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

Movie News: New Spiderman Trailer!

It may still be a year away, but here is the first look at The Amazing Spiderman. Marc Webb (Quantum of Solace) is in the director's chair and is aiming to re-launch the Spiderman series with  new actors (Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone) and a more dramatic tone.  

Click on the link below to watch the brand new trailer and let me know what you think. Is this film going to be any good?

THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN TRAILER

Trailer of the Week: THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN

Here's the second trailer for Steven Spielberg's CGI spectacular The Adventures of Tintin. We get to see a lot more action and a few more characters in this one and it looks like it's going to be a great film.  However, I'm only basing that on two minutes of cleverly cut together footage and let's face it,  it wouldn't be the first time a film hasn't lived up to it's trailer.  Not every film has Spielberg and Jackson at the helm though, so this movie definitely has a lot going for it. I'm still not too sure about this type of motion capture CGI though.  It worked well on Avatar, but here it seems a bit strange. Nowhere near as creepy as Polar Express, just not quite right.  Take a look at the trailer by clicking on the link below and let me know what you think.

TINTIN MOVIE TRAILER 2

Movie News: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES - FIRST POSTER!

This has to be one of the most anticipated films of 2012, so expect excitement levels to hit an all new high, as the first movie poster for The Dark Knight Rises has just been released.  Not only that, but there's also a rumour going around that a teaser trailer could be attached to the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow Part 2 this weekend. 

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.

FRIGHT NIGHT TRAILER

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?