UK Blu-Ray Steelbook Releases

 2013 Blu-Ray Steelbook Release List

A new era began in the steelbook world in 2013, Play.com ceased trading and Zavvi became the main retailer of blu-ray steelbooks here in the UK, it all started with one of my favourite UK steelbooks 'Roger Rabbit' as Zavvi's first exclusive, with a full gloss finish, vibrant colours and fantastic detailed and embossed artwork.

2013 also saw the Introduction of a play trader called 'The entertainment store' (rumoured to be a subsidiary of play.com after them going bust but I won't get involved with the gossip!), they brought us the lowest ever UK print run of 500 for Jack Reacher which turned out to be 1k in the end because the first batch had very faint printing errors, they went on to bring us some more great limited releases like Star trek into darkness, World War Z and the Walking Dead series 1-3.

Also this year started the Disney and Pixar collections, exclusive to Zavvi. It started great with amazing top quality releases like Aladdin and Finding nemo but towards the end of the year the quality nose dives, for example The Little Mermaid, poor quality finish, dull artwork and a huge print run. Luckily in 2014 Zavvi look to be making more of an effort.

In June this year HMV came out of administration and jump straight back on the steelbook wagon with their first exclusive 'A good day to die hard', greatly anticipated but a bit of a disappointment in the end, which explains it being reduced by 65% in the sale. They eventually pull a great new release out of the bag... Wolverine 3D. A top quality steelbook, as we all know HMV can produce.

