The seventh installment in the Harry Potter franchise jumps straight into the record books as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 takes first place at the UK box office with a magical three-day haul of £18.32m, eclipsing the previous record of £15.38m set by Quantum of Solace in 2008. Naturally such a phenomenal return had severe implications for the other films on release, with Deathly Hallows' haul accounting for 83% of the combined box office gross of the top ten. After spending the past two weeks at the top of the chart Todd Phillips road-movie comedy Due Date slips to second place, adding another £1.2m to push its total gross north of £8m, while animated hit Despicable Me holds firm in third with just over £19m after six weeks on screens. Alien invasion flick Skyline slips two to fourth with Jackass 3D dropping one place to round out the top five.
Bruce Willis action ensemble Red remains stationary in sixth for the third consecutive week, while animated family adventure Alpha and Omega continues to climb the chart despite horrendous reviews and finds itself finishing in seventh place (an impressive feat considering it was hovering in 13th just two weeks ago). Elsewhere the only other new release in the chart is the Hindu romantic drama Guzaarish, which banks £171k from a limited run of just 52 sites and takes eighth place ahead of David Fincher's The Social Network and Mike Leigh's Another Year in ninth and tenth respectively.
Number one this time last year: The Twilight Saga: New Moon
| Pos. | Film | Weekend Gross | Week | Total UK Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | £18,319,721 | 1 | £18,319,721 |
| 2 | Due Date | £1,218,115 | 3 | £8,023,491 |
| 3 | Despicable Me | £648,479 | 6 | £19,066,830 |
| 4 | Skyline | £513,338 | 2 | £2,332,170 |
| 5 | Jackass 3D | £349,096 | 3 | £5,068,164 |
| 6 | Red | £222,059 | 5 | £6,840,646 |
| 7 | Alpha and Omega | £192,823 | 5 | £2,873,122 |
| 8 | Guzaarish | £171,027 | 1 | £171,027 |
| 9 | The Social Network | £170,846 | 6 | £10,178,808 |
| 10 | Another Year | £161,966 | 3 | £1,274,817 |
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This Wednesday sees the release of the latest collaboration between director Tony Scott and star Denzel Washington, Unstoppable (cert. 12A), which also stars Chris Pine and Rosario Dawson. Action fans can also look forward to the release of Machete (cert. 18), based upon Robert Rodriguez's fake Grindhouse trailer and co-directed by Ethan Maniquis, which hits screens this coming Friday.
Meanwhile alternatives include George Clooney thriller The American (cert. 15), crime drama London Boulevard (cert. 18) featuring Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley and Ray Winstone, and the final installment in Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest (cert. 15), all of which hit screens on Friday.
U.K. Box Office Archive
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