3. Hamnet (Universal)
  4. Groundhog Day (Sony Pictures)
  5. Nuremberg (Sony Pictures)
  6. Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (Universal)
  7. Bugonia (Universal)
  8. Song Sung Blue (Universal)
  9. Wicked: For Good (Universal)
  10. Sisu: Road to Revenge (Sony Pictures)

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