Disney Pixar continue their fabulous run as Up jumps straight into the chart in first position with a hefty weekend haul of £6.4m. The biggest UK opening since July's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince includes a record £4.1m from 3D screens and with little competition in the pipeline, Up will look to break more records in the coming weeks. Surprise US hit Zombieland debuts in second place with an impressive £1.2m, while Ricky Gervais comedy The Invention of Lying also hits the seven-figure mark but slips one position to third in its second week. Meanwhile Fame - which had occupied the top spot for the past two weeks - drops three places to fourth, while two other new releases - Jennifer Aniston romance Love Happens and Rob Zombie rehash sequel Halloween II - could only manage fifth and sixth respectively.
After losing 3D screens to Pixar the past couple of weeks, children's book adaptation Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs has been sliding down the chart and finishes seventh after slipping three places. Also down three places are sci-fi thrillers Surrogates and District 9 (which nows has the higgest overall gross in the current chart), while rom-com (500) Days of Summer drops one spot to finish tenth.
Also receiving a limited release was Shane Meadows' mockumentary Le Donk and Scor-zay-zee, which was filmed in just 5 days and pulled in £25,366 from 33 screens. Be sure to check back on Thursday when we'll have a review of the film and a Q&A that was held in Sheffield with Meadows, Paddy Considine and Mark Herbert.
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Up | £6,41,836 | 1 | £6,41,836 |
| 2 | Zombieland | £1,240,984 | 1 | £1,240,984 |
| 3 | The Invention of Lying | £1,083,752 | 2 | £3,783,782 |
| 4 | Fame | £906,877 | 3 | £7,053,982 |
| 5 | Love Happens | £559,724 | 1 | £559,724 |
| 6 | Halloween II | £522,661 | 1 | £522,661 |
| 7 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | £359,666 | 4 | £5,410,423 |
| 8 | Surrogates | £324,779 | 3 | £2,763,606 |
| 9 | District 9 | £214,396 | 6 | £8,695,787 |
| 10 | (500) Days of Summer | £125,762 | 6 | £4,795,820 |
Incoming...
Vince Vaughn's latest comedy Couples Retreat (which Vaughn co-wrote with Jon Favreau) hits our screens on Wednesday, with low budget British thriller WMD arriving the following day.
On Friday, fans can get a look at Heath Ledger's final performance in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus from director Terry Gilliam (watch the trailer here), while martial arts epic Ong Bak: The Beginning and Australian horror Triangle also make their bow.
U.K. Box Office Archive
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