The home viewing response suggests that kind of play elevated interest. This comes after it played two weeknights last month as a Fathom event. “Beautiful Disaster” (Voltage), an American-set but filmed in Bulgaria college romantic drama, also debuted this week on all three charts at $6.99. His “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” had a much more sustained run as a lower-priced VOD film. Of note - despite Nicolas Cage’s consistent popularity on home platforms, the Russell Crowe-starring “Exorcist” performed better across the board on PVOD than “Renfield.” That might change when the price is lowered in a few weeks. Neither film opened to over $10 million, and both fell quickly, making the moves logical. That was normal for Universal, but atylical for Sony. Both “Renfield” (Universal) and “The Pope’s Exorcist” (Sony) were released after three weekends in theaters, both at $19.99. Other than “D&D” taking over at #1, three other new titles joined the top ten. “A Man Called Otto” ©Sony Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection “ A Man Called Otto,” coming there only four months after its wide release, follows “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” which was #1 two weeks ago. Tom Hanks Wants Idris Elba as the Next James Bond: Give Him a ‘License to Kill’Īt the same time, Sony, the only one of the top five studios to not have an in-house streaming platform, continues to provide #1 ranked films on the Netflix top ten. Again, this is mostly a mystery, though it is logical to assume its play there got a lot of viewing and possibly more subscribers. It appears they conceded much of that for “Scream VI,” hoping that it boosted the Paramount+ subscription interest. We do know that at a $19.99 price, Paramount recoups around $14/transaction. The much bigger-grossing horror film only reached #1 at Vudu (which ranks by revenue, not transactions), and at the end of its second week, only shows up on one of the three top ten lists.Īs always, we are in the dark about the revenues a film ranked at #1 takes in.

Paramount two weeks ago released “Scream VI” ($19.99) on both their own streaming platform and on PVOD. Reading the tea leaves that studios provide to figure out strategies is confusing. “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” ($19.99), released after its fifth weekend in theaters, is #1 on all VOD charts. Just after a reported first quarter loss of $1.23 billion, Paramount has something to cheer this week.

A dance with dragons 1