In a week loaded with major new releases, Disney-owned 20th Century Studios’ Predator: Badlands debuted at No. 1 on the Circana VideoScan chart, which tracks combined sales of all disc formats, and the dedicated sales chart for Blu-ray formats the week ended Feb. 21. It was also the top 4K disc seller.
The sci-fi actioner follows Dek, a young Predator outcast from his clan, who finds an unlikely ally in the android Thia (Elle Fanning) and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary. The film earned $91 million at the domestic box office.
HD formats accounted for 67% of first-week Predator: Badlands unit sales, with 29% from regular Blu-ray Disc and 38% from 4K Ultra HD disc. Thus, it was also No. 1 on the 4K disc sales chart.
Eight of the top 10 were newcomers, and 11 of the top 20.
No. 2 on the overall and Blu-ray Disc sales charts was another newcomer, Universal Pictures’ Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, selling about 44% as many copies as the top title. 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. The film earned $127.7 million at the domestic box office. HD formats accounted for 56% of first-week sales, with 33% from regular Blu-ray and 23% from 4K disc. It was No. 3 on the 4K disc chart.
A “Freddy’s” two-movie collection landed at No. 10.
Debuting at No. 3 on the overall and Blu-ray Disc charts, and No. 4 on the 4K chart, was Lionsgate’s Now You See Me: Now You Don’t. The third “Now You See Me” film 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. The film has earned $61.9 million at the domestic box office. HD formats accounted for 60% of first-week sales, with 35% from regular Blu-ray and 25% from 4K disc.
No. 4 overall was the newly released Sisu: Road to Revenge from Sony Pictures. 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. It earned $4.5 million at the domestic box office. With 51% of its first-week sales coming from HD formats (42% regular Blu-ray, 9% 4K), it was the No. 5 Blu-ray and No. 12 on the 4K chart.
No. 5 on the overall disc sales chart was the 1959 Best Picture Oscar-winning epic Ben-Hur, newly released by Warner in a new 4K Ultra HD disc edition that accounted for 99% of the title’s sales for the week. Director William Wyler’s three-and-a-half-hour adaptation of Lew Wallace’s 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ stars Charlton Heston as Judah Ben-Hur, whose opposition to the occupation of Judea by the Roman Empire brings him into conflict with his childhood friend Messala (Stephen Boyd). After Messala fabricates a charge of treason against Ben-Hur, his family is imprisoned his family and he is sentenced to a harsh life of slavery. But when fate brings Ben-Hur into the favor of a Roman nobleman, he returns to Judea as a champion of the chariot races, seeking to avenge his family’s dishonor. It was the No. 4 Blu-ray seller, No. 2 on the 4K chart.
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The No. 6 overall seller in its debut was Universal’s Song Sung Blue, which was No. 11 on the Blu-ray Disc chart with 25% of its first-week sales coming from the HD format (it wasn’t released on 4K disc). The music-themed love story stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as a husband and wife who form a Neil Diamond tribute band. It earned $39.2 million at the domestic box office.
The top disc seller the previous four weeks, Universal’s Wicked: For Good, slipped to No. 7 overall, No. 6 on the Blu-ray chart and No. 13 on the 4K chart.
Other newcomers cracking the overall top 20 include Paramount’s Dexter: Resurrection — The Complete First Season at No. 8 (No. 13 on the Blu-ray chart); Cineverse’s remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night at No. 9 (No. 9 on the Blu-ray and 4K charts; Shout! Studios’ DVD-only Savage Hunt at No. 12 overall; Shout! Studios’ remake of the fantasy film Deathstalker landed at No. 13; and Paramount’s Regretting You was No. 14.
Top Disc Sellers for Week Ended 2-21-26
Top Selling Blu-ray and 4K Discs for Week Ended 2-21-26
Top HD Formats Disc Share Per Title for Week Ended 2-21-26
