Monday, September 18, 2017

Lionsgate Home Entertainment To Release Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets On Nov. 21


DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph Tribbey
The media bashed it, even going so far as to call it the biggest independently produced film disaster in the history of cinema.   That might be true, but when you pull in $40.3 million in domestic ticket sales, the film, if it bled red ink for EuropaCorp, is an “A-list” home entertainment release.   Production profits and losses don’t matter to the consumer.

The overall reviews for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets were mixed — the trade press tended to focus on the red ink — and theatre-goers were lukewarm.   In other words, it is a big-budget sci-fi entry, but it’s no Star Wars.  That means that it will translate well to home entertainment viewing interest.

Lionsgate Home Entertainment will be handling the domestic home entertainment distribution of director Luc Besson’s film adaptation of the French comic book series, which means that the studio likely has no financial exposure as a fee-based gun-for-hire.   They’ve picked Nov. 21 for a three-SKU product launch.

The ARR is 123 days and, as mentioned, domestic ticket sales during the film’s summer theatrical run came in at $40.2 million.

DVD & Blu-ray Release Report, Ralph TribbeyPlanned for release are a 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray Combo Pack, a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack and a DVD edition.

Bonus features include the five-part making-of documentary titled “Citizens of Imagination: Creating the Universe of Valerian,” the featurette titled “Enhancement Pods” and the much talked about photo gallery of the film’s production, “The Art of Valerian.”

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