This week on Blu-ray: both Australia and America have five new releases. Who has the best selection though? Let’s find out:
AUSTRALIA RELEASES
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues comes to Blu-ray this week. The Will Ferrell comedy had a $50 million budget and made $172.9 million worldwide. The Blu-ray doesn’t appear to come with any digital copies.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VdGI5-z_hg[/youtube]
Battle of the Year comes to Blu-ray this week. The Chris Brown-Josh Peck drama had a $20 million budget and made $16.5 million worldwide. Two Blu-rays are available: one with a 3D copy and one without but both come with Ultraviolet copies.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAYzJNMXiMM[/youtube]
Delivery Man comes to Blu-ray this week. The Vince Vaughn comedy had a $26 million budget and made $51.1 million worldwide. The Blu-ray doesn’t appear to come with any digital copies.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGAktL45XNQ[/youtube]
Planes comes to Blu-ray this week. The Disney animation had a $50 million budget and made $219.7 million worldwide. Two Blu-rays are available: one with a 3D copy and one without, but both come with Digital Copies.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bssstn218EA[/youtube]
AMERICA RELEASES
August: Osage County comes to Blu-ray this week. The Meryl Streep-Julia Roberts dramedy had an unknown budget and currently has $71.5 million worldwide. The Blu-ray comes with a DVD and an Ultraviolet copy.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KafreVcaTI[/youtube]
Grudge Match comes to Blu-ray this week. The Sylvester Stallone-Robert de Niro sports comedy had a $40 million budget and made $41.9 million worldwide. The Blu-ray comes with a DVD and an Ultraviolet copy. We found the movie to be okay, read our review right here.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bQSOBJCPQE[/youtube]
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug comes to Blu-ray this week. The Martin Freeman-Ian McKellen fantasy had an unknown budget and currently has $949.5 million worldwide. Two different Blu-rays are available: one with a 3D copy and one without but both come with DVDs and Ultraviolet copies. We loved The Desolation of Smaug, check out that review right here.
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Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones comes to Blu-ray this week. The horror flick had a $5 million budget and made $86.3 million worldwide. The Blu-ray comes with a DVD and an Ultraviolet copy.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccE9LeAbPU4[/youtube]
SHARED RELEASES
Believe comes to Blu-ray this week. The Justin Bieber documentary had a $5 million budget and made $6.2 million in the box office. The Blu-ray doesn’t appear to come with any digital copies in Australia but is rocking a DVD and a Digital Copy in America.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7JRa4zyl2M[/youtube]
That’s it for this week on Blu-ray. According to Rotten Tomatoes, Australia’s films average out to 40% while America’s films average out to 53% making Ameria the winner this week. The highest rated film was America’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug with a “Certified Fresh” 75% while the lowest was Australia’s Battle of the Year with 6%. Do you plan on picking up any of these titles? Comment below and be sure to come back next week to see what blues you’re going to spend your green on.
Petey Oneto BryanWeatherall I’ve seen both Hobbit’s but I want to watch them again, the trailer is very good! I haven’t seen any of the other movies here either though
BryanWeatherall Out of all the movies here, I’ve only seen Anchorman and Hobbit, both of which I recommend (but watch Hobbit 1 and Anchorman 1 first).
wow smaug did well at the box office, so close to $1 billion, I guess add it to his loot. I don’t know what I’ll watch this week, maybe delivery man but would much prefer Hobbit