Three movies debuted in the top five this weekend; most notably, the Alex Proyas sci-fi thriller Knowing, starring Nicholas Cage, which took the top spot with a weekend box office of £2,471,605. The Haunting in Connecticut opened in third, while Brian Clough football biopic The Damned United netted £600k, claiming a UEFA Cup place in fifth.
Marley & Me - top film for the previous two weeks - crossed the £10m mark in the U.K. but slipped into second, and on the home-front British horror-comedy Lesbian Vampire Killers and period drama The Young Victoria slipped to eigth and tenth respectively. However, there was no room this weekend for Danny Boyle's Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, which had spent eleven weeks in the top ten, or the crime thriller Bronson, starring Tom Hardy as the notorious British convict.
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knowing | £2,471,605 | 1 | £2,471,605 |
| 2 | Marley & Me | £1,680,143 | 3 | £10,861,248 |
| 3 | The Haunting in Connecticut | £1,127,679 | 1 | £1,127,679 |
| 4 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | £1,020,667 | 2 | £2,782,701 |
| 5 | The Damned United | £618,929 | 1 | £618,929 |
| 6 | Duplicity | £547,324 | 2 | £1,893,129 |
| 7 | Gran Torino | £339,578 | 6 | £7,347,124 |
| 8 | Lesbian Vampire Killers | £322,520 | 2 | £1,337,796 |
| 9 | Watchmen | £303,998 | 9 | £8,302,297 |
| 10 | The Young Victoria | £233,516 | 2 | £4,246,572 |
Next weekend shouldn't see too much movement apart from the Dreamworks 3D animated release Monsters Vs. Aliens, which should go straight in at number one and possibly at the expense of Watchmen.
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