This week on Blu-ray: Australians net one new movie while Americans get three new releases and a “classic” brought to Blu-ray.
AUSTRALIAN RELEASES
Life of Pi comes to Blu-ray this week. The Oscar winning Adventure is one of the biggest films of 2012 with over $608.7 million worldwide and still counting. I reviewed the 3D Blu-ray of Life of Pi and you can check out my review of that here. Life of Pi does come with a DVD and Digital Copy.
AMERICAN RELEASES
Jack Reacher comes to Blu-ray this week. The Tom Cruise Crime Drama was a box office success with a $60 million budget and making $216.5 million worldwide. There is a Best Buy Exclusive although it’s unclear what’s so exclusive about it. The Blu-ray comes with a DVD and Digital Copy.
Mama arrives on Blu-ray this week. The Guillermo del Toro produced Horror film was a huge success making $141 million worldwide on a budget of $15 million. There are no retailer exclusives for Mama. The Blu-ray comes with a DVD and Digital Copy.
Safe Haven comes to Blu-ray this week. The Nicholas Spark based Romance is still in over 100 theaters here in America and is already a success with $71.2 million on a budget of $28 million. Target has an exclusive Bonus Disc filled with more Nicholas Spark “fun.” Safe Haven comes with a DVD and Digital Copy.
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Finally, An Officer and a Gentleman *FINALLY* comes to Blu-ray (* = sarcasm). The film won two Oscars in 1982 including a Supporting Actor win for Louis Gossett, Jr. Why it suddenly came to Blu-ray is beyond me. No retailer deals and no DVD or Digital Copies are inside. Die hard fans are probably disappointed.
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That’s it for this week. Even though Australia only gets one release, America got such mediocre releases that Australia takes home the gold.
WINNER: AMERICA
TALLIES FOR THE YEAR: AUSTRALIA (2) AMERICA (1)
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