While theaters have “Avatar: The Way of Water” bringing in most of the revenue, two films that had recent successful theatrical runs dominate home viewing revenue this Christmas.
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” was an immediate #1 at Netflix (it had a one-week preview in theaters a month ago).
“Violent Night” with an evil Santa (Universal/19.99), still #5 in theaters, tops Vudu (ranking by revenue) and iTunes and Google Play (calculating by transactions).Otherwise, 22 of the 40 positions on the three VOD plus Netflix top ten charts we cover are Christmas-set or themed.
And with these included, films released before 2022 constitute 23 of the 40 slots.
Making all charts are “The Grinch” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (Universal), with “Elf,” “Christmas Vacation,” “The Polar Express” (Warner Bros.
Discovery), and “Die Hard” (Disney) making two each.
All cost 3.99 to rent.With the old titles and more recent ones mostly discounted, that means total revenue
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