The half-term school holidays meant that it was a bumper weekend for family films at the UK box office; leading the way was CG-animation Gnomeo and Juliet, which leapfrogged the Simon Pegg / Nick Frost comedy Paul to reclaim the number one spot in its third weekend, banking £2.5m to push its cumulative gross to £12.9m. Meanwhile Paul dropped over 60% from last weekend's hefty opening, adding another £2.1m to take second place ahead of D.J. Caruso's I Am Number Four, the highest-placed newcomer in third with £1.6m (including two days of preview screenings).
Along with I Am Number Four two other new releases placed in the chart, the highest of which was rom-com No Strings Attached, which only manages to claim eighth despite a decent return of £978k. Brit comedy sequel West is West also enjoyed a solid opening of £758k in tenth, but less fortunate was Drive Angry 3D, with the Nicolas Cage actioner placing outside of the top ten with takings of £651k.
This week's chart also saw a couple of films moving up the table with Yogi Bear and Tangled climbing two places apiece to fourth and fifth, while Best Picture winner The King's Speech fell three places but could rebound well next time out in the wake of its Oscar glory. Other films looking less likely to halt their declines are Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (down two to seventh) and the Coen brothers' True Grit (tumbling five to ninth).
Number one this time last year: Avatar
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gnomeo and Juliet | £2,502,806 | 3 | £12,901,447 |
| 2 | Paul | £2,073,462 | 2 | £10,110,433 |
| 3 | I Am Number Four | £1,682,523 | 1 | £1,682,523 |
| 4 | Yogi Bear | £1,465,863 | 3 | £7,635,574 |
| 5 | Tangled | £1,352,104 | 5 | £19,130,723 |
| 6 | The King's Speech | £1,207,963 | 8 | £39,850,419 |
| 7 | Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son | £993,485 | 2 | £4,080,907 |
| 8 | No Strings Attached | £978,974 | 1 | £978,974 |
| 9 | True Grit | £862,260 | 3 | £6,426,424 |
| 10 | West is West | £758,226 | 1 | £758,226 |
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The big release this coming Friday is Gore Verbinski's Rango (cert. PG), the first CG-animation from Industrial Light & Magic which features the voice talents of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher and Bill Nighy. Meanwhile alternatives include Philip K. Dick adaptation The Adjustment Bureau (cert. 12A) starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, action-thriller Unknown (cert. 12A) with Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger and January Jones, and Ironclad (cert. 15), a medieval actioner featuring James Purefoy, Paul Giamatti, Brian Cox and Jason Flemyng.
U.K. Box Office Archive
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