UK Top Ten: 23rd-25th SEPTEMBER 2011

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy easily hangs on to the number one spot this week, adding another £2m to it's total. It just goes to show, even with a slow burner of a film like this, that fantastic reviews and positive word of mouth will drive audiences into the cinema. It's no surprise that there are already rumours about this becoming a franchise, so don't be surprised if we see Gary Oldman return as George Smiley.

In contrast, not a great weekend for Crazy, Stupid, Love or Tom Hardy's latest film, Warrior. Although they opened in second and third place respectively, they could only manage to make around £800K, so I don't expect them to be hanging around the UK top ten for very long. 

FILM	WEEKEND GROSS	TOTAL GROSS SINCE RELEASE
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy	£2,104,762	£6,924,629
Crazy Stupid Love	£860,112	£860,112
Warrior	£808,410	£808,410
The Inbetweeners	£754,226	£43,284,169
Drive	£607,545	£607,545
Friends With Benefits	£580,641	£5,309,886
Killer Elite	£481,143	£481,143
Jane Eyre	£445,455	£445,455
The Smurfs	£410,817	£15,954,669
The Change-Up	£378,226	£1,631,363

UK Top Ten: 2nd-4th SEPTEMBER 2011

The Inbetweeners Movie has made a huge amount of cash since it's release a few weeks ago, keeping it at the top of the UK box office for a third week.  It's taken almost £35m so far and shows no sign of stopping any time soon, so don't be surprised if it's still there next week too!

A disappointing opening weekend for Colin Farrell's latest film Fright Night, as it struggled to make just over £600K and could only managed the number seven position.

The big surprise is how the hell Harry Potter is still in the top ten? Surely everyone in the UK must have seen this film by now? Clearly not, as it added a further £450K to it's total, taking to an incredible £71m!  

FILM	WEEKEND GROSS	TOTAL GROSS SINCE RELEASE
The Inbetweeners Movie	£3,679,555	£34,992,321
Rise of the Planet of the Apes	£1,083,091	£17,931,402
One Day	£1,048,343	£4,994,696
The Smurfs	£1,043,353	£13,524,429
Bodyguard	£839,695	£839,695
Final Destination 6	£815,216	£3,807,665
Fright Night	£680,543	£680,543
Apollo 18	£490,746	£490,746
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 2	£454,862	£71,868,540
Cowboys and Aliens	£401,751	£4,862,921

UK Top Ten: 12-14th AUGUST 2011

Despite some ropey looking effects, Rise of the Planet of the Apes has landed in the number one spot at the UK box office this week.  There has been good word of mouth surrounding this film, so it seems a good story  does beat an iffy CGI chimp!

Somehow, The Smurfs took the number two position. I'm blaming the school holidays and parents struggling to know what to do with their children, so packing them off to the cinema to watch stuff like this.  The Deathly Hallows is beginning to slow down, but still managed to make another £1.5m over the weekend, taking it's total to more than £66m!

Disappointing opening for J.J.Abrams Super 8 which has had a very positive critical response and yet failed to attract a massive audience.  Hopefully this will prove to be a slow burner.

FILM	WEEKEND GROSS	TOTAL GROSS SINCE RELEASE
Rise of the Planet of the Apes	£5,835,140	£5,835,140
The Smurfs	£3,778,085	£3,778,085
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows: Part 2	£1,733,091	£66,511,926
Super 8	£1,154,230	£1,154,230
Mr Popper's Penguins	£897,336	£4,200,097
Horrible Bosses	£733,309	£9,238,224
Cars 2	£698,863	£13,105,932
Captain America: The First Avenger	£597,916	£8,629,339
Horrid Henry the Movie	£401,147	£5,051,494
Bridesmaids	£332,171	£22,318,130

UK Top Ten: 15-17th JULY 2011

There was no surprise at the top of the UK box office last weekend, as the final Harry Potter film blew away all the competition taking over £23m in just three days! This was helped by the nearly 50% increase in ticket price if you chose to watch it in IMAX 3D of course, but even so, it looks like it's going to take more money than any of the other Potter movies.