190. Lawless (Play.com Exclusive) (14 January 2013)
191. The Sweeney (21 January 2013)
192. Ben Hur (28 January 2013)
193. Casablanca (28 January 2013)
194. Dr Zhivago (28 January 2013)
195. Gone With the Wind (28 January 2013)
196. Grand Hotel (28 January 2013)
197. The Jazz Singer (28 January 2013)
198. Looper (28 January 2013)
199. The Maltese Falcon (28 January 2013)
200. North By Northwest (28 January 2013)
201. Resident Evil: Retribution (HMV Exclusive) (28 January 2013)
202. A Streetcar Named Desire (28 January 2013)
203. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (28 January 2013)
204. Taken 2 (4 February 2013)
205. Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (11 February 2013)
206. Skyfall (Amazon Exclusive) (18 February 2013)
207. Willow (11 March 2013)
208. End of Watch (18 March 2013)
209. Silent Hill Revelation (18 March 2013)
210. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (Zavvi Exclusive) (25 March 2013)
211. Edward Scissorhands (01 April 2013)
212. Firefly - The Complete Series (01 April 2013)
213. The Man with the Iron Fists (01 April 2013)
214. Platoon (01 April 2013)
215. Predator 2 (01 April 2013)
216. Robocop (01 April 2013)
217. The Silence of the Lambs (01 April 2013)
218. X-Men (01 April 2013)
219. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Amazon Exclusive) (08 April 2013)
220. Scanners (08 April 2013)
221. Star Wars Original Trilogy (08 April 2013)
222. Star Wars Prequel Trilogy (08 April 2013)
223. Seven Psychopaths (Zavvi Exclusive) (15 April 2013)
224. Jack Reacher (Entertainment Store Exclusive) (22 April 2013)
225. Life of Pi 3D (29 April 2013)
226. Star Trek (13 May 2013)
227. Django Unchained (20 May 2013)
228. Blow Out (27 May 2013)
229. Black Swan (03 June 2013)
230. Commando (Zavvi Exclusive) (03 June 2013)
231. Finding Nemo: The Pixar Collection #1 (Zavvi Exclusive) (03 June 2013)
232. The Great Escape (03 June 2013)
233. Independence Day (03 June 2013)
234. I, Robot (03 June 2013)
235. Star Trek (alternate artwork) (Zavvi Exclusive) (03 June 2013)
236. Withnail and I (Zavvi Exclusive) (03 June 2013)
237. Argo (Zavvi Exclusive) (10 June 2013)
238. A Good Day To Die Hard (HMV Exclusive) ( 10 June 2013)
239. The Town (Zavvi Exclusive) (10 June 2013)
240. Batman (24 June 2013)
241. Batman Begins (24 June 2013)
242. Batman Forever (24 June 2013)
243. Batman Returns (24 June 2013)
244. Batman and Robin (24 June 2013)
245. The Dark Knight (24 June 2013)
246. The Dark Knight Rises (24 June 2013)
247. Foxy Brown (24 June 2013)
248. Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (Entertainment Store Exclusive) (24 June 2013)
249. Kill Bill Vol. I & II (Zavvi Exclusive) ( 01 July 2013)
250. Aladdin: The Disney Collection #1 (Zavvi Exclusive) (08 July 2013)
251. G.I. Joe: Retaliation (Entertainment Store Exclusive) (22 July 2013)
252. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Zavvi Exclusive) (28 July 2013)
253. Taxi Driver (Zavvi Exclusive) (28 July 2013)
254. Evil Dead (2013) (12 August 2013)
255. Evil Dead 2 (12 August 2013)
256. The Jungle Book: The Disney Collection #2 (Zavvi Exclusive) (12 August 2013)
257. The Place Beyond the Pines (12 August 2013)
258. Rambo: First Blood (12 August 2013)
259. Oblivion (19 August 2013)
260. The Fall of the House of Usher (26 August 2013)
261. Time Bandits (26 August 2013)
262. Star Trek: Into Darkness (02 September 2013)
263. Star Trek: Into Darkness 2D/3D (Entertainment Store Exclusive) (02 September 2013)
264. Star Trek: Into Darkess  Villain Edition (Entertainment Store Exclusive) (02 September 2013)
265. The X Files: Fight the Future / I Want to Believe (02 September 2013)
266. Iron Man 3 (Zavvi Exclusive) (09 September 2013)
267. Fast and Furious 6 (16 September 2013)
267. Fast and Furious 6 (Zavvi Exclusive) (16 September 2013)
268. Byzantium (Zavvi Exclusive) (23 September 2013)
269. Dick Tracy (Zavvi Exclusive) (23 September 2013)
270. The Little Mermaid: The Disney Collection #3 (Zavvi Exclusive) (23 September 2013)
271. The Rocketeer (Zavvi Exclusive) (23 September 2013)
272. The Sixth Sense (Zavvi Exclusive) (23 September 2013)
273. Starship Troopers (Zavvi Exclusive) (23 September 2013)
274. Tron (Zavvi Exclusive) (23 September 2013)
275. 28 Days Later (07 October 2013)
276. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (07 October 2013)
277. The Day After Tomorrow (07 October 2013)
