Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince continued its meteoric performance at the UK box office with second weekend takings in excess of £5m to remain firmly in control at the top of the chart. The David Yates directed sequel has took an astonishing £33m in just two weeks, making it clear front runner for highest grossing film of the year, and could manage to break into the all time U.K. top ten (with tenth place currently occupied by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest on £51,735,498). Disney rom-com The Proposal (starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds) opened in second place with £3.25m, while Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs slips into third but pushes its overall tally past the £25m mark after four weeks on release. There was little other movement in the chart, with The Proposal also pushing Bruno, The Hangover, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Public Enemies, My Sister’s Keeper, and Moon down once place each from last week, while another new entry – Lars von Trier’s controversial horror Antichrist – propping up the chart in tenth.
The Hangover has now spent the most amount of time in the top ten (seven weeks), while Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs looks set to overtake Transformers’ total gross in the coming days to become the second biggest movie of the year behind Potter.
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | £5,176,950 | 2 | £33,070,181 |
| 2 | The Proposal | £3,249,640 | 1 | £3,249,640 |
| 3 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | £2,151,251 | 4 | £25,257,783 |
| 4 | Bruno | £1,212,641 | 3 | £13,153,625 |
| 5 | The Hangover | £687,772 | 7 | £19,485,350 |
| 6 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | £416,579 | 6 | £25,885,419 |
| 7 | Public Enemies | £277,353 | 4 | £6,353,498 |
| 8 | My Sister's Keeper | £224,320 | 5 | £5,602,199 |
| 9 | Moon | £137,963 | 2 | £448,838 |
| 10 | Antichrist | £99,092 | 1 | £99,092 |
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The studios look to capitalise on the summer holidays with two family releases this weekend, but can Land of the Lost or G-Force manage to dethrone Harry Potter at the top of the chart? The gerbil action comedy G-Force did so across the Atlantic when it opened in top spot this past weekend, and with several family films splitting the audience Tony Scott's remake of The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (with Denzel Washington and John Travolta) could also make an impact.
Also released is the biography Coco Before Chanel starring Audrey Tautou and illegal immigration drama Crossing Over with Harrison Ford and Ray Liotta.
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