December 8, 2016 - 13:06 AMT
“Pete’s Dragon” tops Disney trio of best-selling discs

After two weeks at No. 1, Walt Disney Studios’ “Finding Dory” finally slipped a notch on the national home video sales charts – replaced at the top by another Disney film, “Pete’s Dragon”, a remake of the 1977 musical that earned nearly $77 million in U.S. theaters, Variety said.

Disney also claimed the No. 3 spot, with “The BFG,” on both the NPD VideoScan overall disc sales chart, which tracks combined Blu-ray Disc and DVD sales, and the dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart.

A theatrical underperformer with a domestic gross of less than $56 million, “The BFG” is a fantasy about an orphan girl who befriends a kindly giant, known as the “Big Friendly Giant.” It was directed and coproduced by Steven Spielberg and is based on the 1982 children’s book of the same name by the late Roald Dahl.

Rounding out the top five were the Sony Pictures horror film “Don’t Breathe,” about three friends who break into, and get trapped inside, a blind man’s house, and “Harry Potter: Complete 8-Film Collection,” from Warner.

“Don’t Breathe” debuted at No. 4 on the overall disc sales chart, with the “Harry Potter” set – which was originally released in November 2011 – returning to the chart at No. 5. On the Blu-ray Disc sales chart, the order was reversed.

Several classic holiday movies have also returned to the top 20 in recent weeks, including the Warner titles “Elf” (No. 6), “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” (No. 9), “The Polar Express” (No. 11), “A Christmas Story” (No. 19), and the original animated “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (No. 20).

Twentieth Century’s original “Home Alone,” released theatrically in 1990, came in at No. 12. Universal Pictures’ live-action “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” with Jim Carrey in the title role, also soared back into the top 20, finishing the week at No. 14.

On Home Media Magazine’s rental chart, the top three remain unchanged from the previous week: Universal Pictures’ “Bad Moms” at No. 1, Lionsgate’s “Mechanic: Resurrection” at No. 2 and “Finding Dory” at No. 3.

Rounding out the top five on Home Media Magazine’s rental chart were the 20th Century Fox family film “Nine Lives” at No. 4 (now that its 28-day holdback from Redbox is over) and “Independence Day: Resurgence” at No. 5.

Photo: EW