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John Latchem

March 10, 2025

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s Wicked was No. 1 on the top 10 list of physical-media sales for February 2025, according to Circana’s VideoScan tracking service that compiles DVD and Blu-ray transactions.

Based on the first half of the hit Broadway musical of the same name, the film serves as a prequel to The Wizard of Oz about the rise to power of Glinda the Good Witch and Elphaba, who becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. It debuted on disc Feb. 4 and spent three of its first four weeks atop the weekly sales chart.

No. 2 in February was director Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu from Universal Pictures. The remake of the 1922 gothic horror classic, which itself is based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula, stars Bill Skarsgård, Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin and Willem Dafoe in a tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her. It was released on disc Feb. 18

The top seller from January, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s Venom: The Last Dance, was No. 3 in February. The third “Venom” film finds Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and the Venom symbiote on the run from both the military and an alien hunter.

The No. 4 seller in February was Mubi’s The Substance, down two spots from its January position. The film, starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid, follows a fading celebrity who, after being fired by her producer due to her age, uses a black market drug that creates a much younger version of herself with unexpected side effects.

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No. 5 for the month was Warner’s The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, an animated prequel to Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” movies. It too was released on disc Feb. 18.

No. 6 was Universal’s The Wild Robot, down three spots from January. The adaptation of the best-selling book of the same name follows a robot that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and starts building relationships with the animals on the island.

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On the year-to-date disc sales chart, Wicked took over the top spot, pushing Venom: The Last Dance to No. 2, while Nosferatu took over the No. 3 spot.

Falling off year’s top 10 chart was the movie Wicked is based upon, 1939’s The Wizard of Oz, as well as Warner’s Dune: Part Two.

According to Circana, the February 2025 top 10 by units sold were:

1. Wicked (Universal)
2. Nosferatu (Universal)
3. Venom: The Last Dance (Sony Pictures)
4. The Substance (Mubi)
5. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (Warner)
6. The Wild Robot (Universal)
7. Twisters (Universal)
8. Werewolves (Universal)
9. Deadpool & Wolverine (Disney/Marvel)
10. The Order (Vertical)

Year-to-Date Top 10 (through February 2025):

1. Wicked (Universal)
2. Venom: The Last Dance (Sony Pictures)
3. Nosferatu (Universal)
4. The Substance (Mubi)
5. The Wild Robot (Universal)
6. Twisters (Universal)
7. Smile 2 (Paramount)
8. Deadpool & Wolverine (Disney/Marvel)
9. Alien: Romulus (20th Century)
10. Terrifier 3 (Cineverse)

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