THE FLASH Races To The No. 1 Spot Across All VOD Charts

THE FLASH Races To The No. 1 Spot Across All VOD Charts

The Flash may have had a disappointing (okay, abysmal) run at the box office, but the movie has found a lot more success on Digital platforms, racing to the top of all VOD charts...

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By MarkCassidy - Jul 26, 2023 07:07 AM EST
Filed Under: The Flash

Despite mixed reviews and an abysmal theatrical run, The Flash definitely has its share of fans, but even the movie's staunchest defenders would have a hard time making the case for the Scarlet Speedster's first (and likely last) solo outing being anything close to a success at the box office.

Even so, it looks like the film may have found a new lease of life on PVOD.

The Flash debuted on Digital platforms last week, and has already raced to the top of all three major VOD charts. Of course, a major superhero movie getting a lot of attention shortly after being made available for home viewing isn't exactly unusual, so it'll be interesting to see how long it manages to hold on to the No. 1 spot.

Here's how the rest of the charts shape up.

iTunes

1. The Flash (WB) – $19.99

2. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Universal) – $5.99

3. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (Paramount) – $19.99

4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Disney) – $19.99

5. Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (Universal) – $19.99

6. John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate) – $5.99

7. Sisu (Lionsgate) – $5.99

8. The Covenant (MGM) – $5.99

9. Asteroid City (Focus) – $19.99

10. Fast X (Universal) – $19.99

Google Play

1. The Flash (WB) – $19.99

2. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (Paramount) – $19.99

3. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Universal) – $5.99

4. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Disney) – $19.99

5. John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate) – $5.99

6. Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (Universal) – $19.99

7. Fast X (Universal) – $19.99

8. Asteroid City (Focus) – $19.99

9. The Covenant (MGM) – $5.99

10. Sisu (Lionsgate) – $5.99

Vudu

1. The Flash (WB) – $19.99

2. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (Paramount) – $19.99

3. Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (Universal) – $19.99

GOTG Vol. 3 (Disney) – $19.99

5. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Universal) – $5.99

6. Fast X (Universal) – $19.99

7. Renfield (Universal) – $5.99

8. John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate) – $5.99

9. The Blackening (Lionsgate) – $19.99

10. Asteroid City (Focus) – $19.99

"Directed by Andy Muschietti, The Flash features Barry Allen traveling back in time in order to change events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Super Heroes to help. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian…albeit not the one he’s looking for.

Ultimately, to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry’s only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?"

The Flash is produced by Barbara Muschietti and Michael Disco, with a screenplay by Christina Hodson, and a screen story by John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein and Joby Harold, based on characters from DC. Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Double Dream/a Disco Factory production of an Andy Muschietti film.

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TheBigLebowski
TheBigLebowski - 7/26/2023, 7:36 AM
Finally checked this one out and it was surprisingly enjoyable. Dumb, yes, some baffling decisions and cgi, yes, but all that just made it more fun. Definitely leagues above something like SS or JL theatrical cut. The direction was fun and energetic, and I think Brave & the bold will be in good hands with Muschietti despite all this movie’s shortcomings
campblood
campblood - 7/26/2023, 7:50 AM
@TheBigLebowski - exactly, I took a couple bong rips and went in expecting schlock and had fun
TheBigLebowski
TheBigLebowski - 7/26/2023, 8:26 AM
@campblood - that seems like the best way to go about it
Usernametaken
Usernametaken - 7/26/2023, 9:20 AM
@TheBigLebowski - I'm currently 30min in, it's a trainwreck.
BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 7/26/2023, 9:22 AM
@TheBigLebowski
@campblood - what about crack? I hit the crack pipe and im now selling my ass on street corners to fund this habit but I didn't think the movie was terrible
WEAPONXOXOXO
WEAPONXOXOXO - 7/26/2023, 8:43 PM
@TheClunges - What are your prices? It's not for me. I'm asking for a friend.
BraveNewClunge
BraveNewClunge - 7/27/2023, 4:51 AM
@WEAPONXOXOXO - couple cheeseburgers will do, no pickle though 👀
TheVandalore
TheVandalore - 7/26/2023, 7:36 AM
putting out shite like Fury of the Gods, She Hulk, Black Adam, Quantamania, The Flash, Secret Invasion.... DC and MARVEL should be ashamed of themselves.

Ashamed!

Shits embarrassing.
tvor03
tvor03 - 7/26/2023, 7:42 AM
Started watching this last night. I like to keep an open mind about things, especially when everybody hates on something, I tend to kinda root for it. So I went in with low expectations hoping to be pleasantly surprised. Watched about 45 minutes so far and can honestly say this movie is garbage!

The writing is horrendous! “It’s a baby… shower” COME ON!!!

The acting is horrendous! Ezra Miller is incredibly annoying. Especially his alternate universe stoner sidekick version.

The CGI is horrendous! The way he travels through time is the most video gamey looking thing since Blade 2.

I don’t think I’ll finish this one.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/26/2023, 8:15 AM
@tvor03 - It's worth finishing for Keaton and Calle.

Really if you just cut the Snyderverse elements, it's not a bad film. Improved CG and a suitable replacement for Ezra Miller and a little work on the screenplay structure and it does actually have "Greatest Superhero Movie of All Time" potential. As it stands, it's nowhere near.

