Five new releases managed to crack the U.K. box office top ten this past weekend but there was no change at the top as Michael Bay's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen stands firm in first place. The film has come in for heavy criticism but this doesn't seem to have damaged too much business with the Autobots and Decepticons clocking in a hugely impressive second weekend of £4.3m, although this was down almost 50% the previous week. Transformers has already passed £16.5m and on this kind of form it looks set to overtake Star Trek as the biggest hit of the summer so far. Also holding on to last week's position is comedy The Hangover, which comes in second ahead of new releases Year One and My Sister's Keeper. The two new entries push Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian and Terminator Salvation down two places apiece, while the Ben Stiller comedy sequel becomes the highest grossing release in the current top ten with just over £19m.
Live-action anime adaptation Blood: The Last Vampire opens in seventh place, while Angels & Demons demonstrates legs in eighth after seven weeks on release. Bollywood film New York - which tackles the subject of terrorism and 9/11 through the eyes of three Muslim students - debuts in ninth, while the final new release - comedy drama Sunshine Cleaning - props up the chart in tenth position.
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | £4,368,024 | 2 | £16,485,053 |
| 2 | The Hangover | £1,910,025 | 3 | £11,192,716 |
| 3 | Year One | £978,008 | 1 | £978,008 |
| 4 | My Sister's Keeper | £922,947 | 1 | £922,947 |
| 5 | Night at the Museum 2 | £492,990 | 6 | £19,002,278 |
| 6 | Terminator Salvation | £424,277 | 4 | £13,597,757 |
| 7 | Blood: The Last Vampire | £232,190 | 1 | £232,190 |
| 8 | Angels & Demons | £166,253 | 7 | £18,302,597 |
| 9 | New York | £157,524 | 1 | £157,524 |
| 10 | Sunshine Cleaning | £125,795 | 1 | £125,795 |
Incoming...
Animated family comedy Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (also showing in 3D) opens this coming Wednesday, and could challenge Transformers at the top of next weekend's chart. Also released is Michael Mann's 1930's gangster film Public Enemies, starring Johnny Depp and Channing Tatum as mobsters John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd, along with Christian Bale as FBI agent Melvin Purvis.
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