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Friday 10 June 2011

UK Top Ten: 3rd-5th JUNE 2011


X-Men First Class stormed straight to the top of the UK box office last weekend with almost £5.5m taken in its first three days of release.  Incredibly good reviews have clearly helped draw in the crowds and don't be surprised to see it hold on to this spot for another week if word of mouth is as positive.

Pirates 4 and Hangover 2 continue to make good money and show no real signs of slowing down just yet, although there are some huge film releases still to come this summer, meaning the competition is hotting up.



FILM

WEEKEND GROSS

TOTAL GROSS SINCE RELEASE

X-Men First Class

£5,438,386


£5,438,386


The Hangover Part 2

£3,826,158

£21,052,272


Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

£2,144,179

£26,693,930


Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

£645,196

£3,622,991


Eyes Wide Open 3D

£463,914

£463,914


Senna

£375,173

£375,173


Ready

£236,868

£236,868



Rio

£94,127

£12,890,750


Fast and Furious 5

£77,874

£18,368,657



Thor

£59,994

£13,849,095

Trailer of the Week: FRIGHT NIGHT

It feels like it's been ages since we've seen Colin Farrell in a decent film, in fact it feels like ages since we've seen Colin Farrell.  Well he's making a big comeback this year with the Kevin Spacey/Jennifer Aniston comedy Horrible Bosses and this horror film Fright Night.

This film also stars Anton Yelchin (Star Trek) as a young guy who believes his next door neighbour is a vampire.  As it turns out, he is, but stopping him is going to be a lot harder than he first thought. He might need a bit more weaponry than axe he's holding in the poster below.

Take a look at the trailer by clicking on the link below.


Movie News: HANGOVER 2 TATTOO REMOVAL!

In case you hadn't heard, the artist that designed Mike Tyson's tattoo is suing Warner Bros. for breaching copyright, by using the image on one of the actor's faces in Hangover 2.  This still hasn't been resolved and if a settlement isn't agreed, Warner Bros. have said that they will digitally remove the tattoo and replace it with a new one before the film's release on Blu-ray DVD at the end of the year.

Now I'm not a special effects expert, but surely that's going to be an expensive, painstakingly slow, ball ache of a job. Some post production house in LA is going to make an extra $1m bonus this year!  If only someone at the movie studio had checked the copyright issue before filming had started...I think I just heard the sound of someone getting fired.

What do you guys think? Is this all a bit ridiculous and should they just pay off the tattoo guy and be done with it?


Movie News: NEW POTTER POSTERS!

Here are some more new Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2 posters for you and the 'fit is really hitting the shan' in these images.  I'm particularly liking the picture of Dame Maggie Smith about to kick some ass! You didn't see her doing much of that in Downton Abbey now, did you? 











Movie News: SACHA BARON COHEN'S NEW CHARACTER


Here's your first look at Sacha Baron Cohen's new character The Dictator.  After the success of Borat and Bruno, it seems Cohen has decided to really push the boat out for this next film.  Loosely based on a book written by Saddam Hussein (what do you mean, you didn't know he'd written a book?), the story focuses on a dictator who is replaced by a lookalike goat herder. The dictator then heads off to New York and all sorts of comedy ensues.

There's no doubt this will stir up a whole lot more controversy; and it'll probably end up being banned somewhere in the world. Personally, I cannot wait to see a trailer for this, because you can never underestimate Cohen and how far he's willing to go to get a laugh.