The number two spot was taken by Transformers 3 which continues to pull in the money, even after the critics had given it a right old kicking. Just goes to show that fan boys still want to pay to see Michael Bay blow stuff up.

The film that's being called The Hangover for women, Bridesmaids is in third place and has performed really well in the UK, having taken almost £16m so far. Who needs a romantic chick flick when you can watch a gross out chick flick instead? Brilliant!

FILM	WEEKEND GROSS	TOTAL GROSS SINCE RELEASE
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2	£23,753,171	£23,753,171
Transformers: Dark of the Moon	£1,990,508	£23,954,570
Bridesmaids	£1,576,780	£15,858,973
Kung Fu Panda 2	£779,183	£15,115,981
The Guard	£368,148	£1,181,448
The Tree of Life	£267,866	£923,161
Zindagi Na Milege Dobara	£254,329	£254,329
Bad Teacher	£203,911	£7,373,475
The Hangover Part 2	£101,839	£32,643,624
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	£59,931	£32,762,926

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

UK Top Ten: 8-10th April 2011

Not the greatest week at the UK box office and with the Easter holidays upon us, it's no surprise to see Rio storm into the number one spot. Source Code continues to make fairly decent money, just snatching second place and pushing Limitless into third.

Some great films coming out over the next few weeks though, including Kenneth Branagh's Thor and Hanna starring Eric Bana.  You can check out my review of that film in two weeks' time.

FILM	WEEKEND GROSS	TOTAL GROSS SINCE RELEASE
Rio	£1,585,853	£1,585,853
Source Code	£848,366	£2,990,826
Limitless	£737,417	£5,744,993
HOP	£611,637	£2,623,612
Sucker Punch	£346,399	£1,633,285
The Eagle	£181,823	£2,504,508
Thank You	£160,191	£160,191
Unknown	£135,025	£6,225,112
The Roommate	£120,365	£120,365
Mars Needs Mums	£113,559	£113,559

UK Top Ten: 4-6th MARCH 2011

No.	Film	Weekend in £s	Total in £s
1	RANGO	£1,638,613	£1,638,613
2	THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU	£1,395,715	£1,395,715
3	UNKNOWN	£1,356,345	£1,356,345
4	PAUL	£1,109,766	£12,207,049
5	THE KING’S SPEECH	£1,076,381	£41,930,117
6	GNOMEO AND JULIET	£842,278	£14,083,933
7	I AM NUMBER FOUR	£498,822	£2,590,955
8	TRUE GRIT	£463,320	£7,474,378
9	WEST IS WEST	£452,076	£1,624,926
10	YOGI BEAR	£435,564	£8,217,352

UK Top Ten: 18-20th FEBRUARY 2011

Massive congratulations to Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, as their latest comedy Paul has stormed it's way to the top of the UK box office with a massive £5.5m.  The second spot went to Gnomeo and Juliet (no real surprise as it was half term weekend), but it didn't even manage to get close to the number one movie.

The King's Speech is still bringing in big business and that'll grow even more, when it picks up a few Oscars over the weekend.  Sadly, Justin Bieber only managed to make it to the number nine spot, so not too many people thought it was worth spending £10 to watch the 'life story' of a sixteen year old boy.

Film	Weekend Gross	Total Gross Since Release
Paul	£5,517,121	£5,517,121
Gnomeo and Juliet	£2,223,978	£6,373,301
The King's Speech	£1,685,180	£37,127,599
True Grit	£1,466,979	£4,558,297
Big Momma's: Like Father, Like Son	£1,433,778	£1,433,778
Yogi Bear	£1,370,585	£3,862,364
Tangled	£1,295,709	£15,347,419
Just Go With It	£984,355	£3,766,707
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never	£820,592	£820,592
Black Swan	£693,332	£14,277,599

UK Top Ten: 28-30th JANUARY 2011

All the recent awards and nominations have meant that people have continued to see The King's Speech, but it wasn't enough to keep Tangled off the top spot.

