Once again two new releases occupy first and second place in the chart but in truth it was another slow weekend for the UK box office with The Time Traveler's Wife's opening haul of £1,410,333 proving to be the lowest gross for a number one film in almost a year. In second place family comedy Aliens in the Attic was the only other film to break the seven-figure barrier (although its £1.3m weekend was enhanced by £500k from preview screenings on Wednesday and Thursday) while 3D rodent actioner G-Force continued to impress after three weeks on release and actually managed to hold on to its position from last weekend. Fantasy blockbuster Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince falls one position to fourth and the year's biggest hit continues to creep towards the £50m mark, although it is looking increasingly unlikely that the film will overtake Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and break into the all-time UK top ten. Last week's top two movies were both in for difficult times with G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - Stephen Sommer's big-screen take on the popular Hasbro toyline - slipping three places to fifth for a paltry total gross of £3,867,004 (and making Terminator Salvation look like The Dark Knight in the process) while rom-com The Ugly Truth fell five places from top spot to sixth.
Vanessa Hudgens' attempts to recreate the success of the Disney phenomenon High School Musical failed miserably as her latest effort Bandslam opened in seventh despite two days of previews to boost its gross (with all of the controversy around her latest home-made snaps, perhaps parents are starting to feel she might not be the ideal role model for their young daughters after all). Meanwhile Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs continues to demonstrate legs after seven weeks dropping just one place to eighth, but less fortunate is rom-com The Proposal, falling four places to ninth ahead of new release A Perfect Getaway.
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Time Traveler's Wife | £1,410,333 | 1 | £1,410,333 |
| 2 | Aliens in the Attic | £1,323,575 | 1 | £1,323,575 |
| 3 | G-Force | £941,848 | 3 | £8,904,247 |
| 4 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | £932,745 | 5 | £46,766,825 |
| 5 | GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra | £827,389 | 2 | £3,867,004 |
| 6 | The Ugly Truth | £809,390 | 2 | £809,390 |
| 7 | Bandslam | £628,957 | 1 | £628,957 |
| 8 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | £508,915 | 7 | £32,415,015 |
| 9 | The Proposal | £445,689 | 4 | £10,367,556 |
| 10 | A Perfect Getaway | £418,703 | 1 | £418,703 |
Incoming...
Aided by advance screenings last weekend (along with this coming Wednesday and Thursday), director Quentin Tarantino's long-gestating WW2 epic Inglourious Basterds is a dead-cert to top the box office when it opens officially this Friday.
Also released is the latest by-the-numbers spoof Dance Flick, Robert Rodriguez' family-adventure film Shorts, and Christopher Columbus' new comedy I Love You, Beth Cooper.
U.K. Box Office Archive
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