But the Burtonverse stuff is worth it.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 7/26/2023, 8:20 AM
@tvor03 - Michael Keaton's scenes are worth the watch. The action scenes and the modern recreations of Burton's bat wing and bat mobile is cool. The Batman scenes are the best and gives you a hint on whats to come with Batman Brave and Bold.
Matador
Matador - 7/26/2023, 8:46 AM
@ObserverIO - You just described the whole reason why the movie is pretty bad.
rkshuttleworth
rkshuttleworth - 7/26/2023, 10:52 AM
@tvor03 - I don't think you honestly wrnt into it with an open mind at all.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/26/2023, 11:54 AM
@Matador - lol, I guess I did. But APART from all that, it's got potential, lol.
Matador
Matador - 7/26/2023, 1:19 PM
@ObserverIO - LMAO that's the spirit always be optimistic!
tvor03
tvor03 - 7/26/2023, 6:37 PM
@rkshuttleworth - ok?
tvor03
tvor03 - 7/26/2023, 6:39 PM
@mastakilla39 - honestly, I fell asleep right as they were pulling up to Wayne Manor, so maybe I’m just on the verge of it getting good.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/26/2023, 7:42 AM
Interesting how Gunn has little to say about this when folks tweet at him about it as opposed to leading up to its release
mountainman
mountainman - 7/26/2023, 7:46 AM
Still waiting on that free on Max!
SuperCat
SuperCat - 7/26/2023, 8:01 AM
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 7/26/2023, 8:02 AM
At this point you have to wonder if including other heroes in Superman: Legacy is going to be detrimental to the movie’s reception or not. They might actually have a higher chance of getting more asses in seats if it really was just Superman on his lonesome.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/26/2023, 8:12 AM
I knew this would happen.

Nobody wanted to support the box office after the director, producers and even crew members threw down the gauntlet regarding Ezra Miller.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 7/26/2023, 8:14 AM
@ObserverIO - But mainly because it was a DCEU movie
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/26/2023, 8:30 AM
@PlusUltra - That too. I think it's about 50/50. This had the potential to be the one to rise above DC's recent failures, mostly due to Keaton and the fact that it's not so terrible, but then Ezra sealed it's fate.

I mean they basically kept telling us: If the movie is a success, then Ezra stays.

So the people spoke with their wallets. There was an actual boycott based on Ezra, most of the reviews on YouTube talk about the moral decision.

I think the movie does get better, but all that DCEU stuff at the beginning... so tone deaf.
It's basically a Justice League sequel. Who wants a Justice League sequel?! Nobody [frick]ing saw Justice League! Nobody knows who this Flash is, yet people are cheering him. What is this a cartoon? Shouldn't we know what the [frick] is going on and why some dude is dressed in a red superhero costume running as fast as Quicksilver?
The whole movie plays like a sequel to a Flash movie that never existed.

And then Wonder Woman shows up and the music comes on "Danana-RowrRowrRowr..." and the movies like "Right? Right?" expectantly, but the audience is like "No, dude. No."
They're acting like we we didn't all hate her last movie.

Honestly the movie is just as equally tone deaf in making a Justice League sequel with failed characters in a failed universe (and a rapist Wonder Woman even) as it is not recasting or even reshooting and replacing Ezra Miller. Both are huge problems that could have been fixed. Could have actually been fixed and we all told 'em over and over, but what are you gonna do? If they're not gonna listen, then let them fail on their own, we trued to warn 'em, but... some times you've got to let manic [frick]-ups continue [frick] up. Y'know?

Sorry, you got me on a DCEU rant, lol. It's a very rant-worthy subject.
Matador
Matador - 7/26/2023, 8:51 AM
@ObserverIO - Well don't worry you still have 2 more DC movies to go thru a couple of rants and if you want you can also add Marvel into the mix for that extra spice.
TheJester
TheJester - 7/28/2023, 7:23 AM
@ObserverIO - wow, that was a lot of sobbing. Ezra aside, I didn't see it in the theatre due to how god-awful the DC movies have been, I couldn't make it through Shazam or Black Adam, took multiple attempts to make it though that SNyder tripe, but I was able to get through this one. It was terrible, but it had some good moments, mostly, Mike Keaton. But hey, you do you and keep blaming everyone for hating Ezra for why the movie failed.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 7/28/2023, 7:55 AM
@TheJester - Keaton was the bomb in this movie. His scenes alone are better than anything DC has put out for a long, long time, imo.

DC brand is in the shitter, this is true and that is a major reason the movie flopped, but the Ezra boycott was very real also.

I truly believe that if it wasn't for Ezra this movie would have done better than most DC movies. Like you say, this one wasn't as bad. And it had Keaton back as Batman. Both those things should have been enough for it to do better than Shazam or Black Adam at least, despite it being a DCEU movie.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 7/26/2023, 8:26 AM
Seems like they would've made more money dumping it on streaming than wasting an additional 200 mil on marketing the film. Should've just sold it to Netflix or Apple+ it would have at least broken even.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 7/26/2023, 8:29 AM
I've actually heard this movie was the biggest flop in WB's 100 year history.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 7/26/2023, 9:43 AM
@TheFinestSmack - It was
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/26/2023, 8:46 AM
Josh wouldn't have posted this, he wouldn't been to resist slagging it off.
Origame
Origame - 7/26/2023, 8:51 AM
@marvel72 - he would. He'd just show his bias with it.

"The historically disaster that is the flash has done ok in terms of pre orders"
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