Black Swan has also taken a lot of money considering it's a film about a slightly crazy ballerina, but The Mechanic was unable to break the £1m mark, even after some great reviews.

Film	Weekend Gross	Total Gross Since Release
Tangled	£5,106,612	£5,106,612
The King's Speech	£3,634,265	£24,905,378
Black Swan	£2,566,346	£7,305,659
The Mechanic	£921,554	£921,554
The Dilemma	£669,368	£2,292,011
The Green Hornet	£655,797	£4,905,398
Hereafter	£601,728	£601,728
Gulliver's Travels	£585,250	£14,502,379
127 Hours	£409,363	£6,605,229
How do you Know	£374,933	£374,933

UK Top Ten: 7-9th JANUARY 2011

 

 

Forget about your action films and your comedies, there was only one film that drew in the huge audiences last weekend and that was The King's Speech. It totally deserves the top spot though and don't be surprised if we see it winning a few Oscars in a couple of months time.

 

Although it easily took the number one spot, there was some tough competition from another true life drama 127 Hours, starring James Franco, which took over £2m and landed in the runner-up position.

 

Little Fockers (surprisingly) and Gulliver's Travels continued to take decent money, but it was a terrible opening weekend for Nicholas Cage's new movie Season of the Witch, barely managing to scrape in £500,000. It seems the critics were right and people avoided this film in a big way!

 

FILM	WEEKEND GROSS	TOTAL GROSS SINCE RELEASE
The King's Speech	£3,523,102	£3,523,102
127 Hours	£2,168,570	£2,168,570
Little Fockers	£1,798,677	£15,282,292
Gulliver's Travels	£1,554,266	£10,881,583
The Next Three Days	£1,046,333	£1,046,333
Love and Other Drugs	807,912	£3,584,886
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1	£712,728	£50,640,371
Tron Legacy	£639,903	£9,072,983
Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	£621,393	£13,038,647
Season of the Witch	£559,769	£559,769

UK Top Ten: 31st DEC 2010 - 2nd JAN 2011

Do I smell a Jack Black franchise starting up? Damn right I do! After Gulliver's Travels stormed into the number one spot last weekend, taking more than £7m, I think it's fair to say a sequel won't be too far behind.  Just to put it into perspective, this film took nearly as much as the rest of the top ten put together.

Little Fockers continued raking in the cash, even though it's universally accepted that it's by far the worst of the series. Meanwhile, Jake Gyllenhaal's latest movie Love and Other Drugs managed to take a respectable £1.6m and landed in third position.

I thought there wasn't a human being left in the UK that hadn't seen the new Harry Potter film, but apparently I was wrong, as it added another million pounds to it's total of nearly £50m! Impressive, but it still isn't the most successful Harry Potter film in the UK. That honour belongs to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone which took over £66m.

FILM	WEEKEND GROSS	TOTAL GROSS SINCE RELEASE
Gulliver's Travels	£7,028,747	£7,028,747
Little Fockers	£2,614,802	£11,159,635
Love and Other Drugs	£1,606,253	£1,606,253
The Way Back	£1,327,650	£1,327,650
Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	£1,207,264	£11,263,418
Tron: Legacy	£1,059,569	£7,371,361
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One	£1,040,826	£48,914,777
Megamind	£612,327	£8,378,843
The Tourist	£396,758	£4,702,790
Animals United	£243,442	£1,736,166

UK Top Ten: 10-12 DECEMBER 2010

 

 

 

A huge opening weekend has allowed the latest Chronicles of Narnia film to knock Harry Potter off the top of the UK charts, taking almost £2.5m!  An impressive performance, especially considering how lacklustre the performance of the previous film in the series was. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows continues to rake in the money though, still taking almost £2m in its fourth week of release. 