278. The Goonies (Zavvi Exclusive) (07 October 2013)
279. Gremlins (Zavvi Exclusive) (07 October 2013)
280. Natural Born Killers (Entertainment Store Exclusive) (07 October 2013)
281. Olympus Has Fallen (Zavvi Exclusive) (07 October 2013)
282. The Prestige (Zavvi Exclusive) (07 October 2013)
283. Die Hard (Zavvi Exclusive) (08 October 2013)
284. Planet of the Apes (1968) (Zavvi Exclusive) (08 October 2013)
285. After Earth (14 October 2013)
286. Lifeforce (14 October 2013)
287. Point Break (Zavvi Exclusive) (14 October 2013)
288. Testament - Dark Roots of Thrash G1 (DVD sized) (14 October 2013)
289. The Wicker Man: The Final Cut (1973) (Zavvi Exclusive) (14 October 2013)
290. The Beyond (Zavvi Exclusive) (21 October 2013)
291. Forbidden Planet (Entertainment Store Exclusive) (21 October 2013)
292. Halloween: 35th Anniversary Edition (21 October 2013)
293. Seven Samurai (Zavvi Exclusive) (21 October 2013)
294. The Stone Roses: Made of Stone (21 October 2013)
295. World War Z (Entertainment Store Exclusive) (Release Date: 21 October 2013)
296. Captain America: The First Avenger (Zavvi Exclusive) (28 October 2013)
297. Dr Mabuse, der Spieler (28 October 2013)
298. From Dusk Till Dawn (Zavvi Exclusive) (28 October 2013)
299. The Princess Bride (Zavvi Exclusive) (28 October 2013)
300. Reservoir Dogs (Zavvi Exclusive) (28 October 2013)
301. Team America: World Police (Zavvi Exclusive) (28 October 2013)
302. Thor (Zavvi Exclusive) (28 October 2013)
303. Daredevil (04 November 2013)
304. The Fifth Element (04 November 2013)
305. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D (Extended Edition) (04 November 2013)
306. JFK (04 November 2013)
307. X2: X-Men United (04 November 2013)
308. The Game (Zavvi Exclusive) (11 November 2013)
309. The Great Gatsby 3D (11 November 2013)
310. Pacific Rim 3D (11 November 2013)
311. Twelve Monkeys (Zavvi Exclusive) (11 November 2013)
312. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) (18 November 2013)
313. Nosferatu (18 November 2013)
314. The Wolverine (HMV Exclusive) (18 November 2013)
315. Despicable Me 2 (Zavvi Exclusive) (25 November 2013)
316. Howl's Moving Castle (25 November 2013)
317. Monsters University: The Pixar Collection #2 (Zavvi Exclusive) (25 November 2013)
318. My Neighbour Totoro (25 November 2013)
319. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (25 November 2013)
320. Ponyo (25 November 2013)
321. Red 2 (HMV Exclusive) (25 November 2013)
322. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Zavvi Exclusive) (25 November 2013)
323. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Zavvi Exclusive) (25 November 2013)
324. The World's End (25 November 2013)
325. 13 Assassins (Zavvi Exclusive) (26 November 2013)
326. Zatoichi (Zavvi Exclusive) (26 November 2013)
327. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (02 December 2013)
328. Conan the Barbarian (02 December 2013)
329. Die Hard 2 (Zavvi Exclusive) (02 December 2013)
330. The Hangover Trilogy (02 December 2013)
331. The Lone Ranger (Zavvi Exclusive) (02 December 2013)
332. Man of Steel 3D (02 December 2013)
333. The Nightmare Before Christmas (Zavvi Exclusive) (02 December 2013)
334. Only God Forgives (Zavvi Exclusive) (02 December 2013)
335. Planes: Disney Collection #5 (Zavvi Exclusive) (02 December 2013)
336. 2 Guns (Entertainment Store Exclusive) ( 09 December 2013)
337. Anchorman (Zavvi Exclusive) (09 December 2013)
338. Beverly Hills Cop (Zavvi Exclusive) (09 December 2013)
339. The Conjuring (Zavvi Exclusive) (09 December 2013)
340. Jackie Brown (Zavvi Exclusive) (09 December 2013)
341. Kick-Ass 2 (09 December 2013)
342. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 3D (09 December 2013)
343. The Walking Dead: Season 1 (Entertainment Store Exclusive) (09 December 2013)
344. The Walking Dead: Season 2 (Entertainment Store Exclusive) (09 December 2013)
345. The Walking Dead: Season 3 (Jumbo) (Entertainment Store Exclusive) (09 December 2013)
346. City of God (Zavvi Exclusive) (12 December 2013)
347. Pan's Labyrinth (Zavvi Exclusive) (12 December 2013)
348. Warrior (Zavvi Exclusive) (12 December 2013)
349. Big Trouble In Little China (16 December 2013)
350. Rambo First Blood Part II (Zavvi Exclusive) (16 December 2013)
351. Rambo III (Zavvi Exclusive) (16 December 2013)
352. Pain & Gain (Zavvi Exclusive) (23 December 2013)
353. Tenebrae (Zavvi Exclusive) (23 December 2013)
354. Elysium (26 December 2013)