2010 continues to be the year of 3D dominance as Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland remains firmly in control of the UK box office for the third consecutive week. With over £30m in the bank so far, Alice is just £2m shy of Avatar's haul at the same stage although it has some stiff competition ahead with both Dreamworks' How to Train Your Dragon and Warner Bros.' Clash of the Titans looking to take over the majority of 3D screens in the coming weeks. Of the three new releases to make an impact in the top ten this week the most successful was action rom-com The Bounty Hunter, which benefits from advance screenings and places second with a five-day haul just north of £2m. These two extra days were less favourable though for Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor, with their gay comedy I Love You Phillip Morris pulling in just half of its heterosexual rival to finish in fourth behind Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island (down one place from last week), while Jackie Chan family comedy The Spy Next Door opens in sixth.
Elsewhere Iraq War thriller Green Zone slips two places to fifth in its second week, with chart veteran Avatar dropping to seventh after a lengthy 14-week stay in the top half (with the majority of those at number one). The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo also falls two places but continues to perform well in eighth (the Swedish thriller is on track to become the UK's highest grossing Scandinavian release), while Hachi: A Dog's Tale and The Princess and the Frog round out the chart in ninth and tenth respectively.
Outside of the chart, John Travolta's latest - comedy Old Dogs co-starring Robin Williams - adds more misery after the disappointing performance of actioner From Paris With Love, banking a pitiful £130k from 205 screens.
Number one this time last year: Marley & Me
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice in Wonderland | £4,847,129 | 3 | £30,493,427 |
| 2 | The Bounty Hunter | £2,055,021 | 1 | £2,055,021 |
| 3 | Shutter Island | £1,813,282 | 2 | £5,483,018 |
| 4 | I Love You Phillip Morris | £1,066,092 | 1 | £1,066,092 |
| 5 | Green Zone | £1,022,458 | 2 | £3,926,084 |
| 6 | The Spy Next Door | £698,155 | 1 | £698,155 |
| 7 | Avatar | £445,809 | 14 | £90,596,474 |
| 8 | The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo | £309,135 | 2 | £914,850 |
| 9 | Hachi: A Dog's Tale | £260,848 | 2 | £902,615 |
| 10 | The Princess and the Frog | £145,651 | 7 | £10,939,794 |
Incoming...
Family audiences can look forward to children's fantasy sequel Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (cert. U) this Friday, which sees Ralph Fiennes and Maggie Gyllenhaal joining Emma Thompson, who reprises her title role from the 2005 original. Also opening this week is the Mike Judge comedy Extract (cert. 15), Brit action flick Shank (cert. 15) and American football drama The Blind Side (cert. 12A), featuring an Oscar-winning Sandra Bullock.
U.K. Box Office Archive
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