 

The new Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie movie, The Tourist, didn't do too badly either.  Quite a surprise, considering the trailer looked a bit dry and uninspiring. That being said, Depp and Jolie are box office gold and will nearly always guarantee a good performance, no matter how average a film may be.

 

 

FILM	WEEKEND GROSS	TOTAL GROSS SINCE RELEASE
Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader	£2,460,118	£2,460,118
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows	£1,905,368	£42,570,440
The Tourist	£1,341,143	£1,341,143
Megamind	£1,205,320	£4,545,404
Unstoppable	£406,882	£3,989,854
Due Date	£192,311	£10,303,604
Monsters	£154,743	£695,249
Somewhere	£125,581	£125,581
No Problem	£114,652	£114,652
The American	£109,084	£1,184,528

UK Top Ten: 26-28th NOVEMBER 2010

The power of Potter continues at the UK box office this week, as The Deathly Hallows takes in another £8m, keeping it at the top of the charts.

Denzel Washington's new film Unstoppable easily took second place with over £1.7m in receipts. However, Colin Farrell's latest, London Boulevard could only manage third position with a little over £500K.

No surprise to see Skyline plummet down the chart after terrible reviews and a disappointing first week for Robert Rodriguez's Machete. It could only manage tenth place taking £90K, although to be fair, it's not exactly a 'mainstream' film.

FILM	WEEKEND GROSS	TOTAL GROSS SINCE RELEASE
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1	£8,344,776	£33,257,880
Unstoppable	£1,714,871	£1,714,871
London Boulevard	£577,224	£577,224
Due Date	£560,179	£9,208,287
The American	£411,707	£411, 707
Despicable Me	£241,944	£19,394,633
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest	£219,259	£219,259
3D Jackass	£119,369	£5,437,656
Skyline	£92,931	£2,645,267
Machete	£90,423	£90,423

UK Top Ten: 19-21st NOVEMBER 2010

 

 

 

Harry Potter has returned and broken all sorts of UK box office records. The Deathly Hallows has taken a staggering £18.3m in just three days! That's more than fives times the amount taken by the rest of the top ten films this week, put together. It makes it the biggest weekend opening of all time in the UK, easily beating Quantum of Solace, which made £15.3m back in 2008.

 

Due Date continued to perform well and has made a fair chunk of money over the weekend, especially considering everyone on the planet was watching Potter.  A surprise entry into the top ten is Bollywood movie Guzaarish, which having only opening in 52 cinemas (Harry Potter was in 529) still made enough money to put it into eighth place on the chart.

 

 

FILM	WEEKEND GROSS	TOTAL GROSS SINCE RELEASE
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1	£18,319,721	£18,319,721
Due Date	£1,218,115	£8,023,491
Despicable Me	£648,479	£19,066,830
Skyline	£513,338	£2,332,170
3D Jackass	£349,096	£5,068,164
RED	£222,059	£6,840,646
Alpha and Omega	£192,823	£2,873,122
Guzaarish	£171,027	£171,027
The Social Network	£170,846	£10,178,808
Another Year	£161,966	£1,274,817

UK Top Ten: 5-7th NOVEMBER 2010

Clearly, we're already bored of scary movies and have decided to abandon them in favour of comedy, as Due Date takes the top position this week with £2.3m.  It's closely followed in the runner-up spot by another comedy 3D Jackass, which managed to make almost £1.7m.

I was really disappointed with the performance of Let Me In, which took less than half a million, a travesty considering how good the film is.  Maybe positive word of mouth will help it along next week, although I have a feeling it won't.

Film	Weekend Gross	Total Gross Since Release
Due Date	£2,346,089	£2,346,089
3-D Jackass	£1,696,909	£1,696,909
Despicable Me	£1,177,507	£16,863,318
Saw 3D	£1,068,403	£6,408,080
Paranormal Activity 2	£687,747	£9,876,254
Red	£595,362	£5,553,877
The Social Network	£541,763	£9,029,931
Let Me In	£488,402	£488,402
Another Year	£355,626	£355,626
Burke and Hare	£333,637	£1,740,715