Dreamworks' CGI animated smash hit Monsters vs. Aliens returned to the top of the box office in its third week, leapfrogging last week's number one - the Vin Diesel / Paul Walker vehicle (ahem!) Fast & Furious - on its way to an impressive U.K. gross of £17,343,985 and counting. Two new entries cracked the top five but neither 'bromantic' comedy I Love You, Man or Jason Statham action sequel Crank: High Voltage had enough muscle to dispose of 17 Again, which remained in third position despite topping the charts over in the States this weekend.
Armando Iannuci's political satire In The Loop was the only new British release in the top ten, collecting a respectable £468,954 and placing the film eighth for the weekend behind fellow Brit Richard Curtis' comedy ensemble The Boat That Rocked and Disney's family adventure Race to Witch Mountain.
The top ten was rounded out by science-fiction thriller Knowing and canine comedy Marley & Me, which has earned close to £15m in the U.K. and remains in the charts after six weeks. This meant that there was no place for three of last weekend's top films - Dragonball Evolution, The Haunting in Connecticut and Paul Blart: Mall Cop - all of which fell out of contention.
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monsters vs Aliens | £2,057,367 | 3 | £17,343,985 |
| 2 | Fast & Furious | £1,929,159 | 2 | £10,244,568 |
| 3 | 17 Again | £1,772,831 | 2 | £7,583,933 |
| 4 | I Love You, Man | £1,122,258 | 1 | £1,122,258 |
| 5 | Crank: High Voltage | £554,565 | 1 | £554,565 |
| 6 | The Boat That Rocked | £498,838 | 3 | £5,305,276 |
| 7 | Race to Witch Mountain | £469,034 | 2 | £1,901,060 |
| 8 | In The Loop | £468,954 | 1 | £468,954 |
| 9 | Knowing | £312,520 | 4 | £6,373,461 |
| 10 | Marley & Me | £304,433 | 6 | £14,912,767 |
Upcoming releases for next weekend include another Asian horror remake - The Uninvited - based on Ji-woon Kim's A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), political thriller State of Play starring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams and Helen Mirren, Seth Rogen's controversial comedy Observe and Report and action fantasy Outlander, along with a trio of British films - Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, Shifty, and City Rats.
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