Global box-office phenom Avatar returns to the summit of the UK chart in its third weekend, pulling in an impressive take of £5.94m (with almost £5m of that figure made up from 3D screens) to push its cumulative gross to £32,815,618 in just 17 days. Cameron's sci-fi epic has become only the fifth film to cross the billion-dollar mark worldwide and currently stands in fourth place behind Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and his previous effort, Titanic. It should have little difficulty in claiming second place and is beginning to look like it could mount a serious challenge for top spot, although with some $800m to go that may just prove a feat too far.In a bumper weekend for cinemas (up 25% on 2009), Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes climbs one place to second with last week's number one Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel dropping to third, with both films doing healthy business in their second weeks and pushing past the £12m mark. New release Did You Hear About the Morgans? cracks fourth place with £1.15m while musical Nine climbs trades places with St Trinians 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold to enter the top half of the chart for the first time.
Elsewhere, comedy drama 3 Idiots drops three places to seventh and becomes the highest grossing Bollywood release of 2009, while Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy slips one spot to eighth ahead of The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Finally, animated family comedy Planet 51 climbs from 14th last weekend to re-enter the top ten at the foot of the chart.
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avatar | £5,940,479 | 3 | £32,815,618 |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes | £3,439,616 | 2 | £12,021,730 |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | £2,457,029 | 2 | £12,594,410 |
| 4 | Did You Hear About The Morgans? | £1,155,060 | 1 | £1,155,060 |
| 5 | Nine | £780,255 | 3 | £1,653,547 |
| 6 | St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold | £671,480 | 3 | £5,575,787 |
| 7 | 3 Idiots | £331,166 | 2 | £1,115,530 |
| 8 | Nowhere Boy | £237,782 | 2 | £749,053 |
| 9 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | £215,681 | 6 | £26,888,092 |
| 10 | Planet 51 | £163,542 | 5 | £4,277,237 |
Incoming...
Sci-fi thriller Daybreakers leads the way this week when it opens Wednesday (6th), ahead of post-apocalyptic drama The Road (adapted from Cormac McCarthy's latest novel), martial arts actioner Ninja Assassin, Meryl Streep rom-com It's Complicated and Ian Dury biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, all of which are released this coming Friday.
U.K. Box Office Archive
No comments:
Post a Comment