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‘Wicked: For Good’ Tops DEG Digital Transactions Chart for Week of Jan. 4

‘Wicked: For Good’ Tops DEG Digital Transactions Chart for Week of Jan. 4

The Universal Pictures musical Wicked: For Good 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 Jan. 4.

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.

Staying No. 2 on the chart was Universal Pictures’ Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, available for premium digital rental and sale starting Dec. 23. The horror sequel is set one year after the supernatural nightmare at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. A new chapter of terror begins when former security guard Mike’s sister, Abby, sneaks out in search of her animatronic friends: Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy. 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.

Up four spots to No. 3 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.

No. 4 was Lionsgate’s Good Fortune. The film marks Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut and stars Keanu Reeves as a well-meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel who observes a struggling gig worker, Arj (Ansari), who is barely making ends meet in Los Angeles, and intervenes to show him that money can’t solve all his problems. Gabriel swaps Arj’s life with a wealthy venture capitalist, Jeff (Seth Rogen), but the plan backfires when Arj is convinced his newfound wealth has, in fact, solved all his problems. As Arj refuses to switch back, Jeff is left without his fortune, Gabriel loses his wings, and all three are forced to confront what it truly means to be human.

Up four spots to No. 5 was Warner’s One Battle After Another. The action comedy — written, directed and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson — stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a washed-up former member of a terrorist group who is now a stoner living in a state of paranoia, surviving off the grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter Willa. When the military officer (Sean Penn) hunting his team resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her.

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No. 6 was MGM’s Sarah’s Oil. The narrative follows a young black girl who is granted seemingly worthless land in Oklahoma through a federal allotment program. When the land begins gushing oil, she must fend off greedy businessmen and corrupt officials looking to get their hands on it.

No. 7 was Universal’s Black Phone 2. In the horror sequel, Ethan Hawke returns to his role as deranged serial killer The Grabber opposite Mason Thames as Finn. The story involves The Grabber tormenting Finn from beyond the grave by menacing his sister Gwen. Haunted by horrific visions, the teens set out to stop their psychological torture only to uncover a disturbing secret as they confront a killer who has only grown more powerful in death.

Lionsgate’s The Long Walk was No. 8. Set in a dystopian 1970s, The Long Walk, based on the Stephen King novel, follows 50 boys in an annually televised endurance event where each competitor must maintain a pace of three miles per hour. Competitors who fail to maintain that pace after three warnings are executed, while the winner receives a cash windfall and the fulfillment of any wish he chooses.

No. 9 on the chart was Paramount’s The Running Man, also available for premium digital rental and sale starting Dec. 16. Based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, the film is about a deadly game show in which contestants must survive 30 days while being hunted by professional assassins. This version (Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in the 1987 film version) stars Glen Powell, William H. Macy, Lee Pace, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, Daniel Ezra, Jayme Lawson, Sean Hayes, Katy O’Brian, Colman Domingo and Josh Brolin.

No. 10 on the chart was Lionsgate’s Now You See Me: Now You Don’t. The third “Now You See Me” film, which became available for premium digital rental and sale Dec. 16, finds the original Four Horsemen (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco and Isla Fisher) reuniting to expose the corruption of a diamond heiress (Rosamund Pike) with connections to international criminals. The cast also includes Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa and Ariana Greenblatt as a new team of illusionists, plus returning cast members Morgan Freeman and Lizzy Caplan.

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GfK Entertainment’s Top 10 Transactional Digital Titles for the week ended Jan. 4:

  1. Wicked: For Good (Universal)
  2. Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (Universal)
  3. Nuremberg (Sony Pictures)
  4. Good Fortune (Lionsgate)
  5. One Battle After Another (Warner)
  6. Sarah’s Oil (MGM)
  7. Black Phone 2 (Universal)
  8. The Long Walk (Lionsgate)
  9. The Running Man (2025) (Paramount)
  10. Now You See Me: Now You Don’t (Lionsgate)

 

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