The release of one of this summer’s biggest hits, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, doesn’t leave much oxygen in the room for other movies on disc, but there are some interesting TV releases including the latest seasons of Supergirl, X-Files, and American Horror Story, plus a couple of anime offerings that typify the popular "isekai" fantasy subgenre.
Far from reviving the franchise, Shane Black’s The Predator has put the future of any further “alien hunter” movies in doubt with a lackluster $24 million debut, which nevertheless was more than enough to top the box office.
This week’s home entertainment offerings include one of this summer’s hits, Ocean’s 8, a distaff addition to the popular heist movie franchise, a remake of the 1972 blaxploitation classic Superfly, the penultimate season of TV's top sitcom, The Big Bang Theory, and a trio of interesting anime releases.
As expected, The Nun, the fifth film in The Conjuring series, easily took the box office crown with a $53.5 million debut, the best in franchise history.
This week's home entertainment releases include four films that will appeal to serious moviegoers including the highbrow horror film, Hereditary, the romantic survival saga Adrift, plus the final season of Pendleton Ward's brilliant animated series Adventure Time, the most recent season of Mike Judge's Silicon Valley, and a timely biography of TV personality Fred Rogers.
John M. Chu’s Crazy Rich Asians continued its remarkable run, earning $23 million over the first 3-days of the Labor Day Weekend, a drop of just 10% from its second weekend showing.
