Disney Pixar's Up continues to dominate at the UK box office after three weeks on screens, banking almost £4m this past weekend to push its cumulative gross just just shy of £20m. With the school holidays to come and little in the way of competition, Up should overtake Ratatouille (total gross £24.8) by next weekend and could push for second in the year's top earners ahead of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. This year's installment of the Saw franchise, Saw VI, may have been dethroned in the Halloween box office stakes by Paranormal Activity in the US, but without that competition on these shores the horror sequel opens in second, although takings were still down considerably from previous entries. Meanwhile another new entry - the stop motion children's adaptation Fantastic Mr. Fox directed by Wes Anderson - could only manage third place with £1.7m in receipts.
Elsewhere in the chart, Vince Vaughn comedy Couples Retreat slips two places to fourth, ahead of new release Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant. Meanwhile Terry Gilliam fantasy The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, Ricky Gervais comedy The Invention of Lying, horror-comedy Zombieland and dance remake Fame all fall three places apiece as a result of the new releases. In tenth, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs returns to the chart after a one week absence, with the popular children's book adaptation now the oldest release in the top ten having been on release for six weeks.
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Up | £3,807,003 | 3 | £19,683,204 |
| 2 | Saw VI | £1,736,287 | 1 | £1,736,287 |
| 3 | Fantastic Mr Fox | £1,517,312 | 1 | £1,517,312 |
| 4 | Couples Retreat | £932,171 | 2 | £3,588,820 |
| 5 | Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | £798,641 | 1 | £798,641 |
| 6 | The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus | £616,719 | 2 | £2,068,715 |
| 7 | The Invention of Lying | £362,760 | 4 | £5,538,932 |
| 8 | Zombieland | £323,815 | 3 | £3,001,207 |
| 9 | Fame | £218,110 | 5 | £8,311,403 |
| 10 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | £142,011 | 6 | £5,881,661 |
Incoming...
Look for Michael Jackson's This Is It to debut in the top spot on next week's chart with the Wednesday release giving it five days to rack up big numbers. Also hitting screens on Wednesday is the animated science-fiction adventure 9, while Friday sees the release of drama An Education and Brit thrillers Dead Man Running (featuring Danny Dyer, 50 Cent and Tamer Hassan) and Girl Number 9.
Also set for limited re-releases are Orson Welles 1941 masterpiece Citizen Kane and John Landis' horror classic An American Werewolf in London.
U.K. Box Office Archive
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