Aided no doubt by the promise of live-action 3D for the more mature audience, horror sequel The Final Destination jumps straight in at the top of the UK box office with £3.6m in takings (plus an additional £1m from Bank Holiday Monday), toppling last week's number one film, the Quentin Tarantino WW2 effort Inglourious Basterds. Those numbers provide the biggest opening for a live-action 3D film in the UK, beating that of current chart hit G-Force (which opened with £2.48m five weeks ago and stands in seventh place this week with an overall gross of £12m).Judd Apatow's latest comedy Funny People opened in third place with just north of £1m in receipts, which must be considered a disappointment given that the $75m production includes marquee names such as Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill and Eric Bana. Bana also occupies fourth position with romantic drama The Time Traveler's Wife, while family comedy Aliens in the Attic rounds out the top five, with both films having spent three weeks on our screens.
Fantasy blockbuster Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince drops into the bottom half of the chart in its seventh week but continues to nudge ever closer to the £50m mark and should achieve this by the end of the school holidays. Two other new releases also managed to make their mark, with Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq War thriller The Hurt Locker opening in eighth and Pedro Amoldovar's latest, Broken Embraces, propping up the chart in tenth. Sandwiched between them in ninth and clinging on for dear life is G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, which really has performed poorly when compared to the summer's other big budget popcorn flicks.
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Final Destination | £3,633,395 | 1 | £3,633,395 |
| 2 | Inglourious Basterds | £1,276,012 | 2 | £6,632,171 |
| 3 | Funny People | £1,001,152 | 1 | £1,001,152 |
| 4 | The Time Traveler's Wife | £688,377 | 3 | £5,629,243 |
| 5 | Aliens in the Attic | £679,100 | 3 | £4,486,408 |
| 6 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | £521,432 | 7 | £49,413,633 |
| 7 | G-Force | £468,378 | 5 | £12,009,271 |
| 8 | The Hurt Locker | £308,887 | 1 | £308,887 |
| 9 | GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra | £305,092 | 4 | £5,844,998 |
| 10 | Broken Embraces | £296,048 | 1 | £296,048 |
Incoming...
Two much-hyped films will be looking to make an impact in next weekend's chart with quirky romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer opening today and sci-fi thriller District 9 hitting screens on Friday. Both of these have the potential to take top spot, while action fans could also be drawn towards Gamer starring King Leonidas himself, Gerard Butler.
U.K. Box Office Archive
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