Fantasy sequel Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang becomes the first 2D film to sit atop the UK box office in 2010 (a feat last achieved by Paranormal Activity for the first weekend of December), although its take of £2,586,760 is the lowest first-placed debut since A Christmas Carol opened with just £1.9m in November. Meanwhile Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland was just a shade behind and slips down to second, having amassed close to £35m in its fourth weekend. Two other new releases also managed to crack the top ten with Sandra Bullock's Oscar-winning turn in The Blind Side helping the sports drama to third place with £1.3m, which is an impressive number given the usual performance of American Football movies this side of the Atlantic. At the opposite end of the scale, Brit actioner Shank manages to pull in £278k from just 86 screens and places ninth.
Elsewhere in the chart Shutter Island, Green Zone and The Spy Next Door all drop one place apiece to fourth, sixth and seventh respectively, with The Bounty Hunter and Avatar both falling three to fifth and tenth. However the biggest tumble was reserved for comedy I Love You Phillip Morris, which plunges four places to eighth in its second weekend.
On a final note - after 15 weekends James Cameron's sci-fi behemoth Avatar is likely to have made its final appearance in the top ten, although with a record-shattering £91m in the bank and DVD release set f April 26th I doubt that too many tears will be shed.
Number one this time last year: Knowing
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | £2,586,760 | 1 | £2,586,760 |
| 2 | Alice in Wonderland | £2,496,673 | 4 | £34,817,788 |
| 3 | The Blind Side | £1,313,317 | 1 | £1,313,317 |
| 4 | Shutter Island | £1,146,259 | 3 | £7,677,255 |
| 5 | The Bounty Hunter | £994,656 | 2 | £3,909,655 |
| 6 | Green Zone | £465,811 | 3 | £4,951,818 |
| 7 | The Spy Next Door | £393,604 | 2 | £1,235,494 |
| 8 | I Love You Phillip Morris | £369,460 | 2 | £1,906,927 |
| 9 | Shank | £278,906 | 1 | £278,906 |
| 10 | Avatar | £224,840 | 15 | £91,053,002 |
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There is some hefty competition this week for 3D screens with Dreamworks' How to Train Your Dragon (cert. PG) swooping into cinemas on Wednesday ahead of big-budget fantasy remake Clash of the Titans (cert. 12A), which opens on Friday.
For those who prefer their movies flat, Friday also sees the release of the adult superhero comedy Kick-Ass (cert. 15) from director Matthew Vaughn [watch the trailer here], along with re-releases for classics Psycho (cert. 15) and The Railway Children (cert. U).
U.K. Box Office Archive
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