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.
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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.
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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.
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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.