Franchises in theaters are showing their age, but they’re a sure bet at home.
This week’s VOD charts have “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” (Paramount) and “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
3” (Disney), both $19.99, battling for top spot.
The Hasbro action film is #1 at Vudu and iTunes, while the latest Marvel entry remains #1 at GooglePlay.Meantime, Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City” (Focus), released at $19.99 after its fourth weekend, is fourth or fifth on all three lists.
It is behind “The Super Mario Bros.
Movie,” the year’s biggest domestic hit, now at $5.99 and ranks third everywhere.
The top three films all grossed between $150 million and $575 million; “Asteroid” is not yet at $30 million.
Anderson’s $25 million budget, a fraction of its competitors’, suggests a lucrative haul for Focus.Only 13 titles made the charts, with eight on all three.
The still-pvod “Fast X” (Universal) and standard-price “Sisu” and “John Wick: Chapter 4…
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