These are estimate of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during July 2019.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during July 2019.

This week's home entertainment releases include the #1 film of 2018, plus the first live-action Pokemon movie, an Aretha Franklin documentary saved from the scrapheap with a computer restoration, a brilliant martial arts film from the auteur of The House of Flying Daggers, the latest seasons of the Archie Comics-inspired Riverdale and the Stephen King-based Mr. Mercedes, as well as new episodes of the white hot anime science fiction series Attack on Titan.

David Leitch's Fast and Furious spin-off Hobbs & Shaw dropped 58%, but still had enough firepower to top the weekend box office.

With 31 weeks through the end of July 2019 vs. 30 weeks through the end of July 2018 (or 3% more weeks), sales were up 0.63% year-to-date.

This week’s home entertainment offerings include three box office “bombs” that despite their financial failures, are definitely worth a look, plus a thought-provoking documentary about church and state in contemporary America, and a classic anime comedy produced by Kyoto Animation.

These are estimate of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during June 2019.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during June 2019.

This week's home entertainment offerings include Shazam!, one of the most entertaining movies yet from the DC Comics Cinematic Universe, plus Fast Color, a totally different kind of superhero film, the first season of the live-action Titans series, a new less expensive complete set of Gerry Anderson's Space: 1999, plus the second collection of the Naruto spin-off, Boruto.

Comics and graphic novel sales to comic stores were up a thin 0.36% over the year-ago period in June, according to information released by Diamond Comic Distributors.