Storming its way to the top of the chart with one of the highest openings of the year is Roland Emmerich's latest world-destroying effort 2012, starring John Cusack. Banking almost £6.5m it surely helped to ease Emmerich's disappointment over the underwhelming 10,000BC, while just managing to top the debut haul of his previous disaster epic The Day After Tomorrow in the process. Knocked from the top spot in its second weekend is Robert Zemeckis' motion-capture adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, although with an actual increase in box office (over 30%) and the festive season fast approaching the film could yet be in for a lengthy run in the chart. Meanwhile opening in third is this week's only new entry, the violent British thriller Harry Brown, which seen an impressive £1,271,814 in takings and pushed Pixar blockbuster Up out of the top three for the first time since its release six weeks ago.
Elsewhere in the chart, The Men Who Stare at Goats falls one place to fifth, while both Fantastic Mr. Fox and An Education remaining stationary in sixth and ninth respectively. It was however a bad week for Michael Jackson's This Is It (plummeting to seventh place while nudging towards the £10m mark), The Fourth Kind and Jennifer's Body (both of which fall three places), with all three looking about ready for the count.
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2012 | £6,489,809 | 1 | £6,489,809 |
| 2 | A Christmas Carol | £2,507,053 | 2 | £5,469,764 |
| 3 | Harry Brown | £1,271,814 | 1 | £1,271,814 |
| 4 | Up | £985,722 | 6 | £32,754,463 |
| 5 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | £796,080 | 2 | £2,759,335 |
| 6 | Fantastic Mr Fox | £675,753 | 4 | £7,714,879 |
| 7 | Michael Jackson's This Is It | £475,437 | 3 | £9,301,428 |
| 8 | The Fourth Kind | £428,115 | 2 | £1,813,458 |
| 9 | An Education | £202,230 | 3 | £1,369,940 |
| 10 | Jennifer's Body | £181,554 | 2 | £1,196,718 |
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On Wednesday British fantasy horror Temptation hits our screens, looking to get a head start on the vampire market before The Twilight Saga: New Moon storms to the top of the chart on Friday.
For those looking to avoid the bloodsucker genre Friday also sees the release of the Coen brothers' new black comedy A Serious Man, along with Steven Soderbergh's latest The Informant! (starring Matt Damon) and historical drama Glorious 39.
U.K. Box Office Archive
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