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Home Video & Netflix Releases // May 9
With the risque romance of Fifty Shade Darker and hard hitting shootouts of Heat, this week’s home video releases are mostly tailored to the adult crowd. Netflix has a bit more variety including Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World adaptation and the debut of a new King Julien series.
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Adapted from E. L. James’ second Fifty Shades novel, Darker failed to match the first film’s box office performance. The film stuck to a Valentine’s Day opening weekend, but while Fifty Shades of Grey only went up against the release of Kingsman: The Secret Service, Darker debuted alongside John Wick: Chapter 2 and The LEGO Batman Movie. There probably wasn’t a huge amount of audience cross-over between the three films, however the stiff competition denied Darker the top spot at the box office. It ended up making $144M worldwide, more than $50M less than the franchise opener. The third instalment, Fifty Shades Freed, was shot at the same time as Darker and is set for release on February 9, 2018.
Also available:
Heat – Definitive Director’s Cut
Orange is the New Black Season 4
Paterson
Things to Come
New on Netflix:
Norm Macdonald: Hitler’s Dog, Gossip & Trickery – Netflix Original
Deepwater Horizon (May 10)
The Adventure Club (May 10)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (May 11)
All Hail King Julien: Exiled – Season 1 – Netflix Original (May 12)
Get Me Roger Stone – Netflix Original Film (May 12)
Master of None – Season 2 – Netflix Original (May 12)
Mindhorn – Netflix Original Film (May 12)
Sahara – Netflix Original Film (May 12)
American Experience: Command and Control (May 15)
Hidden (May 15)
New on Shudder:
Halfworlds (May 11)
He Took His Skin Off For Me (May 15)
Queen of Spades (May 15)
