Alien: Romulus
‘Alien: Romulus’ Tops Weekly Fandango at Home Chart
October 21, 2024
Disney-owned 20th Century Studios’ Alien: Romulus topped the chart of the 10 most-popular films on Fandango’s transactional digital service Fandango at Home for the week ended Oct. 20.
Alien: Romulus, which became available for premium digital rental and purchase Oct. 15, takes the “Alien” franchise back to its roots. In the film, while scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young colonizers come face-to-face with the most relentless and deadly life form in the universe.
Debuting at No. 2 on the chart was Universal/DreamWorks’ animated The Wild Robot, also available for premium digital rental and purchase Oct. 15. An adaptation of Peter Brown’s No. 1 New York Times best-seller, it’s an adventure starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o as the voice of Roz, a robot that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must adapt to the harsh surroundings. Gradually Roz starts building relationships with the animals on the island, including a fox voiced by Pedro Pascal, and becomes the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling named Brightbill (voiced by Kit Connor).
Falling from the top spot to No. 3 on the chart was Warner Bros.’ Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Tim Burton’s sequel to his 1988 film Beetlejuice debuted for premium digital purchase and rental on Oct. 8. In the sequel, Michael Keaton returns to his iconic role as the mischievous spirit Beetlejuice alongside Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz and two-time Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara as Delia Deetz, with new cast members Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Arthur Conti in his feature film debut, Jenna Ortega as Lydia’s daughter Astrid, and Willem Dafoe. Meanwhile, the two-film collection of both “Beetlejuice” films landed at No. 5 on the chart.
Dropping two spots to No. 4 on the chart was Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine. The third “Deadpool” film, which debuted Oct. 1 for premium digital rental and sale, finds Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) teaming up with Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) to stop the destruction of his universe.
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Fandango at Home’s top 10 titles for the week ended Oct. 20, in terms of revenue, were: