Director Todd Phillips' latest comedy The Hangover repeated its North American success, opening in top spot in the U.K. chart with takings of £3,193,806, while Christian Bale sci-fi action sequel Terminator Salvation dropped over 70% from last weekend and slipped into second place.
The McG directed fourth installment in the Terminator franchise has already crossed the £10m mark in its second week but will struggle to hold on to its target audience against upcoming releases and could sink faster than Wolverine in the coming weeks.
Night at the Museum continues to impress in its fourth week, holding strong in third with weekend takings of £1m to push its cumulative total over £17m. Drag Me to Hell and Angels & Demons round out the top five, with the Dan Brown adaptation also passing £17m in ticket sales. Star Trek slips out of the top five but remains the highest grossing film in the top ten with £20.3m.
Two other new entries appear in seventh and eighth - horror remake Last House on the Left and Ken Loach drama Looking for Eric - while Dustin Hoffman - Emma Thompson romance Last Chance Harvey and animation Coraline each drop three places in their second and sixth weeks respectively. However, we wave goodbye to X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which slips from the top ten along with Hannah Montana: The Movie and John Cena action flick 12 Rounds.
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hangover | £3,193,806 | 1 | £3,193,806 |
| 2 | Terminator Salvation | £1,951,047 | 2 | £10,942,512 |
| 3 | Night at the Museum 2 | £1,083,668 | 4 | £17,114,614 |
| 4 | Drag Me to Hell | £534,849 | 3 | £5,325,950 |
| 5 | Angels & Demons | £514,507 | 5 | £17,232,193 |
| 6 | Star Trek | £405,242 | 6 | £20,315,922 |
| 7 | The Last House on the Left | £392,163 | 1 | £392,163 |
| 8 | Looking for Eric | £366,242 | 1 | £366,242 |
| 9 | Last Chance Harvey | £263,946 | 2 | £1,383,415 |
| 10 | Coraline | £161,642 | 6 | £6,986,975 |
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U.K. moviegoers steal a march on the Americans when Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen rolls out this coming Friday June 19th. With Autobots and Decepticons blowing all kinds of shit up Michael Bay-style expect the movie to dominate at the box office next weekend.
Also released is indie comedy Gigantic (starring Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, and John Goodman) and British horror The Disappeared, along with a reissue of the Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece North by Northwest to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
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